For me, it started with Sons of Anarchy which is off to a rowdy start! A few people have already died and the stakes have never been higher. Might be the best season yet based on what’s going on right now.
Weeds has finished it’s run and it’s better sweet. The show hasn’t been that good for some time and it really was time for the show to wrap up. Going into the last 2 episodes, it was set up for Nancy to relaunch her empire legitimately, hooking up with a tobacco company that was betting on cannabis becoming legal in the US. So how was the end written? About 7 years after that episode. It was really jarring to set up with. Stevie is getting ready to have his bar mitzvah and the first time you see him you ask, who the hell is that? Last time I saw him he was 5! So jumping ahead, some old characters are brought back for a cameo or a helping hand. Nancy managed to convince Conrad to work with Silas to regrow MILF using the land bought by the tobacco company. She also manages to convince Guillermo not to kill her and team up to sell on his turf, giving him a share of the company. The bet works and the company takes off, they are in a legal drug trade. Now Starbucks wants to buy them out. So success finally comes to Nancy, but her family is completely splintered. For some reason they married and killed off the rabbi Nancy started seeing in this season which I can’t understand why. Silas has moved away and married his first girlfriend (the deaf girl from season 1 or 2) and has a young daughter. Andy took off running after finally managing to sleep with Nancy (which was SUPER weird) and never looked back. Doug made a cult and Shane is a drunk because he ran off with that loser cop from last season. So in the end, everyone comes back together so Nancy is reminded she isn’t completely alone. It was a bitter sweet ending. The last episode was so weird, that the end was just crammed in because more than one last season was being written when they started season 8. While the show paled in comparison to it’s start, I still liked the characters. The 5 main actors all stuck with the show and the last scenes is them sitting outside together smoking a joint. While the family is broken, you’re left with the feeling that everything will be alright. There is music playing over that final scene and Doug says something that makes everyone laugh, I’d love to know what he said. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t scripted, Kevin Nealon looked like he said something real to his castmates.
FaceOff is still a great watch and it’s sister show, Hot Set is now on right after it. It’s about set design/production and while it’s interesting, FaceOff is a much cooler show.
Boardwalk Empire is back for season 3 and I just remembered I need to watch it! After the shocking finale, this season has a lot to live up to.
The next 2 weeks see the return of more shows than I can really think of. Fringe being my real go to as it’s only going to be 13 episodes until the series finale! Happy it didn’t get canceled and they’re going to be able to give us an ending.