If you run through all of the crimes she’s committed, the danger she’s exposed her children to, and the continually dubious decisions she continues to make, it would be easy to damn Nancy Botwin, the lead character on Showtime’s hit comedy Weeds. That’s why it’s all the more impressive that as played by Mary-Louise Parker, we still like Nancy and can enjoy watching her actions, even as we think, “I can’t believe she’s doing this…”

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Parker, to find out how she perceives Nancy and also what she thought about the big changes the series has gone through this season.
IGN TV: The show really reinvented itself this year. What did you think when you heard the plan to completely change the location and dynamic?

Mary-Louise Parker: I thought it was kind of brilliant. [Weeds creator] Jenji Kohan came to me and she was like, “How would you feel if we burnt down Agrestic?” I said, “I think that’s awesome! Burn it down!” I think that’s her genius. I think that’s characteristic about what’s brilliant about her and what’s perverse and awesome about her, is that she’s willing to take that kind of chance, you know? And I was just like, “Burn it down!” [Laughs] I love that she did that. I love that about her. And I think it changed everything and gave us our best season yet. (more…)

Lauren Washington from TV Guide sent me the following article a while ago but I never had a chance to add it, but finally, here we go:

To celebrate the return of Weeds (Mondays at 10 pm/ET, Showtime), we sat down with  Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins to discuss getting naked, kissing Albert Brooks and what to expect in the  trippy new season. (more…)