Weeds- the TV Show

[Andy]

Was it any good.  I was always intrigued, but never watched.  Now they're available of Bluray for under $30 for the whole series.

[Jason]

I never saw it but I'm going to say that it probably wasn't any good.

[Martin]

I have friends (non-potheads and potheads alike) who swear by it, but I've never seen more than the first two-three episodes, when it first aired. Maybe I didn't give it a fair chance.

[Sarah]

It was mildly entertaining, but I wouldn't spend any money on it.

[Gilly]

Did it get cancelled? I watched the first and second season on DVD but never watched the 3rd. I liked the first season and thought the second season was just ok. Under 30 dollars for 3 seasons? I'd buy that.

[masterofsparks]

I watched season one and while it wasn't heinous, I wasn't really that impressed by it. It's one of those shows whose whole premise would collapse if the characters involved utilized even the tiniest bit of rational thought.

[KickTheBobo]

I rented Season One & Two and thought they were pretty good.

The theme song is annoying as hell, though.

interesting: I just checked imdb to see who does that "little boxes" song, and found that Pixie Joey Santiago did some of the original music for the first season.

rent it, don't buy it.

Update: It didn't occur to me how Indie-tastic the music for this show is. You got your Mountain Goats, your Gib Benson, your Decemberists and all sorts of others popping up.

check it out: http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/music.do?music=season1

[ericluxury]

I watched disc 1 of season 1 and thought it was very very contrived and didn't bother with the rest of them.

[masterofsparks]

They also used "Who Knows" by Marion Black, which was an unexpected surprise. It's one of my favorite songs ever but not something I expected to hear on a TV show.

[Emily]

it's not bad. i'd say watch it online. don't buy it. but it is kind of entertaining. the thing that kind of bothered me was that Nancy's iced coffee was always almost empty. still had some in there, but always at the same almost-empty level. which, if you watch the whole series over the course of a week or two, will stick out as odd. we never see her when it's full. why couldn't they just fill it up a little more?

[Jason]

it's not bad. i'd say watch it online. don't buy it. but it is kind of entertaining. the thing that kind of bothered me was that Nancy's iced coffee was always almost empty. still had some in there, but always at the same almost-empty level. which, if you watch the whole series over the course of a week or two, will stick out as odd. we never see her when it's full. why couldn't they just fill it up a little more?

Continuity.

[Emily]

ah, well variety's good too.

[Sarah]

he thing that kind of bothered me was that Nancy's iced coffee was always almost empty.

It drove me nuts that she was constantly clutching an extremely large beverage container of one sort or the other.  And I got mighty sick of the way she'd suck on the straw and look winsomely up at people.  All in all, I grew extremely tired of Mary-Louise Parker's cute little ways.

[buffcoat]

he thing that kind of bothered me was that Nancy's iced coffee was always almost empty.

It drove me nuts that she was constantly clutching an extremely large beverage container of one sort or the other.  And I got mighty sick of the way she'd suck on the straw and look winsomely up at people.  All in all, I grew extremely tired of Mary-Louise Parker's cute little ways.

To be fair, Sarah, I have a strong feeling that you are on the extreme left side of the curve in terms of patience for cute little ways, no?

[Gilly]

I liked Mary Louise Parker in that show but it was her kids, especially Silas that made me cringe. I thought Celia and Doug were great characters. Maybe living in the suburbs my whole life and having aunts exactly like some of the council women makes me like it more.