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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, Hunter Parrish, Kevin Nealon, Alexander Gould
Studio: Lions Gate
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Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
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Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 388
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.8
MPN: LGED24077D
UPC: 031398240778
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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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 Weeds Continues to Grow June 13, 2008
23 out of 26 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!
my favorite season of weeds so far August 11, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thought this season was just a perfect mix of drama and comedy. The whole Nancy turning gangsta thing was hilarious, and the show somehow makes the criminals Nancy hangs out with funny and relatable.
Celia is an especially amazing character, because she can be extremely mean and shallow (and sometimes even cruel) but still maintains a strange lovability that makes it easy to sympathize for her.
Great season of a great show, and the season finale opens up many new possibilities for season 4.
Shining Star in a Dark Night of Boring TV September 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I see a lot of people did not care for season 3 of Weeds. While I did get the sense that, Nancy will never win and got frustrated at her life/circumstances (won't give anything away)...I still really enjoyed this season and am ready to watch Season 4!
I thought this season showed us a new side of many characters, Celia, Silas, Shane, Andy and Dean. I liked how the cliff hanger from season 2 was dealt with. And in each half hour there was enough drama that at the end of each show you were ready to watch the next one to see what was going to happen.
My only complaint with Weeds is that the plot seems to be repeating with regards to Nancy and nearly getting caught selling, then her being in debt to someone etc. I've finished season 4, and that's what has made me a little dismayed at the fact that it does seem to be the same formula over & over...but I'm waiting till Season 5 to make up my mind on that.
Again, I think Showtime has hit paydirt with an original, fun show. The half hour format is what does it for me, something quick to pop in and sit back and relax to. Even more, the cast and crew makes this show a shining star in a dark night of boring TV.
Season Three is Dynamite! May 18, 2008
14 out of 20 found this review helpful
Season Three cranks up the action and raises the stakes another notch, piling up the trouble on everyone. Sure it all becomes a little more fantastical this season, but the satire of self-righteous suburbanites gets even more biting and scathing. The dash of extra vinegar is delicious. Nancy's deal with Guillermo (involving the trunk in episode 7) is pure genius. Her second disastrous deal, leading to the season finale, is stupefying.
I love the way Nancy capitalizes on the way people underestimate her. Her apparent naivete is her ace.
The kids' involvement in the operation (including Isabel, ultimately) is both charming and disturbing.
I'm ready for season four! The soundtracks to seasons 1 & 2 also rock.
It Just Gets Better and Better! July 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Weeds - Season Three
What could be more American than Mom, apple pie, and weed in the grow house?! I started watching this gem of a show because of Mary Louise-Parker. I've continued watching because of the fine ensemble acting, stellar writing, and general shock and awe fun of it all. What more can happen to 'Lacy LaPlante'? If ever there was a living, breathing example of Murphy's Law in action, it is Weeds.
Season One, episode one got me hooked....um....addicted....um....made me a fan. Season Two just strengthened my addiction....my love/hate affair with Agresstic and all the characters who stream on and off camera. Season Three got me fired up and anxiously awaiting the buzz of season four.
Whether or not you have ever been in that life or known anyone in that life or even like people in that life, the superb direction, the phenomenal scripts, and the amazing cast make this a character study for even the most straight-laced right-wingers. The look gets better, the stories get better, and if season three is any indication of where this is going, I plan to be onboard.
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