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Weeds season 7 Country of origin United States No. of episodes 13 Broadcast Original channel Showtime Original run June 11, 2011 (2011-06-11) – September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26) Season chronology ← Previous
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The seventh season premiered on June 27, 2011 at 10 E/9 C on Showtime.[1][2] As the season picks up, Nancy has spent three years in prison and now lives in a strictly monitored halfway house in New York City, while the family meet after the other Botwins had spent three years in Denmark.[3] It has not yet been decided whether there will be an eighth season or not.

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Nancy learns that she will be released from prison early, though she did not even serve half of her sentence. She is placed into a halfway house in New York City where she has to serve the rest of her sentence. She had hoped to go into witness protection to evade Esteban; however, Agent Lipschitz tells her that Esteban was stabbed, and found dead. When she left from prison, her lesbian lover and cellmate, Zoya, gave her oven mitts to find a key to get into the trunk of a car. In there were explosives which Zoya stole from her brother. Apparently, Zoya had wanted Nancy to sell them to someone on the black market, but instead Nancy sells them to start a deal with Zoya's brother for marijuana.

Andy, Doug, Silas, and Shane had been living in Copenhagen for the last three years. Shane was a puppeteer with his now ex-girlfriend, Silas had been a model for "some flower water", and Andy and Doug were giving tours of Copenhagen under the name "Wonderful Wonderful Tours" (much like the premiere of season five, Wonderful Wonderful). They learn from Jill, who has been raising Stevie to believe Nancy is his aunt, that Nancy has been released and is in a halfway house in New York City. Andy, Doug, Silas, and Shane travel to New York City to find Nancy, much to her dismay.

Nancy flees upon seeing them. Silas and Doug leave the halfway house. Silas tries to start up his modeling career in New York City (under the name Silas Guinard, the last name of his biological father Lars Guinard), and Doug finds an old college buddy.

Andy and Shane meet Nancy when she comes back to the halfway house from a job interview. During the reunion, she is submitted for a random drug test which is administered because it is suspected that she had just smoked marijuana. This marked the second time she has smoked marijuana on screen.

Much to Nancy's chagrin, Jill reveals to Nancy she wants to take custody of Stevie, causing immense stress for Nancy and worsening her situation.

Nancy and Silas fly to California to attend a custody hearing requested by Jill, but when they arrive, they find out it was postponed by Jill's lawyer. This infuriates Nancy and she immediately drives to Jill's house to visit Stevie. After being refused visitation and making a scene, Scott, Jill's husband, strikes a deal with Nancy to allow her to webcam with Stevie in secret. Meanwhile, Silas attempts to bargain with the judge handling the custody case to have the hearing resumed. The judge agrees to meet with Nancy in his office, advising her to "return to those who helped you succeed... Be the Nancy that raised Silas." Nancy later attempts to obtain pot from her first supplier Heylia James while in California, only to be greeted with a shotgun pointed at her and Silas. A shootout ensues, stopped by Dean. Nancy manages to get a word in edgewise with a fired-up Heylia, who then is revealed to be cultivating a massive field of Silas and Conrad's MILF weed. Dean is discovered to have moved in with Heylia in her California shanty in return for his legal help regarding marijuana laws—despite suspicions, the two do not have a romantic relationship. Nancy follows Heylia around her field and the two seem to, albeit slowly, rekindle their old friendship. After another mild confrontation, Nancy finds herself alone in the middle of Heylia's wildly booby-trapped field. Back in New York, Shane wins the favor of an aggressive guest detective speaking in one of his criminal justice classes while Andy pitches his "motorized Copenhagen wheel" to Doug's business associates, only to be met with ridicule. Out in the pot plantation, Silas finds Nancy and confronts her about the ethical decisions she has made in revealing Judah's true paternity and having kept Silas in the dark for so much of his life. Even after much hostility, Heylia ultimately agrees to provide Nancy with a shipment of MILF weed in New York, however, only in exchange for Silas's labor in harvesting the current crop. Silas decides to stay. On the way back to New York, it is revealed that Nancy managed to briefly see Stevie at a kid's planetarium, but he seems to only have a mild attachment to Nancy, his biological mother. She whispers something into his ear before leaving, but it is unknown what she says. Shane also decides to provide Andy with the financial backing to open his "Copenhagen Wheel" business, who anticipates it being a successful business with the caveat of it being a cover-up for Nancy's prospective weed business once she returns.

