& those lines you know so well / you won't stop crossing 'til you burn yourself
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE WEEDS SEASON SIX FINALE. AND HOW THE ENTIRE SEASON WAS SO AMAZING THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. I mean, I'm so glad that I didn't give up on it near the end of season 5, because I very nearly did and that would have been a MISTAKE. I'm pretty sure this season is the best it's ever been, and the finale was just...perfect. (Although I'm really, really glad it's been picked up for another season because HOLY CLIFFHANGER BATMAN.)
SO one of the things I've really loved this season is Silas's struggle between wanting to support his crazy family but also wanting to get the hell away from them ASAP. It's been done so well, and while I'm not quite sure how I feel about Judah not being his real Dad, it's made that part of his storyline much stronger-now he feels, I think, that he has less of an obligation to stick around, and he has something specific to make him stay where he is.
That scene where Silas announced he was staying, and Shane was like "lol whatevs see ya"...I have wanted Silas to sit him down and give him a proper talking-to for SO long now, and he finally did.
Silas: I'm not coming.
Shane: Fine. Bye Silas.
Silas: Uh-uh. Sit the fuck down. Enough of this jaded bullshit, enough with this "I don't care, I've seen it all, I'm dead inside"-you're not. And you're gonna miss me.
Shane: I'm going to Europe, you're sitting here in deer-shit Michigan. In a garage.
Silas: Please. Don't. Please, choose...to not be a dick.
Shane: ...That's your parting words? Your brotherly advice? "Don't be a dick"?
Silas: Yes.
Shane: (punches him playfully) Asshole.
Silas: Psycho.
Man, it's so perfect. It's such a heartfelt moment even though they're insulting each other and you feel that Silas just isn't quite getting through to Shane. Weeds is so good at these kinds of moments! And Silas gripping Shane's hair like that and then ruffling it when he's done talking, aww. And also those last three caps are there just to show how long Shane kept staring up at his brother even when the conversation was over and someone else was entering the room. LOVE. LOVE, I TELL YOU.
Another thing that happened was that A BOTWIN FINALLY KISSED ANOTHER BOTWIN. This moment was just...what? I don't even know what this moment was. The moment Silas said "we didn't even get to first base", I was like, don't joke about things like that with Andy, Silas, because he WILL kiss you. BUT I DIDN'T THINK HE ACTUALLY WOULD.
Andy: Copenhagen time! C'mon Mike, come with us, big fun, say goodbye to Lars Guinard.
Silas: Andy. I'm done.
Andy: (pause) Okay. Not so long ago, I stood in a room and a beautiful woman told me goodbye, and I took her at her word, and I got an F. Because I was supposed to fight for her. But I failed.
Silas: Well, I don't wanna fight. And I'm not some woman you were once engaged to. We didn't even get to first base.
(Andy sighs. Kisses him.)
Andy: There. Now we've been to first base.
Lars: Are they...?
Shane: No.
Andy: I love you.
Silas: I love you too.
Lars: You sure they're not...?
Andy: I'm saying goodbye to my nephew, who I love, who I'm gonna miss...and who I might never see again.
Lars: Technically, he's not your nephew.
Shane: Shut the fuck up, Lars Guinard.
LOL I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. From Andy apparently making a comparison between Silas and Audra, to him deciding KISSING HIM is the best way to get him to stay, to Lars thinking something is actually going on between them (and Shane's instant dismissal of this)...also, Lars pointing out that the two are not technically related. That's the sort of thing that makes me sad about this storyline-like Shane and Silas now being half-brothers-but at the same time, it sort of makes incest easier to squeeze in there. Which is always a plus in my book.
Into 'things that kind of broke my heart' territory, Nancy's decision to stay behind, and her subsequent half-goodbyes to everybody. SHANE'S FACE, YOU GUYS. SHANE'S FUCKING FACE. You can tell that when she lies and says she's gonna change the baby, he's already suspicious, and you can see the concern all over his face. (Hunter Parrish and Alexander Gould are becoming AWESOME actors, btw.) And Nancy calling him back, but not being able to say goodbye, even though-again-it's all over her face.
Nancy: I'm gonna change the baby, you guys go ahead.
Shane: I changed him less than an hour ago.
