Dexter recently returned with a revival , and a Nurse Jackie update is apparently still in the works at Prime Video , but what about Showtime ’s earlier comedy-tinged drama about a seemingly upstanding citizen with a criminal secret? Weeds , which starred Mary-Louise Parker as suburban mom-turned-pot-dealer Nancy Botwin, turns 20 years old on August 8, and fans might be curious what became of the sequel series Showtime was developing recently.

After all, Weeds became Showtime’s highest-rated series — with its Season 4 premiere attracting 1.3 million viewers and setting a Showtime record — and the show earned two Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a WGA Award. Sounds like fertile soil in which a sequel series could sprout, right?

Weeds ended with the passing of a joint.

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