What I’m Watching: Weeds

Weeds: Season 6, Episode 6 “A Shoe for a Shoe” (B)

Man, this show is wacky. I go back and forth every week on whether it works or it doesn’t, and I think this episode was fun but not entirely functional. It does move the plot forward, but I’m not sure that Nancy deciding that she’s done with Esteban and Spanish means that she’s actually going to be rid of them. She’s also being investigated by the authorities, so even if she wants to move on, a whole lot of people probably aren’t going to let her. It’s good to leave their current location behind, however, because both Silas and Andy have managed to plant some rather unfortunate roots that may well come back to haunt them. If Nancy used to be the biggest Botwin badass, that mantle has now officially gone over to Shane, who, after killing a woman with a croquet mallet to protect the family, takes a gun pointed at someone’s balls (“Inglourious Basterds,” anyone?) and decides to become the one making threats. Ignacio is definitely an insane guy, and having him at the same table as the feverishly hungry and despaired Doug makes for a pretty silly episode. Nancy’s simultaneous showdown with Cesar also proved interesting, though it does become hard to take this show seriously. The future is now completely unknown, and a new location and new life for the Botwin-turned-Newman family should mean the opportunity for intriguing new guest characters in the back half of this season, or at least I can hope it will.