Nancy is about in as desperate position as she's ever been in. Esteban's people kill Till's partner, after he identifies Nancy as the informant. Till, heartbroken and livid, tells Nancy he will hunt down and kill all of his partner's killers and their loved ones and gang - including Nancy, if she makes Till take the "long way" to find them, i.e., does not tell Till who is behind this, if Nancy knows.
Meanwhile, Esteban's henchman shows him a photo of Nancy and Till. Esteban wants to send a car to pick up Nancy. She offers to drive. She tells Esteban she loves him.
Why on Earth is Nancy driving to her certain death?
There's lots of other good stuff that happens with Nancy's family and friends ... but all pales in comparison to what happens with Nancy, so I'll stay with that.
She's now in Mexico with Esteban, who still loves her, but is sad, because he knows he has no choice but to kill her. Nancy tries to deny that was she was Till's informant. Esteban puts the photo of Till and Nancy on the table.
Nancy reaches into her bag ... and produces a photo of her own.
She pulls the ultimate card in a game she otherwise was sure to lose.
It's a sonogram ... she's pregnant, with Esteban's baby. And, just for good measure, she tells him it feels like a boy (he has two girls).
Had she been planning this is as insurance for a while? Did she know she was pregnant, and that's why she knew could get away with informing Till?
We'll find out next season, but ultimately it's all secondary to the one transcendent truth about Nancy: she always survives, because she's brilliant, and knows how to bring every part of her life into play.
Look for reviews of the next season of Weeds here on Infinite Regress...
See also: Showtime's Sassy Hour of Sin ... Weeds 4.3: Nancy by the Endless Sea ... Sitting Shiva on Weeds and Laughing: 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 Bitter Fruit of Telling Till: 4.12
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3 comments:
Hey, Nice review, Do you have any information on season 5, I can't seem to find any airing date etc. If you have any information when It's going to begin please share.
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Thanks alot.
Dale.
This has to be the MOST refreshing show to come to air! It is brilliant!!
I love the show but I think Nancy has made some really, really stupid decisions toward the end of Season 4.
For one, she really needs to stop getting involved with people who could potentially destroy her life.
Two, I realize she had to tell Till out of ethical considerations, but in person? To his face? Out in the open? No, drop an anonymous note, so no one knows and no one can trace it to her. Then she can disappear, Till wouldn't follow her because she has the Peter thing on him. Derf.
And the ultimate stupid decision, obviously, is to go see Esteban at the end. He may not have cared she was pregnant, some men don't go all softie for that.
Oh well, I guess if Nancy had made the smart move at any point during the show, Agrestic would still exist and there wouldn't be a season 5. I'm not complaining.
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