Weeds is an American black comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Lionsgate Television, which began airing on the Showtime cable television network in 2005. The show revolves around Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), a widowed Southern Californian mother of two boys—Silas (Hunter Parrish) and the younger, Shane (Alexander Gould)—who turns to selling marijuana to support her family after her husband unexpectedly dies. Over the course of the show, Nancy becomes involved in illegal activities on an escalating scale.

The first three seasons deal mainly with selling and growing marijuana locally. Seasons four and five follows the Botwin family moving to Ren Mar after Agrestic—their hometown—burns down due to Nancy's competitive dealers' fields catching aflame. In Ren Mar, Nancy gets married to Esteban Reyes, the mayor of Tijuana and the head of a drug cartel, with whom Nancy had a baby boy, naming him Stevie. At the conclusion of season five, Shane murders Esteban's campaign manager, Pilar, a scornful woman who threatened to kill Shane and Silas. Subsequently, the sixth season follows the Botwin family as they attempt to escape both the federal authority and Esteban's cartel. In the conclusion of season six, Andy, Silas, Shane, and Nancy have plans to escape to Copenhagen together until Nancy is found by Esteban and Guillermo who plan ...