The Return of Nancy Botwin

Weeds season 7 @ Showtime

In true mid-season form, as only the Queen of Green could do, after serving only 3 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of Pilar, Nancy Botwin was in fact released in New York.  Appropriately, that is where Season 7 of the award-winning Showtime drama "Weeds" picks up.  We last saw the Botwin family at the airport where Andy, Silas and Shane were boarding a plane for Copenhagen, Denmark, while Nancy reverted to Plan C and led Esteban out of the airport with their baby and right into the waiting arms of the FBI.  It was quite noble of her to take the fall for the murder that her son Shane committed, though I suppose it was the least she could do after everything she has put her family through since the death of their father just before we were introduced to this everyday, upper-middle class family from suburbia southern California.  After originally agreeing to a witness protection deal to ensure her safety and that of her family, Nancy is informed that Esteban passed away while she was locked up thus eliminating her need to go all "Henry Hill", as Tony Soprano would say.  Weeds has followed the Botwin children from elementary and high school kids on thru to their late teens and early twenties as they have a front row seat on the roller coaster ride of life with their mother.  It will be interesting to see just what Nancy has up her sleeve now that she is no longer wanted by the FBI or the Mexican drug cartels.  For my money, I'm betting she goes back to doing what she does best.  Exactly what got her and her family in all of this mess in the first place.  Nancy Botwin may very well be one of, if not the worst mother's in television history.  However there's no denying how interesting and exciting she makes everyday life in the suburbs.  Season 7 should answer the question of whether or not Nancy can handle the Big Apple, and perhaps keep herself out of trouble for a day or two.