Weeds is among the best TV shows of 2009

Some of you felt Weeds jumped the shark this past season. And there’s plenty of evidence on that point: the two baby daddies, Esteban’s junkie princess of a daughter, the General Lee, Celia as hostage-turned-makeup-and-marijuana maven and the smashing of wieners in desk drawers. But say what you will about the series: Hank Stuever, a pop culture writer at The Washington Post, thinks you’re wrong.

Stuever placed Weeds at No. 3 on his Top 10 list of the best TV in 2009, slotting the series just behind Glee as one of the most entertaining scripted TV offerings this year (No. 1 was the Balloon Boy debacle, which turned out to be scripted after all).

In his rankings, Stuever said the “drug-dealing dramedy went epic this season.” That might not have been the case without Weeds‘ surprising finale, or as Stuever put it, “Nice work with the croquet mallet, Shane!”

Does Weeds rank in your year-end faves? Or would you place a different Showtime series on top for 2009?

Personally, I’d give the honors to a newcomer like United States of Tara, but I still think Weeds is awesome, if a bit campy.

Share you thoughts in the comments.

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