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ABOUT NANCY
Nancy Botwin - Weeds Wiki
Played by: Mary-Louise Parker

Nicknames: Nancy Pants (Pants), Suburban Baroness of Bud, Snowflake, The Godmother, MILF, Barbie

Alias: Lacy LaPlant (Canadian)

Occupation: Soccer Mom, Pot Dealer, Assistant to Sullivan Groff

Signature look: Stretch jeans, blousey tanks or tees, heels, wavy, tousled hair. More on Nancy's Style...

Family:
The Botwins: husband Judah Botwin died suddenly of a heart attack. Mother of Silas
(age 15) and Shane (12) Botwin. Also accommodating for her deceased husband's troublesome brother, Andy Botwin.


Strengths:
She is a very understanding parent, and a very strong woman who is relentless in whatever she sets her sights on.

Weaknesses:
Although quite the entrepreneur, she encounters a lot of business failures and bad luck. A mixture which, undoubtedly, would lead to debt. She also makes really bad decisions - she seems to act before she thinks things through.

Nancy's story: A widowed mother of two, after her husband Judah Botwin passed away after a sudden heart attack, Nancy is left with a house and two children to support. So, whether it be wise or otherwise, she resorts to becoming a pot dealer.


RELATIONSHIPS
FAMILY: THE BOTWINS
Judah BotwinJudah Botwin
Deceased husband
What we know about their relationship:
The references made to Judah throughout the multiple seasons of weeds suggests that everyone loved Judah. The kids, Nancy, Uncle Andy even non-family members would make references to what a respectable man he was.


Silas BotwinSilas Botwin
Eldest son
What we know about their relationship:
Nancy and Silas have a very strong mother-son bond, which has grown stronger through the seasons. Trying her hardest to keep Silas out of trouble and in school, Nancy has pushed Silas through a series of rough patches while dealing juvenile delinquency, abortion, and vandalism, all while trying to keep him away from the "family business". In Season 3, while serving out community service, Silas begins dealing.
Shane BotwinShane Botwin
Younger son

What we know about their relationship:
At first the show portrays Shane as being 'The Weirdo' of the family, meanwhile gives the impression Nancy is worried about Shane's unusual and, at times, offensive behaviour.
Andy BotwinAndy Botwin
Brother-in-law
What we know about their relationship: Andy is portrayed both as 'The Cool Uncle' to the Botwin children, and as somewhat of a 'freeloader' to his sister-in-law. While attempting to assist Nancy with the upbringing of her fatherless children, not to mention coping with her late husband's passing, Andy, at times, does more harm than good.
ROMANCES
Peter Scottson | Martin Donovan WeedsPeter Scottson (RIP)
DEA Agent, boyfriend
Relationship status: Though technically married to Peter in Season 2, their relationship never seems to gain ground.

Backstory: Met when Shane bit Peter's son's foot in a karate tournament.
Pivotal episodes: S1 E10, S2 E12, S3 E8

Nancy Botwin - Weeds WikiConrad Shepard
Business Partner / Botanist
Relationship status: Business Partners
Backstory: With a constant underlying tension, many fans of Weeds believe this is simply a 'budding' relationship that is just around the corner. The pinnacle came in season 2, when Nancy and Conrad actually kissed while at the grow house. However, when questioned about it later, Conrad replied, "It's just business between us. Always has been."

Pivotal episodes: S2 E11

Nancy Botwin - Weeds WikiSullivan Groff
Nancy's Boss
Relationship Status:
Backstory: Nancy started to work for Sullivan as his assistant. But Sullivan soon wanted more (as in sex) i don't think he will ever want a relationship out of Nancy but i do think they will do it more.
FRIENDS/KNOWN ASSOCIATES
Conrad Shepard | Romany Malco WeedsConrad Shepard
Cannabis Botanist
Status: Business partner
Backstory: Heylia James' nephew. Conrad urged Nancy to 'think bigger', and helped with cultivation, the grow house,
Nancy Botwin - Weeds WikiCelia Hodes
Aggrestic City Council, PTA President
Relationship status:
Backstory: Sneaky women, who tries to get her way however she can
Maulik Pancholy | Sanjay WeedsSanjay
Pot Seller
Relationship status: Business partner
Backstory: Silas' tutor. Nancy recruits him as a seller to hit the college market.
Nancy Botwin - Weeds WikiValerie Scottson
Radiologist
Relationship status: Peter's Ex Wife
Backstory: Nancy's stalks her, becomes her friend, keeps the insurance money and spoils the friendship.
Nancy Botwin - Weeds WikiDoug Wilson
CPA, Aggrestic City Council,
Relationship Status: Friend and Customer to nancy
Backstory:
Nancy Botwin - Weeds WikiDean Hodes

Relationship Status:
Nancy Doug and Andy's Friend
Backstory:
Buys weed from Nancy, separates from Celia, gets fired from his job but then becomes his daughters manager
CUSTOMERS
Nancy Botwin - Weeds WikiName: U-turn
Occupation- Thug

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CHARACTER QUOTABLES
Nancy Botwin | Mary-Louise Parker WeedsClick EasyEdit to add your favorite Nancy quotes (cite episode, if possible).

