TV-Reviewed

It’s a weird situation when you’re defending the woman accused of murdering your father. It’s not something that any person would be able to do, but Nick George believes that Letitia is guilty and is set on seeing that she goes free.

Nola delivers the witness list to Nick, where she alerts Nick that his mother is on it. Nick’s mother has never been a factor in this show; actually I don’t even think they’ve mentioned her before this episode. I guess I just made the assumption that she was dead, but she’s very much alive and has apparently been living in France the whole time. Nick’s mom was the last person to talk to his dad before he died, which is why she’s an important witness. Nick makes the trip out there to find out what she knows and what she plans on saying when it’s time for her to testify. Nick also went to find out why she left in the first place.

When Nick asked Letitia why his mother left, he didn’t believe her. The writers like to try to trick us that way by making it seem like everything Letitia says is a lie. When Nick goes to visit her, she’s not very happy to see him. It was interesting seeing Nick take such an aggressive approach with his mother. He was really angry that his mother just totally abandoned him and usually Nick is so calm, but we actually saw him raise his voice and be rude. Nick’s mom didn’t know that much that hadn’t been revealed before, she seemed to be under the impression that when Letitia said she was going to take care of everything that it meant killing Dutch. After hearing what his mom had to say, it almost seemed like Nick had some sort of revelation; like he just immediately felt that she was guilty.

Caroline Lagerfelt as Clare George, Peter Krause as Nick George

Brian went off to go see his son after a hilarious talk with his son alerted him to the fact that his son’s mother was leaving him at home by himself. Brian heads off to Brazil, where he finds out that his son’s mom is working and hasn’t been using the checks that he’s been sending him. This was confusing. We get that the mom wanted to be independent, but it seems quite irresponsible to risk leaving your child at home when you don’t have to. Having pride is understandable, but the mother couldn’t even stick to her guns, because she decides to start using the checks. It just seemed too easy and it just didn’t make sense why she wasn’t using the checks in the first place. Brian’s relationship with Brian Jr. isn’t really normal, but it’s fun to watch and it might make the show interesting again having Brian Jr. with back with his dad.

Tripp was at it again, manipulating Patrick as always. Patrick is feeling guilty about the fact that they covered up Ellen’s death and wants to come clean to the media about what really happened. Patrick decides to reveal everything at the next presidential debate, but when debate time comes, Tripp makes an appearance with Carmelita. Tripp uses Carmelita as a bribing tool and Patrick agrees not to come clean. Tripp’s manipulation tactics don’t seem to get old, but the way that Patrick reacts to them is. It’ll be nice when Patrick finally gets the guts to stand up for his father, because watching him be a lapdog to Tripp is starting to get frustrating. Carmelita is back and while she was very effective first season, it should be interesting to see if the character brings anything interesting to this season.

Karen and Simon’s weird relationship is continuing, with Karen still having no idea that Simon is just playing her. Karen is over Nick for the time after visiting Lisa and hearing how miserable she is and how Nick isn’t really the same person anymore. Who are we kidding though; we all know that somehow, someway Karen and Nick will get entangled again. Lisa and Nick’s relationship is really on the rocks and it does look like they’re headed towards a divorce. Jeremy and Nola’s relationship is cute, but it was pretty obvious what Jeremy was going to do in the end.

Dirty Sexy Money is still missing the comedy and all the storylines are suffering because of it. Dirty Sexy Money has been called a soap opera, but the sad thing is that it’s starting to feel like one. With the plots that are advancing slowly and the way characters keep making the same decisions over and over again expecting them to be different. Dirty Sexy Money is still a good show; just not as good as it used to be.

Rating: 7.0