Weeds: “A Distinctive Horn”
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009It looks like we were wrong about the introduction of a new Botwin child. Not in the broader sense that a newborn has a tendency to ruin a television show, but because of the overwhelming narcissism of all these characters possess, I should have realized that everyone would only worry about how little Stevie Ray effects them, and not really give a shit about his well-being. Some might say Andy was the exception, but he’s only on board with Nancy’s plan because he wants to better position himself to fuck some stuck-up gynecologist. Ooh, you’ve been to Zimbabwe, well allow me to kiss the ring, your highness.
That isn’t to say Andy’s been the bastion of responsibility to any person, male or female, to become romantically involved with. But the dismissal by her and Andy’s reaction to it, were equally shortsighted and crass. Obviously rearing someone else’s child isn’t what Alanis had in mind (is this Big Daddy? Because it feels an awful lot like Big Daddy), Him stepping in too play Mr. Mom isn’t going to endear him to her, not to mention it’s quite a hazardous direction to take with one’s life, but naturally Nancy doesn’t mind.
Of the few comments over on TWoP’s message board*, the consensus seems to be that Nancy is “gutsy” for her protestations with Esteban. And on some level that’s true, but at the same time her life isn’t nearly in as much jeopardy as Andy’s, whose name she volunteered as the father without his consent, and only through some misguided notion of accrued “responsibility” is Andy going along with it. In other words, guess who catches a break once again!
*I love going TWoP, especially immediately after watching what I feel was a particularly great episode of television (like last night’s installment of Weeds, for example). But for whatever reason this is the only show in which I tend to disagree with the majority. Still haven’t been able to figure out why, probably because everyone is so happy to give Nancy a pass on just about everything.
Anyways, while Nancy takes everyone’s life around her into her own hands but will remain unharmed in any tangible way because she’s the unnecessary star of a meandering TV series, Silas and Doug’s attempts to get their marijuana back has hit a rough patch without them even realizing it. Regardless, the fallout from Doug letting Dean slam his cock in a desk drawer is going to be cataclysmic when he discovers that Dean gave a good share (if not all) of his drugs to Celia, who Dean amazingly still has a soft spot for. And when I say “soft spot”, it’s quite obvious he’s either a masochist, pussy, or both. Either way, it’s good to see the writer’s are still somewhat concerned with the pretense that someone should be distributing marijuana on this show.
Other notes from “A Distinctive Horn”:
-I tend to be distracted by the absurdly liberal slant that this series takes on every single issue/conversation, especially because it always seems so oddly random, and plugged into the show just so Jenji Kohan can spout her ideology. But the scene with Andy and the abortion protester was hilarious.
-Also taking place on TWoP’s message board for this show: everyone’s thrilled to death that Lupita is back, some even claiming she “saved” last night’s episode. I don’t mind the character or anything, but what exactly did she say or do that was so gratifying? Lupita’s putting on a wet suit and she’s old. Haha, classic.
-I’d generally regard someone being offended by the ownership of the General Lee as a dealbreaker. Not that I defend the Stars and Bars or ever really watched The Dukes of Hazard, but that car is just fucking bad ass.
-Doug’s candor and willingness to do just about anything to maintain whatever the status quo is at the time continues to be the funniest thing about the series. I don’t think we ever met his wife, but I think that would just ruin the character if we did.
Anyways, the gang’s all back! Or at least all the white one’s and Lupita! At least the gradually put them back into the series instead of rushing everyone out of Agrestic within a couple episodes (I’m looking at you, Nip Tuck). At least it Nancy might have someone to turn too when she’s eventually pressed to be something other than a huge pain in the ass for everyone around her. Maybe that woman “taking care” of Esteban public relations –who the writer’s are being annoyingly ambiguous about her relationship too — is an abomination of the highest order, but at least she isn’t a co-dependent recluse without any sense of responsibility. It’s clear that at least the so-called “Mexicunt” oversees and tries to protect what’s important to her. You can’t really say the same about Nancy these days.
Rescue Me recap later.












as part of your job is pretty mundane. Man, I can’t even begin to fathom some of the crazy shit this guy has done. He could claim to have bedded aliens and I’d totally believe him. Anyway, now that I’m done making you sufficiently hate your life you can probably go now.