Weeds Episode 7x05 Review

Episode Title: Fingers Only Meat Banquet
Overall Season Rating: B-
Episode Rating: B

This week we get a much more emotional episode than normal on Weeds. Silas has some very nice things to say about his mom, and with recent events in mind it's a very nice scene. Nancy goes through a rough time, but it does turn out well for her. Andy has a strange episode where he too has a couple important character moments. Doug beings to learn more about his new place of work, and it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. As for Shane, I don't even want to guess what he's doing but as always I'm concerned.

I'm starting to think that the comedy this year has been lessened on purpose. There was only one or two moments that were even jokes. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Weeds always has been a very dark comedy. People have died, and we've watched as Nancy systematically destroyed the lives of everyone she knows. This past week's Breaking Bad had more jokes, and that's a similar show plot wise. I do hope the jokes come back, but I am willing to give the writers the benefit of the doubt. I think they know what they are doing.

I also want to apologize again for no review last week. 

Read on for the recap.

Weeds Episode 7x03 Review

Episode: 7x03 Game-Played
Overall Season Rating: B-
Episode Rating C+

This week's episode wasn't particularly bad, it just wasn't funny. Since Weeds is a comedy, that's usually a sign that things are not working. I did like that the other characters got a little more to do this week than sit around wondering about Nancy, but the show's running time really prevents any true development when you have a large cast. The best moments of the episode both included Silas. Once again, his knack for acting normal really separates him from the rest of the family. The realization that he was not fathered by the same man as Shane has really had a big impact on him.

We're three episodes in and nothing big has happened yet. I wonder why they chose to move this slowly after so much happened in the first episode. I am disappointed in Weeds because for a while it was one of the most bizarre, and brilliant comedies on TV. Now it seems like they have run out of jokes, and are just doing a show about a pathetic family. Here's hoping it picks up, I do have faith in the writers!

Weeds Episode 7x02 Review

Overall Season Rating: B-
Episode Rating: B-
Episode Title: 7x02 From Trauma Cometh Something

Weeds answered a lot of the questions from last week, and while I wasn't expecting some of the events, I'm not really that impressed with them either. A friend mentioned to me that he didn't think last week's episode was very funny at all. While I don't totally agree, I would say that the show has been lacking in jokes quite a bit this season so far. There's been very a serious air about the show, and when it looks like they are trying to tell a joke it falls flat. This might be caused by the subject matter, or maybe we are so familiar with these characters that no matter what they do or say we just take it at face value.

I'll get into more detail in the spoilers section about what I liked and didn't like, but I am starting to worry about the show. As I said last week, I haven't been pleased with it since they left Agrestic, and I think those feelings will continue. New York City does offer some new opportunities but so far they have not explored that at all. In this episode for example none of the characters did anything that they could not do anywhere else. Aside from a modeling agency rep saying New York is the land of hard chizzled gods. Which is certainly is.

Spoilers below the fold.

Weeds Season 7 Premiere Review

Overall Season Rating: B
Episode Rating: B


Weeds, the story of a suburban mom turned pot dealer, turned drug lord's wife, turned murderer's mom, turned prisoner. This premiere reaffirmed that Weeds is one of the most peculiar shows on television, sometimes too peculiar. I haven't been totally in love with the show since the family left Agrestic. It lost something when that happened, most notably it lost one of the best theme songs ever. I miss "Little Boxes" so much. With that said, season 7 begins differently than the others. Usually Weeds would end on a cliffhanger, and the next season would pick up basically right where the last one ended. That is not the case this year. There is also another change of location, two of them. I also was very pleased with the direction the characters had taken in the missing time. It's both hilarious, and just the right amount of believable. Weeds after all is a comedy, and a pretty dark comedy at that. We don't want it getting too realistic, and there are characters in this show that are so over the top it would be disappointing if they were not in silly and weird situations. I have high hopes for this season, and while I don't think it's the final season, I think I'm going to start hoping it is. With that, on to the review.

Spoilers below the fold.

What's new for June?

It's almost June and that means 2 things. It gets very hot here in New Jersey, and there's new content for us to geek out about.

Here are some of the things we will be covering during the month of June. We will try to post reviews of these TV shows, and movies so check those out.

TV Shows:
Falling Skies on TNT starts June 19. For those who don't know, this is a pretty big new show from the folks who know drama. Falling Skies takes place after an alien invasion apocalypse. Looks like it'll be pretty dark, and the cast looks good too. This will be one of the few American sci-fi shows on TV so I hope it does well.
Falling Skies website

Futurama on Comedy Central on June 23. This epic series returns for the 2nd half of its 6th season. Since this is not a serialized show I'm not sure if we'll do reviews for them. I personally love the series, so I promise I will try.

Weeds on Showtime on June 27. Everyone's favorite show about a pot selling mom returns for its 7th season. While I have not been totally happy with the direction the show has taken the past couple seasons, I still love it for being one of the strangest series on TV. I'm hearing that a lot has changed since the end of season 6, so I'm looking forward to this one very much. Since it's on Showtime it does include nudity and profanity, and of course drug use.

Movies:
X-Men: First Class opens June 3. I was a bit concerned for this one, but the trailers look AMAZING. It really could be the best comic book movie of the year. I'm a big X-Men fan, and I'm putting a lot of my continuity and canon issues aside. I plan to see this with a big group on Friday, so expect a review either that night, or Saturday morning.

Super 8 opens June 10. This is my pick for the movie of the summer. J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg! I cannot wait for this movie, and love how mysterious the plot still is. I hope it's more than a monster movie because that seems to easy. I know that will be an aspect of it, but I just hope there's a lot more.

Green Lantern opens June 17. This is DC's shot at some of the comic book movie love this summer. Picking Ryan Reynolds was a smart move, but lets see how the movie turns out. Green Lantern is not a funny, happy go-lucky story like Spiderman can be. It's dark, and a bit scary. I hope they got that right. The trailers do look excellent though, so I'm hopeful.

The Flashbacks Podcast:
Episode 2 on June 6: This is our 4th anniversary and we'll be discussing a lot of things. Check out our talkshoe page for more info.

Episode 3 on June 20: Most likely this show will cover the various movies that opened during the off week. We also will begin our our single show flashback discussions. Don't know the show yet, but tune in for more info.