  • "People got stoned for The Passion of the Christ? That's disturbing." (Episode: 1)
  • I'm the suburban baroness of bud, Nancy.
  • I'm not a dealer, im a mother who happens to distribute illegal products through a sham bekery set up by my ethically questionable CPA and his lawyer friend.
  • You've made your bed now f**** in it.

  • I don't give a flying F*** if you do have Cancer, put your t*** away in front of my kid.
  • (Talking to Andy) "Get in there and finish frying your eggs, and think of a menu that includes pork-wrapped items. And wash your hands! All I need now is for the boys to eat heroin eggs for breakfast."
  • Cop: "I thought you were getting your husbands ashes?" Nancy: "I forgot... We buried him."
  • "Nice, Shane goes on a paint rampage, gets suspended. The two of you ditch school to f*** in my guest room. I've got everything under control."
  • "Please tell me I didn't just hear that you had cybersex with a fifteen-year old deaf girl."
  • "Andy, this is my business, it's nothing to do with you. Go downstairs and do what you do best, patrol the couch in your underwear."
  • "Thug means never having to say your sorry..."
  • "Silas, don't swear at your brother, Shane, don't antagonize Tara, Tara, keep savin' it for the Lord!... Where the f*** is Andy?!"
  • " I'm a drug dealer, there, I said it, I'm a F***ing drug dealer."
  • "Judah, If you're still here... I tried."
  • Guillermo: " It's the Circle of life." Nancy: "Hakuna Matata"
  • (to Celia) "Fine. If we regroup the group, you'll be in the group."
  • (Referring to Why she is dealing) " I started selling so I could maintain my lifestyle... Not dismantle it."
  • Nancy: "Let me rephrase. You sold me bullshit skank weed. And I can't move it and i want a refund." Heylia: "And I want an ass like Beyonce's. Ain't nether of us gettin' what we want."
  • (After tripping Deven) "Deven, Honey, you should really watch where you're going."
  • " I believe my brother-in-law's exact words were, "Dude, meed the finest jit with the finest shit."
  • (To Doug smoking pot in his car) "Unless you want to go back to buying ditchweed from your house keeper's cousin, I suggest you put away the pipe, hide the open bag of pot and get your head out of your ass. What are you thinking?"
  • (Talking to Doug) "She's from Ananeim not Bangkok, it's not like she can shoot tennis balls out her twat."
  • Conrad: (To Nancy) " Are you calling all black people stupid?" Nancy: "And lazy and they also steal." Heylia: "But we sings and dances real good."
  • Nancy: " I just heard a ten year old got busted. A ten year old! You're a Fucking liar. Josh: "The kid told me he wad 37."
  • Nancy: "Give me a little respect, I'm the biggest game in the private community of Agrestic. Haylia: Drugs sell them selves biscuit, you ain't shit."
  • Celia: (Whining) "Have you ever had sex with a woman?" Nancy: "None of your business." Celia: "Oh come on, tell me..." Nancy: "Ok, I slept with a woman in college once. Celia: "How was it?" Nancy: "Boring" Celia: "Well maybe you didn't do it right." Nancy: "She said it was the best she'd ever had." Celia: "What are you doing Friday night?"
  • Conrad: "How you doin?" Nancy: "Me? If this doesn't work out, I could end up being the oldest Gap employee in Southern Colifornia."
  • Nancy: "But most of all, I didn't Xerox your license and put it in a state controlled databank." Doug: "What? I'm in a databank? Nancy: "You sure are. So when your wives find out and divorce you, they'll get custody of your Children because their overpriced attorneys will be able to prove you're nothing but a bunch of irresponsible pot heads who can't be trusted? Doug: " I'm in a databank? Dean: "Celia would have a field day with that." (Nancy nods) Doug: "I - I - I'm up for Council re-election, I can't be linked to any pot clubs. Any of you guys know any good hackers?"
  • " I know, you're thinking "she doesn't look Jewish." I come from welsh stock, actually. Lotta coal- miners in Wales, not a lot of Jews."
  • Nancy: "Talk to Shane about jerking off." Andy: " I'm all over it."
  • (Nancy is banging on a pot and singing into a microphone Horribly "Pally Wally Doodle") Shane: "Stop, you have to stop." Andy: "Yeah Yeah Stop" Nancy: "Not until Silas comes out, this is my invasion of Panama" Shane: "Like when we got the canal?" Andy: "No, What do they teach you in school?" Shane: "How to pass the weekly standardized test to get the school more funding."
  • (To Shane) "Go to your mediocre Public School"
