On this week's episode of Weeds...
The Botwins return from Bubbie's funeral. Len lights a candle and declares that they will now take off their shoes and sit shiva, paying respects to the woman who escaped the clutches of Adolf Hitler and lived a long and productive life...only to be snuffed out by a hypoallergenic pillow from Bed, Bath, and Beyond. They all take their shoes off and settle into chairs. The Agrestic Botwins can barely make it through fifteen seconds of sitting still and thinking; Silas busts out wondering how long they do this for and Len delivers the blow: seven days. Len explains that people come by with food to pay their respects during this whole time and Silas makes a wocka-wocka-wocka joke about why Jews aren't fatter given all the rituals built around food. The doorbell rings almost immediately; its a real estate agent. Trolling the obits for a commission, I guess.
Day Two. Rad sneaker-wheels in with a gift basket and barely has time to even get a "dude" out of his mouth before Len throws him out.
Day Three. A tall woman in a silk blouse is so sorry for their loss. Yoips! Real Estate Agent #1 beat her to it! So let me recap: we've got skater-kid and inflated-housing-market jokes in an episode set at the beach in Southern California? That's what I call ambitious.
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