Greatness of 'Weeds' ... Tim Goodman, August 11, 2006:
Elsewhere, as you'll find when you get back from the store with that DVD of season 1 (the reason I am looking up these reviews is last nite I bought the 2 dvds bcs hollywood video had sale where anything marked 9.99 each as these were was only $5 yay), Perkins is delicious in her scathing unhappiness; Nealon is a stone-cold surprise as the quirky, affable older stoner; Malco shows all kinds of range; Kirk is the devilish raconteur; and both Parrish and Gould bring uncommon depth to their roles as the sons (it's hard to be preciously introverted and sad without becoming cloying, but Parrish pulls it off, and Gould gives you a look at what a real teenager is, rather than a TV teenager who speaks as if he's 35).
For its second season, "Weeds" is ratcheting up the drama with a series of bold changes. Normally, you'd be worried about the accelerated sense of drama in a sophomore series, but not only is this collection of writers and actors able to pull it off, but you also get the sense that nobody involved in "Weeds" -- from creator Kohan to star Parker -- got involved with this project to make average television.

Even your friendly neighborhood critic came to this series late (my boss, David Wiegand, reviewed the first season -- favorably -- when I was otherwise busy for some long-lost reason).
David Wiegand, Friday, August 5, 2005 Smoldering frustrations in suburbia spark up in Showtime's superb 'Weeds'