WEEDS Season 5, Episode 2 Thoughts

After a solid premiere, Weeds followed up with another enjoyable outing that saw Nancy being self-destructive to try and gain some sort of control in her relationship with Esteban, Silas and Doug running into a Mexican camp, Celia helping out Quinn's ex-boyfriend so she could stay, and Andy moving Shane into Nancy's sister's home. Nancy's journey saw her escape Cesar after an ominous visit to Guillermo in which he warned her that rats die. She then created a living will with her lawyer Dean in a funny scene where she ripped apart his new lawyer ad. Nancy proceeded to drink heavily at a sushi joint and showed up noticeably drunk to speak with Esteban. None too pleased with Nancy trying to gain some pull in their relationship and angry with her reckless behavior, Esteban forcibly has sex with her to show her who is boss and clear up none of the stress Nancy feels. This pregnancy arc has been different so far and it will be interesting to see how Nancy can avoid a bad ending after delivering the child. The Silas and Doug interplay was fun while Celia managed to avoid having to leave her captor's quarters by organizing his supplies. Andy sleeps with Nancy's sister on his first day at the house as Shane snaps a picture. I loved the way the show presented Jill's family as fairly normal and then proceeded to have her committ adultery minutes later. Jennifer Jason Leigh showed a lot of charisma in the role and watching her interact with Nancy in the near future should be compelling television. Overall it was another solid episode with its fair share of laughs and plots furthered. The forced sex was disturbing but it was obviously intended to be.

NURSE JACKIE episode 2 was decent in that it showed that Jackie and her husband appear to have a real relationship. Why she chooses to stray from that and live a double life as a single woman at the hospital will be drawn out a bit for sure. Jackie's intern Zoey is hillarious and the standout scene by far was Jackie's lecture to her about the profession after she 2nd guesses joining the program. Episode 3 is much stronger and I will be back with thoughts next week on that.