List of Dirty Sexy Money episodes

This is an episode list for the comedy-drama television series Dirty Sexy Money. The series ran on ABC for two seasons from September 26, 2007 to August 8, 2009, airing a total of 23 episodes. The program revolves around the Darlings, the richest family in New York, their family lawyer Nick George and the mystery revolving around his father's death.

Series Overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		Nielsen ratings		DVD release dates
			Season premiere	Season finale	Viewers (millions)	Rank	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	10	September 26, 2007	December 5, 2007	8.11[1]	#74[1]	September 16, 2008[2]	October 27, 2008[3]	October 29, 2008[4]
	2	13	October 1, 2008	August 8, 2009	6.69[5]	#80[5]	August 18, 2009[6]	October 19, 2009[7]	November 4, 2009[8]

Episodes

Season 1 (2007)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Peter Horton	Craig Wright	September 26, 2007	10.44[9]
Nick George is a successful attorney who has been pulled back into a life he had left behind when his father dies in a mysterious plane crash. He is hired as his father's replacement by the Darlings, a rich family in New York City whose lives are filled with scandal.
2	2	"The Lions"	Michael Grossman	Craig Wright	October 3, 2007	9.61[10]
Nick organizes the entire Darling family together for a photo shoot complete with Lions, but without Juliet, who refuses to take part. Patrick deals with pressure from his father to announce his run for the senate, while Brian and Jeremy deal with complications in their relationships.
3	3	"The Italian Banker"	Michael Grossman	Josh Reims & Tad Quill	October 10, 2007	8.63[11]
Nick runs damage control after the family is blackmailed with a sex tape. Patrick is forced to end his relationship with Carmelita, while Brian's wife learns that her new house guest can speak english. Jeremy's relationship with Natalie becomes hazardous when both she and Juliet show up to Patrick's campaign fundraiser.
4	4	"The Chiavennasca"	Michael Lange	Diane Ruggiero & Chris Landon	October 17, 2007	8.67[12]
Nick goes to Italy to meet the detective who presumably compiled the Simon Elder dossier, and brings back a bottle of Chiavennasca. With him goes his wife Lisa, as well as two uninvited guests: Karen and Freddy. Juliet finds Jeremy in bed with Natalie in his room, then Jeremy stands up for woman he loves. Reverend Brian has new insights of his son.
5	5	"The Bridge"	James Frawley	Peter Elkoff & Jessica Brickman	October 24, 2007	8.56[13]
Nick makes a connection with Simon Elder, while Jeremy and Juliet feud over Jeremy's relationship with Natalie. They both refuse to throw a joint birthday party, and instead decide to throw to separate million dollar parties. Brian's wife learns of her husband's infidelity, and Karen fights to get her fiance into the country club.
6	6	"The Game"	David Petrarca	Craig Wright & Yahlin Chang	October 31, 2007	8.38[14]
Simon tells Nick he will help him find the man who killed his father if Tripp puts up something he wants very badly. Karen needs a favor from her irresistible ex husband, and Jeremy buys his way out of trouble in the first day of his real job working as a parking valet at his parents' "Darling Parking Lot".
7	7	"The Wedding"	Jamie Babbit	Peter Elkoff & Jake Coburn	November 14, 2007	7.90[15]
Karen has second thoughts about marrying Freddy, both Lisa & Letitia believe that Nick is the reason. Brian Jr.'s mother returns, and Ellen Darling discovers her husband's affair. Meanwhile, Natalie tries to make amends with Juliet, but Jeremy believes she has an ulterior motive.
8	8	"The Country House"	Michael Schultz	Nancy Won & Josh Reims	November 21, 2007	6.52[16]
Thanksgiving has arrived and Nick George wants to spend the day with his wife and daughter, but Tripp has another idea. Tripp wants Nick to set up a meeting with Simon Elder so Tripp and Simon can talk face-to-face once and for all. Meanwhile, Letitia helps Karen try and to get closer to Nick. Brian fights to keep his ex-girlfriend, Andrea, from taking his son away from him while Jeremy goes on a first date with Sofia.
9	9	"The Watch"	Andrew Bernstein	Liz Tigelaar & Yahlin Chang	November 28, 2007	7.15[17]
This flashback episode reveals secrets about Dutch and the relationships he had with Nick, Tripp, and Letitia. Karen's intimate view towards Nick is put on hold as she takes a liking to Simon Elder. Brian's attempt to get his son takes a turn he didn't expect and Jeremy continues to hide how much he is worth from Sofia.
10	10	"The Nutcracker"	Tony Goldwyn	Jill Soloway & Craig Wright	December 5, 2007	6.91[18]
Nick learns of Simon and Karen's affair, Brian is thrust into an existential career crisis, Lisa guides Jeremy in his quest to impress Sofia, Juliet has a visitor from the Seychelles, and Carmelita tells Patrick she's being watched.

