Over the past several months I have fallen desperately in love with a young stay-at-home mom turned widowed drug-dealer, a novelist whose future lays perilously in the hands of an all-too-close for comfort 16 year old, and America’s favorite serial killer. Weeds, Californication and Dexter...Here’s to you!

Showtime is taking television by storm with these three sultry series. A word of caution: a) kids- don’t watch any of these. trust me, and b) If you don’t have Showtime and plan on “buying just one” episode from iTunes, get a night job or ask your boss for a raise because I assure you that you will purchase the entire season before recognizing the expense (and the fact that you have watched 7 straight hours of tv on your lap top and woops, forgot to go to sleep).

Still not convinced?
Underpaid and overworked, what would anyone turn to? Emmy-award winning Mary Louise Parker has created a new genre- Gangsta-MILF. As Weed’s main character Nancy Botwin, Parker’s perils parallel Indiana Jones in California’s suburban sprawl.

Californication star David Duchuvney is hot, humorous, hell-raising...heavenly. A total scalawag, just the way we love them.

And then Dexter...you’ve never had a thought as dastardly or dark as our dear friend, the Miami Bloodspatter Investigator/ mass-murderer psychopath, Dexter.

This is jaw-dropping entertainment making you value Netflix and OnDemand more than just about anything. Step aside Sex and the City, Sopranos and Grey’s Anatomy, Showtime is your new best friend.