Well, it’d be hard after just the third episode of Weeds this season to condemn the entire thing. But that’s kinda how I feel. Has anyone laughed aloud at anything this season? Probably not. Is the plot line going anywhere? Don’t think so.

So, why keep watching?

Even the best shows wind up petering out. Seinfeld’s last episode was one of the worst things ever televised. But was the rest of its ninth season entertaining. Sure. Let’s hope that these first few installments into the Weeds canon are simply working on setting something interesting up.

Hope, though, is in short supply after watching Nancy attempt to wrangle access to medical marijuana while at some hippies house. The honcho, doesn’t approximate Heylia James from a few seasons back. But the rest of the scenario does. There’s a (seemingly) unwed mother and a little kid around – as well as a boat load of cuttings. And when Nancy makes a deal for those leftovers, there’s really no question about where the season’s set to go.

There shouldn’t have been any question as to whether or not the Botwins Newmans would return to drug trafficking. The slight variation – making edibles – isn’t really that clever and sooner or latter it’ll just be pounds. Beyond that whole farce, what’s worse is the fact that Weeds has stopped doing anything new – at least thus far. This sixth season simply recasts the past, but sets it in Seattle, which oddly enough hasn’t really been showcased at all. Most of the scenes take place in doors or during the evening, obscuring anything that might betray the set to viewers. It’s pretty simply a let down.

Apart from Nancy, though, Silas gets a big tip from a weirdo who asks him to read aloud while half naked (tighty whiteys are never a good idea) and Andy busies himself with the pursuit of impressing the head chief. It doesn’t look good for anyone – except Stevie Ray. He got a new stroller.

Best Moment: This is a best worst moment. The Newmans are hanging around outside their place of employment drinking (classy) when a pianist the hotel retains to entertain guests walks outside for a smoke. Andy immediately figures the guy knows where to get weed. He does. The show’s writers obviously have a tough job week after week, but come on…

Notes: This show is getting to be a pointless bore. If you haven’t watched the first five seasons, don’t start now.

Episode Rating: 3.00 (It’d be hard to flunk a television show, but Weeds is inching closer and closer to that.)