Weeds: Season One (Blu-Ray)
Lion's Gate (2005)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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IMDB   8.2
283 mins USA/English
Blu-Ray  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Mary-Louise Parker Nancy Botwin
Elizabeth Perkins Celia Hodes
Kevin Nealon Doug Wilson
Justin Kirk Andy Botwin
Tonye Patano Heylia James
Romany Malco Conrad Shepard
Hunter Parrish Silas Botwin
Alexander Gould Shane Botwin
Renee Victor Lupita
Allie Grant Isabelle Hodes
Director Burr Steers
Brian Dannelly
Producer Jenji Kohan
Molly Baroco
Writer Jenji Kohan
Sean Bates


Living the high life as a suburban mom turned pot dealer, Nancy Botwin (Golden Globe winner Mary-Louise Parker) manages motherhood and marijuana on a daily basis. Desperate times call for desperate dealings once Nancy is struck with the need to provide for her family in this hilarious and poignant tale of unique entrepreneurial opportunities. Showtime's hit series co-stars Elizabeth Perkins, in an Emmy-nominated role.
Episodes
 30 mins    8/7/2005  1.  You Can't Miss the Bear
In the series debut, housewife Nancy Botwin struggles to deal with the sudden death of her husband, while her best friend and neighbour Celia Hodes learns a devastating secret when she tries to catch her daughter in the act with Nancy's son.
Director:  Brian Dannelly  Writer:  Jenji Kohan 
Guest starring:  Haley Hudson, Adam Taylor Gordon
 30 mins    8/15/2005  2.  Free Goat
As Celia deals with the other woman in her marriage, Nancy contemplates creating an enterprise to solve the cash-only financial issues caused by her drug dealing. Silas has to come to terms with his girlfriend's sudden departure, while Shane tries to come to terms with missing his Dad.
Director:  Brian Dannelly  Writer:  Jenji Kohan 
Guest starring:  Jina Song, Paul St. Denis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Cindy Lu, Becky Thyre, Shawn Shepps, Tyrone Mitchell
 30 mins    8/22/2005  3.  Good Shit Lollipop
A mountain lion is on the prowl in Agrestic, but it's the medical marijuana facility that is causing the most havoc in Nancy's life. Faced with the dilemma of having to compete, Nancy has to get cooking. Silas makes a move on Megan causing him some colourful problems of his own and Celia and Isabel's war over weight issues gets dirty.
Director:  Craig Zisk  Writer:  Roberto Benabib 
Guest starring:  Craig X Rubin, Joey Capone, Devon Gearhart, Joey Gray, Jina Song, Becky Thyre, Shawn Schepps, Jesse Head, Shoshannah Stern, Soledad St. Hilaire, David Pressman
 30 mins    8/29/2005  4.  Fashion of the Christ
Nancy gets a rude awakening when her brother-in-law Andy comes for a surprise visit. Doug has an idea for a location for the faux bakery, which Nancy may need more than ever with Andy in the way. While Andy wreaks havoc in the Botwins' lives, Nancy is introduced to "The Candy Man" in order to help meet her customers' needs, and Celia drops a bomb.
Director:  Burr Steers  Writer:  Jenji Kohan 
Guest starring:  Indrajit Sarkar, Shoshannah Stern, Jane Lynch, Shawn Schepps, Becky Thyre, David Doty
 30 mins    9/5/2005  5.  Lude Awakening
Nancy gets a reality check about what a life of crime can entail. Andy acts like a fool and gets arrested. Celia tries alternative methods to deal with her breast cancer. She also steps out of her box and bonds with children. Shane gets in trouble at school. Again.
Director:  Lee Rose  Writer:  Devon K. Shepard 
Guest starring:  Becky Thyre, Shawn Schepps, Joey Gray, David Pressman, Soledad St. Hilaire, Allison Janney, Ayla Kell, Shoshannah Stern, Lochlyn Munro
 30 mins    9/12/2005  6.  Dead in the Nethers
Nancy attempt to play around in an effort to relieve some stress. Nancy, Celia, and Conrad go out to a club where Celia and Conrad "snuggle up." Meanwhile Andy meets a woman who he lies to like he would anyone else and Lupita starts investigating so as to gain the upper hand in her employee/employer relationship.
Director:  Arlene Sanford  Writer:  Michael Platt  / Barry Safchik 
Guest starring:  Yvonne DeLarosa, Brooke Langton
 30 mins    9/19/2005  7.  Higher Education
Nancy hires an employee, and becomes known to a rival in the process. Shane makes a new friend, and Andy gets to know the new friend's mother. Celia's mother comes to visit after Celia's surgery.
Director:  Tucker Gates  Writer:  Shawn Schepps 
Guest starring:  Gelbert Coloma, Maulik Pancholy, Clare Carey
 30 mins    9/26/2005  8.  The Punishment Light
Uncle Andy acts foolish at a ceremony for Judah. Shane gets in trouble again. Celia and Dean duke it out. Nancy finds out who it is that has been "delivering" pennies onto her car and fountain and she deals with them. Andy and Doug team up to bring more trouble into Nancy's home while trying to flush out the infestation of a rat. Nancy turns down an interested single father. And Uncle Andy exposes too much of himself yet again.
Director:  Robert Berlinger  Writer:  Rolin Jones 
Guest starring:  Stephon Fuller, Matt Nolan, Maulik Pancholy
 30 mins    10/3/2005  9.  The Punishment Lighter
Nancy gets busted and Heylia teaches her about a $14,000 lesson. Doug and Celia make kitchen talk. The kids have daddy problems during diversity week. Bread-sticks and Scones, Nancy's bakery, opens and doesn't start off so well. And Celia retakes the PTA by way of a technicality.
Director:  Paul Feig  Writer:  Matthew Salsberg 
Guest starring:  Stephon Fuller, Matt Nolan, Maulik Pancholy
 30 mins    10/10/2005  10.  The Godmother
Isabelle experiments, Andy gets drafted, Peter may not be who Nancy thinks he is, Silas gets high, and Nancy cuts out the middleman.
Director:  Lev L. Spiro  Writer:  Jenji Kohan 
Guest starring:  Maulik Pancholy
Edition Details
Series Weeds
Release Date 2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 EX [English]
DTS 6.1 [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Smokey Snippets Six Commentaries with Cast and Crew Smoke And Mirrors Original Marijuana Mockumentary Agrestic Herbal Recipes Showtime Original Content Including Special on Suburbia Music Video