By Curt Schleier

Some people are just never satisfied.

As we all know – that is, as all of us fans of WEEDS know -- shortly before he died, crooked DEA agent Peter Scottson married drug dealer Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker).  So, naturally, when his body was discovered, it is Nancy, the second and current Mrs. Scottson, who gets the insurance money and pension.

However, Nancy befriended Valerie (Brook Smith), the first Mrs. Scottson, and offers to pass along the insurance money to her -- though she’s entitled to zilch, zero, nada.    But there’s a mishap, a slight problem that requires a slower rate of payment.  Under the circumstances, do you think Valerie would be kind and understanding?  Do you think she’d tell Nancy, I appreciate what you’re doing?  I know you’ll pay me. 

No, that doesn’t make for good TV.  Instead, Valerie hires a private eye to follow Nancy.  Sadly, the shamus is a crook.  (As an aside, what a sad commentary on society when even private eyes are shady.  Who do you trust if you can no longer believe in heroes created by the likes of Chandler and Parker and others?)  

Once he realizes that Nancy sells drugs, he attempts to blackmail her.  But she makes the payoff wired for sound and video -- and then turns the tables and blackmails the private eye.  Then in a move that surprises even the dick, she makes the payoff anyway.   Then Nancy visits Valerie to let her know that there’ll be no more money coming; she had to use the money to pay off the man she, Valerie, hired.

There’s more trouble for Nancy.  Although she doesn’t know it, Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins) saw her and Sullivan Groff (Matthew Modine) doing the nasty.  Since she considered Sullivan her boyfriend, Celia is now out for revenge.  She visits Aquatecture, and what she discovers there will likely lead to a great denouement in the season finale.  Thus far, WEEDS is enjoying its best season ever.  There’s no reason to think it won’t be the best finale ever, too.