The most dramatic and also profound part of the plot concerns Judah's mother, hooked up to machine, in a coma, tended by Judah's father, Len, aka Albert Brooks. She mutters in Episode 2, in Yiddish, that she doesn't want to live, and this sets most of the family off on a debate as to whether to kindly put her out of her misery. Andy leads the arguments for yes, Silas is the most opposed. The Andy Ayes eventually carry the day, and appoint Nancy (of course) to the task.
Nancy shuts off the machine via turning off circuit breakers - but, miraculously, grandma keeps breathing! I was glad to see that.
Meanwhile, Nancy's being tested as a runner to Mexico, the Feds finally believe Celia that Nancy's the drug runner, and some kind of crisis is clearly brewing, but it's still a little too soon to tell what.
But I'm enjoying Nancy and her family by the sea - not to mention Len v. Andy - and looking forward to maybe even grandma now playing an active role! Intimations of immortality...
See also: Showtime's Sassy Hour of Sin ... Sitting Shiva on Weeds: 4.4 ... Nancy Gets Spanked and Likes It: 4.8 ... Nancy Has Limits: 4.9 ... Shane and Two Girls: 4.10 ... Nancy Turns a Corner: 4.11 ... The First Bitter Fruit of Telling Till: 4.12
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I was always struck by the mix of cartoonish fantasy and honest realism presented by "Weeds." The characters talk and act like real people, when they are out of public view -- i.e., they swear, fuck, act like bad parents, have ambivalent relationships with their kids, and do what they have to do to make ends meet. I think the show, in previous seasons, elegantly threaded these themes together: Nancy's situation is a bit otherworldly, sure, but her day-to-day, person-to-person interactions seemed very true to life.
Anyway! This season, those aspects of the show seem to be operating in separate but equal spheres. The family drama at the house, as you mention, is quite compelling, and touches on issues of death, filial guilt, religious tradition, and generational strife. Even Andy is forced to wax serious. Meanwhile, Nancy is off in a surreal world of drug trafficking, risking (stupidly, I think) her life and family. Both plots are fun to follow, but so far they don't seem entwined; there is a lot of cross-cutting going on this season, which I think has slowed the show's pace.
That said, still one of the best shows out there. Curious to hear your thoughts,
--M. Twist
Agree with you completely, M. - that's what I was getting at when I said there's some kind of crisis brewing, but it's hard to tell what...
These first three shows have the flavor of an extended preface.
Of course, sometimes the Preface can be the whole story - as in Lippmann's Preface to Morals - but in a television series like Weeds, I think we'll get more...
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