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After eight years, Nancy Botwin’s adventures are coming to an end. EW.com is reporting that the upcoming Season 8 of Weeds will be the final one, wrapping up what has become one of Showtime’s most successful series.
Showtime’s president, David Nevins, tells, EW, “There were two shows, Weeds and Dexter, that really got Showtime taken seriously for cutting-edge original programming. How they get brought home is really important. In this case, both for the sake of the two women behind the show [series creator Jenji Kohan and star Mary-Louise Parker] and an audience that’s really invested in the show. TV fans love nothing better than to complain about how shows end and we really want to end this one the right way.”
While Showtime is only now confirming the news, it was widely speculated that Season 8 would be the last one, especially with Kohan developing a new series for Netflix and Justin Kirk (“Andy Botwin”) starring in a new NBC comedy this fall, Animal Practice.
Kohan said she’s still deciding how to end the series, but tells EW, “We wrack our brains every year for crazy cliffhangers and we’re trying to figure out how to top ourselves.”
It will be interesting to see if ending Weeds sets a precedent for Showtime, given Dexter (which is going into Season 7) is renewed through Season 8. So far, Showtime has not confirmed that would be the end for that series or not.
