Pothead
06-13-2008, 08:02 AM
Weeds: Season three
If "Weeds" offered viewers little more than the novelty of a McMansion mom dealing pot to get by, it wouldn't have an audience beyond stoners.
But the popular Showtime series, which kicks off its fourth season on Monday, June 16, has substance behind its smoky haze, which is why it still captivates.
Which very well could have happened in the third season, released on DVD June 3. Nancy Botwin, the show's heroine, found herself in the middle of a dealer turf war at the end of season two. It could have gone anywhere from there, and thankfully, the situation's resolution delivered the sort of didn't-see-that-coming surprise that makes good TV so satisfying.
Naturally, Nancy gets out of the jam, but it proves to be only the latest challenge she faces in finding balance between her life as queenpin of a mini marijuana empire and the head of an increasingly dysfunctional household.
Her two worlds experience their greatest collision in the third season, and the 15 episodes unfold with enough twists and turns to make a sober person dizzy. But the show's top-notch writers keep it from unraveling, weaving in new plot developments with no sign of strain and instilling more humor into the scripts.
It's bait the show's top-notch crew of actors eagerly take. Kevin Nealon nearly steals the show as Nancy's morally bankrupt accountant and business partner Doug, completely owning the season finale with his roving troubadour performance of "Just Like the Superdome" (available on the season three soundtrack, out July 8).
http://www.idahostatesman.com/130/story/410025.html
peace
If "Weeds" offered viewers little more than the novelty of a McMansion mom dealing pot to get by, it wouldn't have an audience beyond stoners.
But the popular Showtime series, which kicks off its fourth season on Monday, June 16, has substance behind its smoky haze, which is why it still captivates.
Which very well could have happened in the third season, released on DVD June 3. Nancy Botwin, the show's heroine, found herself in the middle of a dealer turf war at the end of season two. It could have gone anywhere from there, and thankfully, the situation's resolution delivered the sort of didn't-see-that-coming surprise that makes good TV so satisfying.
Naturally, Nancy gets out of the jam, but it proves to be only the latest challenge she faces in finding balance between her life as queenpin of a mini marijuana empire and the head of an increasingly dysfunctional household.
Her two worlds experience their greatest collision in the third season, and the 15 episodes unfold with enough twists and turns to make a sober person dizzy. But the show's top-notch writers keep it from unraveling, weaving in new plot developments with no sign of strain and instilling more humor into the scripts.
It's bait the show's top-notch crew of actors eagerly take. Kevin Nealon nearly steals the show as Nancy's morally bankrupt accountant and business partner Doug, completely owning the season finale with his roving troubadour performance of "Just Like the Superdome" (available on the season three soundtrack, out July 8).
http://www.idahostatesman.com/130/story/410025.html
peace