Weeds Season 7 Episode 8 - Synthetics. Airing: August 15, 2011 10:00 PM on Showtime. This series is a single camera comedy about a single mother who makes ends meet by selling marijuana in the fictional suburb of Agrestic, California. The series exposes the dirty little secrets that lie behind the pristine lawns and shiny closed doors of homes in the of this gated community. Mary Louise Parker stars as the suburban mom who resorts to selling weed to support her family after her husband unexpectedly dies. After her husband's unexpected death and subsequent financial woes, suburban mom Nancy Botwin (Parker) embraces a new profession: the neighborhood pot dealer. Aided by her wayward black-sheep brother-in-law Andy, she struggles to keep her new means of bill-solving secret from her suspicious PTA members and nosy neighbor as well as from her children, Shane and his teenage brother Silas. As the plot continues she struggles to protect the ones she loves.
Previous Story: Meanwhile, Andy and Shane find a place to live in New York City, while Silas books his first modeling job, and Doug is offered a job. Nancy has problems adapting to life and her fellow felons at the halfway house, and her sister Jill (Jennifer Jason Leigh) doesn't help matters when she springs a sudden surprise on her. Meanwhile, Andy and Shane find a place to crash Silas scores gainful employment as a model and Doug is offered a dream job on Wall Street. Nancy attempts to land a job at Doug's new office, while Shane sets up their new house without the help of an overwhelmed Andy.Silas and Nancy's lawyer assist her in getting to California as her custody battle with Jill (Jennifer Jason Leigh) heats up. Meanwhile, Andy's relationship takes an intriguing turn; Shane decides to give it the old college try and enrolls in classes and Doug is left to fend for himself at his job on Wall Street. Nancy has a run-in with an old acquaintance and Silas gets caught in the crossfire, Andy engages in a new business enterprise that requires Doug and Shane's assistance. Nancy's attempt to rekindle her business with Heylia doesn't go well. In the meantime, Andy introduces a new idea of venture to Shane and Doug.
While Doug plays softball with the company team, Nancy deals pot on the sidelines, Andy opens his bike shop while Silas sells pot out of the back room and a police detective offers Shane an internship. Nancy uses Doug's softball game with the company team to sell weed on the sidelines. In the meantime, Andy and Silas open their bike and weed shop.
Now Episode: Nancy's former cellmate (Olga Sosnovska) shows up and complicates things between Nancy and her supplier, Silas and Andy bang heads over how to best utilize the bike shop; and Shane's internship provides him with some surprising lessons, The reappearance of Zoya who used to share a cell with Nancy means trouble for Nancy. Meanwhile, Andy and Silas have disagreements about their venture and Shane's intership at the police turns out to be very informative for him.
