Summer is here, and in terms of television, that means a long break from some of TV’s most popular shows. Although I’m left heartbroken by the lack of Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, etc., to distract me from schoolwork, I always look forward to Monday summer nights and a Showtime subscription for one reason: Weeds.

With the much-anticipated premiere of season 5 tonight at 10 pm, I thought it only appropriate to honor Showtime’s funniest and zaniest series. Mary-Louise Parker stars as Nancy Botwin, a single soccer mom in a Southern California Suburb called Agrestic. Struggling financially to raise two sons since her husband’s death, Nancy begins dealing marijuana to help get by. With quirky characters like Nancy’s sons Silas and Shane, Doug, the corrupt city councilman, Celia, the head of the PTA who tries everything possible to slim down her daughter (including replacing her chocolate bars with laxatives), Conrad and Heylia, the mother-son dealing duo, and many more, Weeds is yet another show that you won’t be able to stop watching. Seasons 1-4 took us on a wild and unexpected ride through the sometimes bizarre, sometimes utterly typical Botwin family life and all related matters. A far cry from some innocent neighborhood dealing, Nancy’s career turns into a much greater debacle involving growing, the DEA, the Mexican mafia, and a grumpy father-in-law played by Albert Brooks.

Season 4 left the Botwins (plus Doug) conducting business in both Mexico and California and residing in the border town Ren Mar, living in Andy and Nancy’s deceased husband’s grandmother’s house. Nancy reveals something unexpected to her lover, and Doug leaves us hanging…literally.

I know I can barely contain myself for tonight’s season premiere, and you shouldn’t be able to either. If you don’t get Showtime, find someone who does and befriend them for their premium cable subscription.

See more of the Weeds: The Best Part of Summer TV list by kryz at ThisNext.