Monday 3 September 2012

Weeds 8.10 - Threshold

Silas and Nancy are at the bank, checking to see if Crick's money has been paid into the account for their new business, "LaPlante Industries". It has. All $350,000 of it. Andy brings his new wife (Aubrey Dollar) back to the house and wants to "make things official" and she agrees... by which she means changing her Facebook relationship status and dragging him off to meet her roommates.

Nancy and David (David Julian Hirsh) are having a picnic at the park and she describes herself as his "girlfriend". He tells her he really likes her and invites her to a dinner party at his house to meet his friends. Doug, meanwhile, has taken the homeless people from his shelter to a hotel, where he has rented them a couple of rooms. When one of them says he doesn't like porn, Doug remarks that they have issues and should go to therapy as a light bulb above his head switches on. Shane and Angela (Daniele Watts) find the missing car but the two guys who stole it from them are inside, blowing each other. Shane's solution? Taze them.

Silas has made plans for spending the money but Nancy, unsurprisingly, has other ideas. She doesn't want to spend it... yet. Shane and Angela have the two guys out of the car but the arrival of their friend's ex-girlfriend leads to hear throwing a brick at the car's windshield. Andy meets with Joanna's friends, regaling them with his amusing life stories but they seem more interested in what's happening on Twitter. He wants to have some alone time with her but instead they plan to go to a crappy 80s party.

The dinner party is going well and David's friends seem to like Nancy but things get awkward when they invite the two of them to a cottage. David says no but Nancy says yes and things get very quiet so Nancy goes to the kitchen for more wine. One of David's friends joins her and she finds out that his wife died fifteen months ago and she's his first girlfriend since it happened. Silas is busy robbing the lab but is caught in the act by Zachary (Ben Tolpin) and Terry (Kevin Sussman). Terry doesn't call the police but does fire Silas. Shane and Angela are driving the car back to the impound when they're pulled over.

Back in the kitchen, Nancy tells David that he's not ready yet. David replies that he's done with mourning. She admits to him that she's a not-Jewish pot dealer and leaves. His friends, listening from the dining room, hear every word. Andy finds out that Joanna wants kids in eight or ten years and that she married him because she "thought it would be fun" and he reminds her of his dad. What a surprise, it's not working out. At the hotel, Doug is leading the homeless people in a therapy session. A hotel employee, Monica (Allyn Rachel), tries to get them to leave but Doug convinces her to join them.

That evening, Silas tells Andy that he got fired and Andy replies that he got married. Nancy, meanwhile, walks in on Joanna having a bath. She goes out to join Silas and Andy and Andy confesses that he got carried away, saying he's much further down the line than Joanna is. Nancy thinks she may have broken up with David and admits to telling him that she sells pot. Silas replies that she doesn't sell pot anymore. "F that", Nancy says, walking off. Andy detects purpose in her walk. I think we all know what she's thinking. Later, Andy goes on Google and looks up Yael.

The next morning, Nancy quits her job. Silas comes downstairs and she tells him her plan: she wants to open a dispensary, but a different type of dispensary. Only one brand, grown by Silas and in an attractive and welcoming setting. Silas judges her plan "not terrible".

Speaking of "not terrible", that's how I'd sum this episode up. Better than last week's pointless affair (I told you Silas wouldn't end up working for a tobacco company), the whole point of which was to find a way to give Nancy a shitload of money. Seriously, they couldn't think of a better way to finance her idea? Having her win the lottery would have been more plausible. Ugh, whatever. Anyway, Andy's marriage is falling apart. Shock, I know. Still, he did have some funny moments with his new bride. Shane was barely in this episode too, although hopefully Angela will break up with him now and she can leave. David and Nancy are going to end up together, we all know it. As for Doug, who knows what the fuck's going to happen to him?

Better than last week's. Overall not bad.

6 out of 10.

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