By Curt Schleier

Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) is facing a shortfall in her crop of weed.  But a second supplier has miraculously appeared, a motorcycle gang happy to sign her up as a client.

Meanwhile Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins) is fed up and isn’t going to take it anymore.  She takes a bat to Sullivan Groff’s (Matthew Modine) office, angry because he betrayed her.  Then, no longer satisfied to just rent her home as an indoor weed farm, she demands a more active role in Nancy’s enterprise.  But not too active.

Asked to help plant fragrant flowers in the garden to mask the aroma of marijuana wafting from the house, she says “these hands went to college.  The majored in English lit.  These are not farm hands.”

Nancy, meanwhile, has had a tattoo of a U-Turn sign painted on her lower back.  U-Turn, since deceased, was a gangsta who attempted to take over her drug business.  The tattoo, she says, is a reminder that “Thug means never having to say you’re sorry.”   But it’s wrong.  Nancy may have to apologize to both of her sons.

Her super-genius kid, Shane (Alexander Gould), believes he sees the ghost of his dead father.  And if it isn’t a ghost, who or what is setting off the burglar alarms?  He’s clearly been traumatized by what he’s seen lately, including his mother holding a knife to Celia’s throat, threatening to kill her.


His older brother Silas (Hunter Parrish) comes home all bloodied.  Nancy returned the weed to the bikers, complaining it was of inferior quality.  Apparently, they don’t take criticism well.  They attacked Silas and indicated the rest of the Botwins were next.

When the last season of WEEDS ended (and this one began) the clan was in trouble, held at gunpoint by U-Turn.  It appears this season will end much the same, just different gangstas holding the gun.