Mary Louise Parker and Weeds is back for the season 6 premiere. The Weeds season premiere has Mary Louise Parker's character, Nancy Botwin, and her family preparing to go on the run, following what took place in the last season finale.
In that finale, Nancy's son, Shane Botwin (played by Alexander Gould), killed a powerful woman in Mexico who threatened to kill Nancy's kids if she didn't succumb to blackmail. This murder is going to send the Botwin family on a completely different path in season 6, putting them on the run not just from the law, but most likely from a drug cartel in Mexico that wants to bring her to their particular type of justice.
It will be interesting to see where the writers take the characters of Weeds this season, and if it works well at creating even more humorous situations for the show. Weeds has done really well on Showtime during its first five seasons, and many critics have really enjoyed what has been created here. Some have found it to be a bit offensive, though, because at the heart of the show is a suburban mother who turned to dealing marijuana in order to put food on the table when her husband died. That has created an interesting look into the characters, and the writers have done a great job at developing and fleshing them out during the first five seasons. Now Showtime hopes that Weeds can serve as a great lead-in to the new show The Big C, which will have its season premiere on Monday as well.
Through its run on television, Weeds has been nominated for quite a few Emmy Awards (20 to be exact), including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Parker) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Elizabeth Perkins), as well as Outstanding Comedy Series. They have also been nominated for 10 Golden Globes, with Parker winning in 2006 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series.
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