Weeds (2005-2012)

When a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is.

This is my stepping stone to Breaking Bad. Everyone seems to be hooked on these drug shows so I thought I'd try one too. So far, so good!

At first I didn't realize this was a SHOWTIME tv show (even though it says so in the credits...oops) so I didn't understand how they were getting away with having so much sex and cussing in the show. But once you get over that hurtle the show is actually not that bad.

Weeds is a dark comedy about drug dealing. Nancy is a single mom of two boys (three if you count her brother-in-law) and they get into all kinds of shenanigans. It captures an interesting dynamic of how far will you go to keep your lifestyle?

One thing I didn't really like about the show was the fact that they just throw you into the first season. If I hadn't read the quick description I would be completely confused for at least the first few episodes. I'm not even sure the dead father is referenced directly until the second episode. Everyone talks about Nancy's unfortunate 'situation'.

This aside, I absolutely LOVE the theme song about the ticky tacky and how everyone is the same in the suburbs (mostly because it's true...especially in California). Season one has the same theme song throughout the entire season, the next two seasons have various artists covering the same song which I don't like as much. It just doesn't have the same effect when each episode has its own tone and personality -- I feel like I'm watching a completely different show each time.

I don't have much else to complain about, the characters are extremely real and very dynamic. Almost every episode leaves me with my jaw hanging wide open and at a loss for words. In my opinion that is extremely great writing.

I am currently in the middle of season two about to move onto season three. Unless something horrible goes down I don't think my opinion of this show will change so for now, 3 stars. Once I'm done with the series I don't see myself re-watching it, but it is definitely fun while it lasts.