Posted by Dustin on 12.11.2008 at 9:13 pm

Last night’s “Dirty Sexy Money” seemed a tad slow to me, up until the end which was really good. First a quick recap then some thoughts.

Andrea continued to get worse, and she made Brian face the fact that she was dying. He ran into his old Bishop, who reminded him that his 5 month retreat to make his decision about his future with the church was about up. Brian went to the church and demanded God basically prove himself, prove why he should come back by saving Andrea. When he returned to the hospital he learned Andrea had taken a miraculous turn for the better. Brian decided not only to go back to the church, but to aim for the top job . . . the Bishop’s!

Jeremy had a talk with his mom and Karen about Nola and her actions lately. They said it sounds like she’s seeing someone else and he should move on. He spied on her only to find out she was meeting with Simon. He confronted her, demanding answers. She couldn’t tell him the truth, so he threatened to tell Patrick. She finally said that Simon was holding her little brother, so she was meeting with him from time to time, she couldn’t say more. Jeremy promised to help her, trying to go to Nick, but only tipping Simon off. Simon wasn’t happy with Nola at all, basically giving her a last warning to keep her mouth shut.

Patrick’s official swearing in to the senate was this week, and he planned to invite Carmelita and reveal her to all. Tripp and Nick thought this was a bad idea, but Patrick schemed to do it anyways.

Meanwhile Ellen’s brother Chase returned and the Darlings schemed to have him put away for 72 hours psych observation. He was hauled off as Nick was trying to calm him down, which infuriated Chase and made him feel that Nick was worse than the Darlings and that he had set him up.

Karen decided to make nice with Nick and headed to his apartment. She was taken hostage by Chase, who escaped his police escort and took a gun and uniform! He knocked Karen out and then went to the swearing in. Karen came too long enough to call Nick and try and warn him.

Nick figured out something was wrong, just as Tripp got news that Chase escaped. Nick realized he was here, they had to shut things down. Chase was in the crowd dressed as a cop and opened fired as the show came to a close. Jeremy was knocked down, hitting his head. Nick tried to tackle Chase, but Chase shot and hit someone . . . . but who?

My Thoughts
Brian got his miracle he demanded God give him. It was a very disturbing yet sad scene with Brian in the church. I realized Brian was angry though and lashing out as he was facing losing Andrea. The “miracle,” whether of medicine or God brought him back to the church, but now he’s going for the top job it seems. I’ve honestly been enjoying him more working and being part of the Darlings. Before he felt so off and disconnected, which obviously was the point. Hopefully that won’t happen this time.

Frankly I know it’s stereotyping and type casting, but I’m so ready for Lucy Lui to pull some Charlie’s Angel Kung Foo moves and kick Simon Elder’s ass to kingdom come! He’s still sitting way to pretty frankly and needs to be knocked some more pegs. I want to see Lucy/Nola save herself and her brother, not have Jeremy or Nick do it.

Finally who was shot at the swearing in? I don’t know why but I’m getting a bad feeling it was Carmelita. Patrick was ready to reveal her, so she’s gotta go basically or his career will be toast.