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The hemptress returns in the complete fifth season of the Showtime's Original Series, WEEDS. When pot-selling soccer mom Nancy Botwin took her homegrown business south of the border, she found the grass wasn't greener on the other side. Now she's pregnant with the child of a powerful politician turned dangerous drug lord; or is she? Doug and Silas are trying to branch out on their own, Andy is looking to score, and Celia attempts to turn the tables on her kidnappers. With en... More >>
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I don’t know why, but the last two seasons of “Weeds” have been very disappointing. I think the show is taking absurd to a new level with some of the ridiculous plot twists, and I also really don’t like what’s happened to some of my favorite characters.
Season 5 picks up right where the last season left off, with Nancy (Mary Louise Parker) in Esteban’s (Demián Bichir) office. Esteban was ready to kill Nancy for her betrayal, but her little bombshell caused him to reconsider. The season spins off in a dozen different directions, with Nancy trying to protect her family while dealing with Esteban’s crazy demands. Meanwhile, Doug (Kevin Nealon) and Silas (Hunter Parrish) go into business together, which of course leads to disastrous results. Shane (Alexander Gould) becomes even more bitter about his life, Andy (Justin Kirk) continues to pine over Nancy (at least for a while), and Celia (Elizabeth Perkins) struggles to get back on her feet.
The show makes a smart move mid-season and pulls a “Desparate Housewives” by fast-forwarding into the future (only by six months, not five years). This definitely picks up the pacing of the storylines, and the final few episodes of the season are among the best. There are definitely some funny scenes, but also some awful moments. (Nancy and Andy in the bathroom of the restaurant? Celia and her new “love interest?” EW!) I was disappointed with a lot of the characters this season. Nancy seemed to make even more stupid moves than usual, Andy was even more annoying (if that’s possible), and Celia…oh my god, CELIA! She used to be my favorite character on the show, and I hated her all season!
Best part of the season? Same as last season…Bichir’s performance as Esteban. Not only is he an incredibly beautiful man, but I just LOVE the way he talks!
Worst part of the season? All the other stupid crap!
Hopefully Season 6 is better, but the way this show is going, it doesn’t look promising.
Rating: 3 / 5
HOT. Raging hot. Cough. Real HOT. Warning - Do not inhale while watching (cough) this HOT series. You will find Season One little more than the gateway drug to the rest of the Season’s. As I said, HOT. Muy Caliente! (Cough). Did I tell you how HOT this was?
Rating: 5 / 5
Looking forward to seeing Nancy spin out of this one. The plots twist and turns always suspense filled. Where ever the road leads as long as continues to provide the roller coaster ride it has in the past it should be a blast.
Rating: 5 / 5
If you have higher (no pun intended) than average standards for television I’m afraid you will find season 5 of Weeds disapointing. Of course it’s still better than most shows on the air, but this season’s plot was nowhere near as good as previous seasons. The quality of the writing has declined significantly.
On the other hand, if you’re not all that picky about writing quality and are just looking forward to seeing your favorite characters again, by all means, add this DVD to your shopping cart! Certainly there’s at least a laugh or two guaranteed in each episode.
The season picks up right where season 4 left off with Nancy’s life in peril. Lucky for Nancy, Mary Louise Parker is the star of the show so Nancy is indeed allowed to live. She spends the season dealing with the fallout from last year’s cliffhanger. Her affection for the drug kingpin boyfriend changes from episode to episode; one minute she’s terrified he’s going to kill her and the next she’s madly in love.
The strongest performance of the season is easily Justin Kirk as Andy. He effortlessy shuffles Andy back-and-forth between moments of silliness and seriousness. At times he’s the feckless, pleasure-seeking Andy of the past, but he also finds time to stand-in and parent Nancy’s sons, have a serious adult relationship and get stern with his sister-in-law when necessary.
Unfortunatley the other original supporting cast members continue to feel out of place in the new setting. So much so that Doug, Celia, and even Silas seemed to exist in a completely different show. This simply doesn’t work. It was the main problem with season 4 and it continues to be a problem in season 5.
There you have it. I’d say rent before you buy.
Oh, Alexander Gold as Shane also has an interesting story-arc this season and gives an excellent performance.
Rating: 3 / 5
Elizabeth Perkins (as Celia Hodes) is quickly taking over the lead role in Weeds while Mary-Louise Parker’s Nancy character is becoming trite and quite frankly, annoying. You almost wish that Nancy Botwin would get killed off so that the show could drop all of the accumulated baggage of five seasons and start over fresh.
Season Five is the “Baby Season,” where we watch Nancy Botwin struggle to have her new baby, support her family and keep herself alive all at the same time. Unfortunately the show quickly devolves into a generic drama that could be found on any number of network television stations. This season truly feels like the weed and drug trade are thrown in simply in order to keep the name of the show “Weeds,” and I believe it was the drug dynamic that made this show as interesting as it was in the first place. While Nancy is off playing Mrs. Mexican Mafia, Silas and Doug partner up in order to attempt a legal Medicinal Marijuana storefront while Celia (after escaping from her daughter’s kidnapping plot) attempts to capture the same success that Nancy had in seasons 1 and 2 by becoming the neighborhood “connection.”
There are two bright spots in this season and they came out of left field for me: Shane and Dr. Audra Kitson (Alanis Morissette). Andy is still Andy - fantasizing about Nancy, hoping to replace Judah, but never quite living up to her expectations. He attempts to have a new relationship with Nancy’s “on the side” ObGyn played remarkably well by Alanis Morissette. While you could pretty much cut and paste Andy’s character from all the other seasons of Weeds, Morissette actually plays an interesting and quirky counterpart who attempts to make Andy “grow up” in order to have a real relationship with her.
Shane meanwhile, becomes broken. The poor kid has a busy season - he becomes a drug dealer, gets robbed by his teacher, befriends one of the Mexican thugs, gets a STD from his two “girlfriends,” and gets shot. The last of the “pure” Botwins becomes truly corrupted and he relishes his new found freedom, unencumbered by morals. Without dropping any spoilers, lets just say that Shane is the cause of the cliffhanger at the end of Season Five (and no, he’s not dying because he got shot).
The eye candy for this season for the women is brought to you by Silas and Esteban - unfortunately they don’t add much more depth to their characters other than just sitting on the screen looking pretty. Doug and the Hodes play their normal comedic interludes, not bringing much to the storyline, but not really slowing it down either; pure, unadulterated filler.
All in all it was a pretty disappointing season. If you’re a die hard Weeds fan you won’t be very impressed by season five. If you’re new to the Weeds show, watch seasons 1-3 instead. Cross your fingers that season six will redeem.
Rating: 3 / 5