As predicted, the finale of Weeds was excellent TV drama! Oh, wait — it’s a comedy? Well, ain’t that funny? Heck, I was too scared for Nancy to notice any humor.

The title, “If You Work For a Living, Why Do You Kill Yourself Working?” is the question of Nancy’s story arc. Remember those carefree days when Nancy was crossing the border, thinking she had drugs in her Prius, or crossing the border with an illegal immigrant and drugs in Guillermo’s truck, or waiting with Andy in the desert for a drug drop made by the Mexican police? She felt she owed her family for what she had put them through. She wanted to work to live and live well. When Guillermo asked her to be a retail store manager, she was disappointed. But it turns out by doing something less dangerous (retail) for even more money, she winds up doing something that’s equivalent to suicide because it was the right thing to do.

The day starts as Cesar tells Esteban that the agent gave Nancy’s name. Esteban knows it’s true, but declines to fully entertain the thought because he knows what it will mean. He tells Cesar that he can’t trust the word of a tortured man and tells him to keep looking for the real culprit. It’s not that love is blind; it’s more that love is hopeful.

Captain Till questions Nancy. Her legal counsel is Dean Hodes, a true indication that Nancy knew she had a solid deal with the DEA. The faux questioning session is interrupted when another agent summons Till. … continue reading

“Till We Meet Again” was fantastic TV. Wow. Was anyone else as speechless as I was by the end of the episode? I had trouble sleeping after seeing it!

Weeds has always found a decent balance between its no-apology, take no prisoners satirical style and its dramatic points but clearly, it is a comedy — until this episode. This was fine drama with a few laughs tossed in.

The primary plot point was the fallout of Nancy telling DEA Captain Till about the tunnel. She struck a deal asking for complete anonymity. I guess if Esteban wasn’t the mayor, the plan probably could have worked. But he is, and it didn’t.

Till agreed to keep any type of focus off of Nancy. He was getting a chance at Guillermo and seemed happy with that prize. He sent his own gay boyfriend, Agent Shlatter, into the maternity store acting as a married man looking at maternity clothes with his wife. Nancy casually tapped the door of the office to alert Shlatter to the room with the tunnel.

The following evening, when Sanjay is closing up the DEA enters the store, guns are drawn. This scene was juxtaposed with Nancy at Esteban’s having a sweet and intimate evening. Nancy sees pictures of Esteban’s daughters and asks about them. Esteban speaks with such sincere care and concern about them that it becomes harder to accept that he did know about the underage girl trafficking in the tunnel. He tells Nancy that such trafficking of girls will not occur again. As they start to get more intimate, Nancy asks Esteban if he loves her. He smiles.

At the maternity store, the DEA and Guillermo’s men are engaged in a gun battle, bullets everywhere. Guillermo and Ignacio, the man who has been guarding the tunnel in Nancy’s store, smartly flee down the tunnel and run to the Mexican side where the Mexican federal agents are waiting. There’s confusion as to whom has jurisdiction and where exactly Mexico begins and the U.S. ends. That scene ends with Guillermo and Ignacio in Mexican custody. … continue reading