I am – Hercules!!

The fifth season of “Weeds” launches on Showtime tonight! Notes: * It’s the first season to launch without the ticky-tacky song about little boxes. The title sequence for 5.1 is Nanci Botwin removing her foot from a stirrup pad with the words “Weeds Created by Jenji Kohan” printed on it. * The fifth season picks up precisely where season four left off, with Nancy’s Mexican crimelord boyfriend Esteban holding the sonogram photo of her unborn baby. * Esteban’s deadly henchman Cesar gets the episode’s first, best and most memorable laugh right after the line, “Well, this can’t get out.” It’s a gag that brilliantly sets the tone for the season’s first three episodes. * Mary Louise Parker: still hilarious and gorgeous. * The subplot with daughter Quinn ransoming mother Celia continues much as a similar ransoming did in the big-screen 1986 Dale Launer comedy “Ruthless People,” but with zippier pacing. * Though only hours have supposedly passed since we last saw the season-four Strange Botwin, nine months and puberty have conspired to dramatically transform Alexander Gould, the kid who plays him. * 5.1 ends with a musical number I prefer to anything in the "Glee" pilot! * Jennifer Jason Leigh does not join the cast as Nancy’s frustrated sister Jill until next week. 10 p.m. Monday. Showtime. Follow Herc on Twitter!

Galactica: The Complete Series

Galactica: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)