7.31.2009

review

I made it through almost the entire first season of Weeds last night and this is what I learned:

People die unexpectedly, so don't spend too much on a new kitchen, just in case.
Suburban moms are the pits.
Even Mary Louise Parker has love handles, so let's all get over it.
Stay low at your dealer's house in case you get shot.
Stand on your roof a lot so you can see what your neighbors are doing.
Don't keep your drugs at home because maids sneak around.
I get really hungry for Indian food after midnight.
Tape yourself playing with your kids so they can watch it when you die.
Tape yourself having sex so your wife can watch it when you die.
Also, why can't they show lifelike dildos on premium television? TV sextoys are so unsexy.
If you stay up late enough, everyone on television looks like someone else. The loser brother is not Harry Connick Jr and the big black lady is not Nell Carter and that little weird kid is not Joey Lawrence. It's not 1981 anymore. They look different now.
Creepy unattractive children bother me, even on television serieses.
Don't take two Ambien if you like a) your hair or b) Asian chicks on the side.
Turn the teddybears away from your adulterous racketass lovemaking.
Drugs + tampons = rats. Keep them separate because you don't want your vagina getting the Black Death.
Throwing pennies at cars is a good way to eff with someone.
Having sex with drug dealers is hot and your biggest problem will be the underpants he buys you, not that you are worried that you have contracted crotchrot because YOU JUST BANGED A DRUG DEALER IN AN ALLEYWAY

I love this show so much that I'm thinking of signing up for a second Netflix account and having it delivered to XXXX S XXXX Street, Apartment 1 so I can get six disks at a time.

It's a variation of the Columbia House Records scam I pulled in the nineties, but Netflix is smart and they have my credit card number.

I hate when people get wise to my scheming.

24 degrees {comments}:

f8hasit said...

OMG...
Halfway through your list of what you learned I almost peed my pants.
Drugs + tampons = your vagina getting the black death...

Someone call the paramedics, I'm having a laugh attack.

Thanks for your post.
:-)

jbp said...

you know weeds is one of those "watch instantly" shows on netflix. So you can keep going! Right now! Plus, you've got to get one of these fancy new tivos so you can watch instantly on your TV. it's the best ever.

M.J. said...

Why are Biggie's Ten Crack Commandments going through my brain now?

Pigtails and Puppydogs said...

I love Weeds! This post was hilarious!

Little Ms Blogger said...

I loved your review...you definitely have to watch MadMen since you love the era and haven't seen it (I think you said that).

So many great lines, but personal fav is "Creepy unattractive children bother me, even on television serieses."

mzbehavin said...

Beam me up, Lord......

You're too, too, funny........

I'm quite literally dying, here....

But what a way to go!!

Schmutzie said...

You are being featured on Five Star Friday!
http://www.fivestarfriday.com/2009/07/five-star-fridays-edition-64.html

Thauna said...

LMAO!!! My daughter and I have been watching Weeds (from Netflix) too. The daughter is 19, I'm not a bad mom watching with my "children"..lol. We have discs 2 and 3 of Season 4 to watch this weekend. It just gets better and better. I'm sad tho that once we watch this two we will have to wait for Season 5 to come out on DVD. Love Weeds and your post!!!

Amy Jo said...

It's a good show, but at the point they're at now it's gone from plausible to utterly insanely unbelievable. Still entertaining, tho.

Cara said...

Haven't seen that one. Sound very interesting. I should look into watching something other that Noggin or the Disney channel (I think a part of my brain has already atrophied).

Miss Grace said...

We noticed the very same things! Also? I love that show like crazy-cakes.

Karen said...

I watched them all at once too. So much better and utterly addicting that way.

Karen said...

And I am a little gay-ish for Nancy.

Fraulein N said...

Haaaa, Columbia House scam. I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about.

Also, creepy unattractive children should bother everyone. Then there would be fewer of them on TV.

anniegirl1138 said...

The first season is funny. The second season - um - hit here and miss there. Third? We quit after that.

And Mary Louise's love handles? Gone with the opening credits of season two. Gone baby gone. I hear she is the skinniest pg chick ever in season five.

The uncomfortable factor and the WTF factor rises as the show continues until the tide finally turns and you can't laugh anymore and you can't turn away even though your soul is probably at stake.

But the first season. Good. Parker's vacant stroll into the underbelly of the beast seems pretty realistic to me.

My fave line is in season two at the funeral of a gangster,

"He taught me drive by."

Michele Horne said...

Wow, I am a Weeds addict as well. We don't have cable, so I either get ITunes episodes or Netflix... I think I am through season 3. Shhh, don't tell anyone though, I'm still in the closet.

Maggie May said...

i'm agreeing here that Weeds started out awesome and got progressively less awesome until it hit the bottom of the awesome swamp and was attacked by bacteria until it was a riddled shell of it's former self.

MLP is perfect for that role.

Amanda said...

LOL I love Weeds. I paid the extra $20 a month to have showtime and the other premium channels when we moved just so I could watch it.

The episodes used to be on Netflix watch it now. That's how I watched all the episodes. We got rid of Netflix when we moved and got the premium channels and On Demand, but if it's still the same, you get so many watch it now hours per month with your subscription, so you could watch them on the computer and get some on DVD.

Joe said...

I'm impressed that you scammed Columbia House. Those bastards mark their stuff up so much, it's nigh impossible to not be the one getting screwed. I'd hug you if I could.

ScrambledJill said...

I love Weeds! You should definitely check out Mad Men too. That's some good TV.

Amy said...

Weeds rocks the house.

FYI, in a few seasons Silas gets super hot.

There is still much to learn grasshopper. Order up your dvds.

Heather said...

Now I have to rent that series. Sounds like my kind of people!

carolyn said...

Yes!! You're addicted!!!!

I don't care what anyone says- I cannot stop watching!! Alarming, and not as good as season 1- but not terrible enough that I won't be counting the days until season 5 comes out on DVD. I stalked netflix for season 4 and I'll do it again- I'm not proud!!

Love MLP- love handles or skin and bones- love!

Ophelia Mourne said...

YES!!! I love all the seasons...

MJP is my antihero lol