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District Of Columbia had since approved medical marijuana, while Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Public opinion on legalization evolved dramatically while Weeds was on the air. Anti marijuana crusaders could no longer claim a majority supported their views. If there was still a national aversion to legalized pot, it was a slight one. The statistical difference between the pro and anti marijuana camps dropped to within the margin of error. Television certainly played a role in shifting public attitudes about marijuana, lending momentum to legalization efforts just as the medium has done with countless other controversial issues. Weeds probably deserves the lions share of the credit for televisions role in reshaping the national discourse. The shows success was transformative for Showtime, which, at the time Weeds sprouted, was struggling to gain a foothold in the pay cable original programming market. HBO had a near monopoly on boundary pushing original content, making the victory sweeter for Showtime after the network snapped up the pitch from creator Jenji Kohan that HBO reportedly passed on. Weeds went on to become the highest rated original series in Showtimes history and the first to generate considerable buzz and widespread critical acclaim. The shows profile increased even more after its star, Mary Louise Parker, nabbed a 2. Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from. Three episodes in, and everything seems to be in order based on what I know about the. Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, beating out all four Desperate Housewives for the honor. Weeds was a major success in its early years, but not as a result of being true to its subject matter. To the extent the show helped shaped the legalization conversation, its influence can be attributed to how unrealistically it depicted attitudes towards marijuana. Weeds follows Nancy Botwin Parker as she learns the business of drug trafficking, a means of supportingand distracting herself fromher young sons Silas Hunter Parrish and Shane Alexander Gould. Nancy builds her business and client base with the help of Doug Wilson Kevin Nealon, who works as an accountant and city councilman whenever hes not burning through his own ample kush supply. Dougs fondness for cannabis facilitates a fast friendship with Nancys slacker brother in law Andy Justin Kirk, who insists on taking a role in the Botwins lives after the death of his brother leaves Nancy a widow. In Weeds first season, Nancy dives headfirst into the world of marijuana commerce, which proves to be an especially seedy industry to say nothing of the stems. But shes got some serious beginners luck. Her business is already thriving in the pilot, You Cant Miss The Bear, as she delivers skunky baggies to her eager clientele of grade school teachers and soccer moms. Kohan initially set Nancys adventures in the fictional Los Angeles suburb of Agrestic, a town so remarkably permissive about marijuana use it borders on magical realism. Granted, California has been first out of the gate with most pro marijuana initiatives, but Agrestic is so replete with stoners looking to score that Nancys biggest challenge is figuring out how to serve more of them. The widespread marijuana disapproval in the real world didnt make it to Agrestic, where with a couple of exceptions, the citizens either smoke weed avidly or are indifferent to those who do. The specter of law enforcement looms over Nancys illegal enterprise, but politely so. At no point is there any real risk of Nancy being caught and jailed. Even when she becomes romantically involved with DEA agent Peter Martin Donovan and he finds out about her business, he declares her a small fish and says his agency is focused on higher value targets. The only danger Nancy faces is from other dealers and distributors, most of whom are black and brown people who menace Nancy in order to force her out ofor deeper intothe life of crime. Kohan went on to create Orange Is The New Blackusing the vaguely racist template she established with Weeds a well to do, white female protagonist is thrust into a world of swarthy degenerates, a world to which she doesnt belong by virtue of her whiteness. Despite the surface similarity, Orange couldnt be more different than Weeds. On the latter show, Kohan figured out how to create nuanced, dimensional non white characters, as well as how to sustain the shows quality over time. Weeds survived for eight seasons, but it was only creatively successful for two of those seasons, or at most, two and a half. Many of the shows biggest fans would struggle to make a compelling argument in favor of seasons four, five, seven, and eight. Weeds decline is foundational to the unflattering narrative