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Why did I find that hokey ending, with Esteban silently embracing Nancy on her porch with lampshade cut outs of little sailboats creating silhouettes, so sweet? We all know the relationship won’t end well but I couldn’t help it!
In this episode, “Little Boats,” Nancy and Esteban’s ship takes on water, Shane’s little dinghy runs aground, [...]

One of the things to look forward to in the fourth season of Weeds is the introduction of Nancy Botwin’s (Mary-Louise Parker) new love interest in the form of Mexican superstar Demian Bichir.  As reported previously, the 44-year-old actor will be appearing on the Showtime series as someone who just might turn out to be [...]

It’s the land of milk and honey - with a cartel and a few hives thrown in the mix.

July 15, 2008 - Now that Lenny is gone, the Botwins are free to terrorize the south bend to their heart’s content. Nancy is now the proud manager of a maternity shoppe/underground human trafficking circuit at the [...]

The Showtime people just took the stage at the TV Critics press tour and brought good news! Showtime boss Bob Greenblatt announced that they’re renewing Weeds for two more seasons of 13 episodes, and we were promised “lots more illicit drugs to come.”
I was lucky enough to talk to Weeds creator Jenji Kohan one-on-one earlier [...]

(S04E04) Nobody mourns like the Botwins. I can’t decide whose behavior was the least appropriate; there certainly were a lot of contenders. Lenny’s countdown was extremely insensitive, and his actions throughout the episode didn’t do him any favors, either. I’ll save the specifics for after the jump, but he made Nancy’s Andy-ditching look like an [...]

NEW YORK — From the drug dealing of “Weeds” to the sexual anxiety of “Spring Awakening.”
Hunter Parrish, who portrays Mary-Louise Parker’s oldest son on the popular Showtime TV series, joins the cast of Broadway’s Tony-winning “Spring Awakening” on Aug. 18.
Parrish will take over the role of Melchior, the thoughtful student heartthrob, from Canadian Kyle Riabko, [...]

This season of Weeds is shaping up to be as darkly humorous as the last - and darkest of all is Justin Kirk’s hilarious character Andy Botwin. We caught Justin for a quick phone chat to discuss Weeds, hot ladies, and cautionary tales for kids.
JUSTIN KIRK: Brooke! Where are you?
UGO: I’m in New York, where [...]

(CBS) In the Showtime comedy series “Weeds,” Elizabeth Perkins stars as Celia Hodes, the tough-talking frenemy of a drug-dealing soccer mom played by Mary-Louise Parker.
Perkins has played the complex character for four seasons, twice earning Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her work.
“Well, as an actress, you always want to play somebody who is ultimately really [...]

No joke: Sarah Silverman is on the Emmy list of Top 10 semifinalists for best comedy actress. Thus “The Sarah Silverman Program” might score a breakthrough bid for Comedy Central after judges review sample episodes and accountants calculate votes. In past years HBO and Showtime were the only cable channels whose stars were nominated in [...]

Watching Weeds we sometimes wonder, What’s the point? Not of life, but the show: last season’s shoot-’em-ups, Tarantino-esque standoffs, senseless tattoos; even the patently absurd premise, the pot-dealing sweetheart who never gets caught and owns a big house. Is all this just a vehicle for the deliciousness of California domesticity and, more important, the deliciousness [...]