Pop-Ed: When 'Weeds' premiered way back in 2005, it was the perfect satire of suburbia. It had an original concept, solid writing, interesting characters and was poised to become one of Showtime's smartest programs.

But by the time season three rolled around, creator Jenji Kohan failed to realize you can't do suburban satire when you take everyone out of the suburbs, and you can't have original characters when you refuse to develop them. Once Agrestic, California, got left in the dust, the show began a downward spiral of go-nowhere storylines with Nancy Botwin as the ridiculous ringleader.

Mary Louise-Parker's Nancy is now the show's worst offense. She started off selling drugs to support her family, then continued just for the, well, high she got from being in dangerous situations. In the past two seasons, Nancy fell into a drug ring underneath a maternity store, had a child with the crime boss mayor of Tijuana, dodged assassins and put a hit out on a woman later murdered by Nancy's 15-year-old son -- you know, typical family stuff. Nancy has consistently proven she's only good at two things: drinking iced coffee and endangering her children.