Weeds 6x03

With this week’s episode, Weeds is finally going back on track! Now called the Newman family, they cross a picket line and lands scab jobs at an upscale hotel in Seattle. Nancy, as Nathalie, is doing the dirty work as a cleaning maid; Andy, as Randy, is working in the kitchen as a dishwasher; Silas, as Mike, is a bellhop, working on the side reading in his underwear for an older man; and Shane, well he just babysits his baby brother Stevie Ray and steals a fancy stroller. After their first day of work, they learn that the local drug dealer is on strike, too. Nancy gets her hands on cannabis clippings from the alternative medical supplier, and cooks her own hash in the hotel’s laundry machine. The Newmans are back in business! There are some nice guest performances, too, for instance, by Peter Stormare (who also played in Entourage, and countless films) as the pretentious French chef who patronizes his dishwasher. When Andy asks where he learned to cook, the chef deadpans, “In your mother’s vagina.” Meanwhile, Esteban’s goons, Caesar and Ignacio, are looking for Nancy, or rather, little Stevie, but haven’t gotten any farther than her old house in Ren Mar where they bump into Doug! I missed that guy, he’s so funny! So, yes, the laughs are back. We’re on a roll. New beginnings!