Weeds - Season Two

While the first season of Weeds needed its time to set things up, season two was a welcome improvement. I liked season one, but this time around the show was both funnier and more gripping, ending almost every episode in some sort of cliffhanger.

I found Heylia to be one of the least interesting aspects of the show, so I liked this season revolving more around Nancy and Conrad branching off and growing their own marijuana supply. I don't know if she's in for the entire duration of the series, but I wouldn't mind if Heylia was gradually phased out of the show. Celia is also unlikable most of the time, and I was disappointed when she won the city council seat, but it did lead to her affair with Doug, which I somehow found very enjoyable to watch, because those two are polar opposites. Also a dick is Nancy's oldest son, Silas, not for his rebellious behaviour and disrespect for her, but more for the time he intentionally got his girlfriend pregnant in an attempt to make her stay with him in lieu of going off to college. That was an extremely slimy thing to do. But, hey, we also got Zooey Deschanel guest starring in a few episodes, and adding Zooey always improves things. For people who claim she always plays the same character, this one is a departure; Kat is crazy to the point of being a little scary, or as scary as someone like Zooey can be, anyway. Finally, the cliffhanger in the season finale was about ten times bigger than last season. All of Nancy's mistakes as a mother, wife, friend, and drug dealer came to a point at the exact same moment, and it was awesome.

The only thing I really hated about this season was all the covers of the show's theme song used each episode. Watching season one, I grew to like the original, and in my opinion it is a song that only works that one way, with its acoustic, simplistic sound. All other versions made my ears bleed.

Best Episode: The funniest one was "Mrs. Botwin's Neighborhood", in which Shane gets in trouble at school for telling everyone about his "happy ending", Silas has a falling out with his girlfriend's parents, Celia tries to force (literally) Nancy to be her friend, and Peter disposes of Nancy's competition.