Weeds – Who smuggles weed from Afghanistan?

For those of you waiting to find out what would happen when Nancy, three years incarcerated, was reunited with her Copenhagen-living family on Weeds … well, apparently we have more time left to wait. The show that’s made an art-form out of dragging its heels is at it again.

Seriously, you have to wonder what in the world is wrong with Nancy. I’m not saying she should have taken that lamp repair job — awesome profession for her that it is — but did she really need to find herself sitting across from yet another psycho, trying to negotiate returning his suitcase full of munitions in exchange for weed from Afghanistan? And is she sure she wants to screw around with Zoya (Olga Sosnovska), a woman who lit her last lover on fire?

At least Nancy didn’t sleep with Zoya’s brother, although that’s unlikely to last very long. It’s about life choices, Nancy! But how about Pablo Schreiber coming in to play Nancy’s soon-to-be latest love interest? Little Nicky Sobotka from season two of The Wire is back and … well, looking younger than he did eight years ago. Nutty.

Which brings us to Nancy’s new roommate, played brilliantly by Nicole Pettis. She’s about as crazy as you could imagine another human being, plus she’s absolutely filthy … I love how she made a love connection with Andy! She would (will?) eat him alive, but wouldn’t you just love to see that happen? She kind of reminds me of Yael (Meital Dohan) from season two, the head of the rabbinical school that Andy tried to hide out in when he was about to be sent to Iraq. She seems fun, and I think she could fill a void that’s been missing from the show for years now: a female challenge to Nancy’s own brand of crazy.

I was finally getting on-board with Shane over the last season or two, but I think he’s back to being a whinier kid than he may have ever been. No question that he’s very screwed up, but you’d think he’d reached the normal point in life when you can actually start doing without the tether to your parents … yet he sounds like he’s regressing. I’m sure we’ll get a clearer picture once he actually gets to spend some time with Nancy — assuming she can get some clean urine — but right now he might as well be sucking his thumb and dragging around a blankie.

Silas is screwed up too, but I’ve always loved how he’s been his own man. He’s also kind of dumb, so his adventure modeling in New York is bound to be fun, but at the very least he’ll always stand on his own two feet. Now if he could just do that with Doug a little more — remember their medical marijuana store? — he’d be perfect.

Speaking of Doug, I always thought he was an accountant by default, doing other middle class peoples’ taxes because he couldn’t — or wouldn’t — aim for more. I’m interested to see where his story’s going, although the show will have to work hard to prove that he’s ever shown promise of Wall Street smarts. Maybe he’s a great closer? Just prove it to us first.

I’m not sure where any of this is going … but that’s how Weeds has always thrived, right?

Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Jul 06, 2011 @ 14:45 EST5EDT