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| Lisa Vinnecour | .... | co-producer / associate producer / ... (51 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Mark A. Burley | .... | supervising producer / co-executive producer (50 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Craig Zisk | .... | executive producer / co-executive producer (40 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Jenji Kohan | .... | executive producer (38 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Devon Shepard | .... | supervising producer / consulting producer (37 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Leslie Waldman | .... | co-producer (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Chris Offutt | .... | co-producer (13 episodes, 2009) |
| Jonathan Talbert | .... | associate producer (13 episodes, 2009) |
| Roberto Benabib | .... | co-executive producer / executive producer (11 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Matthew Salsberg | .... | co-producer / supervising producer / ... (11 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Michael Platt | .... | co-producer (9 episodes, 2006) |
| Shawn Schepps | .... | consulting producer / supervising producer (8 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Danielle Weinstock | .... | co-producer (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Brian Dannelly | .... | consulting producer (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Carla Corwin | .... | co-producer (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Rolin Jones | .... | producer (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Paul Cajero | .... | co-producer (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Barry Safchik | .... | co-producer (3 episodes, 2006) |
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| Stephen Dudycha | .... | second second assistant director (26 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Amy Hughes | .... | second assistant director (26 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Susie Flower | .... | second assistant director / first assistant director (13 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Gary Cotti | .... | dga trainee (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Paul B. Pedreira | .... | assistant director / first assistant director (7 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Eric Jewett | .... | first assistant director (7 episodes, 2008) |
| Leo Bauer | .... | first assistant director (7 episodes, 2009) |
| Steve Day | .... | first assistant director (6 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Timothy Grant Engle | .... | second assistant director (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Ken Twohy | .... | second second assistant director (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Bruce Carter | .... | first assistant director (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Marc Newland | .... | day player second second assistant director (2 episodes, 2007) |
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| Craig Miller | .... | second second assistant director (unknown episodes) |
| Anthony J. Nahar | .... | second assistant director (unknown episodes) |
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| Willy Roberts | .... | set dresser (50 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Margaret Mazzola | .... | on-set dresser / assistant prop master (48 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Nicole Martinez-King | .... | art department coordinator (40 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Nancy Garber | .... | leadman (37 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Dennis Ogle | .... | set dresser (24 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Meagen Minnaugh | .... | art department coordinator / art assistant (21 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Nathan Richards | .... | art assistant (21 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Viva Wang | .... | set designer (16 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Kurt Keitzman | .... | set dresser (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Drew Pierce | .... | painter (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Jode S. Mann | .... | property master (12 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Mark Powell | .... | construction coordinator (11 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Xavier Corby | .... | set dresser (10 episodes, 2008) |
| Jason Zev Cohen | .... | art department coordinator / graphic artist (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Gina B. Cranham | .... | set designer (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Christopher Branan | .... | carpenter (3 episodes, 2006) |
| J.P. Fitting | .... | set dresser (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Richard McConnell | .... | construction coordinator (1 episode, 2005) |
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| David Brace | .... | lead man (unknown episodes) |
| Walter Eckert | .... | art department assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Tom Frohling | .... | set designer (unknown episodes) |
| Allan Lane | .... | swing (unknown episodes) |
| Mike Manasewitsch | .... | set dresser (unknown episodes) |
| Jessica McDonald | .... | on-set dresser (unknown episodes) |
| Todd Michaels | .... | gang boss: set dressing (unknown episodes) |
| Larry Morgan | .... | construction foreman (unknown episodes) |
| Alex Thompson | .... | scenic painter / set painter (unknown episodes) |
| Fante Zamora | .... | set dresser (unknown episodes) |
