Dirty Sexy Money 2×01 – The Birthday Present

 

After a much shortened Season 1, Dirty Sexy Money returns to our screens with a delectable Season 2, and what a whopper this season starter is!

It’s 6 months after we last saw them and begins with a birthday party thrown by the Darlings for family lawyer Nick George, wherein Tripp’s words always have some hidden meaning, Patrick gives the ‘eye’, Brian’s had a bad tan, Karen seems to be ignoring Nick (?!) and Jeremy and Juliet are absent.

Then we recap the 48 hours prior and it all starts to make sense.

DIRTY

Patrick’s missing trannie lover Carmelita is still on his mind, and current wife Ellen is not having any of it. Driven to drink, she goes crazy upon realizing Patrick’s still looking for her and takes a poker to his glass shower. Man this woman has serious anger issues, first shooting Patrick in the leg, now attempting to kill him?

She slips on the glass and water and bashes her head on the sink, leaving her in a pool of blood, but not before telling Patrick that she had Carmelita taken care of… ooooooh. You would think that would incite Patrick to keep her alive so he can find out more, but no, while she’s bleeding to death on the floor, Patrick calls Tripp who calls Nick who washes his hand off the dirty deed, leaving hapless driver Clark to dispose of the body the next day. Poor Clark.

And the sudden arrest of Letitia for Dutch’s murder? Wow that was surprising! Totally didn’t see that one coming.

SEXY

Jeremy’s still enamored with Lisa as he rides up to her place in the cutest bright red scooter. They are quite cute together, and in her moment of weakness Jeremy manages to swoop in and kiss her, which results in them being caught by Nick. Lisa does manage to fend him off and Jeremy’s all depressed, but he totally gets hit on by a smoking hot Lucy Liu (who apparently plays an attorney, yet again) and get it on in his limo. Ah, to be rich and have a limo at your disposal. Poor drivers, wonder what Clark has seen and heard all his time as the chauffer…

Lisa did something to her hair, no? It’s very sleek and very pretty on her. The nonchalant Nick punch of Jeremy was hilarious. Just whopped him and walked off. Coolness~

Nick and Karen have such an interesting dynamic – they’re the first people they each turn to when they have problems, despite them having such a complicated history and present. The ‘birthday suit present’ scene in the office? Hilarious. As Karen says, it’s not a bad combination, just bad timing.

Karen’s in love with Simon Elder! Just when you think that perhaps she’s finally found love (after Husband #4), it turns out Simon’s been playing her all this while. Ooh, drama, who’s double crossing who? Lovely blue dress in the party scene. And the bangs look quite good on her, though she did look strange  and really old in that scene where she’s in her bra on Simon Elder’s lap.

MONEY

Karen decides not to hand over the secret formula and gives Tripp the crystal swan (poor days reminder) instead? Intriguing. A show of love for Simon and defiance against Tripp, or some other message to Tripp?

So who fast-tracked Brian Jnr and Mum’s passports? I’m pretty sure Brian was the one who held them up, but they never did tell us who foiled his plans. Signs point directly to Tripp since Brian defied him, and while he denies it, I think it sounds like a very Tripp thing to do. Speaking of which, the part where Brian refuses to counsel Ellen because he doesn’t want to smile and nod and he’d rather more jobs like the one where he went to Munich to close down the factory and that firing people was fun, I laughed out loud. It’s so Brian!

Still, undeterred by Nick’s refusal to help his ‘family’, Tripp still gives Nick a gigantic yacht. And Nick still accepts, albeit with some hesitation as Lisa looks on in horror and realize he just might be following the Dutch route after all.

Exciting! what happens next week? Is Letitia guilty? How does Simon-Karen play out? Also, Lucy Liu who?