New seasons of Showtime’s “Episodes” and “Weeds” debut July 1

Mary-Louise Parker stars in "Weeds" - Showtime Photo

The Showtime comedies “Weeds” and “Episodes” will return Sunday, July 1 at 9 and 9:30 p.m. respectively, according to a news release.

Thirteen half-hour episodes of “Weeds’” eighth season begin production in Los Angeles in April and nine half-hours of “Episodes’” second season recently wrapped production in London and Los Angeles.

Summaries of the shows, provided by Showtime, are as follows:

“Weeds” stars Mary-Louise Parker in her Golden Globe Award-winning performance as Nancy Botwin, a former suburban widow who turned to selling marijuana to make ends meet and has bloomed into a full-fledged queenpin. The series is created by Emmy Award winner Jenji Kohan and produced by Lionsgate.

The “Weeds” season finale was punctuated at a family dinner by a fateful bullet from a lone gunman. Which of our beloved Botwins was the target and who pulled the trigger? Last season jumped ahead three years and picked up with Nancy finishing a stint in federal prison. She, her brother-in-law Andy (Justin Kirk) and sons, Silas (Hunter Parrish) and Shane (Alexander Gould) – with Doug (Kevin Nealon) in tow – were reunited in New York City where she re-launched her pot business, worked at a hedge fund, and fought for custody of her son, little Stevie, from her sister Jill (special guest star Jennifer Jason Leigh).