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(S04E03) What a relief! Now that we've ditched the dead weight (sorry, Bubbie) Weeds can finally get down to business. The Agrestic and Ren Mar worlds are slowly coming together, which should please the Doug fans. Some familiar faces are making their way to Nancy's new home, and that could mean trouble for her.

A few of the ghosts of season three appeared in this episode. After hearing Doug mention the Majestic community's outrage over Celia's arrest, I was surprised to see Pam back at Celia's side. In true perv fashion, Doug and Dean were watching Andy's foot fetish porn film. Even "Cankles" Carilli tracked Doug down at his dude suite to confront him about some "insurance discrepancies." While I'm glad that the supporting players of Agrestic/Majestic are popping up from time to time, I wish we could get a hint about Conrad and Heylia's fate. I'm really starting to miss them. Does anyone else think it's strange that Nancy hasn't mentioned them or tried to contact them? Yes, I know that Romany Malco and Tonye Patano are off the show, but it's not like the characters are dead to Nancy.

It only took the Botwins about 24 hours to wrestle with major life-and-death issues; not bad. Andy reduced human existence to a series of blahs in a manner that only he could. The Bubbie dilemma put the Botwins' strange approach to communication on display. The family never got together to discuss Bubbie, instead choosing to break the discussion down into several smaller conversations. There was the guys' talk in the van, Lenny and Shane's man-to-man chat, and Andy and Lenny's argument on the beach. On a side note, Alexander Gould can hold his own with any actor on this show. When it was time to do the actual plug-pulling, however, the Botwins banded together and said goodbye as a family. That has to count for something.

I never thought I'd see the day when Nancy would learn from her mistakes. All she needed was the Jesus-cam and some practical tips from Guillermo. Nancy really did give a poor performance in her test run, didn't she? She didn't even have a name for her fictitious face cream. Kudos to her for taking Guillermo's fashion advice to heart. Who knew that Nancy's most shocking outfit ever would consist of khaki shorts, a cutesy pink top, and a visor? I hope we get to see her in more hilarious ensembles like that. On second thought, it might be overwhelming, kind of like Celia's prison transformation. Perhaps Nancy can find the MILF alternative to J. Crew.

At the moment I'm not terribly impressed with Celia's surveillance skills. The woman had a disposable camera! Couldn't Till have loaned her something more modern? Till must have a pretty weak case against Guillermo if he's tentatively cutting a deal with such an inexperienced informant. Unless Celia got something in writing, this deal might not pan out for her. Will she stick with Till, defect to Nancy's side, or become a double agent?

My favorite lines of the night:

• " 'Kill me.' What do you think she meant by that? Maybe it was her sled." --Andy
• Guillermo referring to Nancy's dress from last week as a "technicolor slut suit."
• "All eyeballs and elbows and ready to play God." --Lenny, on Shane
  

Next week--Lenny thinks Nancy's a prostitute (wrong show), Celia reports to Till, and Doug turns up in Ren Mar.