Dirty Sexy Money

This episode was much better then the first. It has taken the ideas of the first episode and expanded on them. It seems clear that the family lawyer is going to become one of the Darlings. He becomes more entangled in there webs of crime and deceit. He knows they do immoral things but seeing them from the inside it doesn't look that bad. I'm not entirely sure where Trip is going with this storyline. It seems like he is not happy with is own family and wants to start a new one. It was a very good episode and I can't wait to catch the next one. It was a clear reminder why I liked the series in the first place.

The Darlings are having a photo shoot in this episode for Patrick's campaign and Nick is in charge of "setting the tone." Well, there are a lot of different things that go wrong in this episode. First, Karen's boyfriend can't be in the picture but she hadn't told him. Second, the female twin refused to go to the shoot. Third, Patrick wanted to quit the senate race. Well, in the end, Nick fixed everything. He also figured out more information at the murder of his father. Overall, the story was ok in this episode, but it had great character developments for every character on the show.

In this episode Nick continues his search into who killed his father.



Nick goes to see an airplane mechanic who worked on his dads plane; Norman the mechanic tells him that nothing was wrong with the plane before each time that his father took it out.



Elsewhere Brain comes and drops of his Son at the office leaving him to track down his mother; he finds out that his mother has left the country and Brian evantually takes him in. Nick also organizes a photoshoot for the family.



Jeremy continues his romance with Natalie in which his twin sister does not stand, at the end of the episode Nick starts to question himself Tripp had anything to do with his fathers death

This episode is purely more setup for the forthcoming meaty ones. The main setpiece of conflict is the photo-shoot that the family must attend.



My favourite so far is the priests lack of acceptance for his out-of-wedlock son. The blaise way he treats him is sad but hilarious at the same time. The other members of the family also have clearly defined which as you expect from episode 2 are being developed. Already you can associate each family member with one facet of character and can expect them to bear down on our protaganist With the main storyline being fed to us piecemeal viewers should expect the drama to develop as in a standard drama of high quality. This show looks like its going to be as well produced as I hoped it would be.



Fingerscrossed they keep up the quality and drama.

Lives up to the pilot all considered. This show doesn't really have a direction. Of course.. Nick investigating is something. But it just feels like a weak sideplot only to have Nick and Tripp have alot of scenes together.



I like the whole idea of showing how rich people live. Though some character could use some more depth, I don't have a problem with neither. Maybe Nick's wife.. she seems a bit too cliché. And she's not even rich.



Anyway, this show blends comedy with mild drama very well. It's not as spectacular as in Rescue Me or House, because there's very little room for drama here, as once again, this show is a modern day soap opera - on steroids and amazing production values.



Speaking of which, during the photoshoot scenes I realized how great the sets are. The acting's phenomenal, especially by Krause and Sutherland. The closing scene is very powerful too. This episode had a little of everything, and didn't have anything bad or wrong, it just didn't stand out to be more than a 8.0/10 - which is great anyway.

Nick's wife character is just not believable. Thus far she seemed to be the voice of Nick's conscience and to play the devil's advocate, but her too bubbly appearance betrayed such characterization. Her attitude to Karen was also intriguing. Apparently she must have known Karen's reputation and her husband's history with her, but somehow the expression on her face was devoid of any sparks of concern.



Now, Juliet and Jeremy: why they are here perhaps there can only be an explanation: the need to string along the younger audience. How old are they? In their teens, or early twenties? And how old is their mother? Judging from her look, in the 60s. That would have made the mother be in her 40s when she had them. How long was the affair between the mother and Nick's father? 40 years? So the mother started having the affair in her 20s, perhaps not too long after their marriage. With an affair going on, she still would made love to her husband and produce his children? Wow, what did she do with the birth control? How does she control it so that none of the affairs with Nick's father produced any child, while her relationship with her husband produced 5 children?



The Reverend son. Not convincing, and questionable plot. The mother of his love child did not have any wish to claim her place in the family? She might know about the family's history that might have prevented her from joining, but no allure of money whatsoever? And leaving the child to the father and split to Brazil? Perhaps the show may be trying too hard in casting a wide net.



