Weeds

Reviewed by:
Patrick Richardson

Forget the MILFs prancing around Wisteria Lane; television's most desperate housewife is Mary-Louise Parker. She plays a soccer mom of two who winds up dealing pot to make ends meet after the unexpected death of her husband. But despite the show's suggestive title, Weeds isn't a stoner sitcom best enjoyed while munching Cheetos and hacking sacks. Instead, it's a boundary-busting comedy about the secrets and lies plaguing the residents of a wealthy, Stepford-esque Southern California community. Parker headlines a cast rife with first-rate performances, including Kevin Nealon as a pothead city councilman and Elizabeth Perkins as a self-centered PTA president who slips her plus-size daughter laxatives to shed pounds. Over the course of the first few episodes, Parker's 15-year-old son has sex, she gets caught in a drive-by, and her brother-in-law has cybersex with his nephew's deaf girlfriend. Unlike Desperate Housewives, Weeds is shameless, hilarious, and won't compromise your manhood when your girlfriend commandeers the remote and insists on watching it.

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