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There are many American comedy-dramas on television today but one that has become particularly popular is watch weeds , a Showtime show made by Lionsgate television and created by Jenji Kohan.

The plot of watch weeds mainly involves a housewife who has been widowed and thus must find a way to make money. She lives in an affluent California suburb and basically becomes the neighborhood drug dealer selling marijuana in order to earn her income.

watch weeds , the tv series' name, means both the plant that the protagonist sells (marijuana) as well as "widow's watch weeds " which is the type of clothing one wears when one becomes a widow. Some also point out that watch weeds is a good metaphor for the suburban community which grows quickly like a weed and which involves many houses and people who are indistinguishable like watch weeds .

The opening theme song for watch weeds is "Little Boxes" further emphasizing the American suburban neighborhood lifestyle as well as the fact that all of the houses and people are very similar thus stressing more the "watch weeds " type mentality.

watch weeds has five seasons as of date and made its debut in 2005. It is Showtime's highest rated series during its first year playing and it is the channel's definite success. The season has attracted 962,000 viewers on average.

A total of 1.7 million viewers which is made up of 1.2 million viewers for the beginning and an additional .5 million viewers later for the rerun later that night mean that Showtime was quite happy with the success bringing in 1.7 million people to watch watch weeds .

The show's exterior shots and many other shots are taken in places in California like Calabasa and Santa Clarita Valley.

Nancy Botwin is the main protagonist who is the houselife living the typical suburban lifestyle in America until her husband dies and she must find a way to make ends meet. This leads her to the marijuana business where she begins selling to people like her accountant, lawyer and neighborhood friends. Eventually she must continue on to expand her customer base which brings about more obstacles for her throughout the show.

Celia is Nancy's best friend who also seems to be at times her best enemy. She is stuck in an unhappy marriage and is a character taken to various vices including alcohol. She also is mean and takes actions against various people to teach them lessons.

Season 1 starts off with Nancy's husband dying suddenly while he is out jogging thus leaving Nancy alone and in search of a trade to keep her suburban lifestyle afloat. This leads her to the marijuana trade.

Both of Nancy's children attend public school but for Nancy to live and keep going on in her upper middle class lifestyle, she has to make ends meet and this involves her entrance to the marijuana market when she begins to sell to her friends and neighbors.

Later on, some of Nancy's customers begin to go to a medical marijuana dispensary because its quality of weed is far superior to that of Nancy's. Nancy is forced to employ her cooking skills to make baked goods and thus find a way to continue to sell her inferior weed to her customers. She later opens a bakery in order to cover this baking up while putting Costco products on her shelves to further her cover.

watch weeds is a very good television program that has been doing quite well for some time now. If the characters and plot seem interesting to you, it would be worth checking out on the Showtime network. You may also view clips and other videos from the show online if you search around a bit for the "watch weeds " television title.

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