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== People who complain about how the show is not about the suburbs anymore. ==
Seriously the show not simply being about how self absorbed white people are [[Sarcasm Mode|is a bad thing? The show actually using its platform to show people with real problems (shit that goes down under ninety percent of the audiences noses every damn day and no one really cares btw) and actually introducing its audience to new ideas makes it bad.]] I can understand saying its not as funny or that Esteban was boring but seriously anyone complaining about how the show is not [[Opinion Myopia|about YOU]] anymore is seriously missing the point.
* Way to frame your argument in a way that completely vilifies anyone who dares disagree with you, you could have quite a future in news punditry. What you see as "using its platform to show people with real problems" others see as exploitative and sensationalistic.
* Part of the show's original appeal was that it was, for the most part, realistic - something that has nothing to do with the skin color or socioeconomic status of the main character. The reason why people complain is because it lost this sense of realism: you went from the quirky, fun premise of "middle-aged suburban woman deals minor amounts of pot to get by after husband's passing" to "middle-aged sociopath weds Mexican drug lord, goes on the run from said drug lord for an entire season, ships her family off to Copenhagen, and finally makes a deal with the FBI to save herself." Add in the oodles of Cerberus Syndrome / Karma Houdini, and any sensible person should realize that these complaints are tied to shark-jumping, and NOT a lack of self-absorbed white people (you still have Nancy for that).
* I enjoyed the show more when it was in the suburbs, and not because it was about me. Before Nancy started growing, the extent of her trouble was maybe that her weed for one month got jacked. She was in control. However, once she started working for U-Turn, and everything was life or death, she was no longer in control, and suddenly it just began to feel a lot more like all the other stuff on the air.
** Nancy was never in control. No matter how much she says otherwise, Nancy has never been in control from the second she started selling drugs. She never has the slightest clue about how deep she's in it until a circumstance that she was entirely unprepared for walks up and slaps her in the face. Now, admittedly, her problems in Season One were small potatoes compared to later issues (that's sort of the point), but since the very first scene Nancy was riding a bike with no handlebars, barreling ever forward bouncing off one obstacle headlong into the next hoping beyond hope that she doesn't hit a wall.
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== Who shot/is about to shoot Nancy? ==
The gunman looks an awful lot like Esteban who is supposedly dead. Just hope he's not [[Back
And Jenji Kohan, the creator of Weeds, has stated the gunman is someone we know from past seasons which Esteban surely qualifies, but I'm unsure because that would be the obvious person.
* [http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/09/weeds-season-7-finale-who-shot-nancy.html Tim Scottson] son of Nancys 2 late husband Peter Scottson
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