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(S03E11) Well, when we left our story last time, poor Celia (did anyone ever think they'd see the words "poor Celia" together in a sentence about Weeds?) had walked in on Sullivan and Nancy having sex all over the conference table. Oh, and she was also bearing a plate of cupcakes. Double ouch. So, we rejoin this little sexcapade in progress. Apparently. Celia continues to crouch down and eavesdrop on the post-coital bliss, while Nancy cleans up with Kleenex and has her panties down around her knees. Oh, and she tells Sullivan she's quitting and going over to Aguatecture. If that doesn't say classy, then I'll never know what will.

And as Erin pointed out last week, we've got even more Valerie this time around. Plus, she's decided to rock the boat quite a bit more by taking Nancy's partial payment of the $119,000 and handing it over to a private investigator who is going to spy on Nancy. Can't the pot-peddling Botwins catch a break at all? The only one who seems to have his or her head on straight these days is Shane, who is probably my favorite character on the show. Ever since he stood up and told Celia she was turning Agrestic into a police state, I've been impressed with that kid's moxie.

Now as far as I can remember, this private investigator represents about the fastest hire to extortion scheme I've ever seen. Valerie gives him the dough, and the very first day he's spying on Nancy he tells her what he's up to, and demands cash to keep quiet. This could've dragged on for several episodes, but Weeds gets to the heart of the matter within minutes. That's what I love about this show. They don't beat around the bush that often. This adds up to another wall closing in on Nancy. You've got the P.I., Celia, and Valerie ... so how's she going to get out this time? Granted, after last season's cliffhanger I had no idea how they'd write their way out of that corner, so I've learned to have some faith in the show.

Especially when that faith is paid off within minutes. Nancy really shows a ton of backbone in this episode, doesn't she? I mean she goes toe to toe with both the private investigator and Valerie with nerves of steel, and comes out on top both times. Of course, she's still got the ever-tenacious Celia to deal with, and as we saw during her Guantanomo-style interrogation of Dean, she's still a force to be reckoned with. Hell hath no fury like a woman who's been cheated on, loves to drink, and has a vendetta. Quite frankly, she scares the bejeezus out of me. Especially since last season's whole hair pulling "Be my friend!" incident.

So this was the meat and the potatoes of the episode, but the side servings were Celia finding out that something is definitely up with Aguatecture after seeing Conrad come out of the back room, Silas finding out that Tara is dating other dudes, and Doug berating the new Majestic city council with f-bombs and telling Majestic city council president Ann Carilli she has "cankles". You know, a calf that goes straight down to the foot, with no ankle definition. Cankles. That's my only complaint with this episode. We didn't get nearly enough Doug. I was never Kevin Nealon's biggest fan, but his character on this show is a perfect niche for him. This Agrestic/Majestic town battle should be good.

But better than that, Weeds is promising a knife-wielding brawl between Nancy and Celia next week. Somebody bring the popcorn. Plus, if you're Jonesing for a little more Weeds-action, check out Elvis Mitchell's awesome interview with show creator Jenji Kohan.