Category Archives: Weeds
Notes on an Unintentional Cultural Hiatus
It is natural for people who write about television to write less during the summer: the number of shows on the air dwindles, meaning that the overall sense of activity within the industry is less conducive to the kinds of … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Weeds – “All About My Mom”
A review of Weeds’ fifth season finale, “All About My Mom,” including analysis of the entire fifth season. Continue reading
Weeds – “Perro Insano”
“Perro Insano” August 10th, 2009 Ah, the false finale. In many ways, “Perro Insano” operates as a finale would, giving every character a climactic moment or climactic decision and leaving them hanging as we move on in a new direction. … Continue reading
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Weeds – “Suck ‘n’ Spit”
“Suck ‘n’ Spit” August 3rd, 2009 What I’ve always found interesting about Weeds is that it has been very careful about limiting the consequences from Nancy Botwin’s actions. Yes, bad things have happened, but they have always seemed to happen … Continue reading
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Weeds – “A Distinctive Horn”
“A Distinctive Horn” July 27th, 2009 As you’ve no doubt noticed as of late, things have been a touch slow around Cultural Learnings when it comes to summer programming reviews. This is due largely to a combination of extra-special T.V. … Continue reading
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Weeds – “A Modest Proposal”
“A Modest Proposal” July 13th, 2009 Weeds is often a show that tends to drag things out, so I think there were more than a few collective jaw drops at the sight of a “Six Months Later” chyron early in … Continue reading
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Weeds – “Super Lucky Happy”
“Super Lucky Happy” June 29th, 2009 Known for its rather glacial pacing (I was reading in Todd’s review from The A.V. Club last week that the show arguably has only taken place over the course of a year or so, … Continue reading
Weeds – “Su-Su-Sucio”
“Su-Su-Sucio” June 22nd, 2009 Weeds always sits at a perilous crossroads of plot and character development, as the two often aren’t synonymous terms as they relate to the early part of each season. By the end of the season, sure, … Continue reading
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Weeds – “Machetes Up Top”
“Machetes Up Top” June 15th, 2009 Weeds, perhaps more than any other half-hour “comedy”, follows a particularly serialized structure, where almost all of its characters are on separate and interconnected paths that always take a few episodes to get going. … Continue reading
Season Premiere: Weeds – “Wonderful Wonderful”
“Wonderful Wonderful” June 8th, 2009 There are not many cool things in Nancy Botwin’s life. This isn’t something sudden: as each subsequent season has gone forward, things have become more and more tense. The show’s fourth season was yet another … Continue reading
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