Nancy: It's a long flight, the bathrooms are small, his diaper's puffy. I'll just be a sec. Go, go go!
(They go.)
Nancy: Shane!
(Shane turns back.)
Nancy: (tearful) Grab me a pillow and a blanket?
Shane: ...Kay.
Warren: We're gonna lose all that overhead space, we gotta hurry. We'll see you on board, Nance.
Nancy: Thanks, Warren.
Shane: Go fast, okay?
Shane: (to a flight attendant) I need to get off.
Flight attendant: What's wrong?
Andy: Uh, jitters. He's afraid to fly. The doctor told me to give him half a Xanax, I was gonna wait, but...can I trouble you for a Sprite or something?
Flight attendant: Oh, sure.
Shane: (turns back to Andy) She's not coming, is she?
Andy: No, she's not.
Shane's PANIC when he realises Nancy's not getting on the plane, oh man. He loves her so much. And the way he makes excuses-needing gum, not wanting the window seat-before pretty much making a run for it...and, again, his face when Andy confirms it. ♥_♥
Nancy and Andy's conversation/goodbye was one of my favourite scenes, too. Over the past couple of seasons I've started to really love their dynamic. And also kinda ship them. I love the way that Andy would do anything for her-and has done a hell of a lot for her, to the extent that his life (as he says) is ruined. That line and its teary delivery! ;_;
Nancy: Where's Silas?
Andy: He's not coming.
Nancy: Andy-the plane is leaving, where is he? I can't believe you just-
Andy: Sh, sh, Nance. Get on the plane with us, 'cause they're boarding now-
Nancy: I can't believe you just let him-he isn't safe!
Andy: I didn't 'just let' him, he's not a kid.
Nancy: Where is he?
Andy: With Lars. Lars has very white teeth.
Nancy: He played hockey, they're-they're-they're fake. Do you have a number?
Andy: No, you can call from Copenhagen.
Nancy: No, I can't. You know I can't. I can't believe you just let him stay.
Andy: I can't believe you can't understand why. Nance, Plan A. If we move fast, it's not too late.
Nancy: (hugs him) Plan C.
Andy: (tearful) God, you've ruined my life.
Nancy: I know. I'm sorry. (Slaps him) Stop it, stop it.
HOW DOES THIS SHOW DO IT. It jumps between funny and sad so effortlessly. All the drama and arguing about Silas and then-white teeth! Hockey! LOL. I don't even know. And then the tears in Andy's eyes and him telling her she's ruined his life? And she knows...and she hugs him and slaps him across the face all within the space of about two minutes. I really love them, I do.
NANCY AND SILAS, TOO. I love how both Andy and Silas are so mad at her for consistently ruining their lives (and her own), and yet they always come back, and they're so in love with her that it doesn't seem to matter in the end.
Silas: I'm an idiot. I'm an idiot with the worst fucked-up timing on earth.
Guillermo: Nah, it was perfect-we pop out of security, he's walking in, it was like fate.
Nancy: Silas, get on the plane. Get. On. The. Plane. Esteban, take the baby.
Silas: What about you?
Nancy: I don't have time to have this conversation right now.
Silas: Fine. Good luck with your new, old, fucked-up life.
Nancy: Yeah. With Stevie. He's fresh, you're...cooked.
Silas: (to Esteban and Guillermo) Please, when you kill her, let us know, okay? For closure. (walks away)
Nancy: (running to him) Silas!
Silas: Lars was going to teach me how to change spark plugs.
(Nancy hugs him, then pushes him away.)
THE BITCHINESS. The way they snipe at each other, even when they're trying not to cry because they can't stand the thought of saying goodbye. And another line that seems so bizarre and out-of-place but just FITS PERFECTLY somehow-spark plugs?! And the hug. The huuug, her face buried in his shoulder and his fingers tangled in her hair, and Nancy pushing him away to get on the plane and that look she gives him. Love. So much fucked-up love!
And seriously, Hunter Parrish was just incredible this episode. The way he looks so shaky and lost when he gets on the plane kills me.
Shane: Couldn't stay away, huh?
Silas: Like you always said, I'm not very brave.
Shane: Did you see her?
Silas: Uh huh.
