Adaptation

Airing tonight on most PBS stations is the documentary version of Botany of Desire, Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan's "plant's eye view" of evolution. The story ranges far and wide, from the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan to the underground pot-growing operations of suburban America, all the while explaining how (metaphorically speaking) plants have used us for their own ends. It promises to be an interesting show, but we're still sorry we missed the musical.