http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/16/WEEDS----Roy-Till-Called.aspx In the opening sequence of this week’s episode of WEEDS, Nancy Botwin’s (Mary-Louis Parker) sales people return from the field with large quantities of cash. Tara Lindman (Mary Kate Olsen), the Born-Again dealer, brings Nancy a particularly sizable stack of bills received in exchange for grass sold to a Christian youth group.  Nancy’s reply: “Holy smokes.” Born again weedheads? Holy smokes?  I have no idea how many people caught that, and I don’t think the folks at WEEDS care.  I’m convinced they write the show to amuse themselves, which is a good thing.  It means the scripts aren’t dumbed down for the lowest common denominator.  It also suggests they trust the viewers’ intelligence.  They –we – will get the joke (or the irony) and if not there’s always another one a couple of minutes away. Nancy takes the cash and returns is to Doug Wilson (Kevin Nealon), who “borrowed” it from the Town of Agrestra (now merged with Majestic).  Wilson tells her to keep the money and use it to expand the business.  Nancy is reluctant – at first: “I might be a drug dealer. I’m no embezzler,” she says.  But eventually she invests the cash in additional, uh, merchandise. Then what seems like disaster strikes.  Nancy is she’s called down to the DEA’s office.  Is the jig up?  Will she go to jail?  Actually, no.  She’s given a life insurance check for her late (and very brief) husband, Peter – and the rights to his pension.  She’s also given consoling hugs on the way out.  She and Peter were married in a drunken haze last season, and shortly thereafter her crooked DEA husband was knocked off. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/16/WEEDS----Roy-Till-Called.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/16/WEEDS----Roy-Till-Called.aspx#1844 i love this show. it seems so normal to me. brokun1 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/16/WEEDS----Roy-Till-Called.aspx#1844 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:13:30 GMT