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| John Kincade | .... | supervising sound editor / sound supervisor (63 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Chris Philp | .... | sound re-recording mixer (53 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Fred Tator | .... | sound re-recording mixer (53 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| John Peccatiello | .... | sound effects editor (40 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Glenn E. Berkovitz | .... | sound mixer (22 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Mark C. Grech | .... | boom operator (22 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Jon Ailetcher | .... | production sound mixer (13 episodes, 2008) |
| David Hadder | .... | boom operator (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Fred Johnston | .... | utility sound (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Jeffory Haddad | .... | utility/boom operator (13 episodes, 2009) |
| Adam De Coster | .... | foley artist (12 episodes, 2006) |
| Tanya Peel | .... | second boom operator (12 episodes, 2006) |
| Andrew Morgado | .... | adr & foley mixer / foley mixer (11 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Dicken Berglund | .... | adr mixer (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Mick Davies | .... | sound utility (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Tim Chilton | .... | foley artist (9 episodes, 2005) |
| Susan Moore-Chong | .... | sound mixer / production sound mixer (9 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Scott Stolz | .... | sound mixer (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Don Digirolamo | .... | sound re-recording mixer (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Todd Langner | .... | sound re-recording mixer (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Frank Zaragoza | .... | boom operator (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Thomas Kilzer | .... | adr mixer (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Rob Cunningham | .... | utility sound technician / boom operator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Chris Quilty | .... | boom operator (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Scott Cannizzaro | .... | adr engineer (2 episodes, 2007) |
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| Tommy Goodwin | .... | foley mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Javier M. Hernández | .... | boom operator (unknown episodes) |
| Michael Kreple | .... | foley mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Timothy Pearson | .... | foley artist (unknown episodes) |
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| John 'JW' Warner | .... | key grip (59 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Max Neal | .... | first assistant camera (50 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Kyle Drevlo | .... | grip (42 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Karl Owens | .... | first assistant camera (42 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Chris Soronen | .... | grip / best boy grip (37 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Ethan Phillips | .... | digital imaging technician (36 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Paul Armbruster | .... | grip (36 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| James D. Wickman | .... | dolly grip (35 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Glade Quinn | .... | dolly grip / a dolly grip (28 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Dustin Frugé | .... | assistant camera (26 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Matthew A. Del Ruth | .... | assistant camera (22 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Chris Mistretta | .... | set lighting (21 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Adam Cowan | .... | second assistant camera (14 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Taj J. Teffaha | .... | Steadicam operator / camera operator: "b" camera / ... (14 episodes, 2007) |
| Eduardo Barraza | .... | grip (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Tim Speed | .... | lighting console programmer (13 episodes, 2009) |
| Norbert F. Quiban | .... | set lighting technician (12 episodes, 2006) |
| Jeffrey S. Lorenz | .... | first assistant camera (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Ron Peterson | .... | assistant camera (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Ian Strang | .... | electrician (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Michael Landsburg | .... | dolly grip (10 episodes, 2007) |
| Ron Egozi | .... | camera operator / camera operator: "b" camera / ... (9 episodes, 2005) |
| Tony Graham | .... | assistant chief lighting technician (9 episodes, 2008) |
| Jeff Butters | .... | gaffer / chief lighting technician (7 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Michael Ursetta | .... | electrician (7 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Fulton Singleton | .... | grip (6 episodes, 2008) |
| Greg Bubb | .... | camera operator (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Josh Greer | .... | assistant camera (5 episodes, 2007) |
| David Lee | .... | chief lighting technician (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Ryan Sheridan | .... | digital imaging technician (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Geoff Shotz | .... | camera operator: "b" camera (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Gary Stark | .... | dimmer board operator (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Michael Kershner | .... | digital utility (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Arthur Blum | .... | dolly grip (unknown episodes) |
| Tana Dubbe | .... | key grip (unknown episodes) |
| Ben Giacometti | .... | grip (unknown episodes) |
| Phil Hardt | .... | electrician (unknown episodes) |
| James Irons | .... | grip (unknown episodes) |
| Jason Jurica | .... | best boy grip (unknown episodes) |
| Ryan Louden | .... | grip (unknown episodes) |
| Christopher Lucchese | .... | dolly grip: "b" camera (unknown episodes) |
| David Mun | .... | assistant camera (unknown episodes) |
| Michael Nie | .... | crane operator: Technocrane (unknown episodes) |
