Average Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Total Number of Reviews: 131 Editorial Review: Funnier, darker and more daring, the second season of this acclaimed Showtime series reaches a higher ground. Golden Globe winner Mary-Louise Parker stars as Nancy Botwin, the soccer mom who had to learn how to deal - pot, that is - after the death of her husband. Now, her business is a hit. But keeping up with the neighbors in this suburban utopia isn't easy. She's joined up with a few of her closest friends, and together they're facing life's highs and lows - because even in paradise, nobody's perfect. Don't miss WEEDS, an addictive comedy, the highest grade TV has to offer.
Great second season!!! 5 out of 5
The first season was an absolute riot, but this one is even better. I loved how te stories intertwined and lead to a lot of suspense. I HIGHLY recommend this season, along with the first, Weeds - Season One. Can't wait for Season 3!!! This Show is Great! 5 out of 5
This show is really good just make sure if you buy this that you have already seen the first season because the seasons run right together and you possibly could be confused if you don't see the first one. horrible shipping 1 out of 5
This single dvd took about three weeks just to be shipped which is just ridiculous! GREAT!!! 5 out of 5
Ok, here's the deal. If your looking for a hilarious TV series to watch while your waiting for a new season of something else this is great to fill the void. If you have Showtime (which I don't) you can watch this on TV but as I don't I started watching this through Netfilx and couldn't get enough. Funny as hell. At some point you want to question the moral fiber of Nancy Botwin but she's just doing what she has to for her kids and to survive. The character that Jenji created is strong and resilient kinda like a warrior. She deals with everything and makes choices to fix the here and now rather than dwell on the future. Wouldn't recommend this for your kids right off the bat until you watch the first few episodes of the first season. Has some nudity duh it's on showtime. But overall funny as hell and soooo worth your time to watch :) The skewering of Suburbia continues 4 out of 5
Showtime's "Weeds" offers a stellar second season as a follow-up to its hilarious opening salvo. The second season of every good series is a treat as the actors get more comfortable with their characters and the writers get to explore some of the better ideas they couldn't squeeze into the first season (plus, by virtue of being picked up for another run, the writers feel a little more free to push the envelope). But nothing has gotten tired or stale, and the writers generally haven't written themselves into a corner.
That description holds true for most of Season Two of the Battle for Agrestic. On the one side we have our heroine, Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), emerging marijuana entrepreneur. She's still trying to keep her dysfunctional family together while dealing with her beloved husband's early demise, but at the end of Season One she was pulling it together. She even found her rebound relationship with the sensitive, dryly funny Peter Scottson (Martin Donovan). But in the Season One cliffhanger par excellence, she learns the hard way that he's a DEA agent. Not only that, but in Season Two we learn that Peter's more than a little familiar with the drug heirarchy in Agrestic, although this clever guy is able to sidestep Nancy's chosen career rather neatly.
At least, for a while.
Season Two is essentially Season One again, only more so. Conrad (Romany Malco) continues to pine for both Nancy and the freedom to grow truly divine weeed. Celia (Elizabeth Perkins) remains the Queen Bee of Agrestic and takes on Doug (Kevin Nealon, still awesome) for his cherished city council seat. Nancy's kids and brother-in-law remain screwed up - comically so. And through it all Nancy soldiers on with the blithe knowledge that things have to work out for her, 'cause she's got nowhere else to go.
My only problem with Season Two is that one character does a dramatic u-turn during the season, and the change is not true to the character. I don't want to give anything away, but this change smacks of writers realizing a looming problem with where the show needed to go, and so this character is suddenly transformed . . . with dire consequences.
Still, this is a minor complaint for a season that builds to a Mexican stand-off in the finale that would have made Sergio Leone proud. Kudos to all for another fine season in Agrestic.
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