List of Weeds episodes
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The American comedy television series Weeds was created by Jenji Kohan and airs on premium cable channel Showtime. Mary-Louise Parker stars as Nancy Botwin, a suburban widow who begins selling marijuana to support her family. Elizabeth Perkins also stars as Nancy's neighbor, Celia Hodes, a demanding PTA mother. The show follows a serialized format and details Nancy's progressively deeper involvement in illegal activity as she attempts to maintain her suburban image and family.
The ten-episode first season premiered on August 5, 2005 and concluded on October 10. Season two, which comprises 12 episodes, began airing on August 14, 2006 and finished its run on October 30. The series' third season received an order of 15 episodes, premiered on August 13, 2007 and ran until November 19. The 13-episode fourth season premiered early the following summer on June 16, 2008 and concluded on September 15. Seasons one, two and three have been released on DVD and Blu-ray formats in Regions 1, 2 and 4. At the 2008 Television Critics Association, it was announced that Weeds had been picked up for fifth and sixth seasons of 13 episodes each.[1] As of April 17, 2009, 50 episodes of the series have aired.
Weeds has steadily gained live viewers from season to season. The first season premiered to 540,000 viewers[2] and averaged 380,000 viewers[3] to become Showtime's highest-rated original series in 2005.[4] Season two averaged 160,000 more viewers than season one[3] after 570,000 viewers tuned in to the premiere;[5] the finale received 626,000 viewers.[6] The third season's debut was watched live by 824,000 viewers[7] and the finale by 737,000[8] such that viewership was up 19% from the second season.[9] Season four premiered to 1.3 million live viewers in its first airing to become what was at the time "Showtime's most-watched single original telecast in at least four years."[5] The first airing of the finale was watched by 1 million viewers[8] and multiple airings of episodes throughout the week after their initial broadcasts averaged 2.72 million viewers — 16% more than the third.[10]
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[edit] Overview
| Season | Episodes | Premiere | Finale | DVD release dates | ||
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| 1 | 10 | August 8, 2005 | October 10, 2005 | July 11, 2006 (DVD), May 29, 2007 (Blu-ray) [11] | September 3, 2007[12] | August 1, 2007[13] |
| 2 | 12 | August 14, 2006 | October 30, 2006 | July 24, 2007[11] | January 7, 2008[14] | May 28, 2008[15] |
| 3 | 15 | August 13, 2007 | November 19, 2007 | June 3, 2008[11] | May 26, 2008[16] | TBA |
| 4 | 13 | June 16, 2008 | September 15, 2008 | June 2, 2009 | TBA | TBA |
[edit] Season 1: 2005
The theme song for the first season of the show was the original track of Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes," which was played over an opening sequence depicting the show's suburban setting.
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| Recently widowed housewife Nancy Botwin turns to dealing marijuana to support her two sons, while also attempting to maintain her image in the picturesque suburb of Agrestic. Meanwhile, her neighbor — PTA mother Celia Hodes — learns a secret of her husband's when she tries to catch her daughter, Quinn, having sex with Nancy's son, Silas. | ||||
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| Nancy's friend, Doug, suggests that Nancy start a cover business to solve the financial problems she encounters with only having cash available. Silas broods when he learns Celia sent Quinn to Mexico and Nancy's younger son, Shane, deals with the departure of his father. | ||||
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| As Agrestic is plagued by an escaped mountain lion, Nancy investigates the idea of marijuana-laced baked goods after facing competition from a medical marijuana supplier. Celia attempts to cure her younger daughter, Isabelle, of her weight problems and Silas becomes involved with a deaf girl named Megan. | ||||
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| Nancy is forced to re-evaluate her lifestyle after surviving a drive-by shooting when she visits Heylia for marijuana. Celia's breast cancer gives her a new outlook on life, Andy is arrested for the possession of marijuana and Shane gets in trouble at school. | ||||
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| Taking a break from the development of her false bakery, Nancy goes out to a club with Celia and Conrad, who, later, have a sexual encounter. Andy is ordered to attend MA, where he begins a dishonest relationship with the circle leader. Nancy's maid, Lupita, hears from a friend that Nancy sells marijuana and begins searching the house for evidence. | ||||
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| Nancy hires a college student named Sanjay to tutor Silas and decides to expand her customer base to other college students, but makes an enemy in the process. Celia goes into surgery for her breast cancer and receives an unwanted visit from her mother. Andy pursues the mother of one of Shane's new friends. | ||||
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| Andy and Doug trash Nancy's house looking for a rat as she deals with rival dealer Alejandro. Shane bites the foot of a boy he is challenging at a karate competition and finds Nancy a friend in the boy's father, Peter. Celia and Dean go toe to toe when she reveals to him that she slept with Conrad. | ||||
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| Nancy is busted by a college police officer and gets $14,000 worth of marijuana confiscated. Celia challenges a fellow PTA mother and Silas becomes closer with Megan's family. | ||||
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| Conrad gets Nancy's marijuana back from the college police officer and, in defiance of Heylia, the two begin a new business arrangement with Andy, Doug, Dean, Sanjay and Alejandro. Andy gets drafted into military service, Silas gets high on ecstasy with Megan and Nancy discovers the truth about who Peter really is. | ||||
[edit] Season 2: 2006
In the second season, different musical acts began performing different versions of "Little Boxes" in each episode.[17] "Theme song performance" denotes the band or artist who performed the theme for that episode.
