What is controversial about the S05E01 of the TV show Weeds?
[T]he premiere deals mostly with the fallout from Nancy announcing to Mexican drug kingpin Esteban that she’s carrying his child (last season’s big cliffhanger). Esteban’s seeming obsession with having a male child feels like a bit of stereotyping dressed up as a character quirk (a frequent problem with Weeds’ non-white characters), but watching Nancy try to figure out how to play this card to keep herself alive is fascinating enough that even some of the stupider turns in the plot work because you can see the wheels turning but can’t quite figure out just how far ahead of everyone (including the audience) Nancy is at any given moment. At the same time, Nancy telling Andy that she’s pregnant felt a little out-of-character. I know she’s fond of blurting things out every so often, but this is clearly something she’s breaking the news about in a very specific way, and telling the guy who’s clearly going to tell everyone else doesn’t seem like it makes a lot of sense. (Also bad: That weird
