Who Is Nancy Botwin?

The once naîve suburban soccer mom has certainly come a long way in six seasons. Widowed and left destitute with a family to raise, Nancy turned to drug dealing, then Mexican organized crime, then a wild ride through everyday America, all the while trying to keep her kids from becoming complete derelicts and her lovesick brother-in-law at bay. But fate finally caught up with her and she landed in the slammer. Now Nancy's trying to hit reset and make a fresh start for herself in the Big Apple, with only her wits and her wit to see her through.

To learn more about Nancy and the people around her, check out the show's cast and characters.

What Have I Missed So Far?

Short answer, a lot.

In Season 1, Nancy Botwin becomes a pot dealer to make ends meet. She hooks up with a reliable source named Heylia and learns the business from Conrad. Meanwhile, her lack of attention begins to have ill effects on sons Shane and Silas, her brother-in-law Andy arrives to lend a hand and stir the pot (so to speak), and fellow Agrestic residents Celia and Doug both hinder and help Nancy along the way.

In Season 2, Nancy is forced to marry her DEA boyfriend Peter to keep him from turning her in. The pot business escalates with the rental of a grow house and the production of some righteous MILF weed. Meanwhile, Silas gets himself in trouble with girlfriend Megan, Celia and Doug go from city council opponents to torrid lovers, and Andy enrolls in rabbinical school and loses a toe.

In Season 3, Nancy runs up against the competition as her pot business takes off. Meanwhile, Silas shows an affinity for the family business, and Doug and Celia tangle with a developer who wants to annex Agrestic. The season ends with Nancy accidentally burning the town to the ground and fleeing the encroaching DEA with her family.

In Season 4, Nancy settles her family in her father-in-law's house in Ren Mar, CA on the Mexican border, and quickly becomes embroiled in a drug running business with the Mexican mob. Things escalate when she begins an affair with Esteban, the kingpin. Along the way, Silas becomes the lover of a neighbor woman and uses her cheese shop as a front to sell pot, Celia gets framed and goes to prison, Andy and Doug begin an alien smuggling business and end up in a love triangle with their first client, and Shane learns that having easy access to drugs helps him score with the hot girls at school. Ultimately, Nancy brings the Mexicans' drug tunnel crashing down when she rats them out to the Feds, but avoids retribution by announcing she's carrying Esteban's baby.

In Season 5, Nancy digs herself in deeper when she falls for and marries Esteban, and their baby son arrives. But her dreams of domestic bliss are derailed when Esteban's ex-wife Pilar shows up and takes over his political campaign, and makes some nasty threats to Nancy. In the mean time, Doug and Silas open a medical marijuana dispensary only to be done in by Celia's meddling ways, Andy takes up with Nancy's hot OB/GYN, and Shane begins drinking and comes unglued, with shocking consequences for the whole family.

In Season 6, Nancy hits the road again, this time for real. She grabs her kids and flees back to the U.S., with Esteban's goons in tow. What follows is a cross-country odyssey, as the Botwins and their friend Doug struggle to survive and stay one step ahead of their pursuers. Their ultimate goal, another country. But while Silas, Shane, Andy and Doug make it on a plane to Copenhagen, Nancy gets nabbed at the airport and is forced to turn herself in to the FBI rather than face certain death.

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