What is Weeds about?
After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
A suburban mom navigates the illicit drug trade, finding dark humor and gritty challenges in her new career.
Darkly comic and satirical, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+ and Plex (free).
Weeds parents guide
For a TV-MA, this one goes further: strong sex and nudity. Beyond that, some violence and frequent strong language.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Cast and crew
Created byJenji Kohan
StarringMary-Louise Parker, Justin Kirk, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould, Kevin Nealon, Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Weeds is on our Comedy on Paramount+ and Crime on Paramount+ lists.
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