the eighth and final season of weeds
premiered on July 1st 2012 and featured
13 episodes bringing the series total to
102 it marks the return of a show's
theme song little boxes creator Jenji
Kohan revealed the cover versions of the
song would be used during the opening
credits and confirmed that Ben Folds and
the mountain goats would be featured
artists Cohen also confirmed that the
song would be covered in a duet by Steve
Martin and series regular Kevin Nealon
who each sang and played the banjo
series co-star Hunter Parrish also
provided a cover version for the seasons
tenth episode the final two episodes of
the season aired back-to-back as a
one-hour series finale which was the
series first and only one-hour show in
its eight-year run plot season 8 picks
up where season 7 ended a gyro with the
family eating dinner and a concealed
sniper targeting Nancy through a rifle
scope then firing a shot Nancy is rushed
to the hospital after being shot while
recuperating in the hospital the shooter
Tim scottson the son of her late second
husband and DEA agent Peter scottson
visits an unconscious Nancy in the
hospital Shan who joined the police
academy and later becomes a certified
cop arrested him with his police squad
also Nancy's estranged sister Jill
sleeps with both Nancy's brother-in-law
Andy and Doug subsequently Jill claims
to be pregnant but lies and is really
going through menopause
Nancy begins working as a representative
at a pharmaceutical company which
legally produces medical marijuana for
people diagnosed with cancer undergoing
radiation therapy Silas also gets a job
growing marijuana at the same company as
Nancy after Silas starts working at the
pharmaceutical company he finds himself
not too pleased with the process his
plants have to go through after they are
selected this leads him to contemplate
what marijuana really means to him after
much debate and deliberation Nancy and
Silas realized the industry in which
they belong this realization has them
back in regress t'k teaming up with past
friends Nancy develops a scheme the
series finale jumps several years into
the future and shows how the lives of
the characters have progressed marijuana
was legalized at an unspecified time
during the time jump and as a result the
botwins are running several successful
marijuana businesses per usual the
series gives a slightly dark twist on
the present lives of the characters
Nancy regrets her past but knows there
is nothing she can do to change it Doug
on the other hand wants to reconcile his
past mistakes in the end the main
characters are huddled together
pondering and reflecting while enjoying
the product that is often caused them so
much turmoil and yet made them closer
and more appreciative of the unique bond
they share cast and characters main cast
mary-louise Parker is Nancy Botwin
Hunter Parrish a Silas Botwin Alexander
gold as Shane Botwin just in curcas Andy
Botwin Kevin Nealon as Doug Wilson
special guests Jennifer Jason Leigh is
Jill price gray Pablo Schreiber as
Dmitry Ravich Guillermo da Alsace
guillermo garcia-gomez romeny malko is
Conrad Shepherd Justin Chatwin Josh
Wilson Mae Whitman Estella natasha
Lyonne is Tiffany recurring cast Ethan
and Gavin Kent as six-year-old Stevie
Ray Botwin Rachel paces Shayla gray
Amanda paces Taylor gray Mateus waters
thirteen-year-old Stevie Ray Botwin
Shoshanna stone is Megan Rina copyright
evict or as Lupita
Maulik Pancholi is Sanjay Patel fatso
Fasano is Marvin Kat foster as kick you
Logan
Becky tire as Pam metal donors Yael
Hoffman Darrell Sabra as Tim scottson
Danny Ola watts is Angela Mullin kevin
sussman as Terry David Julian hishis
rabbi Dave bloom Andy milder as dean
hodes episodes production Showtime
officially renewed weeds for an eighth
season on November 10th 2011 creator and
showrunner Jenji Kohan alongside the
other series producers convened
four-story meetings and were informed
early on in the writing process that
showtime entertainment president David
Nevins
not be renewing the show for a ninth
season it did change how we talked about
the season so far were building towards
something different than we might have
built toward had we been in the dark
commented Cohen for the first time since
the fourth season the show featured the
Malvina Reynolds song little boxes as
its theme music along with a new opening
title sequence
the original title sequence was briefly
revived in episode 11 with a notable
difference of signs reading regress t'k
rather than agrestic like seasons two
and three different bands and artists
were used to cover the song for each
episode
moreover Julianne Robinson who had not
directed an episode since season four
directed two episodes this season
in addition Perry Lang who had not
directed an episode since season 3
directed an episode this season the
season's first episode mercy was made
available online through show times
review Facebook page a week before the
broadcast premiere reception this season
earn 60 out of 100 on Metacritic
indicating mixed reviews references
external links list of weeds episodes at
the internet movie database list of
weeds episodes at tv.com weeds Atef
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