TV-Reviewed

It’s good to see everyone doing something on this episode of Weeds; it didn’t feel like we had any floaters on the episode (looking at you Doug). Things happened in this episode, but there were some components that didn’t necessarily work in this episode.

Silas’s relationship with Lisa, the cheese lady continues to go on a quick pace. Since Lisa and Silas barely know each other, it’s funny watching Lisa’s face as she gets to know him, like finding out that he’s a drug dealer. It’s also a bit sad that Shane is forced to go to school while Silas doesn’t have to worry about it. It’s sad that Nancy has already given up on Silas becoming nothing more then he is. Nancy really does feel like Shane is the last hope of the family, which is why I can’t understand why they would go down this whole road of Shane’s fantasy about his mother.

Not a lot of time was focused on Shane’s first day of school, but it looks like the youngest Botwin is making sure he’s not going to be the kid who gets his ass kicked in school. It was a hilarious moment to watch him befriend the popular guy at the school, only for the guy to be nice and see Shane whack him in his face. We needed a bit more school scenes, but that’s price you pay when we’re dealing with thirty minutes.

Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

Silas was robbed of a sex scene this week, but after his scene last week, it should be enough to compensate with this episode. Taking over in Silas’s place was Nancy and Esteban who technically go on their first date. While the date hit a bump on the road when they’re shot at, it keeps going until Esteban and Nancy both give into their animal instincts. The sight of blood on the pillow and then watching as Nancy walks through the tunnel with nails marks in her back were an interesting sight. Nancy and Esteban’s relationship is interesting to watch and the weirder they get, the more interesting the relationship is.

Then there was El Andy who’s trying to become the greatest coyote whoever lived, unfortunately this first job ended up not having him get paid, but it was interesting hearing Doug and Andy justify what they’re doing, by thinking that they’re doing is god’s work and the fact that Andy has compared himself to Moses really shows how out there Andy is.

Celia’s new found drug habit comes a bit out of nowhere and the writer’s really seem set on driving Celia off the deep end. It is interesting to see the Celia that was prissy and against drugs go from that to now being an ex-con and now a possible drug attic. Her drug addiction isn’t really believable at this point though and should have been drawn over a couple of episodes, but we’ll go along with it for now. Isabel was a bit underutilized this episode and it’s too bad, because her and Shane make a great team.

Every storyline is moving, at uneven paces, but they’re still moving. Only the next episode will tell whether Silas’s “cheese” business will amount to anything or if Guillermo and Nancy can ever get back to the way there relationship was (I’m guessing wanting to kill Nancy in front of her kids can’t be forgiven). These are the things I’m most looking forward too from next episode, but overall this was another solid episode of Weeds.

Rating: 7.5