Dirty Sexy Money

Karen is getting married in this episode. I thought it was sad that she was telling people that she didn't really want to marry him, but they pushed her into it anyways. In the end, her husband said that he actually loved her which made her get cold feet and divorce him. Wow, she really needs to get her act together. Honestly, I love the relationship between Karen and Nick. They're meant to be together, but they can't. Also, Brian Jr's mother comes back to claim him. That's so sad! I felt so bad for poor Brian! The poor guy... overall, solid episode with more interesting stories and great character developments.

This show just keeps getting better and better. I absolutely adore Brian (can't believe I just said that) so every second of screentime he gets makes me happy. Finally we get to see "the wedding" itself, though of course nothing goes as planned. I found the not-so-slow unraveling of the fresh marriage very satisfyingly written, and seeing Donald Sutherland playing a drunk old man never ceases to amuse me.



Only downer in this one were the rather dull and obvious Nick-Lisa fights, but those were to be expected I guess. All in all a wonderful and entertaining episode with great acting.

Another epsiosde replete with irony and inevitability and more engaging character development in the world of the Darlings!



The main theme of this episode is Karen's wedding. It provides the background for more glimpses into the lives of the main characters on the show.



No surprises that the wedding goes wrong, but its pulled off in such a cold hearted, unemotional way - which even shocked me... well mildly! Love the way that the writers show here overvaluing of her own celebrity status re: the picture deal! Its cute that she just doesnt in the "real world". I love the way Fr. Brian's problems just seem to revolve around sex and illegitimately father children... more extra-marital issues for him to deal with! Not only that, he seems to flip-flop more often than a woman in a designer shop who has to make a tough decision! And now hes sleeping with the enemy too! He definitely cant seem to learn from his mistakes! Wonder where this is leading? Divorce?! Being left alone, with all that influence but being unable to do anything?!



I also love the way Tripp still looks at his children with a fathers heart, always hoping for the positives even if he knows that deep down they always do what they want without any thought for the consequences, which happens over and over!



Im still not sure what the overall point of the show is... the main hook pre-start was for Nick to find his father's killer but there arent enough plots/scenes moving this along. The empahsis of the show seems to have changed to the relationship been Elder and Tripp, which is ok, while the main point of each episodes is to show more of the main characters makeup. Again, this is ok but I hope the writers settle down for the next season and focus on one main plot arc!

It's Karen big day as she's about to marry for the forth time but she's having second thoughts, her mother tells Nick to her a word with her calm her nerves. Brian Jnr's Mother comes back from Brazil to take her son back, Brain Snr aint happy about this; soon the pair end up sleeping together.



Karen evantually gets married but within 45 mins she wants a divorce in which Nick arranges, Freddie walks away with 3 Million Dollar settlement. She later tells him that Shes in Love with him.



Elsewhere Patrick sees Simon Elder who tells him about his affair he tells him to be a man, he later his wife that his having an affair. Patrick later tells Tripp that hes moving into the buiding in which Simon Owns. There really is something creepy about him

I thought it was a solid episode of Dirty Sexy Money, with Karen doing what we thought she would do when she opted out of the marriage only 45 minutes after getting married in the first place. I really thought Nick was going to get past Karen and her trying to get with him, but with Latricia Darling now helping Karen - it seems that her experience into having a secret lover might be able to help Karen get Nick just as she wants. I am sensing things coming to a full destruction very soon. Tripp hates Simon Elder and wants him destroyed and I have a bad feeling about Nick being able to withstand the continuous pressures of Karen trying to be his wife. I did like the scenes with Brain Sr in them. I think his character really has come around full circle since how we first saw him in the pilot and I hope that he gets to see his son again in some future episodes all though with the way things are shaping up to be I dont even know if he will be able to get that luxery.

I think it's really sad that Karen puts herself through all that. Tonight is the only night when I could agree with Freddy on something when he said to her that she would die alone and unhappy because she's in love with the one man she can't have. I like Nick having his wife and his family, it's great because it keeps him grounded and strengthens his moral center, but I think that in order for Karen to move on, she needs to eliminate all the what if's. When she kissed Nick, when she talked to him, he didn't seem as sure as he always is about not wanting to be with her. He hesitated a bit...and it's only fair for her to find out if they belong together or not, because clearly she'll stay miserable until she knows for sure. I think he'll probably stay with his family because he seems to love his wife and wants to be nothing like his dad, but Karen deserves to know for sure. What I DON'T like is Leticia getting involved, it gives me the feeling that she might try to trick Nick into choosing Karen or might have a hand in making him fight with his wife.



The storyline between Patrick and Tripp is really sad, because while it's true that Tripp is very controlling, he truly loves Patrick and wants him to be a good leader and a role model. Patrick's affairs are embarrassing, but his wife's reaction to knowing about it, telling him that the THREE of them should get together to set some ground rules, is entirely repulsive. Oh and we're finally getting a glimpse into the real Simon Elder. He obviously wants to destroy the Darlings, first by trying to turn Nick against Tripp, then turning Patrick against Tripp, and then betraying Patrick behind his back. It's funny though that while he succeeded in turning Patrick, Nick is more loyal to Tripp than his son will ever be.

It's strange to call an episode of a show like Dirty Sexy Money a "tearjerker" but this one almost was for me. Seeing Brian heart broken after he heard that his son was being taken away made me feel awful, and Freddy finding out that Karen wanted a divorce, right after he declared his love to her, made me feel the same way.



This was the first episode where I saw Karen showing some kind of real interest in Nick. I would like to see them get together in the future, mostly because Lisa gets on my nerves.



Overall, this was a great episode. I'm really liking this show and I hope it comes back next season.