# Is anyone else watching Weeds on Showtime? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504 "2005-08-24T22:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/1 "2005-08-24T22:56:20Z")
I love it so far. It funny, sad and maybe a bit too real. I can’t decide if I love or hate Elizabeth Perkin’s character, Celia. I do know I’d like to do. . . things to Romany Malco-- I’d love it if his Conrad and Mary-Louise Parker’s Nancy developed a romance. I missed the first 15 minutes of the first show (yes, even though they play it a million times a week AND I have Showtime on Demand) so if anyone knows how Nancy’s husband died and if they had a happy marraige (it seems as if they did) please tell me. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/2 "2005-08-24T22:57:27Z")
[The Official Site](http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/home.do) for those interested. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/3 "2005-08-24T23:22:20Z")
I started out skeptical but am quickly turning into a fan of this show. Each episode sucks me in just a little more. I’ve never particularly been a fan of Mary-Louise Parker or Kevin Nealon so when I saw they were on it, I didn’t have the highest of hopes. It’s turning out to be a pretty well-written series however, sadder and more on the dramatic side of things than I had anticipated. It’s worth giving a chance, IMO. Sorry that I don’t know the answer to your question about the father though. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/4 "2005-08-24T23:25:56Z")
I’m digging this show. Mondays may not be the best day for a show about weed, but what does help is the music. I listened to the stuff on the website, and really dug it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/5 "2005-08-24T23:40:59Z")
I don’t think they explained how her husband died, but I think they were happy. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/6 "2005-08-24T23:46:27Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > I’m digging this show. Mondays may not be the best day for a show about weed, but what does help is the music. I listened to the stuff on the website, and really dug it. Me too, it made me pull out my Malvina Reynolds songbook. I loved the scene with the Ambien though, I was spacing and took me a couple minutes to put it altogether, but when I got it, it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/7 "2005-08-25T00:20:37Z")
Don’t tell me it has Malvina Reynolds songs. Ugh. World’s most annoying folksinger ever! ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/8 "2005-08-25T00:24:13Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Don’t tell me it has Malvina Reynolds songs. Ugh. World’s most annoying folksinger ever! “Little Boxes” is the theme song… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/9 "2005-08-25T00:27:51Z")
I believe the husband is supposed to have died of a heart attack while jogging. What the hell _is_ ticky-tacky, anyway? And when are they going to get rid of the awful theme song? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/10 "2005-08-25T00:29:00Z")
I, too, hate the theme song. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/11 "2005-08-25T00:30:35Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > What the hell _is_ ticky-tacky, anyway? And when are they going to get rid of the awful theme song? [(Pronunciation Key)tick·y-tack·y Listen: [tk-tk] n.](http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/t/t0205700.html) Shoddy material, as for the construction of standardized housing. adj. Made of shoddy material; cheaply built. a. Marked by a mediocre uniformity of appearance or style: ticky-tacky rows of look-alike houses. b. Tawdry; tacky. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/12 "2005-08-25T00:56:27Z")
This sounds like something I’d like. I could check the site but I’d rather ask you guys – is there anything on Showtime besides Weeds that’s worth subscribing for? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/13 "2005-08-25T01:00:28Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > This sounds like something I’d like. > > I could check the site but I’d rather ask you guys – is there anything on Showtime besides Weeds that’s worth subscribing for? Penn and Teller’s Bullshit is the reason I subscribed (although the season just ended). ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/14 "2005-08-25T02:42:26Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Penn and Teller’s Bullshit is the reason I subscribed (although the season just ended). Agreed on the Bullshit. Also _Huff_, which starts its second season soon. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/15 "2005-08-25T05:28:01Z")
I record the show on my DVR and I am getting royally pissed off…I don’t know if it is Showtime or my cable provider, but the damned show cuts off about a minute at the end every time I record it. I have seen every episode, but probably only because there ain’t a whole lot out there to watch during the summer. I am not wowed by the show, but some of the side stories are funny…sort of a “Desperate Housewives” neighborhoodish thing going on. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/16 "2005-08-25T09:05:39Z")
Happy marriage, husband died while jogging with the younger son on (i think) the son’s birthday. I like, however, how could Celia not know what kind of dope to buy? She strikes me as someone who would research these things on the internet before deciding to sell weed for a living. Also how did she meet her dealer? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/17 "2005-08-25T16:20:39Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > I like, however, how could Celia not know what kind of dope to buy? She strikes me as someone who would research these things on the internet before deciding to sell weed for a living. > > Also how did she meet her dealer? I believe the main character’s name is Nancy. Celia is the bitter, manipulative, husband-shaving neighbor. And I don’t know how she met her dealer. That’s a good question. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/18 "2005-08-25T16:36:00Z")
Really? I love the theme song. But I can see not liking it in a few episodes… (I even went to the website and listened to the whole song) I don’t think Nancy did a lot of research on types of weed, I think she probably got into the business out of desperation. It’s an intersting timeline for the show, we are in it just after the beginning, so we seem to have missed a lot, but are moving forward. I’ve heard the brother makes the show even better… I hope so… ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/19 "2005-08-25T17:11:18Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > “Little Boxes” is the theme song… In the words of Folk Music Comic Book Guy “Worst … Folk … Song … Ever” That song makes me visibly wince when I hear it. I hate Malvina Reynolds voice and I think the song is incredibly pretentious. Sorry, she didn’t like tract housing and people going to college. But hey, that’s life after World War II. We can’t all be cantankerous folk musicians. I suppose I can watch the show and just fast forward through the opening titles. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504/20 "2005-08-25T19:36:22Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > is there anything on Showtime besides Weeds that’s worth subscribing for? The upcoming _Sleeper Cell_ has been accumulating some heavy buzz. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-watching-weeds-on-showtime/318504.md?page=2)