Weeds and the Absent Father

We finally got around to watching the last two episodes of Weeds the other night, and they made for interesting viewing – especially Shane’s spasm of violence.  “Spasm” seems the right word to me, because there is something in this character that seems out of control.  His smashing of Pilar with the croquet mallet is [...]

Weeds and the Subservient Woman

Over the past few years, Weeds has impressed me with its ability to recreate itself.  The show has, for the most part, retained its core set of characters, even as it has left Agrestic for Ren Mar and Mexico.  It has lost a number of excellent actors in these moves – Romany Malco and Tonye [...]