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You Can't Miss the Bear

Episode Number: 1    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday August 7, 2005    Prod Code: 1001
In the series debut, housewife Nancy Botwin struggles to deal with the sudden death of her husband, while her best friend and neighbor Celia Hodes learns a devastating secret when she tries to catch her daughter in the act with Nancy's son.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Jenji Kohan
Director: Brian Dannelly
Star: Tonye Patano (Heylia James),  Romany Malco (Conrad Shepard),  Mary-Louise Parker (Nancy Botwin),  Kevin Nealon (Doug Wilson),  Hunter Parrish (Silas Botwin),  Alexander Gould (Shane Botwin),  Elizabeth Perkins (Celia Hodes)
Recurring Role: Indigo (Vaneeta),  Renée Victor (Lupita),  Tressa DiFiglia (Audience Mother 1 [credited as Tressa Di Figlia Brendan]),  Andy Milder (Dean Hodes)
Guest Star: Rick Clark (Bear Hunter 1),  John Kelly (Hiram Wells),  Stephanie Nash (Audience Mother 2),  Michelle Benes (Audience Mother 3),  Adam Taylor Gordon (Deven Rensler),  Jina Song (Helen Chin),  Christopher Noxon (Bear Hunter 3),  Justin Chatwin (Josh Wilson),  Clayton Rohner (Coach Dad),  Mike Massa (Bear Hunter 2),  Tyrone Mitchell (Keeyon),  Allie Grant (Isabelle Hodes),  Haley Hudson (Quinn Hodes)

Notes

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The weed used in the episode was an expensive pseudomarijuana. In later episodes they used glued together oregano and stems. (edit)
Josh mentions The Passion of the Christ in this episode and 3 episodes later the title is a parody of the film. (edit)
This is the only episode we see Doug's Son, Josh. (edit)
Crew for this episode with a missing name or unavailable credit:
Supervising Producer: Mark A. Burley
Associate Producer: Lisa I. Vinnecour
Music: Joey Santiago
Second Assistant Director: Dave Darmour
Construction Designer: Richard McConnell
Location Manager: Paul Boydston
Transportation Coordinator: Malcolm Mazer
Script Supervisor: Pam Leonte
Production Accountant: Ladonna Conrad
Assistant Editor: Ian Silverstein
Visual Effets Supervisor: William Powloski
Music Supervisor: Amine Ramer
Music Editor: Wolfgang Amadeus
Music Consultant: Christopher Noxon
Final Colorist: George Manno

Credited but not exactly right:
Key Make-Up Artist: Lizbeth Williamson
Key Hairstylist: Joy Zapata
Special Effects Coordinator: Wayne Rose
Sound Supervisors: David Beadle
Sound Supervisors: John Kincade

Should be added at the episode level:
Executive Producer: Jenji Kohan
Supervising Producer: Mark A. Burley
Associate Producer: Lisa I. Vinnecour (edit)
Music Featured in Episode:
"Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds (Theme Song/Opening Credits)
"Tuk Tuk" by The Black Seeds (During the soccer game)
"David" by Nellie McKay (When Doug is getting high)
"Singing In My Soul" by Fly My Pretties (Quinn and Nancy on the roof)
"Don't Stop The Music" by Kava Kava (Boy Toy Party)
"With Arms Outstretched" by Rilo Kiley (Nancy's Breakdown/Celia's Discovery)
"A Doodlin Song" by Peggy Lee (Closing Credits) (edit)

Quotes

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Nancy: Hey listen you stay away from my customer base, you don’t deal to kids. Are we clear?
Josh: They’re too young to bleed, they’re too young for weed. No grass in the field, no grass will they yield.
(edit)
Nancy : (to Doug smoking pot in his car) Unless you want to go back to buying ditch weed from your house keeper's cousin, I suggest you put away the pipe, hide the open bag of pot and get your head out of your ass. What are you thinking? (edit)
Silas: Come on! Think of the time this will save us on foreplay. You just wisper 'shoot me in the optimum kill zone' and I'll be good to go.
Quinn: I could whisper linoleum and you'd be good to go. (edit)
Doug: You know he's boning the Tennis girl. She love him long time.
Nancy: She's from Anaheim not Beijing, its not like she can shoot tennis balls out her her twat. (edit)
Conrad ( To Nancy): Are you calling black people stupid?
Nancy: And lazy and they also steal.
Heylia: But we sings and dances real good. (edit)

