Weeds
Bill Sussman
TV Flash files “Bill Sussman” as hour 27 of 102 in the TV Flash guide — Weeds (2005–2012) on Showtime, season 3, episode 5, aired 2007-09-10, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E05: listed hour 27 of 102 in the Weeds guide, hour 5 of 15 in season 3. It aired 2007-09-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Shit Highway” (S03E04). Next is “Grasshopper” (S03E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After going AWOL from the military Andy, turns up in camouflage. The city council works with Sullivan. Shane goes to summer school in Majestic. Nancy's involvement with U-Turn becomes more entrenched and Silas has business ideas. Sullivan asks Nancy to hold a cocktail party.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bill Sussman sit in the Weeds guide?
S03E05 is listed hour 27 of 102 — hour 5 of 15 in season 3, season 3 episode 5.
When did Weeds S03E05 air?
Bill Sussman aired 2007-09-10 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do Weeds later seasons keep the suburban satire?
Early seasons nail PTA-and-pot satire; the premise mutates into broader criminal plotting and empire farce. That escalation is Kohan's design, and a fan argument.
In the series
Why this series still plays
After her husband's death, suburban mom Nancy Botwin deals marijuana to keep her family afloat. Jenji Kohan's Showtime comedy-drama made Mary-Louise Parker a premium-cable icon of wry panic — PTA politics meeting cartel gravity, a folk-song smile, eight seasons of character spiral.
Flash: a suburban lawn, a folk-song smile, and a widow who starts dealing marijuana like it's a PTA side hustle. After her husband's death, Nancy Botwin keeps the family afloat — picket-fence crime with cartel weather creeping into the carpool lane. Jenji Kohan premiered *Weeds* on Showtime on August 7, 2005; eight seasons through 2012, 102 episodes. Mary-Louise Parker became a premium-cable icon of wry panic beside Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould, Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins, and Justin Kirk. Season by…
Filed against
- Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin
Mary-Louise Parker dealt the suburbs as Nancy Botwin on Weeds — a husband’s death, marijuana to keep the family afloat, Jenji Kohan’s Showtime comedy-drama, PTA politics meeting cartel gravity. Folk-song smile, eight seasons of character…
- Hunter Parrish as Silas Botwin
Hunter Parrish's Silas Botwin grew up inside Weeds — suburban mom Nancy dealing marijuana after a husband's death, Jenji Kohan's Showtime comedy-drama, PTA politics meeting cartel gravity, a folk-song smile, eight seasons of character…
- Alexander Gould as Shane Botwin
Alexander Gould’s Shane Botwin grew up inside Weeds’ suburban-to-cartel spiral — Mary-Louise Parker’s wry panic, PTA politics meeting gravity, a folk-song smile, eight seasons of character weather after a husband’s death. Showtime…
- Kevin Nealon as Doug Wilson
Kevin Nealon's Doug Wilson watched Weeds from the suburban sideline — Jenji Kohan's Showtime comedy-drama, PTA politics meeting cartel gravity, Mary-Louise Parker's wry panic as the engine. Eight seasons of character spiral. TV Flash…
- Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes
Elizabeth Perkins played Celia Hodes on Weeds — PTA politics, suburban knives, and Jenji Kohan's Showtime comedy-drama that sent Mary-Louise Parker's Nancy into cartel gravity. A neighbor who made the cul-de-sac feel like a cartel waiting…
- Justin Kirk as Andy Botwin
Justin Kirk’s Andy Botwin kept Weeds a family spiral — suburban mom Nancy dealing marijuana after a husband’s death, Jenji Kohan’s Showtime comedy-drama, Mary-Louise Parker as premium-cable wry panic. PTA politics meeting cartel gravity,…