Dirty Sexy Money

Brian has been suspended from the church and decides to go to Tripp for advice on what to do next. Brian gets a high-end job in the family business and seems content. Meanwhile, Nick has figured out that Simon and Karen are together and says that it doesn't bother him. I actually think Simon and Karen are cute together, but I really want Nick and Karen to be together. Patrick goes to Carmelita because she/he says that someone is watching her. They put plans in place for her to be watched, but the driver, but she disappears. Overall, this episode had more great character developments and stories.

Jeremy continues lying to Sofia he goes to see Lisa and plans to continue with the lie he has started of being a struggling artist, he will come to the art gallery to learn from Lisa's contacts. Later he tells hes a Darling and gets Dumped.



The head reverend Suspends Brian for all his indiscretions, he later asks Tripp if he can come work for him. Karen Continues Seeing Simon, Simon invites her over for a meal with his ex-wife she later approves of her.



Meanwhile Carmelita goes missing or was that just a plan so she and Paddy can get away together. At the Darling home the Nutcracker opened its doors.



Right at the end of the Episode Tripp tells Karen not to get emotionally involved with Simon Elder and that things are going as planned. What does he have planned for him?

This episode felt limonade. Yeah, there were some cool parts, but for the most, it was... meh. Nothing really happened as far as the master storyline goes, I called the ending ages ago. Sure it's a bit of a surprise that Tripp is willing to use his daughter to get close to his enemy, therefore adding more to the debate wether he's good or not, but still... I thought it was predictable!



The Jeremy stuff was just plain silly. I kind of dislike the fact how Lisa is being forced into the plot. I don't like Lisa... she's such an ordinary character. There's nothing going for her. Plus she's annoying with the constant crying about Karen and the Darlings in general. No need for that, at least, not every scene she's in.



Juliet's storyline was complete filler, and totally random, so she brought a guy from the Sechelles. Big deal :/



But on the top of all, the most dissatisfying storyline was Patrick's. What the heck was that with Carmelita? It was awfully executed - her getting kidnapped. And Patrick's reaction was just... really crappy and cheesy - "Shes gone..." erm... yes, but not like she walked away on her own. GO FIND HER! But no... all he does is weep in the corner.



That just makes no sense. Though, the episode had some good parts too. Brian's conversation with Tripp - A+. I love what the writers have done to Brian. He was a huge jerk at the start, but now I think he's one of the best characters on the show. I also liked Karen's and Simon's date, that was too funny. All considered, a very average effort as a regular episode. But due to the strike this turned out to be the finale - mehhhh....... as a finale it just kind of failed, but since the writers were unaware of the danger, i'll give it a generous 7/10.

I liked it. With the exception of the Patrick and Juliet story lines, which are just brutal and uninteresting, this episode was just short ofgreat. We already knew that Simon had his own agendas but the surprise in the relationship between Simon and Karen was that Tripp was the mastermind behind their liaisons. This particular story line became more complicated when Nick inadvertently let his feelings for Karen interfere with Tripp's plans too get closer to Simon when he urged Simon to break things off with Karen. Things are getting better and the drama is building along those lines but we are constantly interupted with the snide, immoral and self-serving actions of one Jeremy Darling. His role of being the misunderstood, well intentioned play boy of the show is really starting to wear thin. On a brighter note, Brian seems to have come to terms with Tripp not being his birth father and has been welcomed into the family business. In the end, this episode was revealing only in the way of shedding light on who Tripp has been conspiring with to gain the upperhand on Simon Elder.

Im giving the writers a little room to work with now that the seasons are being cut short due to the strike. The writer of the show did say that this episode could serve as the series finale if need be. In response to that - I dont know what episode he was watching. Nick got a good ending if this were the end but the entire Darling family needs to have some part of their story wrapped up, I feel. I think we all saw Jeremeys storyline ending the way it did. Her leaving him after he told her the truth. Carmelita going missing was a bit weird, another thing that I would like to have answered when the show comes back.



The scenes between Lisa and Jeremey were solid and the kiss lived up to the hype because Lisa didnt go threw with it in the end. The show seems to have gotten rid of the mystery factor, for me. Juliet Darlins entire plot with this new man is just outright confusing and odd.



Overall, I would like to see this show come back and when it does I would like to see it come back with a story that knows where it wants to go. Peter Krause is a big enough actor that Im going to watch the show no matter what, but it needs to be improved.