Trivia

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During "Little Boxes", when the show cars passing by a sign that says Agrestic, it is actually a sign that says Stevenson Ranch and then on the computer they put in Agrestic. (edit)
When Josh is talking to Nancy by the minivan and calls her a hypocrite, her kids come up as Josh leaves yet they didn't seem to overhear that their mom is selling pot. (edit)
The planned community that Nancy Botwin lives in is called "Agrestic", which means "Pertaining to fields or the country; rural; rustic." Agrestic is a Greek word which is derived from the word agrestis, whose root is ager, meaning "field." It is also an anagram for "cigarets." (edit)
Mike Massa and Christopher Noxon, who are the Stunt Coordinator and Music Consultant for the episode, respectively, play two of the bear hunters in the TV show clip from "Bear Hunt". (edit)

Allusions

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Conrad: You never question Heylia’s eyeballing. That’s the Rain Man of weed right there.

Rain Man is a 1998 film with Dustin Hoffman who plays Raymond Babbitt, an autistic who has an astonishing memory for the phone book, baseball statistics, and the ability to count cards. (edit)
You Better Recognize: "You Better Recognize. See that's a demand requiring that you show respect for a given skill or accomplishment. You understand? You understand? You better recognize." By Tonye Patano from the "Weeds Dictionary" on the Sho.com web site.
                                                              ~as in~
Hyelia: "Get all beside herself, all come up in my house, tell me about my business? Girl, you need to recognize!" (edit)
Eyeballing Weed: "Well basically it's a way of assessing the weight of marijuana of any given quality, just by looking at it without a scale. That's all. You gotta be good if you want to eyeball." By Tonye Patano from the "Weeds Dictionary" on the Sho.com website.
                                                              ~as in~
Heylia: Bitch, I can eyeball an ounce from outer space with my glasses cracked.
                                                               ~and~
Conrad: You never question Heylia's eyeballin'. That's the Rainman of weed right there. (edit)
Jit: "Short for jitterburg. Prison slang meaning one who is figuratively always in motion, or dancing around. A scammer. An operator. Jit." By Kevin Nealon from the "Weeds Dictionary" on the Sho.com website.
                                                              ~as in~
Nancy: I believe my brother-in-law's exact words were, "Dude, meet the finest jit with the finest shit." (edit)
Optimum Kill Zone: "When hunting, it's like the part of the body of this prey that you're hunting, that, when it's shot with a rifle, this will most likely kill the animal. And it also ignites certain hormonal feelings in young males." By Justin Kirk from the "Weeds Dictionary" on the Sho.com website.
                                                              ~as in~
Shane: The shot where near his optimum kill zone! (edit)
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Community Reviews (21)

 
10.0
Perfect
You Can't Miss the Bear
"Pilot episode"
At per usual we get to meet the majority of the main characters during the pilot episode and of course this is one of them, albeit, from the initial openings, you know that this has a comical approach to subject of everything.
Continue » Posted Jun 8, 2008 8:33 am PST
9.9
Superb
You Can't Miss the Bear
"Pilot episode"
I remember reading a summery of this show and thinking, what a load of crap. How wrong was i?
Continue » Posted Jan 6, 2008 10:56 pm PST
9.5
Superb
You Can't Miss the Bear
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Beginning of a great show!
Continue » Posted Oct 7, 2007 4:51 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
You Can't Miss the Bear
"Pilot episode"
The first episode of a great show.
Continue » Posted Sep 23, 2007 7:34 pm PST
9.0
Superb
You Can't Miss the Bear
"Pilot episode"
We get to meet the main characters
Continue » Posted Sep 21, 2007 4:40 am PST
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