Weeds (2005-2012)

     Weeds is a television show put out by Showtime that started in 2005 and ended in 2012. It is a dark comedy that exposes the dirty little secrets that lie behind the pristine lawns and shiny closed doors of homes that started in the fictional town of Agrestic, California, supposedly a suburb of Oakland, centered around the Botwin Family, the head of which is a mother that sells marijuana to maintain the upper middle class lifestyle that was shattered when her husband died.

         So Nancy Botwin, played by Mary-Louise Parker is a recently single mother that ends up selling illegal drugs to make ends meet to support her two sons Silas(Hunter Parrish) and Shane( Alexander Gould). And along comes her free-thinking,wandering brother-in-law Andy(Justin Kirk) who offers to help her raise the kids and start her business. She has a good start, with family friend/accountant Doug Wilson(Kevin Nealon) as a loyal customer, but the business tends to be threatened by her narcissistic neighbor/PTA mother Celia Hodes(Elizabeth Perkins). 

    The series mostly deals with Nancy and the people that come into her life that either help or hinder her pot-dealing life. As  a newly widowed woman, she has many love interests during the show that add drama to her life including a DEA agent, a Mexican drug cartel boss/politician, and a Jewish rabbi. 

    The series ended in 2012, but in 2019 there was talk of starting it up again but since COVID hit, nothing has come up again. I hope it does, it was a good show.