Silas returns to New York in a van which he borrowed from Heylia, he called Nancy to inform her of his desire to meet with her and that he has big plans. Nancy is concerned that Silas is becoming indebted to Heylia, but agrees to meet. Shane decides to start taking criminal justice classes. Shane impresses, befriends, and then takes an apprenticeship under a working NYPD detective. Nancy's counselor gets a two week notice and turns a steady eye on her while at a company softball game. Doug, who is using the steroids, is a hit at the softball game and Nancy gets involved with the SEC to get out of her halfway house. Silas is threatened by the competition, Pouncy House, to stop selling weed. Nancy makes another trip to Zoya's brother's apartment to pick up some marijuana, and finds Zoya has been released early. Nancy is then forced to make love to her old cell mate. They are watched. Nancy then makes love to her ex-cell mate's brother. She is not allowed to leave with the drugs she came to pick up. Following SEC investigators instruction, Nancy allows herself to be wired and goes on a date with the CEO of Doug's company. She takes him home and Silas is there with her current lover: the brother. He brings the weed. Then, his sister Zoya shows up and kisses Nancy in front of Silas, and Andy. Nancy, not wanting the SEC agents to hear the details of her drug business, tries to muffle the mic with a pillow and playing loud music, she makes a fast retreat back to the CEO's home and sleep with him. Nancy informs the CEO that she was wearing a wire, and informs him about the SEC agents. The CEO flees and Nancy promptly sets fire to the CEO's home, thereby making Zoya the prime suspect due to her past of arson and her threat to the CEO of "losing things she doesn't like" in fires. The SEC agents meet with Nancy, threatening to throw her back in jail, at which point Doug is brought in and in far more creative wording, tells the agents that they are going to let everything slide because their pension funds are tied into the company. The chief agent then buys weed from Nancy. Nancy goes home and informs Zoya that the feds are after her and Zoya flees to Vermont to start a pet boarding facility as per their original prison plans. With Zoya out of the way, Nancy again sets to selling drugs, using Doug's corporate position to give herself leverage against their main competition, Emma (Pouncy House Party Rentals).

Shane prints out and steals a criminal profile for their competition (Pouncy House) while updating the police computers. He shows the files to Nancy who is pre-occupied with the CEO, Zoya, Andy's beligerance and the general chaos of things; leaving the file on the counter.

Silas meets Emma for lunch where Emma gives the guise that she is nothing more than an unhappy drug peddler for Pouncy House. Silas, never vigilant of a pretty face, offers her a job on their team. Silas sleeps with Emma after showing her the entire operations of their weed-dealing business; all the while not knowing that Emma is no disgruntled employee but the owner and operator of Pouncy House as well as the competing drug business. Silas wakes to find Emma gone,Drop Dead Diva Season 2 DVD Box Set, making his way to the kitchen he finds the stolen police file, with Emma's face circled in red and labeled "Boss". Silas then finds that Emma has stolen their computer (aptly named "the brain"); which holds client lists, dealing routes, and other valuable information. In the process of Emma's destruction, she turns Andy's bike shop upside-down—complete with chairs on the ceiling & lights on the floor.

Meanwhile at Doug's office, a SEC worker is issued the job of evaluating the SEC's pension funds in order to see if they are being mismanaged. The new SEC worker has ultra-sensitive hearing and overhears Doug and a fellow worker discussing a large sum of money being taken. Nancy leaves the office after a call from the Police department informing that Shane has been arrested. Nancy goes to the police station and gets Shane, after talking with a cop about how hard it is to be single mother, while stating that Shane is not involved with Pouncy House. The cop gives Nancy some time to talk with Shane and see why he stole the files. Nancy then goes back to Andy's bike shop to find that Andy has kidnapped Emma, at nail-gun point and was threatening to shoot her. Nancy sends Andy away, gives Emma a stern talking to. Met with hostility by Emma, she reserves to solving her own problems, leaving Silas and Emma to talk it amongst each other. Returning back to the police station, Nancy informs the cop that Shane was only looking out for her brother, who has started dating a girl involved with Pouncy House. Staging shock, Nancy is told that "some girl" was the ringleader of Pouncy House (drug dealers). The cop then offers to help Nancy by making a drug bust on Pouncy House in order to scare Shane straight, and to help Nancy keep her boys out of trouble.

