Even though I've seen every season, Weeds is not a show I'd consider one of my favorites, and never really has been. But this sixth season was actually very, very good. The series focuses on the Botwin family, and specifically on its matriarch, Nancy, a suburban soccer mom who turned into a drug dealer in order to support her family after the death of her husband. The first three seasons were based in a fictional Los Angeles suburb. The next two were far more Mexican in nature, and spent roughly equal time on either side of the border. Then, after a cliffhanger to end Season 5, Season 6 begins with the Botwins fleeing their former lives, assuming fake identities and everything. I really enjoyed it, and I think the trimmed cast and barebones "just keep moving and don't get noticed" themes gave it new energy and life. Unfortunately, Season 7 kind of blew. The Botwins settled back down in New York and, remaining in one place all season, fell back into the uninteresting hijinks and illegal activities that had made the series grow so stale prior to this season in the first place. Oh well. Weeds has now been renewed for at least an eighth season and at this point seems sillier and less interesting than ever. So it was nice to go back and watch Season 6 all over again and be reminded that at its best this show is quite capable of creating sadistic comedy while still legitimately eliciting emotion - a true "dramedy" if such a thing really exists. It definitely seems like this was the peak for Weeds, but it's also pretty cool that a show that had grown stale by Season 3 managed to come back so strong as late as Season 6.
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