Weeds-related stories
Posted Sep 1st 2009 2:54AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S05E13) "Women are strong ... until they fall apart." - NancyIt was zingers like the above quote that filled the season five finale of
Weeds. I'm sure there were more, but I dozed off about three minutes into the show. Honestly, I'll check out the first few eps of next season, but at this point, I'm not committed to reviewing the entire season. It's no fun for me, and certainly no fun for you guys, if I'm covering a show I'm just not into. I really hope it improves enough to make me giddy, but I'm not holding my breath.
Nothing about this episode grabbed me, and for that, I'm sad. From the massage therapist that Pilar sent for Nancy ("Don't make me sit on you") to Doug's lame one-liners ("Wanna lick my crystal balls?"), it just wasn't there. I expect a season finale to be filled with eye openers, plot twists, and a fantastic ending that makes me cry that it's over and yearn until the day it starts again. Sorry, it simply wasn't there.
Continue reading Weeds: All About My Mom
Posted Aug 31st 2009 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 7, ESPN2 has U.S. Open Tennis.
- At 8, ABC has the CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock.
- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, followed by the season premiere of Greek.
- ESPN has Pre-Season Football at 8, the Vikings vs. the Texans.
- BBC America has a new Top Gear at 8.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- TLC has a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9, then a new Ultimate Cake-Off.
- At 10, NBC has a new Dateline.
- Showtime has the season finale of Weeds at 10.
- Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
- E! has a new The Soup Presents at 10.
- Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: U.S. Open, CMA Music Festival, Weeds
Posted Aug 30th 2009 11:02AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Video, Weeds, Reality-Free
The season five finale of
Weeds, "All About My Mom," is coming up Monday night at 10 PM ET/PT on Showtime. Kevin Nealon will be hosting the finale to promote his upcoming comedy special,
Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out, which airs Friday, Sept. 4, at 9:30 PM ET/PT on Showtime. Get a sneak peek
here.
While I haven't been all that crazy about this season of
Weeds, there have been a few standout episodes, and I'll miss the show. Something about the crazy life of Nancy Botwin and her clan continues to draw me in, even during what I consider the weaker seasons.
Throughout season five,
TV Squad readers have been debating whether the show is still good, or whether it should take its final bow. After "Ducks & Tigers,"
Collin said, "It is time to cancel this disaster. Whoever thinks this is a comedy should have their head examined." After "Distinctive Horn," however,
Matthew Fleigle noted, "So far this has been one of the best seasons of
Weeds."
Continue reading Preview of the Weeds finale - Is it time for the series to end?
Posted Aug 26th 2009 1:29PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Animation, Emmys, Reality-Free
Last week, our own Mr.
Bob Sassone posted
Family Guy's Emmy campaign video. It was a wee bit aggressive towards both
The Office and Brian (who just wanted to relax after a nice shower, poor fella), and now it looks like Stewie isn't quite done yet. Videos were made for the rest of the nominees, including
30 Rock, Entourage and
Weeds.
All the new videos are available
here. Although it's pretty repetitive -- nay, incredibly repetitive -- it's kind of amusing to hear the jabs against each show.
Continue reading Stewie still really wants an Emmy
Posted Aug 25th 2009 2:43AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S05E12) "I could use a little more snakebite on my lips." - DeanHmmm ... what to say about this episode? I kept waiting for something to jump out at me. Some fun witticism from Andy or Doug, or anything really. But it just wasn't there. At this point, I'm just glad there's only one episode left, and hopefully, they can do a major reboot and gain back a lot of the viewers who've left. As many of you have commented this season, what's really lacking is any sort of empathy for Nancy. She just seems lost and twisting in the wind.
Continue reading Weeds: Glue
Posted Aug 24th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Celebrities, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, NBC has a new Great American Road Trip.- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, followed by a new Make It or Break It.
- Discovery has Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer at 8, then two new episodes of Out of Egypt.
- ESPN has Pre-Season Football at 8, the Ravens vs. the Jets.
- ESPN2 has the Little League World Series at 8.
- Nickelodeon has a new Glenn Martin, DDS at 8.
- BBC America has a new Top Gear at 8.
- At 9, ABC has a new Dating in the Dark.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- TNT has the summer finale of The Closer at 9, then the summer finale of Raising the Bar.
- At 10, NBC has a new Dateline.
- Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, followed by the season finale of Nurse Jackie.
- Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations at 10.
- A&E has a new Hoarders at 10.
- There's a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives on Food Network at 10.
- Also at 10: E! has a new The Soup Presents.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Glenn Martin, Raising the Bar, Weeds, Hoarders
Posted Aug 18th 2009 3:19PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S05E11) "If you don't climax, the terrorists win." - Andy to Audra, after the anti-abortionists start throwing stuff through her windowThis is probably my least favorite episode of
Weeds so far this season. I know some of you haven't been digging this season at all, but I've been hanging in there, holding out hope that it'll end on a high note, and even loving an episode
here and
there. But aside from a few Andy-isms, I wasn't really feeling this ep much.
Continue reading Weeds: Ducks and Tigers
Posted Aug 17th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7:30, Nickelodeon has two new episodes of Penguins of Madagascar, then the series premiere of Glenn Martin, DDS.- At 8, ABC has a new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, followed by a new Dating in the Dark.
- NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then a new Make It or Break It.
- ESPN has Pre-Season Football at 8, the Giants vs. the Panthers.
- ESPN2 has Little League Baseball at 8.