Nancy then goes to Demetri (Zoya's brother and main weed supplier), claiming to have solved the problem. (Previously the problem was a lack of sales for weed Demetri acquired for Nancy.) Silas and Emma resolve to partner up. Silas then gathers everyone (his delivery men, supplier Demetri, and the Pouncy House crew) to begin working out details. He calls Nancy to let her know that he also "has solved the problem".

At the end, someone is shown with a gun aiming at the Botwin family finally settling on Nancy as the last target. The screen goes black and a shot is fired; the repercussions of the shot are as of yet unknown.

[edit] Cast [edit] Recurring cast Pablo Schreiber as Demetri Ravitch Olga Sosnovska as Zoya Ravitch Bruce Nozick as Whit Tillerman Lindsay Sloane as Maxeen David Clennon as Charles Michael Harney as Mitch Oullette Andy Milder as Dean Hodes [edit] Episodes № # Title Directed by Written by Intertitle U.S. viewers
(million) Original air date 77 1 "Bags" Scott Ellis Jenji Kohan Steam from sauna coals 1.19[4] June 27, 2011 (2011-06-27) Three years after her selfless act to save her family, Nancy is released early from Danbury prison and paroled to a halfway house in New York City. She learns that Esteban was killed in prison and his drug cartel has disbanded. After talking with Jill and Stevie via Skype, she sets out on a scavenger hunt at the behest of her romantic partner from prison. She takes possession of a cache of military-grade weapons hidden in a car trunk. Andy, Shane and Doug, who are living new lives in Copenhagen, return to America upon learning of Nancy's release. Silas warns Shane that, "She's just going to fuck you up again." However, he follows them to New York as well under the guise of advancing his modeling career.  78 2 "From Trauma Cometh Something" Michael Trim Carly Mensch Subway passenger's jacket and seat graffiti 0.62[5] July 4, 2011 (2011-07-04) Andy, Doug, Shane, and Silas arrive in New York City and visit Nancy at the halfway house. Seeing them at the house takes Nancy by surprise and prompts her to sneak out through the back door. Andy and Shane stay at the house to wait for Nancy; Ed tells them that Nancy likely changed for the worse while in prison. Doug visits an old college friend who invites him to a job interview. Silas convinces a modeling agent to sign him on as a client. After failing a job interview, Nancy visits Zoya's brother. He agrees to sell her one pound of marijuana for the cache of explosives and lures her into smoking marijuana. Upon returning to the house, Nancy talks to Andy and Shane and confesses having smoked. Overhearing that, Ed drags her to his office for a drug test.  79 3 "Game-Played" Scott Ellis Victoria Morrow Animal marionette theatre 0.78[6] July 11, 2011 (2011-07-11) After testing positive for marijuana use, Ed arranges for Nancy to start anti-drug classes run by Ms. Keen. “You need a job, to accrue savings, establish a residence, and show family support” to leave the halfway house. Jill tells Nancy that she intends to seek full custody of Stevie. At Nancy’s urging Shane obtains admission to City College of New York. Doug gets a job as a CPA from his college friend. Silas gets his first gig as an underwear model in New York City, but he storms out in an angry fit after he almost suffocates. Andy, who saved Silas’s life, lands a date with the shoot’s producer. Nancy trades Zoya’s weapons for pot from the Sarge and discovers an opening in the sales market. When Silas discovers that Nancy is dealing again, he manipulates her to obtain a cut in her action.  80 4 "A Hole in Her Niqab" Eric Jewett David Holstein Photocopier print-outs 0.67[7] July 18, 2011 (2011-07-18) As Jill pressures Nancy for custody of Stevie and tuition for an expensive school, Nancy obtains the pro bono help of lawyer Steward Havens. Andy starts a casual relationship with Maxeen; she is in a polyamorous marriage with her husband Charles who is dying of cancer. Shane uses some of his student loan money to build a nice bedroom in their apartment for his mother as a thank you for going to prison for him. After ending his modeling career, Silas revels in his new, equal partnership with his mother. “We have a new relationship where she treats us like real people.” While Nancy shuts down a rival pot dealer, Silas gives away all of Nancy’s pot in free samples to build a client base. Needing to sell the product, they both borrow $1,000 from Shane to buy more; unfortunately, an incident in Afghanistan involving a defiled niqab disrupts the Sarge’s marijuana supply chain. Doug starts steroids to prepare for corporate softball and hires Nancy as an assistant. The CEO makes a romantic move on Nancy, but he pulls back after she outs the firm’s pot dealer.  