Weeds

If You Work for a Living, Why Do You Kill Yourself Working?

Season 4, Episode 13, Aired 9/15/08

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After the tunnel bust, Nancy has to explain her involvement to Esteban. Celia starts looking for her daughter Quinn deep in Mexico, in order to make amends with her. Silas meets Lisa's ex-husband and Doug finds reason to stay alive.

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Justin Kirk

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Mary-Louise Parker

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A poor thought out episode with one basic plot twist at the end that has no relevance to the show by any means

8.0

"Great"

By RyDawgg10, Sep 08, 2011 Report Abuse

This episode may have been one of the more lackluster episodes of the year. There was absolutely no plot development for next season....Nancy pregnant??? Common now, the show is called Weeds, it is about the trials and tribulation of drug a drug trafficking suburban mother who has to overcome basic obstacles of being a mother while selling illegal drugs. Not a soap opera about a mother who is having a relationship with a Mexican drug lord. The characters are losing their luster, and the humor is slowly fading. Great show, and I will definitely watch next season, but big moves need to be mad next year.moreless

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Is Nancy a done deal?

7.5

"Good"

By thefanof, Nov 26, 2010 Report Abuse

After all the criticism of Season 4, after all the uneventful episodes Weeds has finally gotten back on track with the last two installments of the year. The comedy is certainly not as strong as it once was, but the program is moving toward the dark dramedy genre and doing it well.

While there are smarter shows, funnier shows, better produced shows out there very few combine great writing with cliffhangers and comedy for a unique blend like Weeds does.

Kevin Nealon could be funny reading an epitaph yet Weeds fines a way to make him excel even more at the comedic game. Justin Kirk has established himself as one of the funniest men on TV through the show. Mary Louise Parker has reinvigorated her career with the show. Weeds has helped actors realize their true potential and put together a strong ensemble for the viewer to enjoy.

This episode was far from perfect. Shane and Silas continue to have zero screen presence and I am not even one hundred percent sure what is going on with Celia, but luckily the good outweigh the bad here. A strong season finale and I cannot wait to see what hijinx ensue next year.moreless

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It keeps you wandering and guessing and getting more tense until Nancy drops the bomb! !!!!Spoiler alert!!!!!

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By rebelwave, Oct 07, 2010 Report Abuse

Wow! is all i can say... this was a savior episode, there had been some below average episodes in this season, but it seems worth tolerating to get to this shocking conclusion. in my opinion the best thing to come out of this episode was the great dollop of Silas flesh we see in the scene with Julie Bowen and her character (Lisa's) ex husband. I swear, I got butterflies watching that.
I particularly enjoyed how the tension was slowly built up throughout the episode, the first jolt was felt in the scene where the DEA guy threw Doug out of the interview room. and then the long wait to the last scene aloud it to build steadily as we knew Nancy would make the inevitable journey to see Esteban.
The whole episode was incredibly well executed and now im pissed that i have to wait ten months or so till the next one!moreless

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Weeds ends on a "high" note, but is the ending good for the story? Only time will tell. The review includes SPOILERS.

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By alexart96, Sep 18, 2008 Report Abuse

The fourth season of Weeds has come to a close. It was an interesting one, but my least favorite. Let's start at where we left off last. Nancy is at Roy Till's office and Dean is her lawyer. The other lawyer makes good points against Nancy, yet because of her deal with him, Till decides to ignore him. The deal's off when Till finds out that his partner in bed and the DEA has been found skinned by Esteban's men at the border.

Cut to another controversial scene in which Silas is in the older woman's bed. Her husband walks in and for some reason, the felt it was necessary to show Parrish's butt.

Silas goes home, but everyone has forgotten about his 18th birthday.

Celia travels to deep Mexico where (bet you didn't see this one coming) Quinn is. She pumps her full of drugs and explains that she is going to sell her body parts.

Enough of the plot, let's just cut to the chase. Nancy's pregnant. Good twist, but still not the best finale. Hopefully, next season will be better.moreless

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like every season finale, it keep the guessing and wondering about whats gonna happen in the next season

9.5

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By altaleh, Sep 18, 2008 Report Abuse

like always, weeds never leave a closure about what gonna happen with nancy, and as we saw in this episode we can see that the next season is gonna be more exited and more heated, as now nancy goona have a new baby from her boyfriend, now after he was about to kill her, they left it open about what gonna happen with these new circumstances.
and now the kids may start their own new business without "mom" guiding.
now we even wonna know whats gonna happen to celia, and what happene to daug did he killed him self or not.
now i just wonna the new season to start to see whats gonna happen in weed. but i can say that this season was quite good, and was a little different from the prev. ones, but still i love this show and i wonna keep seeing whats gonna happen with hotty nancy :Dmoreless

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- This episode is rated TV-MA for nudity, graphic language and adult content. Edit
- Music Featured In This Episode: "El Jefe" by Mariachi La Estrella "Love You" by Free Design Edit
- For this entire season, Mary-Louise Parker (Nancy) was nominated for the 2009 People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Drama Diva. Edit
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- Henry: Oh, this is nice. Very nice. Lisa: What the hell are you doing here? Henry: Brad told me it was a special occasion. Your boyfriend's eighteenth birthday? Edit
- Nancy: It's too early to tell but... it looks like a boy. Edit
- Shane: What happens when mom gets arrested? We need to make a plan. Silas: Well, I'm eighteen now. I can be your legal guardian. Andy: What about me? Shane: You can still hang out. Andy: Hang out?! I'm the adult male figure here. Silas: Come on, Andy. You don't act as adult. None of us do, we are all bunch of babies. Edit
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- The Shawshank Redemption Doug's letter to Dana is a rewording of the same letter that Brooks Hatlen sent to the inmates in Shawshank. At the end of the voice over Brooks commits suicide by hanging. Edit