Weeds

You Can't Miss the Bear

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired 8/7/05

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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.

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Alexander Gould

Shane Botwin
Hunter Parrish

Silas Botwin
Kevin Nealon

Doug Wilson

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9.0

"Superb"

By Neksmater, Aug 26, 2010 Report Abuse

Weeds has started off with a weird start, it certainly has potential and offers laughs with its intriguing premise and likable characters it promises to be much fun if it keeps its suburban satire. Nancy has to convince a son of a friend and a lower level dealer of her branch of business not to sell to young kids. Her kids are likable and amoral which makes them that much more entertaining. But what's questionable is the show's racism or depiction of black people who supply Nancy with the marijuana. Sure the show's funny but it's full of stereotypes and it's like the characters are just walking parodies of what people see as black people rather than actual characters. Other than that it happens to be a promising series.moreless

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marijuana glorified?!? nah...

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By xych, Sep 01, 2008 Report Abuse

i have heard good stuff about this show but i was never really interested 'till today. so i buffered the pilot episode and watched. interesting. that's what i would describe it in one word. with the stories i heard, i thought it was just about a widow trying to make a living by selling weeds. well, its true, the plot revolves around her but the story goes beyond marijuana. with this first episode, i can see why the show is still running even after four years. there are different and countless sides and stories to explore. and i do hope that the succeeding episodes would be good. don't let the title fool you. the story is beyond weeds...moreless

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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.moreless

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By captainbritain, Jun 08, 2008 Report Abuse

The series gets to view a recently widowed mother of two, trying to cope to the best that the situation will allow, which she is bearly doing, so she improvises and starts selling a little bit of weed to the close friends of her and her deceased husband, but only to those people that she personally knows, that does a little from time to time.
The series also shows you the behind the scenes of a closed community, such as Agrestic, where we find that there is more to this little community than the neatly kept and manicured gardens.
There are good and sound arguements that are raised in the opening episode regarding the use of weed, but we also see the strong principles of Nancy, as even though she supplies weed to a high school kid, she tells him strongly that there is to be no selling of the stuff to kids!!!! So what was he ?? LOL
The initial episode was great in humour, like the nanny-cam teddy bear that Nancy's best friend brings over, in order to prove that her son and her own daughter are sleeping together. But Nancy claims that the pair will not be doing anything under her roof ever, and they don't, they use the spare room and move the bed under the skylight, hence it wasn't under the roof !!! This was classic, especially when the girlfriend takes the nanny-cam and places it in the room where she knows that her father and his tennis coach instructor / lover will be making out, all in order to get back at her mother. Classic.moreless

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I remember reading a summery of this show and thinking, what a load of crap. How wrong was i?

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By csino1fan, Jan 07, 2008 Report Abuse

This is a Perfect start to a perfectly flawless series. I remember thinking what a load of crap, when i saw the review, thinking it was just a stupid crappy drug show. Then i watched this episode and i cant really remember much from laughing all the way through it! Elizabeth Perkins, is an amazing actoress!! Celia herself is a funny character. This is truely a series to watch. An amazing cast line up and an amazingly addictive flawless plot made so simple its to complex! Don't do what i did! I only watched the show because i was forced to by a 'Weeds lover' Watch it of your own free will because it is soooooooo worth it!!!!!moreless

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Beginning of a great show!

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By MiDW3sT, Oct 07, 2007 Report Abuse

I'll keep it short, but the show starts off with a bang that keeps the viewer on edge from start to finish. The good thing about the finish, like most other succesful television series, it leaves off in a great way, in which it will retain the viewers and bring in others by word of mouth. Not to many things I have to say that are bad, but it had the same issues that all series primieres have, which causes no hiccup, but it does weave in and out of each characters personalities to get the story situated. The true story doesn't really occur until 2nd episode, but still good nonetheless!

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Trivia
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- The overheard satellite picture shown in the title sequence is of Calabasas, California Edit
- 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
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- In the opening credits of this episode there is no credit for Jenji Kohan as creator of the series. From the next episode on, you can see the credit created by Jenji Kohan under the "Weeds" logo. Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Germany: April 4, 2007 on ProSieben Edit
- Jenji Kohan won the 2006 WGA Award (TV) for "Episodic Comedy" for this episode. Edit
Quotes
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- Celia: I love Dean but he's ruined my children. Edit
- Celia: (Watching a video of her daughter) I should've had an abortion. Edit
- 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
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- Nancy: I believe my brother-in-law's exact words were, "Dude, meet the finest jit with the finest s***. 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 show's official website. 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 show's official website. Heylia: I can eyeball an ounce from outer space with my glasses cracked. Conrad: You never question Heylia's eyeballin'. That's the Rainman of weed right there. Edit
- 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