81 5 "Fingers Only Meat Banquet" Scott Ellis Brendan Kelly Beefsteak slices 0.68[8] July 25, 2011 (2011-07-25) Doug discovers irregularities in the bookkeeping at his new company; Tillerman encourages him to overlook them. After saving Charles from a hypoglycemic attack, Andy breaks off his relationship with Maxeen. Nancy and Silas fly to California for a custody hearing. As a legal tactic, Jill’s lawyer postpones the hearing for two months. This infuriates Nancy as intended, and she storms to Jill’s house and makes a scene. Thanks to Silas, Nancy receives an unofficial audience with the family court judge. He encourages her to “return to those who helped you succeed... Be the Nancy who raised Silas.” To that end, she visits Heylia James, who is not happy to see Nancy again.  82 6 "Object Impermanence" Michael Trim Stephen Falk Planetarium show 0.71[9] August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01) Nancy and Silas ask Heylia to supply them with pot; as a reply, she shoots a gun at them. Dean is living with Heylia in exchange for legal advice, but Conrad has left her to live with his girlfriend. Heylia blames Nancy for her loneliness. “I had a full dinner table before you showed up.” Heylia incites Silas to confront his mother about Lars. After Silas reminds Heylia he helped Conrad improve the MILF strain, Heylia agrees to supply Nancy. However, Silas will live with Heylia and help grow the crops. After Doug’s company refuses to give Andy start-up money, Shane gives him $80,000 so Andy’s business can serve as a front for Nancy’s operation. While taking classes in applied criminology, Shane impresses an adjunct professor and NYPD investigator with his observational skills. Scott arranges for Nancy to visit Stevie before she returns to NYC.  83 7 "Vehement v. Vigorous" Scott Ellis Carly Mensch Boxing match 0.69[10] August 8, 2011 (2011-08-08) Silas returns to New York with 30 pounds of MILF weed. He spars with Nancy over the marijuana selling business. Silas has plans for a large and elaborate messenger structure that insulates the Botwins from their sales force; Nancy, who needs to make money quickly, pushes for a smaller and more direct approach. Silas turns to the female modeling agent (7x02) for messengers to sell MILF weed. Andy resents that Nancy is trying to use his bike shop as a cover business. Shane’s professor tries to teach Shane about moral gray areas but discovers Shane already knows about them. He hires Shane as an intern. Doug is suffering the side-effects of anabolic steroids including "roid rage." Agents from the Securities and Exchange Commission make Nancy an offer. The SEC will help her complete her sentence early in exchange for becoming an informant against Clive. Zoya is out of prison and catches Nancy making out with her brother.  84 8 "Synthetics" Michael Trim Victoria Morrow Figurines on display shelf 0.67[11] August 15, 2011 (2011-08-15) Zoya confronts Nancy after discovering her affair with the Sarge. Nancy reaffirms her commitment to Zoya; however, she is not happy to see Zoya and continues her affair. Zoya prevents Nancy from taking her delivery of drugs from the Sarge. After the SEC saves Nancy from returning to prison, she must commit to being their informant. Unfortunately, her boss at the SEC is unimpressed with the results she delivers. She agrees to wear a wire while on a date with Clive, but he declares, “No. Work. Talk. Please.” Shane and Detective Ouellette stakeout the detective’s step-son. They then talk about their respective families at a bar over drinks. As Andy’s business grows, he and Silas spar over their separate businesses. Denny and Emma give Silas a shakedown warning. Emma expresses a romantic interest in Silas. When Clive and Nancy visit the Botwins’ flat, Demetri brings a large cache of pot, and a discussion of the Botwin's pot business ensues. Seconds later, Zoya arrives and introduces herself as Nancy’s business partner and “the love of her life.” When she discovers that Clive took Nancy on a date, she threatens Clive's life. The entire conversation at the flat is recorded by the SEC agents.  