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| Celia decides to run for Doug's seat on the city council after her request for help in dealing with a car accident is ignored. Nancy tries to remain calm after discovering that Peter is a DEA agent, while also trying to maintain her family unity. Andy attempts to get into Rabbinical school to avoid deployment and Sanjay encounters problems at the bakery. | |||||
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| Moving forward without Conrad's help, Andy, Doug and Nancy attend a pot expo, where Nancy buys a plant and Andy finds a way into Rabbinical school. Celia's family deserts her as the election campaign continues. Megan gets into Princeton University, to Silas' disdain and Peter tells Nancy that he knows she deals drugs when she tries to leave him. | |||||
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| Nancy and Peter elope to protect their relationship in the face of conflicting occupations. Celia enrolls Isabelle in an exercise program and becomes unwillingly involved. Heylia becomes infatuated with a Nation of Islam member named Joseph. Andy educates Shane on masturbation and Conrad returns to aid Nancy in purchasing a grow house. | |||||
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| The grow house begins to flourish under Conrad's decision-making and the use of Nancy's false identity, but is soon threatened by territorial Armenian mobsters. Dean is laid off and Isabelle is approached about becoming a model for a plus-sized clothing line. Silas receives an unexpected surprise from Megan and Andy takes Shane to a massage parlor. | |||||
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| Nancy asks Peter for help in getting rid of her competitive neighbors. Silas and Megan tell her father about the pregnancy, but face disastrous consequences. Celia begins wondering what Nancy does with all of her time when she is denied help in campaigning. Heylia prepares for a date with Joseph. Shane makes new friends at school. | |||||
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| Unaware that Nancy is married to Peter and that she orchestrated a raid on their neighbors, Conrad grows suspicious. Celia gets thrown off the set of a commercial Isabelle is filming. Shane joins the school debate team to get closer to a girl named Gretchen. Nancy arranges a meeting between Conrad and Peter. | |||||
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| Celia and Doug square off on election day. Two of Andy's toes are bitten off by a dog, allowing him to pull out of Rabbinical school without fear of being deployed. Nancy struggles with Silas' plummeting grades and the new direction Shane's romance with Gretchen has taken. A victorious Celia tells Dean of her new drug-free policy for Agrestic. | |||||
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| Nancy, Cornad and their crew harvest a new strain of marijuana and make their first sale to Snoop Dogg, who names it "MILF." News of the strain's popularity reaches Heylia, who pays Conrad an angry visit at the grow house. Peter tells Nancy that the DEA is preparing to bust Heylia to get to a kingpin named U-Turn. | |||||
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| Peter's bust on Heylia goes awry when Heylia is tipped off by Nancy. Shane and Silas celebrate their late father's birthday with Andy's help. Nancy and Conrad install a safe for their supply in the grow house. Doug harasses Celia at a city council meeting, but the two begin an affair shortly after. | |||||
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| Heylia applies strong pressure on Nancy to alleviate police surveillance and return her business to normal after the bust. Nancy is overwhelmed and considers quitting drug dealing to live a normal life with Peter, until a dinner becomes marked by conflict. Doug and Celia continue their affair. Andy is paid a visit by his crazy ex-girlfriend Kat. | |||||
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| Peter turns on Nancy and Conrad after eavesdropping on a conversation in which Nancy says she's realized she doesn't love him. Nancy meets U-Turn to organize one last sale. Forced out of the business, Heylia formulates a plan with the Armenian drug lords to regain some ground. Gretchen forms a dislike of Kat, who reveals her own secrets to Andy. | |||||
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| Conrad, Nancy and Sanjay run into complications with U-Turn, the Armenians and Peter at the deal. Silas sabotages Celia's drug-free policy, putting him in her crosshairs and makes a defiant move that endangers Nancy. Kat and Andy attempt to evade a bounty hunter after Shane's graduation. Dean learns of Celia's affair with Doug. | |||||
[edit] Season 3: 2007
Each episode in season three also featured a different performance of the theme song as it was played over the opening sequence.
