What I'm Watching: Dirty Sexy Money

Dirty Sexy Money: Season 1, Episode 8 “The Country House” (B+)

My heart warms a bit every time a see more than one Darling sitting at the same table and interacting. There should really be more of that. Brian and Karen in particular make for a fascinating and hilarious twosome. I definitely did not notice that Laura Palmer had joined the guest cast of this show (as Brian Jr.’s mother, I think). Too bad she does not have a juicy part. She was always good at being wrapped in plastic. Ellen shooting Patrick is both funny and progressive. Their meeting is one of the most awkward things I have ever seen, and seeing Patrick so easily dismissed by both his lovers is highly entertaining. Jeremy’s courtship of the woman from “The Knights of Prosperity” is surprisingly captivating, though I am sure that Mr. Babeson’s fate is not a happy one, at least with that girl. Trip and Simon’s arguing match is not as compelling as it perhaps should have been, partly due to Blair Underwood’s very unenthusiastic portrayal of Simon, but its intercutting with Nick’s wife finding about his kiss with Karen is brilliant. Was anyone else expecting the camera to pull back on Nick’s wife to find someone else in bed with her? On the subject of unfulfilled on-screen happenings, has anyone seen Juliet recently?