This episode fails to inspire. Too many meaningless subplots overload the pace of the show, slowing it down to a crawl - for too much of the time.
The actual main plotthread, which is Nick meeting up with is money stands head and shoulders above the rest. It has a little intrigue and a decent amount of emotional drama. Enough that I found myself caring about what was happening. Something I didn't have with most of the other sub-plots.
I also found the continuation of Brian's fall from grace and his battle to regain his son enjoyable, but thats because I find his character the most interesting after Tripp and Nicks. Lucy Liu' character also brings another element of true b*tchiness to proceedings, but at a cost to rather subdued scenes between Simon and Karen. So I was in too minds about her introduction. I'm hoping that all return to the b*tchiness of the previous season and spark up the verbal conflicts alot more than in this episode.
The battle for Tripp Jr, allegiance to Tripp Sr continues, but was rather disappointing. After promising so much towards the end of the last season, this has fallen flat. Fingerscrossed this picks up in the following episodes.
Other than those things, this episode just didnt produce the goods and contained too few novel scenes and plot devices, to be considered little more than a filler episode. It was still entertaining to watch. But there have been so many more better episodes.
Still I will be watching next week.moreless





