TV Tonight: Fire Another One Up
Showtime
While I and most other critics have been focusing on tonight's Showtime debut of Nurse Jackie, the network also premieres season 5 of Weeds, something I usually look forward to every summer. And not just because it means another cheesecake publicity photo of Mary-Louise Parker every year. That said, I'll admit that season 4's Mexican escapades took the show a little far over the top and lost me, so while I'll give the fifth season another chance, I'll be watching it in real time with the rest of you.
I haven't given up: Rescue Me has proven a show can catch a second wind in its fifth year. Will you rejoin Weeds, or has Breaking Bad taken the only unlikely-drug-kingpin spot in your heart?
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Apropos of frakking awesomeness, Ausiello is reporting over at Time corporate-sibling EW.com that Katee Sackhoff has been cast on next season's "24" as "Dana Walsh, a highly respected and down to earth data analyst at the new and improved New York branch of CTU."
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So as to not offer any other "spoilerish" scoop (I hardly think casting decisions for a character are spoilers), here's the link if you're curious: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/06/exclusive-katee.html#more -
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Yeah Weeds stopped being funny after season 2, although I still continued to watch, but season 4 was a bit much for me. If I start hearing it gets good again maybe I'll pick it up again.
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If only I had Showtime... We just got caught up on last season of Weeds this past weekend, and we loved it. I loved the Mexico stuff, the "get mommy a pillow" thing, all the crazy hijinks with the 2 kids, the strange development of the Andy-Nancy chemistry, the Doug-hitting-rock-bottom stuff, the gentle coyote stuff, the "getting the gang back together" and the falling out with Guillermo - the only part of the season that I DIDN'T like was pretty much anything involving Celia - it was all totally over-the-top with her the whole time. I certainly found crackhead Celia to be worth some laughs, but the character was turned into a total caricature. The side story with Doug and Andy and Maria was a bit silly, also, but none of that detracted from our enjoyment of the season as a whole... I'll definitely keep up with future seasons as soon as the episodes become available to non-Showtime subscribers...
- poniewozik Loved the season. Mrs Tuned In wd have put u on the main list RT @boredtodeath Thank u for incl us in Time's Top 10. We'll take hon mention. - 4 hours ago
- poniewozik @carr2n Virgin is the best, LAX-JFK - 5 hours ago
- poniewozik Did NPR interview abt multiscreen multitasking. After, automatically reached for iPhone in pocket. Like don draper wd have for cigarettes. - 6 hours ago
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