Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Dirty Sexy Money - Season 2 Spoilers: #202 "The Fashion Show"


In the wake of matriarch Letitia Darling's murder charges, stocks of Darling Enterprises take a plunge, while Tripp's nemesis Simon "Hungry Wolf" Elder licks his chops and begins to buy in bulk. Meanwhile, a fashion show at the Imperial reaches a dramatic climax as Letitia blacks out.



In the second episode of season 2 of ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" titled "The Fashion Show," Darling Enterprises takes its biggest one-day fall in a decade on the NYSE, as nervous investors continue to sell off following Letitia's scandalous arrest. As the roller coaster ride continues, Simon Elder launches his takeover game.



But don't count the old fox out yet. Tripp, as one of the founding fathers of the Old Boy Network, summons his billionaire friends who share his disgust with nouveau riche tech philanthropist Simon Elder. Tripp asks his friends to do what they do best - buy, buy and buy. Can they help the Darling stock bounce back?

Meanwhile, Elder will stop at nothing. Following thus far unfulfilled promises to find Carmelita, Simon asks Patrick to arrange a meeting between him and Jeremy Darling.



Letitia, who finds it very difficult to adjust to her house arrest, takes a walk with Clark in the neighborhood of The Imperial to enjoy the fall which always reminds her of fashion shows at the Waldorf. Although the Darlings own a great deal of the adjacent property, the police take Letitia into custody again.



Following her release, Letitia decides to bring Oscar's (would that be de la Renta?) fashion show to her home. Although only 11 elderly ladies show up, Letitia feels grateful to them for being loyal friends and making her feel valuable. One of the ladies however stands up and reveals her disgust with Letitia's conduct. A shocked matriarch faints on the runway.



As Letitia seeks therapy at an eco-friendly Japanese 5-star rejuvenation center, Nick's rival and prosecutor Nola (special guest star Lucy Liu) insists that Letitia immediately be put into jail for violating her house arrest for the second time. Nick argues the Darlings own the block Letitia had been arrested on and threatens to file malicious prosecution charges. Who will prevail?



Also in this episode, Brian asks Tripp to take the company jet to Brazil. Having received a picture of Brian Jr. dressed in white altar boy robes in a box with a dead tarantula, the former minister sees a clear cry for help.

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Shocking "Dirty Sexy Money" Spoilers


A member of the Darling clan is arrested and put on trial for first degree murder! Find out who it is and what else happens in the eventful first all-new episode of "Dirty Sexy Money" which goes into production the first week of May.


The episode titled "The Family Lawyer" carries production number 201, but it is actually expected to be the 4th episode of the show's 2nd season (#204), as 3 already filmed but unaired episodes from season 1 will be rolled over to the sophomore year.

Tripp (Donald Sutherland) decides to surprise his wife Letitia (Jill Clayburgh) on the day of groundbreaking of Nick's (Peter Krause) Children's Hospital and take her on a romantic trip to Venice, Italy.


Their bliss is obliterated with the arrival of the police who put Letitia Darling under arrest and charge her with murder of her lover Devlin "Dutch" George (Peter Strauss).

According to an unnamed witness, Letitia arranged the murder with the help of airplane mechanic Norman Exley, who himself had been found dead months after Dutch's plane crash.

The Darlings hire a celebrity lawyer who never lost a single case to defend Letitia (the producers may stunt-cast the role). They enter a plea of Not Guilty, but Her Honor Judge Emerson sets bail at 20 million dollars.



The Darling family banker Paulo Vova is however already in the courthouse with a briefcase containing 50 million dollars in cash, to ensure Letitia's speedy return home. The Darling matriarch spent the night in jail.

Letitia's lawyer however fails to ensure a quiet exit from the courthouse as the Darlings are mobbed by the paparazzi while using a back entrance. Letitia breaks down under the flashes of the paparazzi. Fueled by rage, Tripp fires the lawyer.

Later at the Imperial, Brian (Glenn Fitzgerald) - who had been against the hiring of the lawyer from the beginning - insists that Nick take on the case despite his reluctance to get involved. Meanwhile, Letitia remains at the Imperial under house arrest wearing an ankle bracelet.



The case against Letitia is initiated by Nola Lyons, whom the writers describe as "whip-smart overachiever with a license to thrill handed out by the Fashion Police." Nola relies on Jody, her "small male assistant."

In a separate storyline, Jeremy (Seth Gabel) who continues to work for Tripp as a valet and is believed to be dating celebutante Bitsy Calhoun ("She's my Kabbalah buddy!"), falls for a British paparazza called Verona, who keeps taking pictures of the family and in one instance calls Jeremy a "wanker."

Amid all mess, the Darlings notice Juliet (Samaire Armstrong) has disappeared. It turns out she left the US with her new boy toy Kai or as Jeremy puts it: "She's somewhere in the Indian Ocean with the virgin surgeon." Juliet leaves in the 3rd episode of season 2.



