Weeds is Showtime's comedy about a single mother who makes ends meet by selling marijuana in suburban Los Angeles. The series exposes the dirty little secrets that lie behind the pristine lawns and shiny closed doors of homes in the fictional town of Agrestic, California. Emmy-winning actress Mary Louise Parker (
Angels In America, West Wing) stars as a suburban mom who resorts to selling weed to support her family after her husband unexpectedly dies. Elizabeth Perkins (
From The Earth To The Moon, Battery Park) and Kevin Nealon (
Saturday Night Live, Crank Yankers) also star. Jenji Kohan (writer and producer of
Gilmore Girls) Created, Executive Produces and writes the series, which is a production of Lions Gate Television.
We haven't had the opportunity to verify this for ourselves, but reader Paul R. Calvillo sent us this excited note yesterday:
Hi there!
Just wanted to let you know that on the Lion's Gate release "Happy Endings," there's a trailer for the Showtime Original Series "Weeds." It says, Watch it now on Showtime. Available on DVD Spring 2006.
Thanks for all your hard work!
Paul
Thanks, Paul, for the compliments and for the very interesting news. We'll keep an eye out for more information on this release, and pass in any developments as we get them. Stay tuned!
