08.06.09 BREAKING WEEDS Part 3

Or at least people started saying it had jumped the shark (and no I will not apologize for using that phrase, it’s awesome) Nancy had left the suburbs (she left them on fire, but still) and moved to the beach. The show had been going so well and some how the energy just wasn’t there any more. All the black people were gone and they stopped using the title sequence. Some where between seasons 3 and 5, the show just threw a lot of the pot smoker, mary louise parker masturbating viewing group for a loop. And trust me, we’re the silent majority. It was somewhere around this time that “Breaking Bad” came on the scene and jacked “Weeds”’ premise line straight up from underneath.

“Breaking Bad” took up where “Weeds” left off and just went for it. The systematic deconstruction of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White made Nancy Botwin’s fall from grace seem soft and demure. We weren’t just using gateway drugs now, we were tweaking.

Back in an hour with the exciting to conclusion in Part 4!