“The Nutcracker”
I'm not sure how many more eps of
Dirty Sexy Money are in the can, but I am worried we are going to get stuck in the middle of a serious cliff hangar.
I suspected when Tripp got on the phone and told the person on the line to find out what Simon wanted with the Darling's financials, that it was Karen. But I wasn't really sure until the last scene. So, if she's getting busy with Simon for her Dad, then what are her reasons? Is it just to get Nick? Walking into the Nutcracker crying certainly got his attention. Though I think Tripp's reasons are far more
business related. And there's some question as to whether Tripp isn't using Nick to make it seem though he's protecting Karen from Simon.
And speaking of which, Simon inviting Karen over to meet his ex was a little mean; he could have warned her at least. Because if he is just using her, then why did he want to get approval from his ex, unless. Could the Princess be in cahoots with him against the Darlings? I'd heard
Gina Torres was joining the cast as Simon's former wife and it was a great thrill to see her with that crazy accent. I remember her from
Serenity and
Angel when she was kicking aspen and taking names. When Karen returned to the house, holding back tears, she looked absolutely stunning. So take that Simon Elder.
Lisa barely knows any of the Darlings and yet her relationship with Jeremy feels like they're old friends. I loved when they were lying on the couch in the gallery all hopped up on marijuana and chillaxed and having a heart to heart. Then he sat in her lap. You just knew Jeremy was going to kiss her. And she didn't exactly stop him, though she managed to pull herself together enough to make him stop after the first one.
Jeremy finally came clean and told the truth to Sofia who didn't take it as well as he might have hoped. He's suffered at the hands of "these love-pirates." And now he may have lost Sofia as well.
Poor Carmelita, do you know how hard it is to get nail polish out of a cream colored carpet? What happened to her? Who kidnapped her? With the way Patrick was acting, I would have sworn he set something up with Clark. "They managed to elude the ficus." Patrick was so nonchalant when he sniffed her scarf and said, "She's gone." He'd have been a heck of a lot more torn up if she was really gone. Maybe he got her out of there so he could save face with Ellen.
Lisa practically suffocated Nick with tears of gratitude when he suggested she have a baby now that she'd lost her job. Does she really not care about her career? I mean she was
this close to selling a giant blue Berlin sponge. Well, the career didn't work out honey, but good news, you can just have another kid and everything will be all right. Not to mention that Nick tossed that idea out like he was asking if she wanted a new car.
We were graced with another moment of humility from Brian; the range on that guy, holy smokes. I found it a little strange that Tish bathed his feet as they were talking about his relationship to God. Mary Magdelene did the same for Jesus on his road to the crucifixion. I don't know very many mothers that would wash their grown sons' feet, but then I don't know very many mothers who head up families worth 35 billion smackaroos, either. He was sweet to her. I feel like he turned a corner in this show, but I hope he's not going to be completely nice; he plays nasty so well. He did look fine in that black suit. And I hope it made Tripp proud to have one of his children, (or not exactly one of his children,) finally become part of the family business.
Thank goodness for Juliet, it was a real pleasure to see her again after her almost nonexistent story line for the past few weeks, (can you say, 'Rehab'?) I for one am happy she's back. And the love affair with the guy she met on Karen's honeymoon in the Seychelles was just what she needed. I pray he's not just seeing her because of the Darling name. Someone in that family deserves a little happiness. She's going to give it all away to him, let's hope he's on the up and up.
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