Patrick (William Baldwin) is desperate without his beloved Carmelita (Candis Cayne) who had been kidnapped by his wife Ellen (Bellamy Young). Having gotten rid of his evil spouse, Patrick manages to locate Carmelita, but after she leaves him anyway, he makes a plea for her to come back, coded into one of his TV speeches.

Finally, Karen is puzzled after overhearing Simon's conversation in Russian.

Since the producers are only prepping the episode at this time, the actual filmed storylines described above are subject to last minute rewrites and changes. The episode "The Little Boy" should air as episode 4 of season 2 of "Dirty Sexy Money" at some point in October 2008 on ABC.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Samaire Armstrong Leaving "Dirty Sexy Money"


Actress Samaire Armstrong who plays Juliet Darling on ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" will, as rumored late last year, no longer be a series regular. We may however see Juliet in the show's 2nd season on a recurring basis.

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"Dirty Sexy Money" @ Paley Festival


The cast and producers of "Dirty Sexy Money" participated in a show panel discussion at the Paley Festival on Tuesday night revealing tons of information about the series and its upcoming 2nd season.


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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Dirty Sexy Money UK Launch


"Dirty Sexy Money" is launching in the UK this Friday. Check out the promo campaign running on Britain's Channel 4. The show's 10 episodes will be airing Friday nights at 9:00pm.


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Friday, February 29, 2008

Behind the Scenes Changes @ "Dirty Sexy Money"


Scroll down to the bottom of the Televisionista article about the changes behind the scenes at ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money." Will the new show runner take the series into a new direction?


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Monday, February 11, 2008

"Dirty Sexy Money" Spoilers: #111-113


The second season of ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" is a go, so here's a little recap of what we know about the 3 episodes filmed late last year that will kick off the sophomore year. The episodes will however undergo heavy tweaking.

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

"Dirty Sexy Money" Midseason Stills


Although "Dirty Sexy Money" won't be coming back till September 2008, that hasn't stopped ABC's marketing department from releasing these great new midseason stills of the cast.


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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Are Episodes #111-113 Shitty?


A panel discussion with the cast of "Dirty Sexy Money" reveals the 3 unaired episodes of the show filmed after the writers' strike began may have been some of the worst. The episodes will require extensive reshoots and tweaking.


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Friday, November 23, 2007

"Dirty Sexy" Ratings: "Money" Hits Series Low


Not exactly the news I was hoping for after the full season pick-up, but it is obvious we can put the blame on Thanksgiving for this one.


"The Country House" (#1.08) episode of ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" scored 6.52 million viewers and a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49, well below its season average of 9.60 million or last week's 8.10 million.

The show ended up last in the timeslot, behind CBS' procedural CSI: NY (14.36 million) and the second half of a special 2-hour telecast of NBC's "Deal or No Deal" (10.15 million).

Given ABC's equally disappointing results on Thanksgiving Thursday, it is obvious the decision to air a first run original the night before Thanksgiving when younger audiences were not watching was not the best one.

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"Dirty Sexy" Spoilers #1.10 "The Nutcracker"


Christmas is coming to the Imperial. The Darlings will of course celebrate the holidays in a grand style. Check out the stills and spoilers from the December 5 episode of "Dirty Sexy Money" titled "The Nutcracker."


Nick learns Simon and Karen are secretly seeing each other, but he refuses to admit why it truly bothers him.

Karen bails on the family tradition of watching "The Nutcracker" in order to accept Simon's invitation to meet a mysterious person.

Brian's suspension from the ministry thrusts him into an existential career crisis, and Letitia suggests he go to Tripp for guidance.

Lisa guides Jeremy in his quest to impress Sofia by pretending to be a painter.

Meanwhile, Juliet has a visitor from the Seychelles, and Carmelita tells Patrick she thinks she's being watched.









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Original "Dirty Sexy" Pilot


ABC has scheduled rerun of the "Dirty Sexy Money" pilot for December 12. Have you ever wondered what the original pilot of the show looked like? Although I have never seen it, I was able to collect some information about it, so here's what I know.


As I have mentioned in an earlier the pilot was shot in the second half of March at the Institute of Fine Arts in New York, the former James B. Duke House in Manhattan. "Dirty Sexy Money" is now filmed on sets built for the series in Los Angeles, so some of the scenes in the pilot had to be reshot.

The pilots are usually shot on location because the networks decide whether to pick up the pilot to series and invest into building of sets only after they see the finished pilot. Once the production begins, it is of course cheaper to build sets and film there, than to rent an expensive location.



Some of the scenes shot in or around this building remained in the aired pilot: the one where little Brian tells little Nick he hates him; the one where Nick attacks Brian and pulls his ear; or perhaps the one where the Darlings are gathered around an unconscious Juliet who tried to commit suicide.




