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August 26th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 11

“Head Cheese”

Shane and his goth girls are in the kitchen eating Pop Tarts for breakfast, while Nancy makes tea at the sink.
Nancy asks the girls if their parents are OK with them sleeping over at a boy’s house they’ve never met. “They’re totally cool with it,” one of the girls replies. Nancy says she […]

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August 20th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 10

Nancy and Esteban wakes up in bed together. They snuggle but the quiet moment is interrupted when one of Esteban’s henchmen comes to rouse him.
In a hotel room, Celia’s passed out and Isabelle takes a room service delivery. Celia’s bff from Agrestic, Pamela, is there along with Dean and a lady who says she’s an […]

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August 12th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 9

“Little boats”

Nancy — dolled up in a sexy dress — talks to Esteban on the phone; after their night of hot, animal sex, they’ve had trouble getting together for a date. Now he’s canceling for the third time.
Silas passes through the kitchen with a carrier filled with his plants. Nancy asks what’s up and […]

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August 5th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 8

“I am the table”
Nancy’s lounging in bed when the contractors arrive to do the bathroom. Shane doesn’t want to go to school, especially since Silas isn’t. Shane’s the only shot the family has left for going legit, Nancy tells him. He’s going to grow up to be a “doctor or a lawyer or a business […]

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July 29th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 7

“Yes, I can”

It’s morning at the Botwin residence and Nancy’s about to shower. Andy, naked, cuts ahead of her. Doug, shirtless and drooling, is asleep on the couch. When Nancy goes by in a huff he has a suggestion: “Do you need sex? It’ll help you relax.” He’d of course be happy to whip out […]

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July 22nd, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 6

“Excellent treasures”
Overcome by curiosity, Nancy explores the tunnel under the maternity store. She heads down and finds it spits her out in the bathroom of the Mexican mechanic’s shop, which doubles as a storage space for huge packages of weed.
When she peeks around the door, she sees a bunch of well-groomed guys drinking and […]

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July 15th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 5

“No Man Is Pudding”

Wowzer. Terrific episode. We open with Guillermo’s crew leveling a gun at Celia, who cowers and blubbers on the warehouse floor. She makes no sense in response to Guillermo’s questioning, but mentions him by name. He’s interrogating her when Nancy steps up. She tells him Celia’s her back up for when […]

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July 9th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 4

“Three coolers”

After Bubbe’s pillow-assisted death, the Botwins sit shiva – an unfamiliar custom to Nancy, Silas and Shane. Len dismisses the mixed-marriage family’s lack of Judaic knowledge and insists they spend all seven days sitting in the living room honoring his Holocaust survivor mother. We cruise through the week with the following highlights:
Day 1: […]

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July 2nd, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 3

“The Whole Blah Damn Thing”
We open episode 3 with Nancy trying to coax a response out of Bubbe, who’s still catatonic. Andy comes in, after sleeping outside to avoid his grandmother and the machinery keeping her alive. Andy explains to Nancy that Bubbe might prefer to die instead of being on the respirator.
Guillermo and Nancy […]

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June 25th, 2008

Weeds recap: Season 4, episode 2

“Lady’s a charm”

The episode opens with a shirtless Silas, looking more buff surfer dude than wan emo kid, taking scissors to his hair. Nancy chalks it up to the new start in a new town, though Shane and Silas look a lot worse for wear. Nance doesn’t seem to notice that the kiddos […]

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