Weeds: Season Five |  | Actors: Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Nealon, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould
Studio: Lionsgate
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Rating:  10 reviews
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Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
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Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 360 Minutes
UPC: 031398114406
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ASIN: B002AMVED8
Release Date: January 19, 2010 (In 58 Days)
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Description
The hemptress returns in the complete fifth season of the Showtime® Original Series, WEEDS. When pot-selling soccer mom Nancy Botwin took her homegrown business south of the border, she found the grass wasn’t greener on the other side. Now she’s pregnant with the child of a powerful politician turned dangerous drug lord – or is she? Doug and Silas are trying to branch out on their own, Andy is looking to score, and Celia attempts to turn the tables on her kidnappers. With enemies out to smoke the Queen of Green, Nancy’s sure to find a whole new crop of trouble in an all new season of WEEDS – starring Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Mary-Louise Parker.
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 WEEDS, you dont need the marijuana to get addicted October 30, 2009
Christopher Perpich
I love this show! Especially this season and the last, every season just gets better and better. The seasons in Agrestic were great, but Ren Mar or wherever they move in the middle of the season are soooo much better. I love how Nancy get deal with things and acts less mature than her 14 year old son. Also this season gave Justin Kirk (Andy) a real acting job, he was hysterical and serious at the same time (I LOVE IT WHEN HE GROWS HIS BEARD). I also liked the guy who plays Estaban Reyes, he can't decide who to listen to, his wife or his boss. Kate de Castillo gives a performance that is great, you love her and you hate her at the same. Elizabeth Perkin's acting ability in the couple of seasons have been criminally overlooked, but hopefully this year she'll be recognized again at the awards, she's hysterical. Constant paranoia, trying to out-Nancy Nancy, how could she be so cruelly overlooked. Alexander Gould (Shane) gives another award worthy performance, from losing his virginity last season, to STDs, gunshot wounds, and alcoholism this season, that's a lot to deal with! This is season probably isn't the best season, but it had the best finale of all the seasons (well its tied with season 2, but that left too many questions). I can't wait until season 6 premieres next summer!
Fast moving entertainment. October 15, 2009
P. Stein (Beavercreek, OH)
Constant entertainment with no slow spots. Best if all seasons are watched in order.
For those that haven't seen it, there is a lot of nudity, sex, violence, vulgar language. Yet the show would be worth seeing in a PG format. I finally added Showtime, just to get this series. Season 5 actually improves on previous seasons. The season is heavily devoted to Nancy Botwin's relationships with the Mexican drug gang, and her love affair with the mayor of Tijuana. Mary Louise Parker is gorgeous.
 Weeds October 10, 2009
Mark Twain
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you have higher (no pun intended) than average standards for television I'm afraid you will find season 5 of Weeds disapointing. Of course it's still better than most shows on the air, but this season's plot was nowhere near as good as previous seasons. The quality of the writing has declined significantly.
On the other hand, if you're not all that picky about writing quality and are just looking forward to seeing your favorite characters again, by all means, add this DVD to your shopping cart! Certainly there's at least a laugh or two guaranteed in each episode.
The season picks up right where season 4 left off with Nancy's life in peril. Lucky for Nancy, Mary Louise Parker is the star of the show so Nancy is indeed allowed to live. She spends the season dealing with the fallout from last year's cliffhanger. Her affection for the drug kingpin boyfriend changes from episode to episode; one minute she's terrified he's going to kill her and the next she's madly in love.
The strongest performance of the season is easily Justin Kirk as Andy. He effortlessy shuffles Andy back-and-forth between moments of silliness and seriousness. At times he's the feckless, pleasure-seeking Andy of the past, but he also finds time to stand-in and parent Nancy's sons, have a serious adult relationship and get stern with his sister-in-law when necessary.
Unfortunatley the other original supporting cast members continue to feel out of place in the new setting. So much so that Doug, Celia, and even Silas seemed to exist in a completely different show. This simply doesn't work. It was the main problem with season 4 and it continues to be a problem in season 5.
There you have it. I'd say rent before you buy.
Oh, Alexander Gold as Shane also has an interesting story-arc this season and gives an excellent performance.
Weeds doesn't stop entertaining October 1, 2009
Ellen (Redondo Beach, CA USA)
Having picked up Weeds in the 5th season on Showtime, I needed the back story. Don't miss this and all other seasons of Weeds. Entertainment at its finest.
Wow! September 10, 2009
Chloe (Boise, ID)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have Shotime just for this series and I have to say that this season was excellent. It kept me hanging on from start to finish. If you like this series at all this is a must see. I can't wait for the next season because this season was wrapped up to hook you.
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