What I’m Watching: Weeds

Weeds: Season 7, Episode 5 “Fingers Only Meat Banquet” (B+)

Travel is always exciting for a show like this that has only recently put down new roots in New York after spending quite a while on the road. What it permits in this episode is for Silas and Nancy to have an interesting new experience while trying to get in touch with Jill, for Doug to discover new things about the company with Nancy not there to keep his mind off actual work, Shane to accomplish something at home without distractions, and Andy to, as usual, have his own completely unconnected plotline. Nancy picking Silas over Shane as her character witness about her motherly qualities, but it seems like she made the right choice, as her elder son went to bat for her even though her hearing got postponed. Nancy’s conversation with the judge was rather enlightening as well, and it seems the weak link here is Martin Short’s attorney, who doesn’t seem to be accomplishing much of anything aside from making uncomfortable jokes about putting Nancy in the trunk of his car. Nancy’s visit to Jill’s house was entertaining, and Jill being only on speaker actually worked pretty well. I was very amused that Doug thought that Nancy was kidding about having two days off, and I liked his story about his condition that makes him see words and numbers in color. Hopefully noticing those errors in the earnings report won’t get him canned or arrested. Andy’s storyline with the couple seems to now be over, and I’m intrigued about where Shane’s applied criminal justice career will take him.