“Thwack”, the season 6 premiere, shows no signs that Nancy’s life is going to get any less complicated or any less dark. Picking up where the fifth season finale left off, Nancy spends much of the premiere gathering her family together and running away in light of her son Shane murdering crime boss Pilar Zuzua after overhearing her threaten his mother. Nancy swiftly realizes no good will come from Pilar’s death and that the Mexican mob will soon be in hot pursuit so she loads her car up with family and shoes and makes a hasty getaway. Nancy’s brother-in-law of sorts Andy also opts to join Nancy during a dicey moment with his new fiancée Audra. Believing things to be doomed with Audra, Andy quickly abandons his life and joins Nancy on the road.

Despite being a comedy, Weeds succeeds as it’s not afraid to delve into the characters and demonize its main character. Nancy’s negligible parenting has often been noted in the show. Now, however, Shane has become a full-fledged sociopath as a direct result to his exposure to Nancy’s lifestyle. The seeds of his downfall were planted as early as the first episode, but it wasn’t until the murder of Pilar at the end of season five that the damage Nancy’s done to him came to fruition. Likewise, “Thwack” didn’t hesitate to underline the damage she’s caused Andy by entrapping him in her web of destruction. Meanwhile, it appears that her eldest son Silas is the only one beginning to realize just how destructive his mother’s influence is becoming as he shows the most insight into Shane’s state of mind post-kill.

The damage caused by Nancy is shown in the eerie closing moments of the show. Trapped in a car with Andy, Shane and Silas, Nancy is listening to a radio show discuss the parasitic wasp. While Nancy disposes of the murder weapon, the radio host explains how the parasitic wasp is capable of turning a cockroach into its mindless slave likening it to nature’s purest form of evil. The description bore more than just a passing resemblance to Nancy, whose family are currently mindlessly following her lead.

Nancy has spent years fighting reality and it can be argued that the entirety of her reckless lifestyle serves no other purpose than helping her avoid mourning her first husband. But if the final scene of “Thwacked” is an indication at the direction this season is taking then it seems Nancy will finally have to acknowledge the effects her selfishness has had on those closest to her sooner rather than later.

Singer made a name for himself by directing The Usual Suspect in 1994.  He’s since been associated with comic book franchises such as X-Men and Superman.

And, yes, I’m sure another updating of Battlestar is just what everyone wanted this decade.

AMC are confident that, despite the genre element of the project, it will be a perfect fit on their schedule, which already includes Breaking Bad and Mad Men.

Oceanic 815… Landing in LAX?

The Lost season six premier (which will be 2 hours long, by the way) is going to be entitled “LA X” as revealed by this source.

After the final scene of season five’s finale, and recent casting rumours, it looks like we will indeed be visiting an Oceanic 815 that didn’t crash onto the island, but knowing Lost can things really be that simple? The space between LA and X also raises some questions as to what the title really means. Typo or complex mystery?

Lost returns in the new year.

Shawn Ryan assures that series will be different enough from The Shield so that it won’t feel like he’s treading the same ground.  He cites Ridealong as being much more FOX-like than The Shield was.

Should the series go ahead we can expect it to premiere sometime in 2010.