The Darling lobby and Juliet's bedroom, where these scenes take place, look much different in later episodes.




The family feud scene at the beginning of the episode in which Tish breaks a vase, the scene where Letitia comforts a sobbing Juliet and Tripp and Tish's anniversary party were reshot because the new and colorful sets oozing classic elegance combined with modern comfort looked radically different from the traditional sets of the original pilot.




The characters were also portrayed somewhat differently. In the original pilot, after she had broken a vase, Letitia walks out with vodka in her hand and says: "Sometimes you children...make...me...sick." In the new pilot she tells the children a decision (about hiring Nick) has been made and that's that.





I would assume the writers decided to portray Letitia as a more caring and in control mother than the boozy and distant socialite that she was originally. You can however still see a glimpse of that personality in the scene from the original pilot where everyone rushes to save a suicidal Juliet and Tish stays behind with vodka in her hand and says "Here we go."

I also mentioned in an earlier post there were two characters in the original pilot who ended up being entirely scrapped.

Nick had a partner in his law firm (The Unit's Las Alonzo) and there was also an editor-in-chief of a Vanity Fair-style magazine (Day Break's Victoria Pratt) who was interviewing Nick about his work with the Darlings throughout the episode and may have had an ulterior motive to write her article.



As you can see from these opening minutes of the original pilot, Nick's mother committed suicide. You also get to see the in his law firm. Speaking of which, his office looked much more spacious and expensive (the scene where Karen tells Freddy Nick deflowered her which takes place in that office however remained in the aired pilot).




I also gather Nick was a somewhat less likable character who didn't smile too much. Instead of laughing about Jeremy's phone call (asking what to do with the yacht he won in a poker game) at 1:00 a.m., in the original pilot Nick is not too happy to be woken up by Jeremy at 4:00 a.m.

The original pilot was much darker and heavier in tone with overwhelming drab colors of the old-fashioned and more traditional-looking sets. The new pilot is taking itself less seriously and it is bursting with fun, colors and energy. Or as TV Guide eloquently put it: it's "Brothers & Sisters" on crack.

Since "Dirty Sexy Money" was given a full-season pick up and will hopefully end up on DVD next year, we may get to see some of the scrapped scenes. In the meantime, if you haven't recorded the pilot episode, you can enjoy it all over again on Wednesday, December 12 in the show's regular timeslot at 10/9c.



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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

"Dirty Sexy" Spoilers #108 "The Country House"


Thumbs down to ABC's marketing department for not posting a sneak peek from tonight's Thanksgiving-themed episode titled "The Country House." Not exactly the best way to promote a show only days after the full season pick-up. Hop over to Televisionista for 25 stills and spoilers from tonight's episode which was filmed last month in Pasadena during Samaire Armstrong's rehab stint.


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Monday, November 19, 2007

Lolita Davidovich Joins "Dirty Sexy Money" (Spoilers)


Canadian actress of Serbian heritage Lolita Davidovich ("The L Word") has joined the cast of ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" in a recurring role as Flavia Carozzi, a potential romantic interest for Donald Sutherland's character. Major spoilers ahead, after the jump.


The character will first appear in episode #112 titled "The Silent Auction" which goes into production this week. Hollywood Reporter now confirms ABC Studio will film all scripts written prior to the writters' strike.

In casting notices, Flavia is described as an elegant, sexy Director of Fund Raising at a New York children's hospital who crosses paths with Nick and Tripp. Her husband Umberto was a renowned scientist who passed away four years ago.

Flavia and Tripp know each other from 1982 when they both worked on the board of United Way.

Nick persuades Tripp to use his influence to help the hospital by organizing a silent auction and offer up for bid high-profile items such as a lavish ski trip to Gstaad or lunch with Buffet and Soros.

Realizing Flavia's growing interest in him, the Darling family patriarch remembers the day he met his wife Letitia at the races in Saratoga (the twins gave the parents a horse in celebration of their anniversary in the pilot).

He compares Letitia to a "lovely bolt of lightning" and says she really is the love of his life. Tripp bids Flavia farewell leaving her behind desperate, in tears and with creepy determination.

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Meet the Darlings


Every spring TV networks develop about 100 pilots, only about a third of which are ordered to series. Before these shows premiere in the fall, the pilots are tweaked, the storylines are scrapped and the characters are altered. Have the Darlings changed much? Here are the initial character descriptions from casting notices along with the original promo shoot from March 2007.



TRIPP DARLING:

60s. He is the Darling family patriarch, a super-wealthy, powerful, persuasive man of charm and determination who has vineyards and homes around the world, including the upper East Side in NYC.