- BBC America has a new Top Gear at 8.
- At 9, TLC has a new Jon & Kate Plus 8.
- TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Raising the Bar.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- At 10, NBC has a new Dateline.
- Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, followed by a new Nurse Jackie.
- TLC has a new Cake Boss at 10.
- Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
- Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Millionaire, Glenn Martin, DDS, Top Gear, Dating in the Dark
Posted Aug 11th 2009 5:01AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S05E10) "No one is fine around you." - Silas to NancyWell, at least Nancy is starting to have some feelings for her sons again. I guess. I'm not alone in my thought that she seems to have lost the motherly gene she had at the beginning of the series. I dunno ... maybe she never had it to begin with. But since hooking up with Esteban, it's gone out the window -- until it slapped her in the face when Shane took a bullet meant for her.
Now she's all hyped up about Silas getting out of dodge and backpacking around Europe. Except she doesn't realize that it's too late for Silas. He's already grown and running his own illegal enterprises -- a skill he picked up from her. I know it's a TV show, but after the childhood these kids have had, they're pretty much ruined as far as having any sort of normal life.
Continue reading Weeds: Perro Insano
Posted Aug 10th 2009 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, followed by a new Dating in the Dark.- FOX has the 2009 Teen Choice Awards at 8.
- NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
- At 9, PBS has two new episodes of History Detectives.
- TLC has a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9.
- There's a new episode of The Closer on TNT at 9, then a new Raising the Bar.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- Also at 9: Travel Channel has Confessions of a Travel Writer, followed by a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
- At 10, NBC has a new Dateline.
- Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives at 10.
- Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, then a new Nurse Jackie.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Teen Choice Awards, The Closer, Anthony Bourdain
Posted Aug 4th 2009 3:50AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S05E09) "Night farts happen, especially since I've been dieting." - Andy to Nancy, about sharing a bedThe THINGS you see on
Weeds! Sometimes I don't know whether to be amused or shocked, so this week, I chose a little of both. The sight of Andy suckling Nancy to ease the pain of her swollen breasts ... well, that just never would have occurred to me after I had my babies and found myself in that situation.
And I'm standing by my feeling that Andy goes above and beyond what's called for in a brother-in-law. Then again, suckling the breast of the woman you love probably isn't that much of a stretch for him. But swallowing the milk is a whole other story.
Continue reading Weeds: Suck n Spit
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Discovery's Shark Week continues all night.- At 8, ABC has Sugarland: Live on the Inside.
- NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8.
- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, followed by a new Make It or Break It.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW (with Jeremy Piven).
- TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, then a new Raising the Bar.
- TLC has the return of Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9 (two episodes).
- At 10, ABC has a new Dating in the Dark.
- NBC has a new Dateline at 10.
- Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, then a new Nurse Jackie.
- TLC has a new Ultimate Cake-Off at 10.
- Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10.
- IFC has the movie I, The Jury at 10.
- Also at 10: Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Road Trip, Kathy Griffin, Raising The Bar
Posted Jul 28th 2009 5:06AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S05E08) "I've come to reclaim my territory, Superfly." - Nancy to Andy, who's turned her room into a 1960s crash pad First of all, for some reason, I find Alanis Morissette completely annoying as the doctor. I don't know if she's just boring or whether it's because she was mean to Andy: "You're unemployed, you're closer to 40 than 30, you drive a car from a TV show, and your greatest recent accomplishment was beating the upside-down kill screen in Ms. Pacman."
The only upside of her and Andy's date is that it got him to shave that ridiculous Geico caveman beard off. I really appreciate seeing his face again.
I also love the little vignettes at the beginning of each ep with the opening credits. Tonight's featured a file drawer with a "Weeds" file and a "Jenji Kohan" file. I also picked out a "Power of Attorney" file, which came into play later in the episode.
Continue reading Weeds: A Distinctive Horn
Posted Jul 27th 2009 4:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
- At 7, Bravo has a new Inside The Actors Studio, with Judd Apatow.
- At 8, ABC has the two-hour season finale of The Bachelorette, followed by a new Dating in the Dark.
- NBC has a new Great American Road Trip at 8, then new episodes of The Wanted and Dateline.
- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then a new Make It Or Break It.
- TNT has a new episode of The Closer at 9, followed by a new Raising the Bar.
- History Channel has Sex in 69: Sexual Revolution in America at 9.
- Also at 9: Food Network has a new Unwrapped.
- At 9, PBS has a new History Detectives.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
- Showtime has a new Weeds at 10, then a new Nurse Jackie.
- Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
- Bravo has a new Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10.
- TLC has a new Cake Boss at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Bachelorette, Unwrapped, Nurse Jackie, Cake Boss
Posted Jul 21st 2009 3:16AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Weeds, Reality-Free
(S05E07) "We have to get the fuck out of here right now. These people bludgeon innocent golfers for sport." - Shane to NancyOh my gosh. There were so many funny scenes and quotes in this episode of
Weeds, I don't even know where to begin. Let's start with Shane, who surely is the smartest kid on TV right now. When Nancy had him look up the mysterious woman (Zuzao) in Esteban's life on Wikipedia, Shane's translations were spot on:
- Sole heir to a vast telecommunications company: "media manipulator"
- On the Board of the Mexican Stock Exchange: "inside trader"
- Philanthropist: "tax evader"
I mean, really. I'm not sure how old Shane is -- I'm sure one of you will tell me -- but that's darn smart for a kid of any age.
Continue reading Weeds: Where the Sidewalk Ends
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