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New 'Weeds' Season Getting Us Just As Stoned As, Well, Actual Weed
Posted by Molly Friedman at 10:20 AM on June 25, 2008
For the first time in our Weeds-watching experience, we actually worried we'd gotten a contact high from watching last night's Bizarro World episode. As soon as we realised this would be the only time we'd seen the show open without "Little Boxes" setting the carefree tone, replaced by an opening sequence set at the Mexican border, Nancy uneasily waltzing around high as a kite on a beach, it became clear that our Weeds is even more potent than usual. Though we still haven't accepted the fact that much of this highly-rated season will take place in Mexico as the Botwins run from the law, we were finally able to shake our rising paranoia upon seeing the indefatigable Elizabeth Perkins appear looking nothing like the Celia we've loved, hated, then loved again. Imagine a young Bette Midler dressed up as little orphan Annie, styled by Mexico's answer to Rachel Zoe, grab the nearest pillow in the likely instance you find yourself needing to scream, and get high on this clip (no substances required).
For the first time in our Weeds-watching experience, we actually worried we'd gotten a contact high from watching last night's Bizarro World episode. As soon as we realised this would be the only time we'd seen the show open without "Little Boxes" setting the carefree tone, replaced by an opening sequence set at the Mexican border, Nancy uneasily waltzing around high as a kite on a beach, it became clear that our Weeds is even more potent than usual. Though we still haven't accepted the fact that much of this highly-rated season will take place in Mexico as the Botwins run from the law, we were finally able to shake our rising paranoia upon seeing the indefatigable Elizabeth Perkins appear looking nothing like the Celia we've loved, hated, then loved again. Imagine a young Bette Midler dressed up as little orphan Annie, styled by Mexico's answer to Rachel Zoe, grab the nearest pillow in the likely instance you find yourself needing to scream, and get high on this clip (no substances required).
Proving that truly great actors don't even need lines to turn you into a laughing-while-weeping mess, our Celia found herself sharing a cell with the makeover-happy Chita, who decided to make Celia "her special girl." Meaning, use her as a voodoo doll dressed in the kind of clothing we see gathering dust in our grandmother's attic and wearing rouge so red we're in pain just imagining Perkins scrubbing it off after shooting. But as much as we enjoyed our trippy half hour with the knee-deep-in-shit Weeds-ers, we're slightly apprehensive about next week's episode's theme: euthanasia. Getting high off your TV set is sort of interesting, but we have yet to ponder the delights of assisted suicide.
- WEEDS [Showtime]
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hughman
Posted 10:35 AM 25/6/08
liz perkins looks a little like Baby Jane Hudson here.
hughman
fakeblonde99
Posted 11:35 AM 25/6/08
Elizabeth Perkins in BRILLIANT! She is the perfect yang to Nancy's yin. Rock on Showtime.
fakeblonde99
NoGrumpys
Posted 11:27 AM 25/6/08
...I really thought WEEDS had painted themselves in a corner - but they keep re-inventing themselves. WOW!!
I saw Mary-Louise Parker introduce LIZA at the Hollywood Bowl Friday - who new Mary-Louise was such a Liza fan?!!! Liza came through though.
For fellow Weeds addicts I suggest you check out ITunes and watch the free Vidcasts of "GOOD MORNING AGRESTIC" - directed by Shane Botwin
NoGrumpys
hughman
Posted 12:14 PM 25/6/08
don't get me wrong. j'adore EP. just here, with all the running makeup, she just looks a little "Rocky Horror".
hughman
inkydinkydo
Posted 2:35 PM 25/6/08
A re-run of "Big" was on the other night with a lovely 80's version of EP. With pretty much the same hair as her behind-bars do.
Such a sweet movie that was. It kind of made me sad to see her roles go so far down Snarky Street.
But isn't that why we love "Weeds" so?
inkydinkydo
CatherineTrammell
Posted 4:42 PM 25/6/08
How has no one mentioned the best part of this new season? Two words: Silas shirtless.
Dear. Sweet. Baby. Jesus.
CatherineTrammell
chijen
Posted 2:25 AM 26/6/08
Um, I think some of that rouge is actually from her being roughed up. I thought it was supposed to be a scratch/bruise.
I just started watching this show this season - loving it.
chijen
Plankton420
Posted 3:30 AM 26/6/08
Yeah, in that last scene where Julia meets with the cop, she's not just made up, but is also sporting a huge "shiner" -- and I've got to say, it's one of the few times I've felt truly sorry for her character.
I've been a fan of the show since day 1, and although I'll miss the opening theme song and especially Conrad and Heylia (I hope the show picks up their story again at some point!), I LOVE the addition of Albert Brooks to the cast, and I hope they can convince him to stay on the show longer than 4 episodes!
Plankton420
TryThisAtHome
Posted 6:49 AM 26/6/08
Hilarious! Can't wait to see where they go now. I always wondered why the DEA wasn't clued in a bit more. Looks like it's going to be a fun ride this season! Love Elizabeth Perkins, Mary-Louise Parker (amazing skin too), the shirtless Silas, of course Andy, Albert Brooks is great, and ...I'm getting a crush on the DEA guy.
TryThisAtHome
NoGrumpys
Posted 1:03 AM 27/6/08
Its the fact Elizabeth flawlwssly acts with her face. She uses no words and yet you feel the pain of the new black eye - then she regains composure and then a glimmer of hope and finaly a return of Celia's self-ritousness.
BRILLIANT!!
NoGrumpys