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Title |
Writer(s) |
Director |
Original air date |
Episode |
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"You Can't Miss the Bear" |
Jenji Kohan |
Brian Dannelly |
August 7, 2005 |
1 |
1 |
| Housewife Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) is widowed, and turns to dealing cannabis to support her two sons, while also attempting to keep up her image in the picturesque suburb of Agrestic. Meanwhile, her neighbour - PTA mother Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins) - tries to catch her daughter Quinn (Haley Hudson) in the act with Nancy's son Silas (Hunter Parrish). |
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"Free Goat" |
Jenji Kohan |
Brian Dannelly |
August 15, 2005 |
2 |
2 |
| Silas broods when he learns Celia sent Quinn to Mexico. Celia deals with Dean (Andy Milder)'s affair. Doug (Kevin Nealon) suggests Nancy start a business to cover her dealing. Heylia (Tonye Patano) is unsympathetic when Nancy runs short on cash. Shane (Alexander Gould) misses his deceased father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). |
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"Good Shit Lollipop" |
Roberto Benabib |
Craig Zisk |
August 22, 2005 |
3 |
3 |
| Celia attempts to cure her daughter Isabelle (Allie Grant) of her weight problems. Silas makes a move on deaf girl, Megan (Shoshannah Stern). Nancy investigates the idea of cannabis-laced baked goods. Agrestic is haunted by a mountain lion, to Shane's delight. |
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"Fashion of the Christ" |
Jenji Kohan |
Burr Steers |
August 29, 2005 |
4 |
4 |
| Nancy's troublemaking brother-in-law Andy (Justin Kirk) comes to stay, igniting angered responses in Silas, Nancy, and the PTA. Celia, meanwhile, drops a bombshell to her husband. |
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"Lude Awakening" |
Devon K. Shepard |
Lee Rose |
September 5, 2005 |
5 |
5 |
| Celia's breast cancer gives her a new outlook on life. Shane gets in trouble at school when he tries to be different. Nancy, visiting Heylia for more pot, gets a reality check about her lifestyle. And Andy gets himself arrested for possession. |
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"Dead in the Nethers" |
Michael Platt & Barry Safchik |
Arlene Sanford |
September 12, 2005 |
6 |
6 |
| Celia joins Nancy and Conrad (Romany Malco) for a night out on the town, to cure her jungle fever. Andy starts a dishonest relationship while attending MA. Lupita (Renee Victor) grows suspicious of Nancy, and begins investigating where she gets her money from. |
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"Higher Education" |
Shawn Schepps |
Tucker Gates |
September 19, 2005 |
7 |
7 |
| Shane has a new friend, but Andy is more interested in the boy's mother. Celia goes into surgery, and receives a visit from her mother (Concetta Tomei). Nancy discovers a new world of customers at a local college, but in the process she makes an enemy. |
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"The Punishment Light" |
Rolin Jones |
Robert Berlinger |
September 26, 2005 |
8 |
8 |
| Nancy attempts to deal with rival dealer Alejandro (Vincent Laresca). Shane bites another classmate's foot in karate class. Doug, Andy and Lupita fight rodents and weed when Nancy and the boys go out of town. And Celia flaunts her one night stand with Conrad, to her husband. |
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"The Punishment Lighter" |
Matthew Salsberg |
Paul Feig |
October 3, 2005 |
9 |
9 |
| While dealing with Sanjay (Maulik Pancholy), Nancy gets busted by a campus cop, but Heylia soon opens her eyes. Nancy's new bakery opens. Silas finds a new family in Megan's. And Celia goes up against a determined PTA mom. |
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"The Godmother" |
Jenji Kohan |
Lev L. Spiro |
October 10, 2005 |
10 |
10 |
| Heylia keeps Conrad away from Nancy. Celia is stunned by Isabelle's latest new interest. Andy gets drafted. Silas takes ecstasy, creating a revelatory argument between he and his mother. Heylia attempts to keep Conrad and Nancy apart, but they soon arrange a new business deal. And Nancy finds a new man, Peter (Martin Donovan), who has a life-changing secret of his own. |
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Title |
Writer(s) |
Director |
Original air date |
Episode |
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"Corn Snake" |
Jenji Kohan |
Craig Zisk |
August 14, 2006 |
1 |
11 |
| After an eye-opening car accident, Celia turns to the city council for help and is ignored by Doug, so she makes the decision to run for Doug's seat. Nancy attempts to break things off with Peter once she discovers he is an agent of the DEA, while also trying to maintain her family unity. Sanjay takes matters into his own hands when Nancy needs money. Andy attempts to get into Rabbinical school so that he doesn't get shipped off to Iraq. |
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"Cooking With Jesus" |
Jenji Kohan |
Craig Zisk |
August 21, 2006 |
2 |
12 |
| Nancy breaks it off with Peter. Celia's family desert her as the election campaign continues. Megan gets into Princeton University. Andy, Doug, and Nancy attend a pot expo, where Nancy buys a plant and Andy finds a way into Rabbinical school. Meanwhile, Conrad searches for financing on his own. Peter tells Nancy that he knows she is a dealer. |