around Showtimes original programming. Bigg Boss 10 Episode 5 Full'>Bigg Boss 10 Episode 5 Full. Conventional wisdom holds that a Showtime series is strong for one or possibly two seasons, then the network turns a once vibrant show into a sad husk by renewing it season after season long past the shows prime. That criticism was mostly true of Dexter, which arrived the following year and also sputtered through eight seasons. Its also true of Nurse Jackie, which is about to conclude its seven season run, and probably wouldnt exist without Weeds. But even though Weeds was the basis for the unflattering Showtime narrative, the show doesnt actually fit into it. Showtime suits werent responsible for the shows creative decline. The blame falls squarely on Kohan and co showrunner Roberto Benabib, who built the show for maximum speed, then cruised leisurely with no destination in mind. Weeds was a furiously paced show before furiously paced shows became the norm, and before American audiences were conditioned against assuming every television show was intended to be open ended or run for 1. Weeds was ahead of its time in more ways than one. It wasnt just in front of the marijuana curve, it was in front of the storytelling curve. From Empire, to Scandal, to Homeland, to Game Of Thrones, to pretty much anything with Ryan Murphys name on it, todays television audience has come to expect high speed narratives full of twists and shocking rug pulls. Though it was a half hour comedy, Weeds was delivering the startling moments now expected of drama series, years before any of those shows premiered. Kohan made bold choices early and often, and while some of those choices paid off better than others, her biggest sin was her refusal to let Weeds settle into a rut, no matter how comfortable. But at its best, Weeds is an early example of the type of television show we now take for granted, shows with the no brakes momentum of a nighttime soap and the writing, acting, and visual savvy of prestige fare. The following 1. 0 episodes exemplify Weeds high speed storytelling The Punishment Light season one, episode eight Nancy is the source of Weeds lack of impulse control. When the show ricochets in an unexpected direction, as it so often does, the plot point is usually the result of Nancy making a rash, risky decision that usually involves having sex with someone she should probably avoid altogether. In season one, Nancy hasnt developed into the daredevil she would eventually become, but The Punishment Light provides a vision of whats to come. 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I mean, Shelby has an idea to go through Edward Motts underground tunnel but just because its an idea doesnt mean its a good one. Watch Little Boy HD 1080P'>Watch Little Boy HD 1080P. Passing through the basement and, as such, the convenient reminder that Shelby bashed Matts head in, the duo finds the tunnel and comes face to face with the Chens. Remember them Theyre that Taiwanese family that also got slaughtered in the re enactment and now crawl ExorcistGrudge style toward Shelby and Dominic at rapid speed. The duo manage to escape, but Shelbys had it. Really, Dominic and Shelbys whole arc this episode is various escapes and enclosures Tunnel, kitchen, foyer, bedroom, etc. But the bedroom is the last stop for Shelby Shes now fully delirious and, for the most part, unwilling to live after killing the only man she ever loved. So, she slices her own throat and goes to that great network spin off in the sky. Dominic keeps spouting jokes, though, lamenting the loss of his first class trip to Thailand, so you know its only a matter of time before hes gone, too. But first, we return to the real Polks the cannibal family that sort of looks like what might happen if Jan Brady started binge watching Weeds and never stopped. They continue to slice and feast on their Lee Apron meals Lee, to her credit, has a surprising amount of stamina and grit, which makes me believe further that shell be the only one to emerge from this whole mess. Her ear, not so much. RELATED Listen to The Full Ryan Murphy Panel at EW Pop. Fest. The real juice again, wrong choice of word to the Polk story this week is the big reveal about the family The story of them becoming cannibals is woefully uninteresting surprise they were literally hungry one day but whats more intriguing is the revelation that it was a Polk who became the first Piggy Man in response to the Butchers fetish for them. Is this particularly shocking Sure, why not. Is this a tradition one honors in the same way that families pass down ravioli, kugel, or banh mi recipes Sure, why not again. Apparently, for southern cannibals, going full Piggy Man is as heartwarming a tradition as a patriarch dressing as Santa. NEXT The Polks also have a thing for teeth.