Dirty Sexy Money

Wow, this episode revealed many secrets. First, Nick goes to Italy with his wife, but has to bring Karen and her boyfriend along. It gets awkward when Karen can't let Nick and his wife alone. In the end, she reveals that Nick proposed to her when he was 19. Wow, that was a shocker. I really didn't like Karen, but I almost want her and Nick to be together! Anyways, meanwhile, Tripp has figured out that he was cheated on and he wants to know which kids are his. I was annoyed that they never revealed to us which ones - I think it's either Karen, which would make loving Nick awkward, or the twins. Overall, another great episode with many secrets revealed!

Tripp sends Nick to Italy using his jet for a bottle of wine, he takes his wife Lisa with him, but they get unwanted company in the form of Karen and her Fellow. Nick is also in Italy to meet a man that may know more about his fathers death.



The four of them dine together a few secrets come out, Karen tells Lisa that her and Nick use to have a relantionship together and he was gonna propose to her much to Lisa'a annoyance and dismay.



Elsewhere Tripp knows about the affair his wife had with Nick's father and asked if all the children are his; although in some doubt he orders a paternity to prove it.



Brian helps his son with a bully and Jeremy continues to see Natalie much to the dismay of his twin sister Juliet.

A good episode that reveals alot but as previous ones doesnt provide any real excitement. That takes away from the quality of the dialogue and acting.



The only points of interest are the all to brief encounter with the ex-spy and the priest son at the dining table and with the school bully. Ironic that the one element of the show Id thought Id find boring is actually quite good!



Sutherland is at his majestic best and is the only thing that makes Nick's character worth watching. There scenes are a highlight here.



The start of a possible interesting angle is Nick's wifes (Lisa) upping the stakes against Karen by returning the gift she was given.



Other than that another good imparting of background story, but nothing really happened to make this an exciting epsiosde. Reminds me of Ugly Betty!



Youll need to watch the show in order to keep up with the unravelling plot (breadcrumb style) but dont expect high drama!

i loved it.

in my opinion the best so far, i love juliet and jeremy in this episode, i hate the little B--- thats pregnent with jeremys child, i cant really remember her name. i despite her. karen was hilarious in this episode, i love how mean she can be, im still waiting for her 'CUTE' moment. the parts with Tish and Tripp were really intense and i loved it. amazing preformance by both actors. i cant wait to see WHO is nicks brother!! i need to know!. so... no patrick this episode. which wasnt that bad. and Brian continues to be an A hole BUT! he had a cute moment in the end. overall, grat episode.

In this episode, Tripp Darling sends Nick off to Italy; just one of the perks of working for the Darling family. Of course, the trip doesn't go smoothly, as Karen and her finace tag along with Nick and Lisa on what was supposed to be a romantic get-away for them.



Karen revealed her true inner witch with her endless stories of her past with Nick. I was surprised that no one, other than her finace, said anything to make her shut up. And even what he said wasn't much... just a sarcastic comment to Nick reminiscing about ~their~ walks on the beach, and then his final comment to Karen after Lisa and Nick had left. Lisa waited too long to stake her claim; she should have done that at the table in the restaurant, and not waited until later. It was clear from Karen's reaction that she's taken Lisa's words as a challenge, and one that she's clearly up for. So it looks like we can expect her to pull more antics with Nick, especially when Lisa's around.



Jeremy and his 'friend with benefits'... well, the pregnancy was pretty obvious, from the first moment she said she felt queasy when she saw him eating a sausage. The surprising thing here is that they both think they're in love. And isn't it great that they have enough money that this unplanned, unwed pregnancy won't cause any problems in their lives?



Juliet seems stupid, but keeps pulling high level SAT vocabulary words out. That's always funny. Brian and his child... well, that story line is funny, but how much longer can he really keep that a secret? I loved that his son found the weakness in Brian, though.



But it's Tripp Darling (Donald Sutherland) who continues to amaze me with his acting. He is a true master. His controlled rage at Tish and how he as an actor portrays that is just amazing. It shows him to be a great actor with a great character to play.



I'm sure the writers will drag out the suspense of 'which one isn't Tripp's child?' as long as they can, which only makes watching the show even better, really... with every move that every child makes, we'll all be wondering "Is that the one?"



I look forward to seeing the next episode, as this is a show that just gets better with each installment.

In my recent review about the show, I mentioned about the timeline of Tish's affair with Dutch and her conjugal obligation to her wedded husband, Tripp Darling. I wondered about the parentage of the youngest Darlings, the twins Jeremy and Juliet, or any Darlings in that matter. Well, in the beginning of episode 4, it was finally addressed, and address Tripp did to his wife. He talked about how sordid the entire affair was, especially with the thought of Letitia paying attention to make sure that the affair with Dutch would bear no off-spring and that any marriage consummation with Tripp would yield another Darling.



It was not yet revealed in this episode which children truly were Tripp's and if any was/were Dutch's. Still, for Tish, it was rather an astonishing discipline not to have conceived any child with the "love of her life," quoting her very own confession to Nick in a previous episode. Unless future episodes reveal any genetic connection, one can conceive that it might also be from Dutch's side not to want to bear any children with Tish because of the delicate situation they were in. Finally Lisa (Nick George's wife) showed some spunk. While in Italy, she left the table after Karen reminisced one story too many, about Nick's proposal to her when they were 19; however, Lisa's character is yet to be believable. When she was supposed to be annoyed, she did not show it enough. Realistically, when her character wanted to be kind and to appear polite, the actress could do a more layered performance by showing annoyance underneath the veneer of acceptable societal behavior. The way the character has been portrayed thus far made her look like she had a short-term memory, with an abyss of forgiveness. It will be interesting to see what the writers have in store for Lisa and Karen, to see if it will develop into a full blown rivalry à la Dynasty's Krystel and Alexis.

Brian's story-line is still annoying as heck. His wife must have been a dimwit that she did not pursue her own investigation into how that child came to be. He is, however, well portrayed by the actor; the sense of loathsome, smugness and selfishness is very apparent in him. Trying to escape the family's predicament, he ran into the ministry, but true to human nature, he did not find peace there either because he never solved his issues in the first place.

This is about your average episode of Dirty Sexy Money. It was very well written all the way around, but with the trip to Italy the writers didnt have a chance to touch up on everyones storyline. I love Nick and his wifes storyline with the Darling that Nick proposed too, but I find the "Who killed my dad" storyline to be getting old. I think the show is setting up some form of a blockbuster reveal, but I actaully just turn into the show for the darling drama. I actually havent really thought about who could have killed Nicks dad and for what reason. I think in the end the dad will be alive, it just seems like the optimal ending. I dont know how long the show goes, but I would like to see little less daddy issues and a little more darling comedy.