85 9 "Cats! Cats! Cats!" Michael Trim David Holstein Title cards at vaudeville show 0.72[12] August 22, 2011 (2011-08-22) Nancy tells Clive that the SEC is investigating him. Before Clive flees, he gives Nancy the keys to his townhouse. During a shakedown meeting with her SEC handler, Doug arrives and informs him that the solvency of the government’s pension plan is dependent upon Vehement’s success. Doug and Nancy are released. When Andy tells Zoya that Nancy slept with Clive, Zoya runs off. Nancy, wanting Zoya to leave, burns down Clive's townhouse. (Zoya is a known arsonist and threatened to incinerate him on the wiretap.) Afterwards, Nancy tells Zoya that she will be a prime suspect for the arson and sends Zoya to Burlington. (It’s a lie; the SEC gave Nancy the evidence linking Zoya to the fire.) Shane offers to be Nancy’s man inside the NYPD; “I can protect you.” She turns him down. Shane steals intelligence on Pouncy House and delivers it to Nancy. The intelligence provides her “an insane competitive advantage," but Nancy ignores it and does not appreciate it. When Ouellette discovers the theft, he arrests Shane. After telling Emma that he is not shutting down his operation, Silas takes her to breakfast. When she expresses dissatisfaction with working for Denny, Silas offers her a job and gives her a tour of his facility. Silas reads the NYPD file on Pouncy House and discovers that Emma actually runs the operation. He then discovers that his office has been raided and that Andy’s office has been turned up-side-down, literally.  86 10 "System Overhead" Scott Ellis Brendan Kelly Doug holding cue cards 0.80[13] August 29, 2011 (2011-08-29) Andy and Nancy grill Silas who gave Emma access to the back office. When Nancy refuses a delivery from The Sarge, he threatens to muscle out Pouncy House. When Silas goes to Columbia to confront Emma, Andy takes her hostage with a nail gun. All three return to the bike shop. Andy demands that Emma clean-up the bike shop but leaves to allow Silas to guard her. Nancy visits Shane in jail: “I did three years so that you wouldn’t have to. I just want you in college.” Shane replies, “Save that dream for Stevie.” In the end, two deals are reached. Emma and Silas agree to a merger. He will supply the weed; she will run sales and distribution. Nancy will help Ouellette bust Pouncy House in exchange for Shane’s freedom. Jolene Wait of the SEC arrives at Vehement to investigate the government’s pension plan. She inadvertantly learns from Doug and Tillerman that Clive disappeared with a large amount of cash. Also, Clive was the operation’s “money guy.” Without him, the scheme would quickly collapse.  87 11 "Une Mère que j'aimerais baiser" Eric Jewett Roberto Benabib & Matthew Salsberg Soda poured from can 0.75[14] September 12, 2011 (2011-09-12) Doug and Tillerman take Andy to the Hamptons to find new clients for Vehement to fleece. Andy poses as Bill Sussman (see 3x05), a wealthy man who made lots of money with Vehement. Nancy tags along to sell her drugs. Nancy rebrands her product as "Une Mère que j'aimerais baiser" (French for MILF), an overpriced, ultra-exclusive marijuana strain. After Doug and Tillerman discover that Clive or Bernard Madoff have already fleeced everyone at the party, Nancy offers to cut them into her action. Knowing the raid of Pouncy House is imminent, Nancy rejects merging with them. This infuriates Silas. He doesn’t want to be Nancy’s employee with Nancy making the decisions. Emma offers Silas a job, but he turns her down. Denny and Emma are arrested during the raid on Pouncy House. Det. Ouellette tells Shane,Hell's Kitchen Complete Season 4 DVD Boxset, “When the hammer comes down -- and it always does -- you want to be on my side.” Shane laughs him off behind his back. When Shane tells Silas that Nancy made the deal that leads to Emma’s arrest, Silas takes a copy of the Botwin’s sales database to start his own syndicate. Silas tells Nancy, "Consider me the competition. Everything is up for grabs."  