Does Weeds have the guts to do what most assume Weeds no longer has the guts to do?
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, July 1. All times are Eastern.
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Weeds (Showtime, 9:30 p.m.): The seventh-season finale of Weeds ended with an ominous set of crosshairs, but no one assumed that the aging show would follow through on that potentially tragic conclusion if it returned for an eighth season. Now that eighth season has arrived, and Myles McNutt is eager to see if the story of pot-dealing mom Nancy Botwin still has the capacity to surprise.
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Ultimate Spider-Man (Disney XD, 11 a.m.): “Me Time,” declares the title of your friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man’s latest animated adventure. And he’s going to need it, what with everyone wanting a piece of him once The Amazing Spider-Man opens. Oliver Sava knows when it’s best to leave a celebrity be.
Rev. (Hulu, 5:30 p.m.): It’s hard to make friends when you’re an adult—even harder to make them when you’re an adult in a new city. Todd VanDerWerff weaves a friendship bracelet for Adam and his new buddy Leon, in the hopes that no comical misunderstanding will ever come between them.
True Blood (HBO, 9 p.m.): Aw, vampires are parents too—or “makers,” or whatever—and Pam’s worried about being the right kind of maker for her new progeny. Carrie Raisler suggests a trip to the mall for some bad-ass, airbrushed maker-progeny T-shirts.
Falling Skies (TNT, 9 p.m.): The episode synopses for Falling Skies ought to distinguish between “motorcycles” and “bikes,” because if “Youngbloods” is seriously asking us to care about missing bikes when there’s an alien invasion on, someone’s priorities are out of whack. Even a Portland resident like Les Chappell knows bicycles aren’t that important.
Episodes (Showtime, 9:30 p.m.): The second season begins with boffo ratings for Pucks! and major tension between the points of the love triangle that created the show. It’s times like these where David Sims thinks everyone involved should ask themselves, “What would Joey Tribbiani do?” (And, a follow-up: “How you doin’?”)