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After her husband’s unexpected death and subsequent financial woes, suburban mom Nancy Botwin (Parker) embraces a new profession: the neighborhood pot dealer. As it seems like everyone secretly wants what she’s selling — even city councilman Doug Wilson (Nealon) — Nancy is faced with keeping her family life in check and her enterprise a secret from her neighbor/pseudo-friend/PTA president, Celia Hodes (Perkins).
When her husband, Judah dies of a sudden heart attack whilst out with his ten-year-old son, Shane. Nancy Botwin finds herself in a financial crisis, with no other option available to her she turns to Conrad Shepard and his family to sell cannabis using a fake bakery to move the goods. Aided by her wayward black-sheep brother-in-law Andy (Judah’s younger brother) she struggles to keep her new means of bill-solving secret from her suspicious PTA members and nosy neighbor as well as from her children, Shane and his teenage brother Silas who are both dealing with their father’s passing in their own unique ways. Coping without Judah patriarch of the family is also reflected on the Botwins, no more specially than Shane who’s going through the painful process of growing up without his dad, with Andy being the reluctant rather poor substitute for father and son topics that go with growing up. While getting in trouble in school for various acts (such as spraying bullies in pink paint or setting fire to drawings) becomes a regular occurrence for him and a serious headache for his mom.

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Zooey’s Role: Kat

Starring: Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Hunter Parrish, Tonye Patano, Alexander Gould, Kevin Nealon, Romany Malco, Justin Kirk, Andy Milder

Director:
Craig Zisk, Paul Feig, Lev L. Spiro, Tucker Gates, Brian Dannelly, Ernest R. Dickerson, Lee Rose, Burr Steers

Writers:
Jenji Kohan,
Roberto Benabib, Rolin Jones,
Matthew Salsberg,
Devon Shepard, Michael Platt,
Barry Safchik, Victoria Morrow,
Shawn Schepps

Release Date:
7 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Comedy / Crime / Drama

Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 29 nominations

Channel:
Showtime

Zooey’s Character

Zooey plays Kat. Uncle Andy’s crazy ex-girlfriend, who followed him to Agrestic, running away from a bounty-hunter who if following her for some money she owes. Kat ends up taking Nacy’s younger son, Shane on a road trip, and dumping him in a gas station in the middle of nowhere.
Kat is featured in episodes 10, 11 and 12 from season 2 and episode 1 from season 3.

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