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Hunter Parrish Tharp [1] (born May 13, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing the role of Silas Botwin in the Showtime series Weeds and for his performances in the Broadway productions of Godspell in the role of Jesus and Spring Awakening as Melchior.
Silas Andrew Botwin (Hunter Parrish, leading character)—adopting the clandestine alias Mike T. Newman in season six and the stage name Silas Guinard in season seven—is Nancy's first son. Although Silas is the biological son of Lars Guinard, Silas was raised by Judah and Nancy in Agrestic for 16 years.
Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama [1] [2] [3] television series created by Jenji Kohan, which aired on Showtime from August 8, 2005, to September 16, 2012. The series tells of Nancy Botwin ( Mary-Louise Parker ), a widowed mother of two boys ( Hunter Parrish and Alexander Gould ) who begins selling marijuana to support her family.
Silas moves his plants into the house, and he and Shane disturb a bee colony in the process. Andy liberates himself and a group of immigrants by shooting their coyote. Over dinner, Nancy acknowledges Andy's contribution to the Botwin family, recognizes that Silas is a pot grower, and apologizes to Shane for ignoring him.
After Shane kills Pilar, the Botwin family flees north. Andy joins them after Audra breaks off their relationship. Unable to enter Canada without the baby's birth certificate, Nancy, Andy, Silas, Shane, and Stevie assume new identities as "The Newmans" (as Nathalie, Randy, Mike, Shawn, and Avi, respectively) and settle in Seattle, Washington.
Nancy Botwin is grieving the loss of her husband, Judah. In an effort to support her two sons, Silas and Shane, Nancy has turned to dealing marijuana to her affluent neighbors in the picturesque suburb of Agrestic, CA. She buys her product from Heylia James, who runs a marijuana business in the West Adams district. Nancy sells some of her ...
Emma offers Silas a job, but he turns her down. Denny and Emma are arrested during the raid on Pouncy House. When Shane tells Silas that Nancy made the deal that leads to Emma's arrest, Silas takes a copy of the Botwin's sales database to start his own syndicate. Silas tells Nancy, "Consider me the competition. Everything is up for grabs."
Showtime officially renewed Weeds for an eighth season on November 10, 2011. [2] Creator and showrunner Jenji Kohan alongside the other series producers convened for story meetings and were informed early on in the writing process that Showtime Entertainment President David Nevins would not be renewing the show for a ninth season. [ 3 ] "