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| With Peter killed by the Armenians and her entire stash missing, Nancy's deal with U-Turn escalates into a dangerous situation. Celia acquires Nancy's stash from Silas, whom she has arrested. Andy teams up with the bounty hunter — Abumchuck — to track Kat down, who has fled Agrestic with Shane. Dean and Doug discuss their marriages while high. | |||||
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| Nancy is sent out to get the missing weed from Celia, who has dumped the entire stash into Nancy's pool. Nancy turns to Heylia for help in finding a resolution to her problem with U-Turn while Andy finds Shane. Sanjay comes out of the closet and has an encounter with one of U-Turn's women and Celia and Dean move forward with their divorce. | |||||
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| Nancy, Andy, Silas, Shane and Lupita brainstorm ways to come up with the money to pay off the debt owed to U-Turn. Nancy is sent on her first "job" by U-Turn to obtain an item from Mexican drug dealers and Andy is forced into the army. Celia receives advice from her divorce lawyer on how to get custody of Isabelle. | |||||
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| Nancy is forced to get a real job as the assistant to opportunistic developer Sullivan Groff. Doug re-gains a seat on the corrupt city council, which is approached by Sullivan for an opportunity to help a new, neighboring district, Majestic, with sewage problems. Conrad and Heylia set up their new grow house. The DEA probes Nancy for information on Peter. | |||||
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| Nancy finds herself caught up in a drug war between U-Turn's gang and the Mexican dealers led by Guillermo that was started by Conrad and Heylia. Silas takes up the family business, Shane attends Majestic summer school and an AWOL Andy re-surfaces in Agrestic. Meanwhile, Sullivan's deal with Celia to get her vote for the sewage deal angers Doug. | |||||
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| Sullivan asks Nancy to host a cocktail party to bring together the town leaders of Agrestic and Majestic. U-Turn drags Nancy to a showdown with Conrad and Heylia. Silas becomes involved with a fundamentalist Christian named Tara who has a penchant for pot and Celia gets a house in Majestic from Sullivan, with whom she begins a relationship. | |||||
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| In the wake of U-Turn's unexpected death, one of U-Turn's former men, Marvin, takes control of the business. When Nancy and Marvin meet up with Guillermo and his gang, Nancy manipulates the situation to clear her debt. Andy caters to the set of a pornographic film starring Lexington Steele and Shane ruffles feathers at his religious summer school. | |||||
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| When Peter's body is discovered, Nancy comes face-to-face with Peter's other ex-wife Valerie; Celia takes a bold step with Sullivan; Andy gets more involved in the film he's catering; Silas takes Tara on some errands; Shane bonds with Isabelle after being suspended from summer school. | |||||
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| Nancy is surprised to find herself befriending Valerie. Tara joins Sanjay and Andy in the business and Silas begins working with Conrad as a farmer. Meanwhile, Dean's motorcycling accident hampers Celia's relationship with Sullivan and, as the referendum concerning the mergence of Agrestic and Majestic looms, Doug's rivalry with Sullivan escalates. | |||||
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| Nancy and Valerie find themselves at odds over who has the right to $119,000 left behind by Peter. As Majestic merges with Agrestic, Doug scrambles to cover up the money he embezzled from Agrestic to put into Nancy and Heylia's cover business Aguatecture. Celia witnesses Sullivan perform an act of infidelity with Nancy. | |||||
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| Valerie hires a private investigator to monitor Nancy, who is then blackmailed for money. Doug and Celia find themselves without jobs after Agrestic merges into Majestic. And while Celia questions Heylia and Dean about Aguatecture, Silas tries to have Nancy fire Tara when he discovers that she is dating other guys. | |||||
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| Celia confronts Nancy about Aguatecture after forcing answers out of Dean. Heylia learns of an impromptu fire inspection at the Aguatecture building, causing Nancy to turn to Celia for help in re-locating the marijuana plants housed there. Nancy finds a potential new business partner in the brother of a girl Andy becomes involved with. | |||||
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| Nancy's clients reject the weed she begins selling from her new business partner and her attempt at ending the business relationship results in an act of violence against a family member. Shane begins exhibiting strange behavior. Celia exacts revenge on Sullivan for cheating on her and becomes more actively involved in the drug operation. | |||||
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| Nancy turns to Guillermo for help when the attack on her son makes her realize that she has no "muscle" behind her operation. Nancy and Andy talk to Shane about the conversations he claims to have with his dead father. The giant cross Doug stole from a Majestic church to anger Sullivan is found in the grow house by DEA agents. | |||||
