Weeds - The Complete First Season [Blu-ray] | ![Weeds - The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vTq4mJu4L._SL500_.jpg) | Actors: Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  194 reviews
Sales Rank: 5305
Format: Color, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 283 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: BR21334
UPC: 031398213345
EAN: 0031398213345
ASIN: B000O5B4DS
Release Date: May 29, 2007
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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 29-MAY-2007
Media Type: Blu-Ray
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With its fantastic comedy series Weeds, cable network Showtime finally gave up its also-ran status to HBO and found itself with a controversial, buzz-worthy show that was as hilarious as it was dark, one about a truly desperate housewife. A recent widow with two growing sons, Nancy Botwin (Golden Globe winner Mary-Louise Parker) looks like a typical resident of the affluent Southern California suburb of Agrestic. She keeps a clean, upscale house (with the help of a live-in maid), attends PTA meetings, goes to her kids' soccer games, makes frequent stops at the local coffee franchise.... and sells marijuana in order to make it all possible. Left with no way to support herself after her beloved husband's fatal heart attack, Nancy turns herself into the "suburban baroness of bud," dealing to her neighbors in the area, with the help of her supplier Heylia (Tonye Patano) and point man Conrad (Romany Malco). Nancy's clients run from the local councilman (Kevin Nealon) to the just-barely-legal students at the local community college, but many in Agrestic are still in the dark as to how she keeps her family afloat, including her best friend, the sardonic Celia (Elizabeth Perkins), a wife and mother whose blistering, withering put-downs could make Dorothy Parker cringe in fear. But like many small-business owners, Nancy yearns for more success and cash, and like her workaholic neighbors, finds keeping a balance between work life and home life to be extremely precarious at best.
While Desperate Housewives yearned to be a suburban satire with bite, Weeds was the real deal, skewering upper-middle class mores with a sharp eye, a keen wit, and a mostly forgiving heart. In episode after episode, the show's creative team (led by creator Jenji Kohan) pulled back the layers of Agrestic's superficiality to show what lies beneath the squeaky-clean exteriors and smiling faces; it turns out that hunger, fear, desire, and, yes, desperation aren't that far down. However, Weeds forsakes pulpiness and florid drama for biting yet affectionate humor--its heroine is a woman with sliding morals, but one you'll root for to the very end. The effervescent Parker, the only actress who can mix perkiness with morbidity in just the right amounts, anchored the show with her amazing turn as Nancy, who by the end of the first season had become a kind of soccer-mom version of Michael Corleone, entering a corrupt world with both trepidation and fascination--and totally enamored of the power it brought her. Also perfectly cast, Perkins found the role of a lifetime as the bitterly hilarious Celia, and entering the show in its fourth episode, Justin Kirk (Parker's co-star in Angels in America) proved to be a potent secret weapon as Nancy's brother-in-law Andy, a slacker who wasn't above peddling t-shirts to elementary school kids. As icky as these characters might appear on the surface, Weeds made them all immensely appealing and great company to be around. Don't say we didn't warn you: one hit and you'll be hooked on this show. The DVDs feature six episode commentaries with cast and crew, outtakes, original featurettes, a music video, and most enjoyably, Agrestic Herbal Recipes (for entertainment value only, we assume) and the "Smoke and Mirrors" marijuana mockumentary. --Mark Englehart
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 review on the BD format, not Weeds February 4, 2010
M. Riedel (midwestern U.S.)
okay, I got in to Weeds on a recommendation from a friend...I am totally addicted. This review is not about the show but, about the format. I went with Blu-ray format so I could check it out on my new LED television and BD player. I am a bit disappointed in the quality - it is little better than a standard DVD that has been up-converted. I was able to get seasons 1-3 on sale at Amazon for same price as the regular DVD so, at least I didn't over-pay. But, if I had shelled out the full-price, I would be upset about it. If you can get it on sale, go for it. But, don't expect a lot of WOW factor.
 must see show January 31, 2010
Charles E. Sanders
i have always been a fan of mary louise parker, she is a great actress and one of the hottest, she has gotten more beautifull everytime i see her. That out of the way, this show is funny and hilarious and at the same time it has a great plot. think it as desperate house wives for everybody else. once u watch the first season you will do like i did and order the rest of them. if u happen to have blue ray then get it because it is awesome.
 So much potential, so little interest January 30, 2010
Wunder One (Silicon Valley)
Had big hopes for this being an interesting series. Yeah, I hope for the end of war, hunger, and poverty too. If 50% less camera time was spent on Nancy Botwin looking dully confused and if 50% more time was spent writing a script, it might have been reasonably interesting.
Super cool January 17, 2010
Nicky W. Echevarria Lugo (Puerto Rico)
It is one of the best tv series that I seen. I recommend you Weeds.
Superlative for its Bush-Bashing January 3, 2010
J. Reynolds (Houston, TX United States)
And reflexively bashing Bush-Cheney via accurate or (if necessary) inaccurate premises is just about as intelligent as Hollywood can get these days! Enjoy!
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