I watch the first season of Dirty Sexy Money on cable every Sunday. Guess what, Quiapo has the entire first and second seasons on DVD. And so instead of a sex marathon on Saturday night (I'm kidding OK), I found myself watching 19 episodes in one sitting considering that I already canceled my Sunday plans of running with Jun in the morning.
Like all TV series, it starts out really well and it seems to take wild turns towards the end. Nick George, a middle-aged, idealistic lawyer who usually works pro bono for charity clients finds himself working for the richest family in New York, the Darlings, when his father's plane crashed into Long Island sound and was forced to assume his father's responsibilities as the Darling family lawyer. Gradually, he loses his values, his identity and his marriage as he gets drawn into the world of the Darlings.
Questions: (1) Rev. Brian Darling's wife and twin girls. What happened to them? Why was Brian allowed to marry again as he hasn't divorced his Chinese wife yet; Also, Brian is clearly a Protestant minister because he's married. But the church building looks unmistakably Catholic, complete with candles, a crucifix and an image of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help;(2) At the end of season 1, Juliet had a French lover from the Seychelles who said that he wants to stay indefinitely. Then why did Juliet disappear completely in the second season? (3) Ren's character in the second season was the most pointless- OK she got run over by Letitia. But isn't it that she's supposed to be treated in a hospital and not at the palatial home of the Darlings? Both Nick and Trip seemed to have a thing for Ren as Nick's marriage begins to crumble.
(4) Trip's nemesis, Simon Elder asks Nick for the profit and loss statements of Darling Enterprises, as if these were an extremely difficult thing to do. Hello, the company is listed in the stock exchange, meaning the company's financial statements are available to the public. (5) In the first season, it was made very clear that Nick no longer have affections for Karen as he's already married with Lisa and has a girl named Kiki. Then why is it that in the second season, Nick is made to appear like he still has feelings for Karen?
(6) When Letitia admitted that he had a 40-year affair with Dutch George, Nick's father and the Darling family lawyer, I speculated that one of the Darling children would turn out to be Nick's sibling. I bet on Brian. I was right. (7) Casting Lucy Liu in the second season was a brilliant idea, although it seems like she's just reprising her role in Ally McBeal. Beneath the feisty exterior lurks a very vulnerable character struggling to break free from the hand that is holding her by the neck. (8) Trip has made it clear that Nick is part of the Darling family and has anointed Nick to take over the business empire despite the fact that Nick isn't his son. Which makes me wonder: Is this a grand plan hatched by Trip and Dutch? What is the role of Simon Elder in this?
Three (3) episodes of the second season remain un-aired and ABC has reportedly no intention of reviving the series back. The show was simply yanked off the air, presumably due to low ratings without providing the viewers with a resolution to the mystery surrounding Dutch's disappearance.
And so who killed Dutch George? Is he really dead when it was hinted in two occasions that he might just be around? His body was never found. Obviously, there's a sort of a grand plan taking place, with Nick innocently being used as the conduit for the events to take shape and the plane crash to jump start it. But we'll never know now, won't we?
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