He has spawned five grown, troubled children with his life Letitia. Tripp and his family embody the charm and all-Americanism of the Kennedys. They also embody the scandal; rumor has it Tripp was close to being implicated in at least three murders.

When Nick's father Devlin dies under mysterious circumstances, Tripp tries to hire Bill Clinton as his new lawyer, and eventually persuades Nick to take the job.


LETITIA DARLING:

Late 50's-Mid 60's. A glittery, elegant beauty. She is the Darling family matriarch who is friends with the Vanderbilts and knows everyone in Manhattan.

She is completely devastated by Devlin's death, more so than perhaps is warranted by an employer/employee relationship.

According to Karen, Letitia and Devlin were having an affair all these years.



NICK GEORGE:

30s. This pensive, preoccupied, well-meaning, civic-minded NYC lawyer with a wife and daughter grew up in a troubled household (his mother committed suicide when Nick was 7), where he always came in second to the obscenely wealthy, influential Darling family, his father's employer.

Though he vowed never to follow in his father's footsteps, upon his father's mysterious, sudden death, Nick finds himself agreeing to represent The Darlings as their chief counsel.

The job requires him to be an all-around problem fixer, hand-holder, therapist, public relations expert and personal assistant.

Making matters tougher, Nick discovers that his father and the Darling matriarch, Letitia, were having a decades-long affair, and that his father's death may have involved foul-play.

Nick also harbors complicated romantic feelings for the stunning Karen Darling, his first love.



KAREN DARLING:

30s, elegant, sexy and stunning. She's the eldest daughter in the Darling family, a thrice-married socialite who runs the family foundation.

She lost her virginity to Nick and isn't shy about announcing that fact to her current fiance, Freddy. In fact, she always thought she'd end up married to Nick and seems a bit confused that things didn't pan out that way.

A self-described loser in love, she looks to Nick for help in her personal life, and it seems their unresolved feelings for one another may cause a wrinkle in Nick's marriage to Lisa.



PATRICK DARLING:

40s, handsome and commanding. He's a rising political star who upstages Nick at Nick's father's funeral by reciting a eulogy that moves the crowd far more than Nick's did.

Patrick, who is married with two kids, intends to run for President in 2008. There's just one problem: he's been having an affair with a transvestite prostitute who won't go away, and he needs Nick to fix the situation.



BRIAN DARLING:

30s. A reverend with the Episcopal church, he is a pale, sour, whiny jerk who loathed Nick as a kid and loathes him today.

Brian spitefully accused Nick's father of trying to infiltrate a family he didn't belong in, and he feels that Nick is attempting the same exact thing.

Like the rest of the Darling children, Brian has some big problems he needs swept under the rug, namely the illegitimate son he's just been saddled with.



JEREMY DARLING:

20s. A cokehead wastrel. He is frequently seen in rumpled clothing, hung over, smoking cigarettes and pleading with Nick to get him out of a jam.

Having won in a poker game a yacht filled with Liberian immigrants, Jeremy is arrested for human trafficking.

He's completely oblivious to the concept of relative suffering and unable to conceive of a life worse than his, despite his obscene wealth. He fears he's the family disappointment and that his father hates him.


JULIET DARLING:

20s. This "plucky debutante with a heart." She seems like a petulant, spoiled girl who longs to be taken seriously as an actress.

She is devastated to learn she only got the Audrey Hepburn role in the play "Wait Until Dark" because her father, Tripp Darling, was bankrolling the production.

Her favorite comeback is, "You're poor!" which she snaps at anyone who upsets her (taxi drivers, etc.)

She attempts to kill herself by overdosing on Ambien, but upon her recovery she reveals a new strength and determination to live her own life separate of her family.



LISA GEORGE:

Nick's sexy, sensible wife, and the mother of 7 year old Kiki. She's a patient partner in parenting and gets a kick out of the Darling's lavish parties but senses that Nick is drifting away from her, specifically in the direction of the alluring Karen Darling.


Two more characters appeared in the original pilot, but were later scrapped:

COLLIN DAVIDSON:

30s. He's a messy and charming lawyer who works with Nick at his law firm. A self-described "legal avenger," he's been trying to help the owners of an orphanage hold onto their land. He encourages Nick to have lunch with Devlin.

NAOMI LEEDS:

Late 40s. The editor-in-chief of Elite Magazine (think Vanity Fair), this attractive woman wants to profile the Darlings for a tell-all article.

She enlists Nick for an in-depth, probing interview, and bluntly reveals that she thinks the Darlings are "evil" and poisonous.

It turns out she's got very personal reasons for wanting to publish a dirt-filled article."


OTHER CHANGES:

Nick's father was called Dutch;
Nick's mother did not commit suicide but left when he was a young boy;
Tripp is not implicated in three murders;
Patrick did not upstage Nick at his dad's funeral;
Jeremy's drug abuse is toned down and no longer referred to.



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