TV-Reviewed

Dirty Sexy Money isn’t for everyone and I’m starting to realize that the later you join in this season, the more lost you’ll probably be. This episode moves a lot of the plots really fast with some big changes and big revelations. Summarizing this show can be awful confusing, so I’ll just work on talking about the interesting parts.

Letitia’s case finally comes to an end in a rather unimpressive manner. It’s a bit disappointing that the case never even went to trial or if it did, we didn’t even get to see how Nick was in court, because we haven’t really seen how good he is in court. When Letitia was first arrested it was interesting, but afterwards it never felt like there was never any danger of Letitia going to jail. So Jeremy rats out his affair with Nola to Nick, but he’s been working for his mother the whole time. I guess by Letitia needing Jeremy, we’re supposed to assume she’s the real killer and that’s the way it’s looking now. Nick seems to think he knows who killed his father, so for now Letitia is out of the way. I’m actually hoping that we find out who killed Nick’s dad soon because it’s been a lingering plot for too long and I’m also hoping that it wasn’t any of the Darlings who did it.

The Dirty Sexy Money Cast

Speaking of Nick, it’s weird how he seems to be changing into his father. We’ve seen him get mad a lot and when he busted Nola for her affair with Jeremy, it was scary how much he enjoyed her downfall. We shouldn’t feel bad for Nola though, because it turns out that Simon has had her under her thumb the whole time. Jeremy admitted that he fell in love with Nola, but does Nola still have feelings for Jeremy? Is it me or is anyone else confused about Simon’s plans? His initial plan seemed to be to acquire Karen’s shares, so Tripp cuts Karen off, which was a brilliant move. Simon still continues on with the marriage though and having Nola in his pocket was a surprise, but what was he expecting to gain by Letitia going off to jail? Simon would be so much more interesting if the writers didn’t make him so secretive. Sure the Darlings don’t have to know his secrets, but it would be nice if the audience could be let in a little because at this point, we don’t know what Simon’s goal is, so it’s hard to figure out whether Simon’s plan are going well or not.

Nick and Lisa are finally over. I have to say I am glad, even though the reason is a bit lame, I never thought Lisa and Nick would survive; in fact, I didn’t think Nick should have been married in the first place. The Nick and Lisa relationship was bound to end anyway, but I feel bad for their daughter Kiki, who we’ve only seen once this season. Now what’s not cool is moving the Karen and Nick relationship along so fast. Nick going to Karen right after he ended things with his wife seemed slightly thoughtless. So now we have this whole will Nick kiss Karen thing left to us as the cliffhanger and who wants to bet that nothing will happen until the wedding?

Other things that happened had Brian Jr’s mom having cancer, which is actually a good plot device if they want to get rid of her because I think the show will work better with Brian being a single father anyway. Then we had the kids uniting to show their support to Karen, but deciding not to tell Tripp. It really is quite amazing how Tripp has his kids under his thumb. Patrick’s anger at his dad about Carmelita seems to have cooled down a bit and he doesn’t seem to be his own man quite yet, but hiring Nola, might be his first move.

Some of the plots and new stories happened too fast, but I actually liked it. This episode more then any other shows you how soap-opera like this show is, because secrets and new stuff was being unraveled so fast. I really wish they’d bring back some of the comedy and maybe Juliet too, who’s supposed to be having an orgasm fest on the islands. There was good acting all around and I’m looking forward to what happens next. It wasn’t a great episode, but one that holds our interest for the next episode.

Rating: 7.4