TV: Weeds

Fun 30 minute show, not your mama's sitcom

Last night Benjamin and I watched the second half of Weeds – Season 1. The whole season is only 10 episodes long, 30 minutes each without commercial time since it’s a Showtime show.

Claire and Erik recommended this show and I’m glad they did. It’s a very dark comedy about a hellish suburban town in which a young widow is selling weed to support her family after her husband’s sudden death.

The one thing about this show that makes zero sense to me is why this woman would WANT to continue to live in that hell. It’s all about her struggle to maintain her lifestyle, and certainly there’s value in the familiar, but man this place is icky and she doesn’t seem like someone who’d want to be there. On the other hand, I think that irony and juxtaposition is half the point.

This show is a quick jaunt due to the shortness of the season but it’s worthwhile. It’s also nice to have a show you can watch in 30 minute installments that’s actually worthwhile.

I hear season 2 is airing soon and I think it will be on iTunes for those, like me, who don’t have Showtime. Oh, and this show has some serious Showtime moments – full on fucking with nothing left to the imagination. Just FYI.