Peter Krause plays an attorney who takes over his father’s job, which was handling affairs (of all kinds) for the Darlings, "the richest family in New York. Father was killed in a small plane crash, which might not have been an accident.
It was part over-the-top comedy and part really emotional drama, and the casting was excellent. Donald Sutherland, Jill Clayburgh, one of the Baldwin boys, and several people who I vaguely remember from other shows, but not enough to be distracting.
I thought it was de-leesh-ous. The characters are much more scandalous, flawed, and human than your average nighttime soap, and the cameos were fun. Baldwin’s inability to hurt his fragile girlfriend and the pugalistic clergyman were hilarious.
Yeah, there’s just enough caricature to make them interesting. Except for the priest, all the siblings show potential for growth. Maybe even the priest, what with being concerned about his bastard son’s education.
The cameos were cool. Dan Rather, Peter Bogdonovich (sp?) – any others?
I liked Nick’s response to one of the reporters – “How can you even ask such a stupid question?”
I didn’t like how it began, with Nick’s mom leaving. If she was so concerned about the effect of the job on her son, why not take him with you? Because then there’d be no show, but other than that?
I never watched Dallas, Dynasty, or Falcon Crest. Were they as good as this looks to be?
highly entertaining. got me hooked in the first few minutes. just what i need, another episodic serial series to keep track of - :rolleyes: - but i like krause from *six feet under * just as i like michael hall, who is now doing *dexter * on showtime. even better show than sexy.
fyi: if you haven’t seen dexter, run, do not walk, to the second season premiere this sunday while trying to get your hands on copies of season one.
Needs more Victoria Pratt (sorry, big Vicky Pratt fangurl since the Xena days who’s pissed she lost her chance to rise above schlocky sci-fi, what with her character on DSM being written out and all.)
It lost me for a while in the middle but the ending brought me back in. The priest being more of a caricature than the Paris Hilton-lookalike is a problem they’ll have to tone down.
Now that we know that the father was having a 40-year affair with the mother, who wants to start betting on which Darling kid will turn out to be his?
Loved, loved, loved this show! I loved when he quit, then let himself get sucked right back in by “Tripp”. Donald Sutherland is brilliant. I hope he quits every single week. And those ring tones were hilarious!
Minor quibble, Brian Darling is actually a reverend. That’s only important b/c he has a wife. I’m not sure we’ve met her though.
I really enjoyed the show. The whole murder aspect really sealed the deal for me though. Without that, the show is kind of thin. This also gives him a reason to go back and work for the family seeing as it is probably the worst job on earth.
I don’t think that Donald Sutherland is the murderer. That is far too simple. I don’t think it’s the matriarch either, also a little too simple. I figure there is a product of the affair that might lose an inheritance. Peter Krause’s father wanted a relationship with whichever kid it was and the only option that allowed the kid to keep the inheritance would be to kill the father and try to keep the secret. That’s just off the top of my head and there are probably flaws in my theory.
Great cast, great fun, great…more tv to watch. Just what I need :rolleyes:
The Episcopalians are the American branch of the Anglican church, the church started when Henry VIII broke with Rome. The Anglicans were as close to Catholics as possible, except that their priests can marry and their parishioners can divorce.
Traditionally, the highest class of American old wealth have been disproportionally Episcopalians. And more presidents have been Episcopalian than any other denomination. It’s a subtle signifier of the Darling’s eliter-than-thou status.
I watched it because my daughter had TIVO’ed it. Not my usual TV fare, but I enjoyed it.
A technical question, though, about sound balance. I had trouble hearing some of the dialog because the soundtrack drowned it out. Is this just a symptom of my aging ears, or did anybody else notice it?
I loved this show. I love Peter Krause and I love that he’s playing a character who is (so far, anyway) somewhat likable, especially vis-a-vis his character from “Six Feet Under,” who was a tool.
I liked it for the most part and will be back for more. What confused me is the quick turnaround for Nick’s character. He was so against it, then he took it. (Fine, money’ll do that) But he made so many demands and then he didn’t enforce them. “It’ll be done on my schedule” Then they call in the middle of the night. Like it’d kill the young kid to spend a night in jail, missing his parent’s anniversary party.
The best reveal was that his father was having an affair, and then I thought of the mother’s crying at the party. It was a nice touch.
I didn’t have a problem with the sound, but I had lots of problems with Kid Nation earlier. I’ve noticed that stuff I watch via Tivo has clearer sound than the stuff I watch on the other TV. Maybe it’s my TV.
but where else can I drop this useless bit of trivia?
The production crew has figured out that “Dirty Sexy” can prefix just about anything, so as I make my rounds across the lot, I encounter golf carts emblazoned with “Dirty Sexy Accounting”, forklifts are sporting “Dirty Sexy Construction” and a 40-foot trailer is clearly marked “Dirty Sexy Costumes”.
