It’s time to say goodbye to Weeds. The Mary-Louise Parker series has been cancelled by Showtime. The upcoming eighth season, which premieres next month, will be the show’s last.
The announcement doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Weeds’ future was looking uncertain before the show was renewed for season eight and many suspected that the upcoming 13 installments would be the TV series’ last.
Showtime entertainment president David Nevins tells EW, “There were two shows, Weeds and Dexter, that really got Showtime taken seriously for cutting-edge original programming… How they get brought home is really important. In this case, both for the sake of the two women behind the show [series creator Jenji Kohan and Golden Globe-winning star Mary-Louise Parker] and an audience that’s really invested in the show. TV fans love nothing better than to complain about how shows end and we really want to end this one the right way.”
Kohan says that she’s sad about the show coming to a close but appreciates the opportunity to wrap things up. She hasn’t decided how to end the series just yet, saying, “We wrack our brains every year for crazy cliffhangers and we’re trying to figure out how to top ourselves.”
She noted, “I’m so proud of what we do here and that it’s about a strong woman lead who’s really flawed… We get to do comedy right up against drama, which a lot of shows don’t get the opportunity to do.”
The final season of Weeds premieres on Sunday, July 1st, at 10pm. The assassination attempt cliffhanger will quickly be resolved and there will be a time jump and a return to the suburbs. What happens after that remains to be seen.
What do you think? Will you be sad to see Weeds go or has the series already been on too long?
People keep saying Nancy’s character kept ******** everyone over, I didn’t see it that way she made bad choices in which the result ended up ******** her over, always in a position where she was desperate and needed to trust people she could not trust and ended up running rather than discussing due to trust issues. Who could she trust no one, not associates, not the family they were all working in one direction like a marijuana leaf they were all in the centre travelling on a different branch of the leaf. Nancy, I think always had everyone’s interest in… Read more »
Loved the show I feel that there most likely is little room for it to go when you like a show well better to say bye while you still like it.
Best show EVER. I am so sad.
Bring back weeds please
I am very disappointed that the show could not be seen in it’s entirely! And so it goes…. Censorship?
Completely heartbroken over the end and I wish with all my heart the series would get picked back up. I absolutely adore this show!
Awesome show. Should continue
im still sad that weeds has ended.its the year 2017 and i still watch it everday because its amazing.the best ever too be honest
It’s sad to find out Weeds will not have another season. Hate it starting to enjoy a show and then it gets cancelled. Very upset!! There’s none of the show like it and it really hurts my feelings that it would get Council and not give us another season to see how it actually plays out I’ve never really understand how you could end something so
wonderful and so REAL!!!!! Please bring weed back
need season 9, need Andy and Nancy together finally!!!
Sure gonna miss this show. Shouldn’t of cancelled it boooooo
Weeds should have ended 2 seasons ago.
There should be a ninth season of weeds they ended it in a bull **** way
As a American I think they should make a season 9 it would make a lot of money . Lot of people watch this show
Please do a season 9 and end the show properly! All we have is them sitting together on the porch…give us a real ending after we the viewers were loyal.