Weeds

I had heard (and read) so many good things about Weeds that I was looking forward to getting hooked on another great cable Series (like Entourage, Sopranos or Mad Men) but that slowly eroded away with each episode I watched from... Full review

WEEDS is a complicated series currently airing on the cable network SHOWTIME, the same corp. that brought us DEAD LIKE ME and other controversial story lines. And WEEDS certainly is wonderfully bizarre. Mary-Louise Parker (THE WEST WING) stars as Nancy Botwin,... Full review

Mary Louise Parker plays a widowed suburban housewife forced to create new ways to generate enough income to support the lifestyle she and her family had become accustomed before her husband departed. Parker and Elizabeth Perkins are excellent representations of housewives... Full review

Weeds is a hilarious comedy, following other trend-setting shows like The Sopranos and Six Feet Under that deal with real life issues (using real life language). Sometimes wonderfully dark, and sometimes very blunt, the humour seems to suit each episode's general... Full review

Showtime's 'Weeds' grows darker, pulls less laughs with fifth season....In the larger picture, the whole long-term plot of "Weeds" has become convoluted enough....On the other hand, "Weeds" still serves up some gems -....Call it a happy ending, sorry about the spoiler.....It's still a reasonably funny show, thanks to first-rate performances from Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin , a woman who deals drugs.... ... Full Review

Showtime's 'Weeds' Still Has Nice Buzz....Justin Kirk and Mary-Louise Parker continue to give two of the most entertaining performances on television and the dialogue is still clever, witty, and brilliantly timed..... ... Full Review

As the miscreants of "Weeds" mature into full-blown criminal nomads, let's hope....they don't abandon comedy completely for the sake of unexpected or farcical plot twists..... ... Full Review

Nealon is an astute comedic actor, and his scenes always kill.....Also foreshadowed was her Mexican mafia potential lover and business partner Guillermo, who first entices Nancy in her infamous "brick dance" pool table scene..... ... Full Review

"Weeds" continues creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan's absurdist tale of suburban survival;....Nealon is an astute comedic actor, and his scenes always kill.....Also foreshadowed was her Mexican mafia potential lover and business partner Guillermo, who first entices Nancy in her infamous "brick dance" pool table scene.....an off-kilter yarn that takes the perfectly cast Mary Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin.... ... Full Review

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, you may be dreading yet another awkward family get-together. Everyone's had one of those gatherings, where if you cram down a little turkey and stuffing before Aunt Carol makes another off-color comment, the day... ... Full Article

Epix, which bowed late last month, is a joint venture of Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. McKinnon comes to Epix from Shibui Entertainment, where she served as president and CEO. ... Full Article

Bottom Line: This intermittently amusing backstage comedy suffers from credibility problems. Veteran playwright Theresa Rebeck, whose "Mauritius" played on Broadway a couple of seasons ago, certainly has an insider's view of the theater, which she employs to intermittently entertaining effect... ... Full Article

Nobody does exasperated like Julie White , the Tony-winning actress ("The Little Dog Laughed") currently fabricating bountiful laughs from a sumptuous display of strained nerves in "The Understudy," a scattershot backstage comedy by Theresa Rebeck that opened on Thursday night... ... Full Article

You can bring home everyone's favorite soccer mom/drug dealer home on DVD and Blu-ray early next year. Weeds : Season Five will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 19, 2010. ... Full Article

Epix is serious about original programming -- that's the message the fledging multiplatform service's newly minted head of development Laverne McKinnon is relaying to the creative community in a series of presentations she has been doing around town. ... Full Article