IMHO "Weeds" (5.04): Super Lucky Happy

Gay DEA Agent Till catches up with Nancy, but it's not a happy reunion, as she has to make a life and death decision.

Will Till survive, and will I survive my first (and possibly last) episode of Showtime's Weeds?

**SPOILER ALERT*** Stop reading if you haven't watched last night's episode and plan to.

Yes, this is the first time I've watched an entire episode of the hit, award-winning comedy. It's one of those shows on my "meaning to watch" list, along with the likes of My Name Is Earl and the News, but somehow I just never got around to it.

I'm not sure I want to continue with Weeds after this episode, which ended with the fate of Agent Till (probably) decided, but first there's a lot of gay negative stuff to wade through.

Agent Roy Till

First we get a horrible scene with an Asian woman using the word "faggots" as a punchline against Silas and Doug. What a tired, weak way to end a scene.

When we do get to Agent Till, we get lots of gay ridicule (he's seen gazing at a picture of him and his late partner dressed up as Johnny and Baby from Dirty Dancing, as he says "nobody puts Baby in a corner".) Seriously?

When Nancy has him chained up to the bedpost, he uses his legs to fight the bodyguard chained up next to him, prompting the bodyguard to exclaim "You have a boner!" Till doesn't deny it, and says it's just adrenaline.

And of course, there was Nancy's "choice" at the end of the ep. If she lets the bodyguard go, he'll kill Till, but if she lets Till go, he'll kill the bodyguard. She finally makes her decision by having Esteban make it for her. In the next-to-last scene, we see Esteban and the bodyguard coming out of the bedroom, wiping their hands.

So I guess that means Till is dead, although we never see the killing or the body.

If I didn't enjoy it, then why am I giving the episode a sideways, and not down arrow? Well, there was some good stuff in the show, and I can see why people like it. Nancy and the "Magic 8 Ball" was nicely done, and I love Justin Kirk in anything he does (especially in this episode, where's he wearing a very hot workout outfit).

And like I said, this was the only episode I've seen, so maybe I'm overreacting to the gay stuff. I know this show is edgy, so maybe it's just par for the course? (I've been told about the infamous giant bottle of lube when the show outed Till.)

What did you Weeds fans think? Am I making too much of it, and what's your reaction to Till's demise?