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| Weeds - Season Three | 
 enlarge | Directors: Craig Zisk, Ernest R. Dickerson, Julie Anne Robinson, Lev L. Spiro, Martha Coolidge
Actors: Mary-louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Tonye Patano, Romany Malco, Justin Kirk
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 528
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 388
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8
MPN: LGED24077D
UPC: 031398240778
EAN: 0031398240778
ASIN: B00166UFSY
Theatrical Release Date: August 7, 2008
Release Date: June 3, 2008
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Weeds: Season Three continues the dark line of comedy that emerged in the previous season for this Showtime series. The story picks up exactly where it left off, with Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) faced with a half-dozen guns pointing at her in her own kitchen, while an Armenian gang and Nancy's buyer, U-Turn (Page Kennedy), both demand she turn over her entire stash of marijuana (worth several hundred thousand dollars). Problem is, the pot is in the trunk of on-again, off-again friend Celia (Elizabeth Perkins), whose car has been stolen by Nancy's oldest son, Silas (Hunter Parrish). Silas wants in on mom's business, but his timing couldn't be worse as Celia and a police officer show up to reclaim the car while Nancy is still at gunpoint. The fallout from all this is that Nancy ends up working for U-Turn to repay her debt to him, a dangerous relationship that sends Nancy down a rabbit hole of underworld threats and violence. Meanwhile, Celia gets booted out of her home by her husband and becomes estranged from her young daughter, Isabelle (Allie Grant), who insists she's a lesbian. Celia rebounds a bit when a corrupt developer (Matthew Modine) gives her a house in exchange for her support on city council for one of his schemes. That goes wrong, too, when Celia allows Nancy, Doug (Kevin Nealon), and Conrad (Romany Malco), all of whom go into business after U-Turn stops being a problem, to put their endangered trove of marijuana plants in her house. Nancy's other son, Shane (Alexander Gould), claims he can see and talk to the ghost of Nancy's late husband, and Nancy's brother-in-law Andy (Justin Kirk) goes AWOL from the U.S. Army after his comrade is deliberately killed in an experimental missile test. As always, it's one thing after another on Weeds, and the blend of humor and suspense is uniquely compelling. Parker and the rest of the cast pull off some pretty surreal situations with great credibility. The show's lead star, particularly, can carry moments of blended terror and comedy: one of the season's most memorable moments finds Nancy forced to put on a sexy dance for a group of drug dealers in order to pick up a package U-Turn requires. The scene is humiliating, frightening, sexy, and comical all at once. Few actresses could have pulled it off, but Parker does. --Tom Keogh
Description
America's favorite pot-dealing soccer mom is more addictive than ever in the third season of WEEDS, the highly acclaimed Showtime(r) Original Series. Emmy (r) and Golden Globe(r) winner MARY-LOUISE PARKER stars as Nancy Botwin, a single mom who resorts to dealing pot after her husband dies suddenly. But when an off beat way to make ends meet grows into a mini-empire, the mother of all dealers finds she may be in over her head - and on the verge of taking everyone else with her. Hilarious and subversive, WEEDS is the hit that put the herb in suburb.
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 This Weeds needs pulled June 9, 2008
26 out of 56 found this review helpful
What a trend lately...shows starting out strong, then completely falling apart after one or two seasons.
I've never thought that the show was written for stoners, because I'm not one and I still enjoyed it, but that seems to be the audience that this season is aimed at. The show's characters have never exactly been fine upstanding citizens, but here they're just blatantly awful and painted in such broad strokes that they become cartoonish stereotypes rather than people. The gangstas are gun-toting, violent rapists, but are "endearing" with their witty dialogue. Kevin Nealon's character is over-the-top obnoxious, but everyone loves him. And worst of all, the military are morally bankrupt, testosterone-dripping murderous homophobes. Now, I'm no red-state war-lover, and I think that they kind of ARE those things, at times, but the show is so juvenile in its stereotyping, that even I am frustrated by it. Same goes for religious zealots. I have major problems with organized religion, but portraying them teaching the sin of abortion to children and speaking in tongues, without admitting any of their good traits, is cliched, one-sided, one-note foolishness. I get that it's all meant to be funny - and I often like comedy that stereotypes groups for a laugh - but much of the humor here is lost on me. This once-witty show now seems like a stoner's poorly constructed view of the world - people involved in drug culture are cool, and "the man" is oppressive and evil.
Weeds hasn't become unwatchable, but the really great scenes are few and far between. I loved the one in which Andy has dinner with the Indian kid and his family...THAT was funny, but unfortunately brief. It's occasionally entertaining but mostly disappointing.
A Big Letdown from the Season 2 Finale May 23, 2008
24 out of 36 found this review helpful
I'm assuming anyone reading this already has a grasp on what the series is about and the basic characters around this. To recap, the show surrounds the life of Nancy Botwin and her attempts to acquire enough money to keep up with her rich lifestyle. Her occupation: pot dealer. Naturally Season's 1 and 2 capitalized on the obvious plotline here which is how to get a business going, keeping the secret from the right people, and still being a Mom at the same time.