| Tim Soronen | .... | best boy grip (unknown episodes) |
| Kathina Szeto | .... | assistant camera (unknown episodes) |
| Mike Visencio | .... | electrician (unknown episodes) |
| Jerald L. Wilson | .... | best boy (unknown episodes) |
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| Ted Brady | .... | final colorist (17 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Rose Calabrese | .... | colorist (15 episodes, 2007) |
| Michelle Mason | .... | post-production assistant (15 episodes, 2007) |
| W. Kale Whorton | .... | assistant editor (14 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Sarah Eichenlaub | .... | post-production coordinator (13 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Edvin Megrabyan | .... | online editor (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Jacob Tillman | .... | online editor (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Patrick Woodard | .... | colorist (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Debra F. Simone | .... | assistant editor (10 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Daniel Wrobel | .... | post-production assistant / assistant post-production coordinator (8 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Brian Barr | .... | assistant editor (7 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Karen Castañeda | .... | assistant editor (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Jennifer Calbi | .... | assistant editor (5 episodes, 2006) |
| Heidi Lajos | .... | post-production assistant (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Richard J. Rossi | .... | assistant editor (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Asim Matin | .... | assistant editor (2 episodes, 2005) |
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| Dan Riddle | .... | assistant editor (unknown episodes) |
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| Russell Scott Ziecker | .... | music executive (53 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Michael Brake | .... | music editor / supervising music mixer (40 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Maarten Hofmeijer | .... | music editor / music scoring mixer (40 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Gary Calamar | .... | music supervisor (27 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Alyson Vidoli | .... | music coordinator (27 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Joel C. High | .... | music executive (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Christopher Noxon | .... | music consultant / music supervisor (9 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Wolfgang Amadeus | .... | music editor (5 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Ralph Sall | .... | executive music producer (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Amine Ramer | .... | music supervisor (4 episodes, 2005) |
| James Sall | .... | music coordinator (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Nils Jiptner | .... | music editor (3 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Troy Horne | .... | composer: additional music (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Mike Sawitzke | .... | music editor (2 episodes, 2006) |
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| John Dragonetti | .... | additional music scoring (unknown episodes) |
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| James Roland | .... | assistant to producers / production assistant / ... (41 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Rosana Tomas | .... | assistant production coordinator / production coordinator (41 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Jennifer S. Jackson | .... | script supervisor (40 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Patricia van Baalbergen | .... | production coordinator (32 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Melanie McCracken | .... | executive assistant / assistant: producers / ... (26 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| T.J. Young | .... | office production assistant / production assistant (24 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Thomas Barg | .... | assistant production coordinator / production staff (22 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Natalie Barbrie | .... | production assistant (19 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Brigette Pope | .... | location assistant / location intern / ... (18 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Bennett DeCarlo | .... | key set production assistant (17 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Brady Hazelwood | .... | set production assistant (15 episodes, 2007) |
| Christina Booth | .... | story editor (14 episodes, 2007) |
| Kristy Maurer | .... | payroll assistant (14 episodes, 2007) |
| Kristen Packard | .... | production assistant (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Ted Alvarez | .... | key assistant location manager (13 episodes, 2009) |
| Krysta Hurado | .... | production assistant (13 episodes, 2009) |
| Maureen O'Reilly | .... | accounting clerk (13 episodes, 2009) |
| Lisa Annitti | .... | first assistant accountant / first assistant production accountant (12 episodes, 2006) |
| Joe Dornich | .... | set production assistant (12 episodes, 2006) |
| Tom Goodrich | .... | studio teacher (12 episodes, 2006) |
| Herb Johnson | .... | production accountant (12 episodes, 2006) |
| Michael Castaneda | .... | production assistant (12 episodes, 2008) |
| Sebastian Mazzola | .... | production assistant (12 episodes, 2008) |
| Jean-Marc Madelon | .... | payroll accountant (12 episodes, 2009) |
| Paul D. Boydston | .... | location manager (11 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Jason Suhrke | .... | set production assistant (11 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Robert Bradley | .... | title designer (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Thomas Cobb | .... | title designer (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Catherine Kagan | .... | assistant location manager (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Karen Hodge | .... | second assistant production accountant / second assistant accountant (10 episodes, 2006) |
