Those Crazy Botwins

In the Season 4 finale of Weeds titled "If You Work for a Living, Then Why Do You Kill Yourself Working", drug dealin' Nancy and coolest-uncle-ever Andy started growing closer. It was a crazy season, definitely not the shows best, but I can easily forgive wackiness and shenanigans if the show delivers me one solid piece of evidence that they still have a head on their shoulders.

For me, this scene was where Nancy is in the bathtub and Andy listens to her talk about all the problems going on in her strange and messed up life. Nancy has been struggling with being involved with working for people who aren't just sneaking drugs into the States, but guns and barely coherent young girls as well. This has left Nancy tormented and she seeks comfort in the bath to think things over.

That's when Andy moseys on in. He comments to her that he can see her boobies. She doesn't seem to care even a little, not telling him to leave. Aware that something is wrong, Andy lingers as she starts to open up about what's going through her mind. She asks him to turn the water back on and add more bubbles, so he does.

For the rest of the scene, we watch as Nancy tells Andy everything that's been happening, but the entire dialogue is muted. The focus is on Nancy looking overwhelmed and small, while the camera occasionally cuts Andy's expressions, not judging and just listening. In those moments, it's clear that Andy starts to realize what the audience has suspected for a while...that he's kind of in love with the unpredictable bird that is Nancy Botwin, his dead brother's wife. Occasionally, Andy turns the water back on, letting the audience know that the two talk for a long, long time.

It's gorgeous and unexpected. It's one of those moments where it doesn't even matter if you want them to be together or not, there's just something wonderful and multi-layered about it-- a private conversation only half heard.