Weeds
The cast of Weeds
Genre	Comedy
Running time	30 Minutes
Creator(s)	Jenji Kohan
Starring	Mary-Louise Parker Elizabeth Perkins Tonye Patano Romany Malco Justin Kirk Hunter Parrish Alexander Gould Kevin Nealon
Country of origin	United States
Original network/channel	Showtime
Original run	August 8, 2005 –
No. of episodes	10
IMDb profile

Weeds is a Showtime dark comedy television series about a fictional California suburb and its residents, a handful of whom are involved in the distribution and consumption of cannabis (hence the title). The first season has finished its run with ten episodes. It was also the highest rated series for Showtime in 2005 [1]. Filming of a second season will take place in LA spring 2006 and is slated to be broadcast summer 2006.

Nancy Botwin is a mother living in suburban California, whose husband suddenly dies, leaving her to support her two children. Nancy begins dealing "weed" to locals of her suburb, Agrestic, to maintain her upper-middle class lifestyle. Nancy's major clients include her accountant Doug Wilson and lawyer Dean Hodes. Dean's wife, Celia Hodes, is head of the local PTA and friend of Nancy. Heylia James, assisted by her nephew Conrad, supplies Nancy with marijuana. Andy Botwin, brother of Nancy's late husband, is the family's black sheep, and is constantly causing mischief.

Cast

• Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin
• Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes
• Kevin Nealon as Doug Wilson
• Justin Kirk as Andy Botwin
• Tonye Patano as Heylia James
• Justin Chatwin as Josh Wilson*
• Romany Malco as Conrad Shepard
• Hunter Parrish as Silas Botwin
• Alexander Gould as Shane Botwin
• Andy Milder as Dean Hodes
• Renee Victor as Lupita
• Allie Grant as Isabelle Hodes
• Tyrone M. Mitchell as Keeyon
• Indigo as Vaneeta

* Justin Chatwin plays Josh Wilson in the pilot episode, but then leaves the cast, since he was filming War of the Worlds. However, the producers plan to bring him back full time for the show's second season.[2]

Awards & Nominations

Awards Won

Satellite Awards

Outstanding Actress in a Series-Comedy Mary-Louise Parker (2005)

Golden Globe Awards

Best Performance by a TV Actress in a Musical or Comedy Mary-Louise Parker (2006)

Awards Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Best TV Series-Comedy

Best Performance by a TV Supporting Actress Elizabeth Perkins (2006)

Screen Actors Guild

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Mary-Louise Parker (2006)

Satellite Awards

Outstanding Actress in a Series-Comedy Elizabeth Perkins (2005)

Crew

• Creator: Jenji Kohan
• Producer/Director: Brian Dannelly

Episodes

Main article: List of Weeds episodes

External links

• Weeds at The Internet Movie Database
• Official Website
• Sky One Weeds Website (Sky One is the channel which broadcasts Weeds in the UK)
• Showcase Weeds Website (Canadian broadcaster)