Warren: You did tell her to shake a leg, didn't you Midas?
Silas: Uh huh.
I love how Shane sounds so unconcerned, like maybe he knew Silas would come back all along or like he genuinely doesn't care, but the look on his face says otherwise. And that he asks about Nancy, too, and it makes my heart break all over again because Shane loves his Mom so much, you guys. But then Warren is all oblivious and still not knowing anyone's names and suddenly it's kind of funny again. HOW DOES IT DO IT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, THAT ENDING. I seriously did not know what the fuck Nancy's plan was, because she rarely seems to have one. And when she does, it's usually terrible. Which this is, because how is she going to get out of this one??
Nancy: How about a farewell fuck?
Esteban: That's crass. And it won't save you.
Nancy: What will?
Esteban: Nothing.
Nancy: Except Plan C.
Guillermo: What's that?
FBI: Hands up! Hands up, FBI! Nancy Botwin?
Nancy: I killed Pilar Zuzua, please, arrest me.
FBI: Federal Agents. Keep your hands in the air.
Nancy: (quietly) Please.
But at the same time-it's so perfect. We've always known that she would do anything for her family, but this-the lengths she went to to make sure they all got on the plane, that they would all be far away from her and safe...before she took the fall for Shane and pleaded guilty to a crime she didn't even commit. ♥_♥
I keep thinking, there are other shows that are based on this sort of insanity. Where crazy shit happens, and you never know what to expect. But I think Weeds does it better than any other show. It sort of embraces the bizarre, and the writers seem to know when they've written themselves into a corner and they turn it around and make things fresh again. And all without losing sight of the characters and who they are and what they mean to each other.
Like, just for a comparison-The L Word? The crazy shit that happened in The L Word TOTALLY overshadowed everything else, to the point where nobody seemed to be themselves anymore and so it was difficult to care about the characters' struggles-they'd lost their original personalities and were like blank slates for the writers to do whatever they wanted with. But throughout six seasons of Weeds, that hasn't happened. These people are still the people they've always been, the changes in their characters are completely realistic, and the intense undying love they have for each other gets stronger by the episode (and no less believable). ♥ I love it.
It's also making me ship mother/son for the first time in my life. More on that later UNLESS IT WILL MAKE ME LOSE FRIENDS??
Anyway. That was longer than I meant for it to be.
IN CONCLUSION, FUCK YEAH WEEDS.
SO one of the things I've really loved this season is Silas's struggle between wanting to support his crazy family but also wanting to get the hell away from them ASAP. It's been done so well, and while I'm not quite sure how I feel about Judah not being his real Dad, it's made that part of his storyline much stronger-now he feels, I think, that he has less of an obligation to stick around, and he has something specific to make him stay where he is.
That scene where Silas announced he was staying, and Shane was like "lol whatevs see ya"...I have wanted Silas to sit him down and give him a proper talking-to for SO long now, and he finally did.
Silas: I'm not coming.
Shane: Fine. Bye Silas.
Silas: Uh-uh. Sit the fuck down. Enough of this jaded bullshit, enough with this "I don't care, I've seen it all, I'm dead inside"-you're not. And you're gonna miss me.
Shane: I'm going to Europe, you're sitting here in deer-shit Michigan. In a garage.
Silas: Please. Don't. Please, choose...to not be a dick.
Shane: ...That's your parting words? Your brotherly advice? "Don't be a dick"?
Silas: Yes.
Shane: (punches him playfully) Asshole.
Silas: Psycho.
Man, it's so perfect. It's such a heartfelt moment even though they're insulting each other and you feel that Silas just isn't quite getting through to Shane. Weeds is so good at these kinds of moments! And Silas gripping Shane's hair like that and then ruffling it when he's done talking, aww. And also those last three caps are there just to show how long Shane kept staring up at his brother even when the conversation was over and someone else was entering the room. LOVE. LOVE, I TELL YOU.
Another thing that happened was that A BOTWIN FINALLY KISSED ANOTHER BOTWIN. This moment was just...what? I don't even know what this moment was. The moment Silas said "we didn't even get to first base", I was like, don't joke about things like that with Andy, Silas, because he WILL kiss you. BUT I DIDN'T THINK HE ACTUALLY WOULD.