  • Nancy: "There's global warming, unless you want the planet to dissolve in one big ocean." Shane: "Global Worming is just God's will, I liked the Range Rover, that car is gay!! Nancy: "Don't be ignorant just because it's in right now."
  • (Talking to Sullivan about the assistant job.) "Oh I don't do porn so much anymore I found it very tiring."
  • Nancy: (Seeing Celia in her kitchen) "Oh Jesus, you scared me." Celia: "Good. I hope you peed yourpanties... Where is he?" Nancy: "Who?" Celia: "All right, I guess you have to ask that. (Imitating Nancy) Who Celia? The one who called you a drunk at a public assembly or the one who stole civic property?" Nancy: " I have no idea what you're talking about!" Celia: (Pulling a tape from her bag) " I have Silas, on video, stealing." (Nancy takes the tape, throws it, and smashes it with her shoes.) Nancy:Nancy: "Oh not today!" Shane: (Coming in the Kitchen) "Mum, we're gonna be late" (he sees Celia with a gun, Nancy takes him down with her) Nancy: "A Where the hell did you get a gun?" Celia: " I've borrowed it from pen." (Celia shoots in the wall. She's all excited) "Oh my God!" (She calmed her self) " I only had one bullet, I was gonna shoot Doug. I'll see you at graduation." (She takes her bag and leaves) " I have no idea what you're talking about." (Celia pulls a gun from her bag)
  • (Nancy opens the door) Kat: "Kat!" Nancy: " Yow lost your cat?" Kat: " I'm Kat. You're Nancy, right?"
  • Silas: (On the phone with Nancy) "Hi Nancy." Nancy: (While U-Turn and the Armenians are pointing their guns at her) "Hi... did you take something that doesn't belong to you?" Silas: " I want in." (Nancy sighs, Silas has her weed in the back of his car, Celia arrives in a police car) Celia: "That's him! That's the little fucker who stole my cameras! Arrest him!" Silas: "Shit" (Silas hangs up. Nancy has to hang up too, five guns pointing at her...)
  • Nancy: " I've got bills! How am I supposed to put food on my table, if you keep upping my debt!" U-Turn: "Get a Fucking job."
  • (After Nancy goes in a Latin Club) "Hola. U-Turn sent me. I'm supposed to pickup a package." (The barman stares) "U-Turn... Para Obtengo el Paqueto..." (Keeps staring) " Any chance you speak French?"
  • Nancy: "Tim's kind of a dickhead." Valerie: "Fuck you, I love my son." Nancy: " I'm sorry, Of course you do." Valerie: " I love my dickhead son."
  • Silas: " I'd like my phone back." Nancy: "No, as I told you before, I've other plans for you. Coming with me to the growhouse tomorrow." Silas: "Should I be excited about this, ot is this like, punishment?" Nancy: "This is also like, a way to learn about a business from the ground up. Literally. this is also like, away to keep you occupied so you don't, like, go off and do something else, like, stupid. Like get it?"
  • (To Silas) "We don't shit where we eat... or eat where we shit... either way. Words of wisdom."
  • Shane: (Talking to Silas) "That's right, I'm a big fag so you can suck my dick. Please can I come with you, Mom?" Nancy: "No, honey. I need some alone time and you just told your brother to suck your dick. Gross!"
  • Andy: "Are we gonna die tonight?" Nancy: "Probably not." Andy: "Still, we could. Let's say thoughtful things about each other." Nancy: "You're a good person. You've really stepped up for the kids. You make me laugh. I'm glad you're part of the family." Andy: "I miss Yael." Nancy: "Thank you. Andy. That's very sweet."
  • Guillermo: "I had to smother a guy with a pillow once. My arms got tired, you?" Nancy: "Not so much. It was Tempur Pedic. Conformed to her face."
  • "Oh you think there's a tiny little immiarant stuffed in my lipstick?"
  • " I've had a particularly challenging last 24 hours, but in the drive-through at Popeye's, I found myself saying, "Family Combo, please!", and it was a moment of clarity."
  • Celia: " I want my tooth back." Nancy: "You don;t get your tooth back. I keep your tooth. I drill a tiny hole in it and wear it around my neck. I become your God."
  • (TO Celia) "Try not to look Homeless....."
FUN FACTS
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  • Nancy needs reminded of what item that does not come with batteries? (Season 1)
  • What Cherry did Nancy get popped in Season 1?
  • What is like a pyramid?
  • Nancy is blood type O+. The Japanese Blood Type Personality theory states that people with type O blood have the following traits:
    Best Traits: Agreeable, sociable, an optimist.
    Worst Traits: Vain, careless, ruthless.