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Plot. The second season, while comedic, has a darker tone, as Nancy becomes increasingly involved in the more dangerous aspects of the drug world. Ignoring Heylia's advice, Nancy and Conrad start their own small-scale growing operation and eventually rent a suburban "grow-house", where they can grow marijuana indoors using artificial light and ...
Roberto Benabib & Rolin Jones & Matthew Salsberg: Neck and chest tattoos: August 25, 2008 () 0.82: 49: 12 "Till We Meet Again" Michael Trim: Roberto Benabib & Rolin Jones & Matthew Salsberg: Electric power-sander: September 8, 2008 () 0.93: 50: 13 "If You Work for a Living, Then Why Do You Kill Yourself Working? " Craig Zisk: Jenji Kohan
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Produced by Tilted Productions, in association with Lionsgate Television, the show is inspired by crime series, such as The Shield and The Sopranos, in the sense of an antihero serving as the protagonist while retaining an individual moral code, which usually goes against the norms of society. The title, according to Kohan, refers "to a lot of thin...
Series opening
Nancy Botwin is a single mother who lives in Agrestic—a fictional suburb of Los Angeles—with her two children, 15-year-old Silas and 10-year-old Shane, when the series begins. The pilot opens a few months after the untimely death of Nancy's husband Judah, who had a heart attack while jogging with their younger son. Nancy begins selling marijuana to maintain the upper middle-class lifestyle originally provided by her late husband's salary. References to conspicuous consumption are evident from...
The principal character is Nancy Price Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), a housewife from Southern California who becomes a marijuana dealer after her husband Judah (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) dies. Although her drug-dealing career achieves mixed success, she eventually rises to the highest levels of an international drug-smuggling cartel. Nancy remarries thr...
As of September 16, 2012, 102 original episodes have been broadcast. The first season began August 8, 2005, and consisted of 10 episodes. The second season premiered on August 14, 2006, airing 12 episodes. The third season debuted on August 13, 2007, airing 15 episodes. The fourth season began June 16, 2008, the fifth season on June 8, 2009, and th...
Opening music
"Little Boxes" is the opening song for the first three seasons. The first season uses the version recorded by its composer Malvina Reynolds.In seasons two and three, the song is performed by various artists. In season four, the Malvina Reynolds version opens the first episode. Thereafter, the original titles and music are replaced by a short clip, different for each episode, that relates to the plot or some scene in the episode. The song is also subtly referenced in the eighth episode of the...
Soundtracks
The music supervisors for the show include Gary Calamar (along with music coordinator Alyson Vidoli) (27 episodes), Amine Ramer (4 episodes), and Bruce Gilbert (3 episodes). The original score is provided by composers Brandon Jay and Gwendolyn Sanford.
Home media
The Region 1 Season One DVD is only available in 4:3 pan and scan format. The Region 2 and 4 releases are all in anamorphic widescreen. Season one was released on Blu-ray on May 29, 2007, and Season two was released on July 24, 2007. Both seasons include all episodes in 1080p widescreen with Dolby Digital EX sound and either DTS-HD (season one) or LPCM(season two), as well as extras exclusive to the Blu-ray release. Season three was released on Blu-ray on June 3, 2008. Seasons one to three on...
In its first year, Weedswas Showtime's highest rated series. The season 4 premiere attracted 1.3 million viewers to Showtime, the channel's then-highest-ever viewership; the season as a whole averaged 962,000 viewers. As the season 3 began in fall 2007, Slate named Nancy Botwin as one of the best characters on television. TIME magazine's James Poni...
In November 2019, Variety reported that a sequel series was in development at Starz, titled Weeds 4.20. The series was to feature Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins reprising their roles with the story set 10 years after the conclusion of the original series. Victoria Morrow, who was a producer on the writing team for Weeds, was set to return...
Aug 7, 2005 · Around this hazy roundtable, Creator (Jenji Kohan) and Producers (Roberto Benabib, Matthew Salsberg) discuss a series of show topics ranging from the direction the Botwins take in the 8th season, the trials and tribulations of the season, producing the series finale, the evolution and significance of the title sequence, and where the characters ...
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The second season of Weeds premiered on August 14, 2006, and consisted of 12 episodes.
2005–2012 • 100 eps. The War at Home. 7.5. TV Series. Producer. 2005 • 8 eps. The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. 7.2. TV Series. Writer. 1998 • 1 ep. Kidding. 8.0. TV Series. Producer.
1. Kidding (2018–2020) Episode: The Cleanest Liver in Columbus, Ohio (2020) TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Drama. 7.9. Rate this. Jeff realizes that if he can tell a lie for the first time in his life he'll get everything he's ever wanted. Director: Jake Schreier | Stars: Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Judy Greer, Justin Kirk. Votes: 529. 2.
