Weeds - "Till We Meet Again"

Well a seemingly stagnant season of Weeds just got broken wide open. My biggest complaint about this season has been the the plot for the second half has dragged on. Ever since Nancy started working at the maternity store, the only significant events have been her relationship with Esteban, Shane getting weirder, Silas hooking up with Jack's wife, Celia's drug habit and the misadventures of Andy and Doug. But the drug plot line that worked so well back in Seasons 1 and 2 has been reduced significantly. All of that changed a few weeks ago when Nancy told the DEA to bust the tunnel. They did (in a scene reminiscent on the climatic scene in "The Godfather"), and the results are not so good for Nancy. It appears that Esteban may love her, but his crew doesn't. Like her relationship with Peter in Season 2, Nancy is walking a thin line and, like before, looks like it's gonna bite her in the butt. Shane and Silas briefly appeared to discuss whether it was worse for a tween to have sex or smoke weed. Andy had sex with Mermex and then told Doug, causing him to briefly seem okay about it, and then turn around and call Immigration. I think my favorite element of this episode was Celia's realization that she could start over. There got to be a point where the "Celia is a bitch" plot line got old, and though she still wasn't very nice to Dean, the fact that Quinn will apparently come back for next week's finale is pretty exciting. Obviously the show lost the actress after the pilot, but it has been a pretty significant plot hole since she disappeared in Episode 2. "Till We Meet Again" was a great setup episode for next week's finale, where a lot is going to go down. It's going to be a long week.
Grade: A-