What I’m Watching: Weeds

Weeds: Season 5, Episode 12 “Glue” (B+)

Looking at an episode as a season finale really changes your perception on it, and I was mistaken in thinking this was the show’s fifth season closer. It really lacked that definitive finale punch, but rightly so since it wasn’t a finale. I am happy to say that one thread in this episode was a nice return to the impressive dramatic form of previous seasons of the show. Andy and Nancy taking the love quiz throughout the entire episode was wonderfully nostalgic, and a great way of really analyzing Nancy’s previous history with the men in her life and her road from Judah to Esteban. Andy’s determination to see through his relationship with this woman is also touching, though I doubt it will last, more so because I think that Alanis Morissette’s arc will continue into next season. Silas and Shane’s defense of their stepsister is fun, and I’m hopeful that she’ll play a bigger part in next week’s episode and in the coming season. Esteban’s episode-long disappearance was very ominous, and seeing him onscreen with his campaign manager at the end of the episode returning to the ticket was a bit of a shock. Celia’s newfound paranoia is quite amusing, and it was all worth it to see Dean pacing around looking like Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder.” It’s funny how the kids are actually the smartest ones on this show, particularly Isabelle and Shane. So, next week is in fact the finale, and hopefully everything will go out with quite a bang.