One would think that Season's 2 finale gave them plenty to work with. Nancy is caught up in a Mexican Standoff with drug dealers on a deal going poorly because Cilas stole the pot she was about to sell. To make things worse, Cilas is on the verge of getting busted by Ceila and the cops for possession of the motherload of all pot, while Shane is with some crazy loon on a trip to Mexico.
I won't go into too many specific details of the series, because doing so would ruin the cliffhanger that those who don't have showtime haven't seen. But the biggest complaint is that the character storylines are completely changed and abandoned throughout the season. You see Andy for instance have a brief run-in with the army again and try out a porn career none of which has anything to do with Nancy or her secret. Shane's purpose in the series, along with Ashley Olsen, who is seen in 3 episodes for 10 minutes each (tops) seem largely irrelevant to everything. Perhaps my biggest problem with this season is that the series might have jumped the shark. Nancy's secret for (while keeping details out to the greatest extent possible) becomes "too public;" too many people know she deals and grows, so the tension that existed in Season's 1 or 2 completely dissipates.
With all this said, there are some highlights are Season 3. Doug Wilson and the drug dealers Nancy encounter are hilarious and definitely provide some good comic relief. And the new town Majestic, an even richer and "better" Agrestic (and more Christian) provides some good ridicule of the ultra-religious right (even though it does get a little repetative). Even Andy's various storylines, if pointless, do make great comedy.
All-in-all, Weeds is still funny but the the episodes and characters in them lack any sort of direction or unity, which significantly hampers its enjoyability. Weeds this season seems more like a cartoon comedy like Family Guy; Weeds wants to have a new funny skit to put on each episode, but keeps running into the problem that it must continue from past episodes, and keep a story going.
Catchy, But Hopefully The Final May 12, 2008
20 out of 32 found this review helpful
Weeds Season 3 was a "good while it lasted" type of season. The first season really caught my eye and had me wondering what would happen next week, while the second season continued that want of mine to see what was going to happen next. Unfortunately, after I laughed once or twice per episode in season 3, I realized all good things come to an end and that is what I think now of Weeds. The storyline of selling weed, gangs and the upkeep of the community turned more into a "Days Of Our Lives" venture rather than a good fun-loving comedy/Satire. It MAY be worth renting but other than that, it's done. Even if they continue the show, I no longer have the desire to watch it.
 Weeds Continues to Grow June 13, 2008
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
I'm disappointed to see many negative reviews of the 3rd Season. I got mine from Amazon last week and have already watched the whole season and it was great! I was nervous going in because I had heard from various people that season three wasn't as good, but after I got watching I was not at all sure what the fuss was about, the show is pushing itself and growing in new directions like it needs to if it's going to survive. The show challenges you to think about "drugs," what's right and wrong, and examines the inter-workings of suburbia with such cleverness that I am always pleasantly surprised.
Nancy Botwin is the perfect character, you love her, but sometimes want to slap her. Parker is an amazing actress and makes this show work from beginning to end. I also love her youngest Shane, he's excellent this season and glad to see him getting more and more airtime. This show is both funny and heartbreaking and blows most shows on TV right now out of the water.
I'm really excited to see how season 4 plays out. I think it's a great sign that they are breaking out of the "little boxes."
Don't listen to the negative reviews. If you liked season 1 and 2 you will love season 3!
The Perfect Opportunity to Pretend It's All Over, I'm Done with Weeds June 11, 2008
15 out of 33 found this review helpful
I saw that Season 3 of Weeds had come out recently, and was tempted to purchase it as I had thoroughly enjoyed Seasons 1 and 2. However, since I own way too many DVDs that I will never watch again, I opted to be patient and Netflix it instead. I'm so glad I didn't buy this, as it will never get a repeated viewing from me.
There was an excellent cliff-hanger at the end of Season Two, although if the truth be told, even by that point things were getting a little too crazy in the show (but I was still left completely engaged). After the first couple of episodes of Season 3, however, I started to get a sinking feeling. It turned into a show about gangsters and thugs, and was a far cry from the 'soccer Mom who deals pot in suburbia' that the series began as. Sure, there are still some funny parts, and I guess they were enough to make me get through the Season (but just barely), but even Doug and Andy's antics became a little too unbearable and ridiculous to fully enjoy. There are so many plot twists that simply don't make sense, and many subplots that don't go anywhere and have no place in the series (what the heck did Andy's stint in the Army have to do with ANYTHING?). Issues get 'resolved' in the most ludicrous ways; it almost feels like the writers want the show to be dumb. I feel the show 'jumps the shark' a million times and becomes too unrealistic to take seriously. As another reviewer stated, sometimes the show feels almost 'cartoony'.
I was glad after the last episode was done. It was a hard watch, but for some reason I felt I had to see it through until the end. For me the season finale felt like it wrapped the entire series up, and I don't care where Nancy goes now that Agrestic is up in flames. I am done with Weeds, and I will not watch Season 4. It's really a shame to know that a series that started off so strong sunk so low. But this seems to be the trend all too often.
As for the DVD quality itself, of course the picture and sound are excellent. I can't comment on commentaries or other special features, as I had no interest in watching/listening to them.
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