The first episode of WEEDS sixth season leaked online this weekend, some two weeks before it debuts on Showtime August 16th. I won't say much, other than that it continues holding the high note the last season ended with. It picks up right after Shane, monologuing like a psychopath, killed Pillar with a crochet mallet, and deals mostly with Nancy preparing to hit the road once again after she gets the band together. The resolve on the Andy/Aubra storyline is cheap and arbitrary, but that's likely the point. As Silas points out, it all revolves around Nancy, so having Andy on the party bus was more important than Andy's happily ever after. They've certainly done it before, but Alanis Morrissette's surprising greatness in the role of Aubra makes it suck a little more this time. Other than that, the episode is pretty great. I love what they're doing with Shane. Initially, I've assumed (an assumption reinforced by the very mob movie-esque promo art for this season) they were grooming him to be the Sonny Corleone to Nancy's Don Corleone, but the look Shane gives his mother at episode's end suggests a more sinister sitcom friendly plot lies ahead. Let's hope Richard Dreyfus and Sarah Connor can take care of things this season.
Watch the Trailer.
Season Six debuts Monday, August 16th on Showtime.
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