There are many American comedy-dramas on television today but one that has become particularly popular is Weeds, a Showtime show made by Lionsgate television and created by Jenji Kohan.
Weeds' plot is basically about a housewife whose husband dies suddenly and thus must find a way to make money and continue her affluent suburban lifestyle. She becomes her neighborhood's marijuana dealer in order to keep her income up and continue her lifestyle.
The TV series name, Weeds, seems to refer both to the plant that the protagonist sells (marijuana) as well as widow's weeds which is what one would wear when one's husband dies and becomes a widow. Additionally, it may refer to American suburbs which grow quickly like weeds and contain many people who are indistinguishable; just like weeds.
Weeds' opening theme song is called "Little Boxes" which is played along with images of many small houses in a typical American suburban neighborhood. This is to further enforce the weed like mentality that was spoken about in the preceding paragraph.
Weeds currently has five seasons and began to play in 2005. It was the highest rated series for Showtime in its first year and has been considered a definite success for the channel. On average, the season has attracted 962,000 viewers.
The Season 5 premier brought in 1.2 million viewers with an additional 500,000 viewers for the rerun later that night bringing the total viewership to 1.7 million. Not bad for the Showtime channel.
The exteriors for the show are shot mainly in California in the Santa Clarita Valley region. Some other shots are taken in Calabasas, California.
Nancy Botwin is the main protagonist who is the houselife living the typical suburban lifestyle in America until her husband dies and she must find a way to make ends meet. This leads her to the marijuana business where she begins selling to people like her accountant, lawyer and neighborhood friends. Eventually she must continue on to expand her customer base which brings about more obstacles for her throughout the show.
Celia is Nancy's best friend who also seems to be at times her best enemy. She is stuck in an unhappy marriage and is a character taken to various vices including alcohol. She also is mean and takes actions against various people to teach them lessons.
To give you a taste of what the seasons comprise of, season 1 involves the death of Nancy's husband as he is jogging. He dies suddenly of a heart attack and leaves Nancy a widow thus setting off the plot for her marijuana dealing.
Both of Nancy's children attend public school but for Nancy to live and keep going on in her upper middle class lifestyle, she has to make ends meet and this involves her entrance to the marijuana market when she begins to sell to her friends and neighbors.
At one point, some of Nancy's customers begin to go to the medical marijuana shop because its quality is much higher than the quality of Nancy's marijuana. For this reason, Nancy is forced to make baked goods using her cooking skills to find a new way to sell her inferior quality weed. She does a good job of this and covers up her sales by actually making her own bakery and putting Costco's products on her shelves as her own.
Weeds is an excellent television show and has had a long standing viewership. If this sort of topic and protagonist sounds interesting to you, you should definitely check out the show on Showtime. You may also find clips and other previews if you search on the internet for the television show, Weeds. - 30542
Weeds' plot is basically about a housewife whose husband dies suddenly and thus must find a way to make money and continue her affluent suburban lifestyle. She becomes her neighborhood's marijuana dealer in order to keep her income up and continue her lifestyle.
The TV series name, Weeds, seems to refer both to the plant that the protagonist sells (marijuana) as well as widow's weeds which is what one would wear when one's husband dies and becomes a widow. Additionally, it may refer to American suburbs which grow quickly like weeds and contain many people who are indistinguishable; just like weeds.
Weeds' opening theme song is called "Little Boxes" which is played along with images of many small houses in a typical American suburban neighborhood. This is to further enforce the weed like mentality that was spoken about in the preceding paragraph.
Weeds currently has five seasons and began to play in 2005. It was the highest rated series for Showtime in its first year and has been considered a definite success for the channel. On average, the season has attracted 962,000 viewers.
The Season 5 premier brought in 1.2 million viewers with an additional 500,000 viewers for the rerun later that night bringing the total viewership to 1.7 million. Not bad for the Showtime channel.
The exteriors for the show are shot mainly in California in the Santa Clarita Valley region. Some other shots are taken in Calabasas, California.
Nancy Botwin is the main protagonist who is the houselife living the typical suburban lifestyle in America until her husband dies and she must find a way to make ends meet. This leads her to the marijuana business where she begins selling to people like her accountant, lawyer and neighborhood friends. Eventually she must continue on to expand her customer base which brings about more obstacles for her throughout the show.
Celia is Nancy's best friend who also seems to be at times her best enemy. She is stuck in an unhappy marriage and is a character taken to various vices including alcohol. She also is mean and takes actions against various people to teach them lessons.
To give you a taste of what the seasons comprise of, season 1 involves the death of Nancy's husband as he is jogging. He dies suddenly of a heart attack and leaves Nancy a widow thus setting off the plot for her marijuana dealing.
Both of Nancy's children attend public school but for Nancy to live and keep going on in her upper middle class lifestyle, she has to make ends meet and this involves her entrance to the marijuana market when she begins to sell to her friends and neighbors.
At one point, some of Nancy's customers begin to go to the medical marijuana shop because its quality is much higher than the quality of Nancy's marijuana. For this reason, Nancy is forced to make baked goods using her cooking skills to find a new way to sell her inferior quality weed. She does a good job of this and covers up her sales by actually making her own bakery and putting Costco's products on her shelves as her own.
Weeds is an excellent television show and has had a long standing viewership. If this sort of topic and protagonist sounds interesting to you, you should definitely check out the show on Showtime. You may also find clips and other previews if you search on the internet for the television show, Weeds. - 30542
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