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| Residents of the former Agrestic are given a mandatory evacuation order when a fire started by Guillermo in the grow fields of Nancy's former business partner gets out of hand. Meanwhile, DEA agent Roy Till begins closing in on Nancy after the grow house is busted in on and its contents are discovered. | |||||
[edit] Season 4: 2008
In season four — with the exception of the season premiere — "Little Boxes" and the opening sequence it was played over for the first three seasons were replaced with new opening sequences to reflect the show's change in setting.[18]
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| Nancy and her family flee Majestic with Guillermo to the border town of Ren Mar, California. Meanwhile, Agent Till interrogates Doug, Dean and Sanjay, who all pin the entire grow operation on Celia. Back in Ren Mar, Andy confronts his father and new landlord Lenny. | ||||
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| After settling her family in Ren Mar, Nancy turns her attention back to business by getting a much-needed crash course from Guillermo in "running" across the border. Meanwhile, Celia gets further acquainted with life in prison. Lenny leaves Silas and Shane to care for his ailing mother, Bubbie while he goes to the track. | ||||
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| Nancy makes her first successful smuggling run across the border with both drugs and human cargo. Meanwhile, Captain Till strikes a deal with Celia to get her out of jail. In return, she must gather evidence to incriminate Nancy and Guillermo. Back in Ren Mar, Andy tries to convince the family to put Bubbie out of her misery. | ||||
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| After Bubbie's death, the entire Botwin family sits shiva (the Jewish period of mourning) for seven days. Nancy is then sent to the border by Guillermo on a smuggling mission and takes Andy with her. Meanwhile, Celia continues to work with Captain Till against Nancy, and Doug finds refuge with the Botwins. Lenny decides to sell the house. | ||||
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| Guillermo gives Nancy a new job at a maternity shop and she soon finds that it isn't as mundane as it appears on the surface. Celia's deal with Captain Till brings her dangerously close to the action. Meanwhile, having been left in the desert by Nancy, Andy finds himself with a pack of immigrants. Back at home, the boys battle an infestation of bees. | ||||
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| Nancy finds a tunnel to Mexico in the back of the maternity shop and she sees something she shouldn't at the other end. Dean re-appears to leave Isabelle with Celia. Meanwhile, Silas flirts with an older woman named Lisa, and Doug falls in love with an illegal Mexican immigrant who washes up on the beach — a woman he calls a "Mermex." | ||||
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| When Nancy is denied a share of the incoming pot by Guillermo, she decides to go over his head to Esteban, a corrupt politician managing Guillermo's operation. Celia discovers the cheap medication at Mexican pharmacies. Silas and Lisa get intimate and Shane discovers some shocking photos. Andy and Doug begin a human smuggling operation. | ||||
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| Nancy begins a relationship with Esteban and their first date ends in near violence. Andy and Doug successfully smuggle their first customer across the border. Silas reveals to Lisa that he grows pot, and she offers him a place to do business. Celia develops an addiction to cocaine, while Shane makes a strong first impression during his first day at a new school. | ||||
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| Nancy finds it difficult to fit her romance with Esteban into her schedule as she tries to talk with Shane about his new fantasies and with Silas about his new girlfriend. Celia grows more desperate to feed her binge and Silas continues his relationship with Lisa as they begin to expand the offerings at her cheese shop. Andy and Doug search for the "Mermex." | ||||
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| Nancy discovers the tunnel is being used to smuggle more than drugs. Esteban allays her fears with a powerful remedy. Celia's family stages an intervention, forcing her into rehab. Andy locates the "Mermex," Maria, and brings her to Doug. At home, Silas babysits, while Shane explores virgin territory with his two new girlfriends. | ||||
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| Nancy must deal with the aftermath of Shane's exploits, her Ayahuasca trip and more confrontation with Guillermo. Celia is forced to find a new, cheap rehab facility. Doug and Maria struggle with their relationship and they both turn to Andy for help. Meanwhile, Silas' "sandwich" business grows too big, forcing him to turn to Nancy for help. | ||||
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| Unable to accept the human trafficking operation the tunnel is being used for, Nancy fills Agent Till in on Esteban's operation, which results in catastrophe. Embracing rehab, Celia sets out to make amends with her family. Maria begins making advances on Andy and Shane impresses his girlfriends with his drug scoring abilities. | ||||
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| Nancy struggles to make deals with Agent Till and keep secrets from Esteban about the bust on the tunnel. Celia travels deep into Mexico to make amends with estranged daughter Quinn. Meanwhile, Silas meets Lisa's ex-husband, Andy evaluates his relationship with Nancy, Shane starts dealing weed at his school and Doug finds a reason to live. | ||||
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