Andy: Copenhagen time! C'mon Mike, come with us, big fun, say goodbye to Lars Guinard.
Silas: Andy. I'm done.
Andy: (pause) Okay. Not so long ago, I stood in a room and a beautiful woman told me goodbye, and I took her at her word, and I got an F. Because I was supposed to fight for her. But I failed.
Silas: Well, I don't wanna fight. And I'm not some woman you were once engaged to. We didn't even get to first base.
(Andy sighs. Kisses him.)
Andy: There. Now we've been to first base.
Lars: Are they...?
Shane: No.
Andy: I love you.
Silas: I love you too.
Lars: You sure they're not...?
Andy: I'm saying goodbye to my nephew, who I love, who I'm gonna miss...and who I might never see again.
Lars: Technically, he's not your nephew.
Shane: Shut the fuck up, Lars Guinard.
LOL I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. From Andy apparently making a comparison between Silas and Audra, to him deciding KISSING HIM is the best way to get him to stay, to Lars thinking something is actually going on between them (and Shane's instant dismissal of this)...also, Lars pointing out that the two are not technically related. That's the sort of thing that makes me sad about this storyline-like Shane and Silas now being half-brothers-but at the same time, it sort of makes incest easier to squeeze in there. Which is always a plus in my book.
Into 'things that kind of broke my heart' territory, Nancy's decision to stay behind, and her subsequent half-goodbyes to everybody. SHANE'S FACE, YOU GUYS. SHANE'S FUCKING FACE. You can tell that when she lies and says she's gonna change the baby, he's already suspicious, and you can see the concern all over his face. (Hunter Parrish and Alexander Gould are becoming AWESOME actors, btw.) And Nancy calling him back, but not being able to say goodbye, even though-again-it's all over her face.
Nancy: I'm gonna change the baby, you guys go ahead.
Shane: I changed him less than an hour ago.
Nancy: It's a long flight, the bathrooms are small, his diaper's puffy. I'll just be a sec. Go, go go!
(They go.)
Nancy: Shane!
(Shane turns back.)
Nancy: (tearful) Grab me a pillow and a blanket?
Shane: ...Kay.
Warren: We're gonna lose all that overhead space, we gotta hurry. We'll see you on board, Nance.
Nancy: Thanks, Warren.
Shane: Go fast, okay?
Shane: (to a flight attendant) I need to get off.
Flight attendant: What's wrong?
Andy: Uh, jitters. He's afraid to fly. The doctor told me to give him half a Xanax, I was gonna wait, but...can I trouble you for a Sprite or something?
Flight attendant: Oh, sure.
Shane: (turns back to Andy) She's not coming, is she?
Andy: No, she's not.
Shane's PANIC when he realises Nancy's not getting on the plane, oh man. He loves her so much. And the way he makes excuses-needing gum, not wanting the window seat-before pretty much making a run for it...and, again, his face when Andy confirms it. ♥_♥
Nancy and Andy's conversation/goodbye was one of my favourite scenes, too. Over the past couple of seasons I've started to really love their dynamic. And also kinda ship them. I love the way that Andy would do anything for her-and has done a hell of a lot for her, to the extent that his life (as he says) is ruined. That line and its teary delivery! ;_;
Nancy: Where's Silas?
Andy: He's not coming.
Nancy: Andy-the plane is leaving, where is he? I can't believe you just-
Andy: Sh, sh, Nance. Get on the plane with us, 'cause they're boarding now-
Nancy: I can't believe you just let him-he isn't safe!
Andy: I didn't 'just let' him, he's not a kid.
Nancy: Where is he?
Andy: With Lars. Lars has very white teeth.
Nancy: He played hockey, they're-they're-they're fake. Do you have a number?
Andy: No, you can call from Copenhagen.
Nancy: No, I can't. You know I can't. I can't believe you just let him stay.
Andy: I can't believe you can't understand why. Nance, Plan A. If we move fast, it's not too late.
Nancy: (hugs him) Plan C.
Andy: (tearful) God, you've ruined my life.
Nancy: I know. I'm sorry. (Slaps him) Stop it, stop it.