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"Last Tango in Agrestic" |
Roberto Benabib |
Bryan Gordon |
August 28, 2006 |
3 |
13 |
| While Nancy is trying to figure out what to do with Peter she comes home to plumbing problems because Shane was masturbating into socks and flushing them in the toilet. Celia enrolls Isabelle in fat boot camp and ends up getting sucked into it herself. Heylia is interested in a man and his bean pies. Silas goes to desperate lengths to keep Megan in Agrestic. Peter secretly marries Nancy so that he cannot be forced to testify against her, and she will trust him enough to date him. Nancy, under the guidance of Conrad, buys a grow house. |
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"A.K.A. The Plant" |
Matthew Salsberg |
Lev L. Spiro |
September 4, 2006 |
4 |
14 |
| Isabelle is offered a job as a plus-size kids model to Celia's dismay. Dean gets laid off. Both Silas and Shane come to crossroads in life: Silas when Megan gets some unexpected (to her) news; and Shane when Andy decides to get him a “happy ending” massage. Heylia is asked out on a date. The grow house develops, thanks to Conrad's connections and Nancy's new false identity, but is soon threatened by territorial mobsters. |
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"Mrs. Botwin's Neighborhood" |
Rolin Jones |
Craig Zisk |
September 11, 2006 |
5 |
15 |
| Silas and Megan tell her father about the pregnancy with disastrous consequences. Nancy and her neighbors engage in a turf war and Nancy uses her marital connection to the DEA to clear out the neighborhood. Shane starts fitting in at school, but gets into trouble when he starts talking about the happy ending massage he got courtesy of his uncle Andy. Andy gets called into the school to explain the situation. Heylia prepares for her date with the pie-baking Nation of Islam neighbor and Nancy does a little fighting. |
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"Crush Girl Love Panic" |
Devon K. Shepard |
Tucker Gates |
September 18, 2006 |
6 |
16 |
| Nancy and Conrad fear their grow house has been raided by the DEA, but all remains mysteriously untouched among the surrounding rubble. Stage mom Celia's antics get her kicked off the set of Isabelle's "Huskaroo" commercial. Isabelle and Dean create an account with Doug to keep the modeling money safe from Celia, but Celia finds out. Heylia's daughter ruins the dinner with Joseph. Nancy tricks Conrad and Peter into meeting each other. |
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"Must Find Toes" |
Michael Platt & Barry Safchik |
Chris Long |
September 25, 2006 |
7 |
17 |
| Andy loses two toes to a stray dog Doug found on the street. Meanwhile, Nancy juggles coping with Andy's accident, as Silas's grades plummet and Shane's crush on Gretchen takes a new turn. Celia savors a three vote victory in the city Council elections thanks to a balloting error. Considering his new handicap, Andy reconsiders his role at the Rabbinical school, subsequently upsetting Yael. Celia announces the city's new drug-free policy. |
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"MILF Money" |
Shawn Schepps |
Craig Zisk |
October 2, 2006 |
8 |
18 |
| It's harvest time. Nancy and Conrad make their first sale — to Snoop Dogg, who writes a song about their high quality product. Everything looks good, until Peter lets Nancy know that the DEA has got to make a bust. Heylia learns of Conrad's betrayal, but buys some of his new weed. |
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"Bash" |
Rinne Groff |
Christopher Misiano |
October 9, 2006 |
9 |
19 |
| Nancy faces pressure from Peter to get out of the business. The DEA visit Heylia's house, and Peter is surprised as his bust goes awry. Shane has an encounter with Gretchen. Nancy and Conrad install a safe, and Doug heckles Celia at a City Council meeting but makes truce afterwards. Silas and Shane celebrate their dad's birthday with Andy's help. |
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"Mile Deep and a Foot Wide" |
Rolin Jones |
Craig Zisk |
October 16, 2006 |
10 |
20 |
| Heylia is applying strong pressure on Nancy to alleviate police surveillance and return her business to normal. Nancy is overwhelmed and considers quitting to live a normal life with Peter, but things go awry when dinner doesn't go as smoothly as planned. Doug and Celia consummate their relationship many times on her anniversary. Andy is paid a visit by his ex-girlfriend Kat from Alaska to take him away from a "normal" life to return to their wild lifestyle. |
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"Yeah, Like Tomatoes" |
Roberto Benabib & Matthew Salsberg |
Craig Zisk |
October 23, 2006 |
11 |
21 |
| Peter stops playing nice after eavesdropping on Nancy and Conrad's phone conversation. Peter isn't happy about the nickname "Agent Wonderbread" and he lets Nancy and Conrad know so with a convincing threat. Nancy looks to other people in the business for help. Celia and Doug's affair takes a turn towards the serious. Kat's got a secret and Shane's girlfriend doesn't like her. Heylia has a plan. |
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"Pittsburgh" |
Jenji Kohan |
Craig Zisk |
October 30, 2006 |
12 |
22 |
| Nancy's big day is marred by Silas's disappearance, Shane's inflammatory graduation speech and Celia's madness. Of course, nothing compares to the chaos she and Conrad find themselves in when their weed deal goes all wrong. |
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