Reviews: 'Weeds,' 'Diary of a Call Girl'

Reason to watch: Fans don't need a reason, but everyone else should know this is the fourth-season launch of TV's most caustic comedy (with a bleaker worldview than Hobbes'). It's also addictive. Meanwhile, Albert Brooks joins the cast. Catching up: In the season 3 finale, Nancy Botwin ( Mary-Louise Parker) scored a protection deal with Mexican cartel boss Guillermo Garcia Gomez (Guillermo Diaz). He burns a rival gang's pot field, but the towns of Majestic and Agrestic go up in flames as well, while Nancy torches her "grow house." The DEA grills Doug (Kevin Nealon), who blames Celia (Elizabeth Perkins). Poor Celia. What it's about: As the fourth season gets under way, there's a truly dramatic visual shift - Nancy, bro-in-law Andy ( Justin Kirk) and her boys are on the lam, leaving behind the cellophane-wrapped world of... [read full story]