HOW DOES THIS SHOW DO IT. It jumps between funny and sad so effortlessly. All the drama and arguing about Silas and then-white teeth! Hockey! LOL. I don't even know. And then the tears in Andy's eyes and him telling her she's ruined his life? And she knows...and she hugs him and slaps him across the face all within the space of about two minutes. I really love them, I do.
NANCY AND SILAS, TOO. I love how both Andy and Silas are so mad at her for consistently ruining their lives (and her own), and yet they always come back, and they're so in love with her that it doesn't seem to matter in the end.
Silas: I'm an idiot. I'm an idiot with the worst fucked-up timing on earth.
Guillermo: Nah, it was perfect-we pop out of security, he's walking in, it was like fate.
Nancy: Silas, get on the plane. Get. On. The. Plane. Esteban, take the baby.
Silas: What about you?
Nancy: I don't have time to have this conversation right now.
Silas: Fine. Good luck with your new, old, fucked-up life.
Nancy: Yeah. With Stevie. He's fresh, you're...cooked.
Silas: (to Esteban and Guillermo) Please, when you kill her, let us know, okay? For closure. (walks away)
Nancy: (running to him) Silas!
Silas: Lars was going to teach me how to change spark plugs.
(Nancy hugs him, then pushes him away.)
THE BITCHINESS. The way they snipe at each other, even when they're trying not to cry because they can't stand the thought of saying goodbye. And another line that seems so bizarre and out-of-place but just FITS PERFECTLY somehow-spark plugs?! And the hug. The huuug, her face buried in his shoulder and his fingers tangled in her hair, and Nancy pushing him away to get on the plane and that look she gives him. Love. So much fucked-up love!
And seriously, Hunter Parrish was just incredible this episode. The way he looks so shaky and lost when he gets on the plane kills me.
Shane: Couldn't stay away, huh?
Silas: Like you always said, I'm not very brave.
Shane: Did you see her?
Silas: Uh huh.
Warren: You did tell her to shake a leg, didn't you Midas?
Silas: Uh huh.
I love how Shane sounds so unconcerned, like maybe he knew Silas would come back all along or like he genuinely doesn't care, but the look on his face says otherwise. And that he asks about Nancy, too, and it makes my heart break all over again because Shane loves his Mom so much, you guys. But then Warren is all oblivious and still not knowing anyone's names and suddenly it's kind of funny again. HOW DOES IT DO IT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, THAT ENDING. I seriously did not know what the fuck Nancy's plan was, because she rarely seems to have one. And when she does, it's usually terrible. Which this is, because how is she going to get out of this one??
Nancy: How about a farewell fuck?
Esteban: That's crass. And it won't save you.
Nancy: What will?
Esteban: Nothing.
Nancy: Except Plan C.
Guillermo: What's that?
FBI: Hands up! Hands up, FBI! Nancy Botwin?
Nancy: I killed Pilar Zuzua, please, arrest me.
FBI: Federal Agents. Keep your hands in the air.
Nancy: (quietly) Please.
But at the same time-it's so perfect. We've always known that she would do anything for her family, but this-the lengths she went to to make sure they all got on the plane, that they would all be far away from her and safe...before she took the fall for Shane and pleaded guilty to a crime she didn't even commit. ♥_♥
I keep thinking, there are other shows that are based on this sort of insanity. Where crazy shit happens, and you never know what to expect. But I think Weeds does it better than any other show. It sort of embraces the bizarre, and the writers seem to know when they've written themselves into a corner and they turn it around and make things fresh again. And all without losing sight of the characters and who they are and what they mean to each other.
Like, just for a comparison-The L Word? The crazy shit that happened in The L Word TOTALLY overshadowed everything else, to the point where nobody seemed to be themselves anymore and so it was difficult to care about the characters' struggles-they'd lost their original personalities and were like blank slates for the writers to do whatever they wanted with. But throughout six seasons of Weeds, that hasn't happened. These people are still the people they've always been, the changes in their characters are completely realistic, and the intense undying love they have for each other gets stronger by the episode (and no less believable). ♥ I love it.
It's also making me ship mother/son for the first time in my life. More on that later UNLESS IT WILL MAKE ME LOSE FRIENDS??
Anyway. That was longer than I meant for it to be.
IN CONCLUSION, FUCK YEAH WEEDS.