'Weeds': The birds and the bees and the coyotes

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The next morning, Celia awoke with a needle sticking out of her forehead. ''Mom, are you shooting heroin?'' Isabelle inquired. Celia reminded her that it was only Restylane — for her lips. ''You need help,'' said Isabelle, ''I'm calling dad.'' Once again, protesting was pointless. Another example of her already leaky pipes was plenty convincing — mom needed rehab in the worst way.

It turned out that rehabbing his image was like a new lease on life for Shane, who walked the halls of his high school with confidence and a new badass attitude. Everyone got the picture, and rumors were swirling — that he was a psycho who killed his dad; that he made a necklace out of popular kid Dan's teeth; that he had his own limo and bodyguard. It didn't take long for two of the school's bad girls to notice either: They had already written Shane's names on their tummies. They cornered Shane to ask, ''Do you party?'' Without hesitation, Shane replied enthusiastically — yeah!

His brother, on the other hand, was sending the wrong kind of signal. After bitching about his mom's disapproval of his relationship with Lisa, Silas cavalierly announced that ''the clock strikes 18, and I'm done. With all of it.'' But Lisa was more empathetic to Nancy than he had anticipated, it seemed. Sure, they were in business together — passing bags of weed inside hero rolls — but moving in together, while not illegal after he graduated from minor to adult, was just as sketchy.

Back in Tijuana, El Andy was busy being feted at the local bar, where he joined Mexican greats like Zapata and Pancho Villa on the wall of fame. ''It takes a village to smuggle a human,'' he told his faithful followers, pointing to a depressed Doug nursing his beer in a far-off corner. ''The man is in love with a beautiful notion,'' Andy later explained to Raul, the bartender, before heading over to console his friend. Doug whined: ''I'm a sad and lonely sidekick. I'm Andrew Ridgeley.'' Andy never bought the former Wham-er's solo album, although Doug did — and it sucked. But there was hope: Raul might be able to help El Andy's buddy find Maria. It had only been a couple of weeks. Maybe she wasn't that far away.

Dealing with relationship issues of his own, Silas arrived home deflated. ''Lisa and I have decided to slow things down and nurture ourselves more,'' he confessed to his mom. At a loss for words, and maybe unsure of whether to show empathy or relief, Nancy's offered this consolation: ''Feel free to raid the fridge, take the car, play your music too loud.'' Silas simply muttered, ''Thanks, mom.''

And with that Nancy prepared to turn in for the night when she discovered a twinkling light coming from the porch area. She would not be disappointed this time: It was Esteban's doing and — surprise! — he was actually there in the flesh, ready to snuggle. So, with two guards strategically positioned outside, snuggle they did.

What’s on the horizon for the drug-pushing super couple? Next week’s scenes hinted at a trip to the far reaches of the mind, but is Nancy already in way over her head? Duh, we all know the answer to that, but let’s discuss anyway. How badly could this end? And how much do we love the new badass Shane?