Weeds Season 8 comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray this week. Season 8 was actually finally the final season of Weeds so this DVD is all there is left. After this you won’t be able to see any more of Mary Louise Parker as a pot-selling suburban mom, unless maybe you buy all the other DVDs and rewatch them. Also Steve Martin and Kevin Nealon did the theme song (with banjos, natch) for one of the Season 8 episodes, which is another good reason to add this DVD to your personal collection if you like those guys.
Columentary (title sadly not pending) is a weekly feature, in which I’ll listen to the commentary track of a sitcom, and divulge, through pretty pictures and less pretty words, the behind-the-scenes secrets the creators, writers, and cast discuss about their show. If you've ever wondered about that one guy who once starred in that thing, but whom everyone loves because he's such a nice guy on set, this is for you.
Show: Weeds
Episode: "Corn Snake" (S02E01)
Original Airdate: August 14, 2006
Episode Plot: Marijuana dealer Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker) attempts to break off contact with the DEA agent she slept with in the season one finale, Peter [...]
Stoner comedy on television is a different breed than stoner films. Sure, there are the occasional five minutes of screen time on a comedy series where one or more characters get stoned, get the munchies and then freak out. But usually the mixture of television and marijuana is limited to various cop shows and episodes of Intervention. But in 2005, Showtime premiered a show entirely about weed: dealing, growing, baking, consuming, everything. And the biggest shocker is that the main characters were not your typical gangbangers or drug dealers. Instead, the dealer in question is a suburban mother and widow, trying to keep her family [...]
