The BEST episodes of Weeds season 1

Every episode of Weeds season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Weeds season 1!

Is the grass really greener on the other side? Yes, and it smells better, too! So when Nancy Botwin faces both sudden widowhood and poverty, she's determined to do anything to keep her kids in suburbia, including taking a job as the neighborhood pot dealer.

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The Godmother
star
7.94
1887 votes

#1 - The Godmother

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/10/2005

Isabelle experiments, Andy gets drafted, Peter may not be who Nancy thinks he is, Silas gets high, and Nancy cuts out the middleman.

Directors: Lev L. Spiro
Writer: Jenji Kohan
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Lude Awakening
star
7.54
2350 votes

#2 - Lude Awakening

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/5/2005

Nancy gets a reality check about what a life of crime can entail. Andy acts like a fool and gets arrested. Celia tries alternative methods to deal with her breast cancer. She also steps out of her box and bonds with children. Shane gets in trouble at school. Again.

Directors: Lee Rose
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The Punishment Lighter
star
7.53
1882 votes

#3 - The Punishment Lighter

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/3/2005

Nancy gets busted and Heylia teaches her about a $14,000 lesson. Doug and Celia make kitchen talk. The kids have daddy problems during diversity week. Bread-sticks and Scones, Nancy's bakery, opens and doesn't start off so well. And Celia retakes the PTA by way of a technicality.

Directors: Paul Feig
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Good Shit Lollipop
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7.48
2573 votes

#4 - Good Shit Lollipop

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/22/2005

A mountain lion is on the prowl in Agrestic, but it's the medical marijuana facility that is causing the most havoc in Nancy's life. Faced with the dilemma of having to compete, Nancy has to get cooking. Silas makes a move on Megan causing him some colourful problems of his own and Celia and Isabel's war over weight issues gets dirty.

Directors: Craig Zisk
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Higher Education
star
7.46
2126 votes

#5 - Higher Education

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/19/2005

Nancy hires an employee, and becomes known to a rival in the process. Shane makes a new friend, and Andy gets to know the new friend's mother. Celia's mother comes to visit after Celia's surgery.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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You Can't Miss the Bear
star
7.40
3365 votes

#6 - You Can't Miss the Bear

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2005

In the series debut, housewife Nancy Botwin struggles to deal with the sudden death of her husband, while her best friend and neighbour Celia Hodes learns a devastating secret when she tries to catch her daughter in the act with Nancy's son.

Directors: Brian Dannelly
Writer: Jenji Kohan
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The Punishment Light
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7.39
2055 votes

#7 - The Punishment Light

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/26/2005

Uncle Andy acts foolish at a ceremony for Judah. Shane gets in trouble again. Celia and Dean duke it out. Nancy finds out who it is that has been "delivering" pennies onto her car and fountain and she deals with them. Andy and Doug team up to bring more trouble into Nancy's home while trying to flush out the infestation of a rat. Nancy turns down an interested single father. And Uncle Andy exposes too much of himself yet again.

Directors: Robert Berlinger
Writer: Rolin Jones
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Dead in the Nethers
star
7.39
2327 votes

#8 - Dead in the Nethers

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/12/2005

Nancy attempt to play around in an effort to relieve some stress. Nancy, Celia, and Conrad go out to a club where Celia and Conrad "snuggle up." Meanwhile Andy meets a woman who he lies to like he would anyone else and Lupita starts investigating so as to gain the upper hand in her employee/employer relationship.

Directors: Arlene Sanford
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Fashion of the Christ
star
7.36
2454 votes

#9 - Fashion of the Christ

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/29/2005

Nancy gets a rude awakening when her brother-in-law Andy comes for a surprise visit. Doug has an idea for a location for the faux bakery, which Nancy may need more than ever with Andy in the way. While Andy wreaks havoc in the Botwins' lives, Nancy is introduced to "The Candy Man" in order to help meet her customers' needs, and Celia drops a bomb.

Directors: Burr Steers
Writer: Jenji Kohan
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Free Goat
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7.26
2908 votes

#10 - Free Goat

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/15/2005

As Celia deals with the other woman in her marriage, Nancy contemplates creating an enterprise to solve the cash-only financial issues caused by her drug dealing. Silas has to come to terms with his girlfriend's sudden departure, while Shane tries to come to terms with missing his Dad.

Directors: Brian Dannelly
Writer: Jenji Kohan
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