weeds is an american comedy television series which was on showtime from august 8, 2005 - september 16, 2012. the series is about a widow (who is played by mary-louise parker) who is a mother of two sons silas (who is played by hunter parrish) and shane (who is played by alexander gould) and she turns to selling marijuana to support her family after her husband, judah (who was played by jeffrey dean morgan) suddenly dies.