88 12 "Qualitative Spatial Reasoning" Scott Ellis Stephen Falk Display on broken laptop screen 0.52[15] September 19, 2011 (2011-09-19) Nancy and Silas compete to recruit talent. Nancy picks up Alex, Demetri,The Simpsons Season 22 DVD Box Set, Doug, Kiko (female modeling agent), Shane, and Tillerman. Silas signs up Andy, Emma (released on bail), and Heylia. Emma and Silas reconcile romantically over their anger with Nancy. Andy and Silas have an awkward visit with Demetri to buy pot. Nancy was listening to the whole conversation and resolves to win big against them. Dean and Heylia visit NYC to deliver MILF to Silas, but they are jacked by men wearing Sarah Palin masks. Nancy pitches Vehement on selling pot at exorbitant prices through an exclusive messenger service staffed by Kiko’s gorgeous female models. Nancy discovers that Demetri’s friends stole from Silas; Nancy thinks Demetri went too far and tries to partially reconcile with Silas. Shane manipulates a meeting between Ouellette and his son. Emma visits Ouellette and tells him how Nancy played him. Judge Franklin, on the verge of granting Nancy full-custody of Stevie to Nancy, calls Nancy with the good news. Silas hatches a revenge plot against Nancy by using Jill’s desire for custody. Heylia develops her own plan, but postpones giving Silas his chance. After Andy learns that Charles has died, he drops his partnership with Silas.  89 13 "Do Her/Don't Do Her" Michael Trim Jenji Kohan Graffiti on a coffin 0.56[16] September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26) The episode begins with Nancy coming home to find Jill sitting at her computer, e-mailing incriminating files to herself. She blackmails Nancy: if she signs custodial papers right there, then she will not go to the police with her evidence. Silas and Andy discuss the former's actions; they agree that Silas made a horrible mistake by contacting Jill. Heylia threatens Nancy at gunpoint; she demands that Nancy deliver all of her weed back by that evening or be killed. The two women go to Demetri's apartment to retrieve the rest of it. However, they find that he's been arrested for robbery. After some coaxing by the sisters, Demetri's military buddies return all but one ounce, which they'd smoked. When Heylia is given her weed, she and Nancy discuss Silas and his happiness. Ouellette grills Shane on his scheming; he declares his fervent intention to arrest Nancy. Doug, shortly before being made CFO of Vehement, finds out through Jolene that Clive drunkenly told about the hedge fund scheme when he was found in Bali. Andy and Silas attend Charles's funeral. Andy realizes that, like Charles, his biggest wish in life is to see his family happy. Nancy forces Jill to admit that she wants more excitement in her life. When Nancy and Jill return home, they find Andy and Silas. Silas apologizes to Nancy. After Jill and Andy discuss custody options, they make a decision. The next scene focuses on a suburban home in Connecticut two months later. Inside, Nancy reveals that she's giving a large room in that house to Silas to grow weed in. Outside, the entire family (including Stevie, Jill, and the twins) are sitting down to dinner. Shane pulls up out front, where it's revealed through a flashback that he's training to be a police officer with the NYPD. During dinner, the family seems to finally be happy... This is cut short by a sniper in the bushes; he aims the scope at Nancy. The scene cuts to black as a gunshot is heard (implying that Nancy has been shot). The credits roll ending the season on a cliffhanger.  [edit] References [edit] External links List of Weeds episodes at the Internet Movie Database List of Weeds episodes at TV.com Weeds at epguides.com v · d · eWeeds Awards and nominations · Soundtracks · "Little Boxes" Creators/Exec Producers Characters Episodes Category