Reviews by Jen Chapin-Smith
SPOILER ALERT: In season 5, Nancy's involvement with the illegal drug trade nearly kills her and only being pregnant by a Mexican drug lord saves her life. The show contains a lot of violence, including torture. This is an important issue, but it is (rightly) very disturbing to watch.
Warning: this show is about illegal drug use. It contains a lot of explicit, promiscuous sex and violence. The characters also use a lot of curse words and pejorative terms for people of color, women and gays.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
Warning: this show is about illegal drug use. It contains a lot of explicit, promiscuous sex and violence. The characters also use a lot of curse words and pejorative terms for people of color, women and gays.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
SPOILER ALERT: In season 4, the show portrays some of the real violence of human trafficking (i.e., modern slavery) and the international drug trade. Our characters also learn about the violence that immigrant, particularly women, face when trying to enter the United States. These are important, real-life issues, but it is (rightly) very disturbing to watch.
Warning: this show is about illegal drug use. It contains a lot of explicit, promiscuous sex and violence. The characters also use a lot of curse words and pejorative terms for people of color, women and gays.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
Warning: this show is about illegal drug use. It contains a lot of explicit, promiscuous sex and violence. The characters also use a lot of curse words and pejorative terms for people of color, women and gays.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
SPOILER ALERT: In season 4, the show portrays some of the real violence of human trafficking and the international drug trade. Our characters also learn about the violence that immigrant, particularly women, face when trying to enter the United States. These are important issues, but it is (rightly) very disturbing to watch.
Warning: this show is about illegal drug use. It contains a lot of explicit, promiscuous sex and violence. The characters also use a lot of curse words and pejorative terms for people of color, women and gays.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
Warning: this show is about illegal drug use. It contains a lot of explicit, promiscuous sex and violence. The characters also use a lot of curse words and pejorative terms for people of color, women and gays.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
Warning: this show is about illegal drug use. It contains a lot of explicit, promiscuous sex and violence. The characters also use a lot of curse words and pejorative terms for people of color, women and gays.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
SPOILER ALERT: In season 4, Nancy moves her kids in with her father-in-law as her illegal drug dealing caused her to lose her suburban home.
After the first episode of the season, the producers stopped using "Little Boxes" as the theme song, which I suppose is appropriate given that they are no longer living in a cookie-cutter suburb. However, I feel that the show has lost something when it stopped portraying the seedy underbelly of these supposedly ideal upper-crust communities.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
SPOILER ALERT: In season 4, Nancy moves her kids in with her father-in-law as her illegal drug dealing caused her to lose her suburban home.
After the first episode of the season, the producers stopped using "Little Boxes" as the theme song, which I suppose is appropriate given that they are no longer living in a cookie-cutter suburb. However, I feel that the show has lost something when it stopped portraying the seedy underbelly of these supposedly ideal upper-crust communities.
Warning: this show is about illegal drug use. It contains a lot of explicit, promiscuous sex and violence. The characters also use a lot of curse words and pejorative terms for people of color, women and gays.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. One could see it as a subtle morality play. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
SPOILER ALERT: In season 3, Nancy's illegal work is finally catching up to her as she finds herself in debt to a drug lord. Mary-Kate Olson (one of the twins) joins the show as a pot-smoking evangelical Christian and the show begins to mock conservatives' holier-than-thou attitudes and attempts to merge church and state.
The show is about a suddenly widowed suburban mother who must quickly find a job. Without a college degree, the only thing she can find is selling marijuana. This illegal work draws her family into the criminal underground with all the problems, including being the victims of violence and eventually losing their house, that come with it. One could see it as a subtle morality play. That said, it is a fascinating soap opera that portrays the "haves" and "have nots" of southern California and the racial diversity of the area. It even has a few gay characters.
SPOILER ALERT: In season 3, Nancy's illegal work is finally catching up to her as she finds herself in debt to a drug lord. Mary-Kate Olson (one of the twins) joins the show as a pot-smoking evangelical Christian and the show begins to mock conservatives' holier-than-thou attitudes and attempts to merge church and state.
