http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/13/WEEDS----Protection.aspx “Why does everything have to blow up simultaneously?” It’s the question Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) asks as the WEEDS world around her seems about to crumble.  Her son Silas (Hunter Parrish) got his ass handed to him by members of a motorcycle gang.  They were upset that Nancy refused to buy the club’s inferior product, and took it out on junior.  Worse still, they said she was next. As bad, younger son Shane (Alexander Gould), the genius, believes he sees his dead father.  Nancy can only handle one problem as a time.  First she takes Silas to Dr. Tupelo, a physician who asks no questions, requires a $500 cash deposit only in American money and no longer accepts barter.  Silas needs stitches, but the good doctor is out of Demerol.  So Tupelo uses only a topical anesthetic. Under the circumstances, can you blame Nancy for wondering “How can we call ourselves a first world country when we can’t provide basic health care for our criminals?”  It is just one example of the show’s maliciously off-beat sense of humor. 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/2007/11/13/WEEDS----Protection.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/13/WEEDS----Protection.aspx#2191 i love this show brokun1 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/13/WEEDS----Protection.aspx#2191 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:17:27 GMT