Weeds – Mr. Yu is a champion-level observer

For me, Doug’s definitely been the most interesting character on this season of Weeds. His chance to once again have his own story line was a really exciting turn-of-events after all these barren years, and last week’s meeting with the SEC was awesome. So what about last night’s surprise on-site inspection by SEC analyst Jolene Waite (Karen Strassman)?

At first I groaned. Was this about to be another “subtle” lecture on Wall Street greed and government employees feeding at the trough of public pensions? Ugh. Well, it still might be, but I also have a feeling that before the season’s up Doug will be having very awkward and clunky sex with Jolene. His interactions with her were great!

Andy’s been the supporting star of season seven. He happens to be extremely funny, and when he gets the chance to contribute it’s generally worth the wait. Even his mourning the loss of his shop was super … how many times did he try talking over a second speaker when he, Silas, and Nancy were meeting in the back room? He was pretty out-of-character when he snapped at Emma (Michelle Trachtenberg) — realizing that that was partially the point — but I’m rooting for him to make something of his success-less life.

Where Andy is the pathetic loser, Silas remains angry at his inability to get out from under the shadow of his mother. He should be kicking himself for introducing Emma to his operation, make no mistake, but his anger at his continued setbacks will only lead him to jump into situations without properly thinking them through. I still go back to the medical marijuana store, as stupid as he and Doug were to get taken by that dimwitted cop in a pair of shorts; that store was a great fit for him. But just as soon as he got taken by Emma and Pouncy House for everything he had — “They stole our phone number.” Perfect! — there he was agreeing to be the weed supplier for a combined operation with her. Even if it’s for real, Silas would have to be an even bigger idiot than he is to make a deal with someone who just ripped him off.

And that’s forgetting the potential for the deal that Nancy struck with Shane’s detective buddy to blow up in their faces. How bad a cop does he have to be to get sweet-talked by a two-bit weed dealer who spends week after week getting pushed in a new direction by someone else’s demands? Demetri says take care of your problem ASAP and Nancy hops to it? Guillermo says you’re running a front maternity shop with a drug tunnel from Mexico in the back and you do it? I’ll never give up on Nancy, but she’s a little like a toddler … spending time with her is full of laughs, but it wears you down before too long.

But back to the police. So they know all about Pouncy House but haven’t done anything about the operation because they “lack the motivation?” The police are spread thin, but a drug distribution operation wouldn’t be anyone’s afterthought … especially if it resides on the campus of an Ivy League university in New York City. In real life the cops just busted a big drug operation right on Columbia’s campus, so the story would also be “ripped from the headlines.” What’s wrong with this guy?

Who knows … any chance that Silas, Doug, and Andy will move away together and spin off into a buddy-buddy-buddy sitcom?

Clacked by Aryeh S.
on Aug 30, 2011 @ 16:27 EST5EDT