Netflix Users (binging again): Just finished "WEEDS". It has an IMDb rating of 8.0/10.

The show originally was on Showtime before Netflix picked it up and consisted of 8 season (2005 - 2012) with a total of 102 episodes (it took us 10 consecutive days to burn thru all the episodes). The show took numerous nominations for best actor including one winning Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - Mary-Louise Parker. Many other cast members received nominations over the span of the series.

Background: Mary-Louise Parker leads a great cast with superb veteran performers such as Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon, not to mention the dozens of cameo appearances of a host of actors and actresses. The premise of the show is Nancy Botwin (Parker) has to figure out how to keep together her family in an upscale California neighborhood after her early 40's husband, whom we never meet, dies of a heart attack while out running around with his youngest son. This boy now has issues and doesn't quite fit in with his peers going forward. Her older son is discovering his hormones are raging and the brother-in-law (Justin Kirk) has come to visit and he is a horrible influence on the boys, the housekeeper, and Nancy despite her attempts to keep him in check. Despite it all she really loves her brother-in-law as he is her family reminder of the husband she loved and lost.

As the name would imply, what Nancy has to do to keep a roof over their heads is to sell marijuana. She finds a dealer on the poor side of town and sells in the affluent community of Agrestic, where she lives. There is no end to the number of clients that she has, which in this community seems to be almost everyone.

A heads up to those with sensitive eyes and ears......there are "no holds barred" in this series. You will hear and see things that you will say I can't believe what I just saw.

The outrageousness of the content will keep you coming back for more, hence the many hours over the 10 days we spent watching it......there are times when you just can't wait to see what's coming next....thank god for binging.....lol

From the opening song, a reprise of the great Pete Seger song "Little Boxes", to the constant dilemmas for the characters of coping in suburbia the show delivers. Usually HBO has the standard for cable comedy series but this one is as good as any.