The only good acting came near the end, cued by the sad soundtrack, of Nick and Tripp in the Tripp's office, when the briefcase's combination finally matched and it unlatched. The camera focused on Tripp's profile. Sutherland's subtle facial jerk truly conveyed a range of emotion from angst, to denial, to suppressed anger, and perhaps to the acceptance of his wife's infidelity.

Let me just start out by saying that I thought that this was an amazing follow-up to the pilot. It had the perfect blend of drama and comedy. I have to say that I absolutely loved Jeremy in this episode. Although, I thought that I also really enjoyed Juliet, Karen and Brian, but especially Brian. I really liked the scene where Brian shows Brian Jr. his softer side and was nice to Brian Jr. I love how all of the characters on this show have so many layers to them. This show as a whole and this episode itself is so well written and so well acted. All in all, this was another amazing episode of Dirty Sexy Money, and I can't wait to see what happens next.

I don't know what it was but The Lions really got to me. I love the opening song. The episode was very complex. The ending affected me in a big way. There was something really complex about Tripp's face when the briefcase snapped open. It was like a symbol of their affair. It also showed what good a husband Tripp was never to confront Tish about the affair and humiliate her. So far I love this show and it's much better than what I expected. This episode also shows another side to Brian and Jeremy. Very Very Very good episode. Go to ABC.com and watch it.

What I like about the show is the lack of a really bad storyline. Similar to shows like Six Feet Under with several sub-stories happeneing at the same time, the show has a way of keeping me interested for the full hour without really broing me with any filler scenes. This episode focused a little harder on the little boy and his father and I liked the small amount of character devolopment by the father at the end when his little boy kept on insisting on calling him daddy. New plot twist in the overall arch of the show when Sutherlands character figures out about the afair with Nick in the room. I think obviously he had something to do with his dads death and that this briefcase thing is going to be nothing more then Nick running around in the next couple of episodes chasing after something that isnt there. The person who killed his father is going to be in the family I think; it would almost have to be for the point of the show to really go on. I look forward to seeing the rest of the story devolop in the coming episodes. Not as powerful as the pilot, but it was very solid.

And Nick just keeps getting pulled in further and further in the lives of the Darlings. I have to admit that I spent most of the episode watching Donald Sutherland's reactions to everything. Did he really know about the affair? or didn't he? Of course, he knows, no wait, maybe he just thought he knew and then Nick confirmed it or maybe like a lot of people, he lived in his own self-denial because he was happy there. I found it interesting that after all the hoopla over the journal, there really wasn't anything in it, or was there? What was so mysteriously scribbled out, will we find out? Is it important or not? I'm finding the character of Tripp extremely intriguing.



This is a great follow-up series to Private Practice which I am also enjoying. ABC has got a great line-up this year!

I thought this was an interesting episode. The beginning was subtly funny showing how the other half lives compared to average guy Nick with the observation of their morning routine.



So Nick's assignment for the family this week was to set the tone for the photo shoot. Which one would think would be easy, but with the Darling's nothing is ever easy, Juliet won't go because she is on her own now, Tish does not want Karen's soon to be fourth husband in the photo, but she wants Nick to tell him, and Patrick does not want to run for Senat, oh and then there is Brian who is just a difficult pain in the butt.



As Nick investigates his father's death he learned what we all knew was true, that Tish and Dutch had an affair. Tripp seemed hurt but he also suspected it all along.



And Patrick, who seems the most grounded, besides the trannie fetish, well he does not want to run for Senate. Funny his trannie friend convinced him to do so he could eventually get what he wants.



I really like the twins Juliet and Jeremy, it was funny how they were investigating who was living in the Penthouse Suite because Julia thought her new on her own accomodations were simply unsatisfactory, and that she found a dog on the street.







Next week sex tape scandal......sounds good.

I didn't think this show would be this good. While certainly not my favorite series, I think it merits sticking with it.(Just wish it wasn't on so late, lol)

Anyway, while episode 2 was not AS good as the Pilot, this was definetly a good episode. Character development and interesting stories. Nick's search for his father is also quite interesting. I don't know how long this show will be good but until I see a change in this show and it starts to get boring, I think I will stick with it. Wednesday Nights have really gotten good on ABC this season.