Little Boxes on a Hillside...

Little boxes on a hillside
little boxes made of ticky-tacky
little boxes on the hillside
little boxes all the same
there's a pink one, and a green one,
and a blue one and a yellow one
and they're all made out of ticky-tacky
and they all look just the same.

Dudes...I love the show Weeds. Seriously. I know I mentioned it briefly in my last post, but I'm going to expand on that today.

I had never seen it until a couple of weeks ago, but I have known of it's existence for years thanks to my tenure at Blockbuster back in the day. I've never had Showtime, so how would I have watched it before shows came out on DVD, but when they came out on DVD I was like, "Um...what is this show? Whatever, I'll just get The Notebook."

Well, enter Netflix. Travis and I have had Netflix for several months now, but it's only lately that I'm discovering the magic that a mere $8.99/month gets me. I mean you get your mailer, (I currently have Changeling and have had that one since May 8th, I kid you not. I still haven't watched it.) but you also can watch movies instantly online and on your XBOX, Wii or PS3. Since instant streaming came to the XBOX, I can honestly say that I am glad that Travis has one. He's probably jumping for joy at me recognizing that something good can come from the XBOX.

So as I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I was finishing off the Nip/Tuck series just as my best friend, Kim, (BFF 4 LIFE, Y'ALL!!) had decided to tell me about a show that she picked up on Netflix called Weeds. She was like, "You know, I think you might like it. I mean, you might not, but you might. They're like, all sarcastic and you're pretty sarcastic. Actually, I think you're going to like it. You should watch it."

I then opted to give it a shot, and a few episodes later, I texted Kim and declared my new found love for the show. I definitely appreciate the humor. It's quick-wit and I love it, but not like in Sex and the City (a show that I do love, I'll admit) and it's pun after pun after pun. SJP, I love you, but all the puns got old. I didn't really notice/care about the puns until TBS started rerunning the show over. And over. And over.

I'm currently in season three of Weeds and have yet to tire of the humor being laid before me. I think that even more than the script, it's small choices by the actors and directors that I love so much. I love that when Celia's husband, Dean, got fired from his job, he attacked a former co-worker on his way out and another coworker immediately pulls out their phone and snaps a picture. I don't know why, but that little part of that episode cracked me up.

And of course there's Doug, the CPA/City Commissioner who is played by Kevin Nealon, and that he is fantastic as that character. He always does random things or throws out little one-liners that make the episode great.

If you're looking for a show to watch, I vote that you get your hands on Weeds. It's only a 30-minute show, which seems so rare nowadays, (C'mon. The Bachelor/ette is 3 hours long a week) and you never seem to be thinking, "is this episode over yet?"

After I finish Weeds, I think I may try Dexter. My Netflix suggests it to me all the time. Any Dexter watchers out there?