| Lisa Furia | .... | second assistant accountant (10 episodes, 2007) |
| Brendan Kelly | .... | script coordinator (10 episodes, 2007) |
| Scott Koche | .... | set production assistant (10 episodes, 2009) |
| Robin Bianchi | .... | script supervisor (9 episodes, 2005) |
| Michael Platt | .... | story editor / executive story editor (8 episodes, 2005) |
| Cheri Jacobs | .... | first assistant accountant (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Michael Lisboa | .... | production assistant (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Peter D. Johnston | .... | production assistant (8 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Kendra May | .... | assistant script coordinator (7 episodes, 2006) |
| Ladonna Conard | .... | production accountant (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Francis DellaVecchia | .... | technical consultant (5 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Barry Safchik | .... | executive story editor (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Tali Lipa | .... | production accountant (4 episodes, 2007) |
| J. Hanna | .... | production assistant (4 episodes, 2008) |
| Erik Marino | .... | script coordinator (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Jono Hirsch | .... | assistant accountant (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Aimee Pierson | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Rob Hoffman | .... | set production assistant (3 episodes, 2009) |
| Sarah Eichenlaub | .... | production assistant (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Rolin Jones | .... | story editor (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Brandon Margolis | .... | assistant to director (2 episodes, 2007) |
| John Everlove | .... | technical advisor (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Babette Stith | .... | script supervisor (2 episodes, 2009) |
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| Shane Birdsill | .... | assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Halsey D. Corbin | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Elan Dassani | .... | computer playback operator (unknown episodes) |
| Joshua Friedman | .... | set production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Sean P. Galvin | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Jeff V. Gardner | .... | set medic (unknown episodes) |
| Arturo Guzman | .... | key set production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Johnny Haddad | .... | key set production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Dave Holstein | .... | assistant to producer / production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Patrick G. Ingram | .... | production medic (unknown episodes) |
| Douglas W. McHenry | .... | post-production accountant (unknown episodes) |
| Neal Naito | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Justin Schaack | .... | accounting clerk (unknown episodes) |
| Kristin Schaack | .... | second assistant accountant (unknown episodes) |
| Frances Simonovich | .... | assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Patrick Tarpey | .... | animal trainer (unknown episodes) |
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WEEDS is the anti-Christ type show for the people lobbying for wholesome story lines. The title only begins to tell all the things about this program that would have it on a Jerry Falwell morals hit list. Maybe that is why I like the show so much.
Mary-Louise Parker leads a great cast with superb veteran performers such as Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon. The premise of the show is Nancy Botwin (Parker) has to figure out how to keep together her family in an upscale Calif. neighborhood after he early 40's husband, whom we never meet, dies of a heart attack while out running around with his youngest son. This boy now has issues and doesn't quite fit in with his peers. Her older son is discovering his hormones are raging and the brother-in-law has come to visit and he is a horrible influence on the boys, the housekeeper, and Nancy despite her attempts to keep him in check. Despite it all she really loves her brother-in-law as he is her family reminder of the husband she loved and lost.
What she does to keep the roof over her house is to sell weed...pot...marijuana. She gets the stuff from a thoroughly outrageous and hysterical black family on the poor side of town. She sells in the community of Agrestic, where she lives, and she sells to her lawyer/neighbor, a guy on the city council (Nealon), and anyone else that will take, which in this community seems to be almost everyone.
Great part for Parker as she is the consummate actress. She is always a bit understated, never overacts, has a great sly smile, does dry comedy very well, and delivers her lines convincingly. Nealon is great as the burnout councilman/accountant who can't seem to be high enough of the day yet covers his bases so as not to be discovered. But I think it is Perkins who just might steal this show. She plays a very bright yet vapid wife and mother of two girls. She is an overbearing parent who chastises and spy's on her 15 yr. old and harasses her youngest because of the poor girl's weight. Her shallow nature is shown as a defense mechanism for a woman whose own mother (Conchetta Tomei) is even more overbearing than her daughter and toward her husband whom she verbally spars with when they are together.
From the opening song, a reprise of the great Pete Seger song "Little Boxes", to the weekly dilemmas for the characters of coping in suburbia the show scores. Usually HBO has the standard for cable comedy series but this one is as good as any.