History Headscratchers / Weeds

Judah was a high earner and sole provider for his family. Most large employers offer life insurance as part of their benefits packages for their high earners. Even if that was not available, rates for an individual term life insurance policy are cheap (a typical $1M policy costs under $500/year for a 45 year old man in good health). It is not mentioned on the show once - not even as a lament on their misfortunes.

* As far as the accent, it would have to do with their respective ages when they emigrated. The way the language center of the brain develops, kids under the age of 12 or so immersed in a new language will speak it without a trace of their native accent. After that, the older they are, the more pronounced their native accent will be, and it's a steep curve with each additional year. If you assume the age gap is comparable to the actors portraying the roles (6 years), big sister Zoya learning English her mid-teens would sound fresh off the tundra while kid brother Demetri who was in elementary school would sound pretty American.

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During the 5-6 episodes he appeared in, why is he shown wearing the exact same clothes every time (dark green shirt and blue jeans))? He smuggles everything from drugs, to electronics, to motorcycles and hand grenades but he couldn't manage to afford more than one outfit? I also had trouble understanding why his sister Zoya spoke with a Russian accent and his was non-existent.

* [[http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/09/weeds-season-7-finale-who-shot-nancy.html Tim Scottson]] son of Nancys 2 late husband Peter Scottson

* The fact that after getting punched by her father, Silus just gives up on Megan and the subplot is not resolved at all. Then Shane's girlfriend with the braces disappears after the season 2 finale with no mention of what happened. It just seems like whenever a Botwin boy gets a girlfriend, they will abruptly disappear for some reason.

Even if the guards are basically mall cops (and they're probably at least armed, if not moonlighting or retired actual police officers) , he can either;

The inconsistency of Shane's character really bothers me, especially in the newest season. Is he a [[CompleteMonster sociopath]] or a JerkassWoobie with a heart of gold? Is he a naive kid or ManipulativeBastard? The writers just seem to go with whatever makes him look cool, but to this troper his actions just make him seem extremely arrogant and unsympathetic.

[[http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/09/weeds-season-7-finale-who-shot-nancy.html Tim Scottson]] son of Nancys 2 late husband Peter Scottson

And Jenji Kohan, the creator of Weeds, has stated the gunman is someone we know from past seasons which Esteban surely qualifies, but I'm unsure because that would be the obvious person.

Seriously the show not simply being about how self absorbed white people are [[SarcasmMode is a bad thing? The show actually using its platform to show people with real problems (shit that goes down under ninety percent of the audiences noses every damn day and no one really cares btw) and actually introducing its audience to new ideas makes it bad.]] I can understand saying its not as funny or that Esteban was boring but seriously anyone complaining about how the show is not [[OpinionMyopia about YOU]] anymore is seriously [[CompletelyMissingthePoint missing the point]].

The gunman looks an awful lot like Esteban who is supposedly dead. Just hope he's not BackFromTheDead.

The gunman looks an awful lot like Esteban who is supposedly dead.

* I disagree with this, I think there were seeds of the Shane we see now, right from the beginning. I mean, even in Season 1, Shane was shooting animals, making faux terrorist videos, and biting people he couldn't beat in karate. I think the whole point for him was how his dad's death and his mom's turn to crime in his formative years messed him up, and turned him into a sociopath who will do anything to defend his family. If you view his actions through this lens, his character is consistent, and retains at least a little bit of sympathy.

The inconsistency of Shane's character really bothers me, especially in the newest season. Is he a [[CompleteMonster sociopath]] or a JerkassWoobie with a heart of gold? Is he a naive kid or ManipulativeBastard? The writers just seem to go with whatever makes him look cool, but to this troper his actions just make him seem extremely arrogant and unsympathetic.

* The fact that after getting punched by her father, Silus just gives up on Megan and the subplot is not resolved at all. Then Shane's girlfriend with the braces disappears after the season 2 finale with no mention of what happened. It just seems like whenever a Botwin boy gets a girlfriend, they will abruptly disappear for some reason.

* Part of the show's original appeal was that its premise was, for the most part, realistic - something that his nothing to do with the skin color or socioeconomic status of the main character. The reason why people complain is because it lost this sense of realism: you went from the quirky, fun premise of "middle-aged suburban woman deals minor amounts of pot to get by after husband's passing" to "middle-aged sociopath weds Mexican drug lord, goes on the run from said drug lord for an entire season, ships her family off to Copenhagen, and finally makes a deal with the FBI to save herself." Add in the oodles of Cerberus Syndrome / Karma Houdini, and any sensible person should realize that these complaints are tied to shark-jumping, and NOT a lack of self-absorbed white people (you still have Nancy for that).

** I enjoyed the show more when it was in the suburbs, and not because it was about me. Before Nancy started growing, the extent of her trouble was maybe that her weed for one month got jacked. She was in control. However, once she started working for U-Turn, and everything was life or death, she was no longer in control, and suddenly it just began to feel a lot more like all the other stuff on the air.

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* People who complain about the show is not about the suburbs anymore. Seriously the show not simply being about how self absorbed white people are [[SarcasmMode is a bad thing? The show actually using its platform to show people with real problems(shit that goes down under ninety percent of the audiences noses every damn day and no one really cares btw) and actually introducing its audience to new ideas makes it bad.]] I can understand saying its not as funny or that Esteban was boring but seriously anyone complaining about how the show is not [[OpinionMyopia about YOU]] anymore is seriously [[CompletelyMissingthePoint missing the point]].