Season 2 (2008-09)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"The Birthday Present"	Jeff Melman	Craig Wright & Jon Harmon Feldman	October 1, 2008	7.02[19]
Six months have passed since the events of last season. Even as Lisa and Nick plan to celebrate his birthday privately and quietly, Tripp and Letitia Darling decide to throw a lavish party for Nick on their yacht. Nick helps in reconciling Tripp and Patrick, who is still burdened with his troubled marriage and missing transgender lover. Brian is reunited with his illegitimate son, while Karen and Simon Elder escalate their relationship. Jeremy reveals his feelings for Lisa to Nola Lyons. Amidst the Darling drama, a death occurs within the family, and someone is arrested for murder.
12	2	"The Family Lawyer"	Andrew Bernstein	Craig Wright	October 8, 2008	5.85[20]
The newscasts report and speculate on the fiery demise of the Darlings' Valhalla estate, as well as a Darling's death in the fire. At the same time, the family must also deal with funeral arrangements and the aftermath of the arrest of an unforeseen suspect in the murder of Dutch George. Brian recommends to Tripp that, in order to restore confidence in Darling Enterprises, a successor be named a role Simon feels that Karen deserves. Meanwhile, a smitten Jeremy learns Nola Lyons' true profession, Nick and Lisa discuss having another child, and recording artist Kenny G performs.
13	3	"The Star Witness"	Robert Berlinger	Yahlin Chang	October 22, 2008	5.75[21]
Now that Nick has agreed to defend Letitia in the murder case of Dutch George Nick's father and Letitia's secret lover he is disturbed to learn that his estranged mother is on prosecutor Nola Lyons' witness list. Meanwhile, because they have to keep their affair a secret, Jeremy surprises Nola with a private concert by the Weepies; Patrick plans to clear his conscience about his wife's death, but Tripp dissuades him in a shocking way during a senatorial debate moderated by Dan Rather; Brian goes to Brazil to kidnap Brian Jr.; and Simon and Karen continue their loving ways, still unclear if one is plotting against the other.
14	4	"The Silence"	Robert Berlinger	Jake Coburn	October 29, 2008	6.06[22]
As Election Day nears, senatorial candidate Patrick insists to a disapproving Tripp that he wants to take his relationship public with his transgendered mistress, Carmelita. Meanwhile Ellen's brother, Chase, shows up and demands from Patrick the truth about his sister's death. In other developments, Nick and Lisa are in couples therapy; Jeremy asks Nola to ease Letitia's house arrest so she can go to Patrick's election night party; Brian Jr. goes missing, and, at Karen's request, Nick talks to Simon about his real motive for wanting to marry her.
15	5	"The Verdict"	Andrew Bernstein	Craig Wright & Jon Harmon Feldman	November 5, 2008	6.15[23]
While constantly being challenged in court by prosecutor Nola Lyons, Nick is facing an uphill battle defending Letitia in the murder case. But the situation changes quickly after Nick discovers a dirty little secret about Nola. Later on he learns by chance some surprising news about Lisa from Joel Madden, one of the attendees at her art gallery opening. Meanwhile, Karen asks Nick to tell Tripp that she's marrying family nemesis Simon Elder, Tripp attempts to wield his influence over Patrick in choosing his chief of staff, and Brian and Andrea learn some shocking news after a visit to the doctor.
16	6	"The Injured Party"	Dean White	Paul Redford & Sallie Patrick	November 19, 2008	5.58[24]
Letitia hits a young, pretty bicyclist with her car. To avoid another public scandal, Tripp invites Wrenn, to recuperate at the Darling mansion, where she charms a few but makes others suspicious. The claws come out during a catty showdown between Lisa and Karen over Nick. Meanwhile fired prosecutor Nola Lyons delights Patrick with her aggressive ways as his new Chief of Staff, but Tripp and the spurned Jeremy are less than pleased by her presence; and, much to Brian's surprise, Andrea refuses to fight her cancer by entering a medical trial.
17	7	"The Summer House"	Jamie Babbit	Bill Chais & Jake Coburn	December 3, 2008	5.64[25]
As Karen excitedly prepares for her wedding day, she is convinced that this fifth marriage to family nemesis Simon Elder -- is the one that will end in happily ever after. But Tripp is still suspicious of Simon's real motives and wants Nick to make one last-ditch effort to keep the wedding from happening. Lisa hopes taking Jeremy to the wedding will make Nick jealous. In other developments, Patrick hires Jeremy to join his senate team, against Nola's protestations; Brian finds himself drawing closer to Andrea as her illness worsens; and when Letitia sees Tripp paying too much attention to their houseguest, Wrenn, she realizes that this pretty, young woman has overstayed her welcome.
18	8	"The Plan"	Michael Schultz	Yahlin Chang & Emily Whitesell	December 10, 2008	5.24[26]
Filled with love for Carmelita, newly-elected Senator Patrick Darling goes against Nick and Tripp's advice and invites her to his inauguration. Meanwhile Chase defies his agreement with the Darlings and threatens to go public with his accusation that Patrick murdered his sister; Jeremy finds out that Simon has control of Nola's little brother; as Andrea's health dims, Brian promises God anything to make her well again; and Karen goes to Nick's apartment to make amends with him, but is confronted by a gun-wielding Chase.
19	9	"The Organ Donor"	Michael Grossman	Sallie Patrick	December 17, 2008	5.13[27]
The Darlings deal with the aftermath of the shooting spree at Patrick's inauguration by Ellen's brother, Chase. In the confusion that followed, Jeremy got amnesia, Chase was shot and Patrick's mistress was killed. Simon, Nick and the Darlings all have their reasons for not seeing Chase come out of his coma, but Chase's wife, Janine, isn't ready to pull the plug. Meanwhile, the newly-divorced Nick and Lisa discuss custody arrangements for Kiki, and Brian finds himself back in the pulpit while dealing with his relationship with Andrea.
20	10	"The Facts"	Matthew Gross, Jeff Melman, Tom Verica, Robert Berlinger, Michael Grossman and Tim Matheson	Christopher Landon, Lakesha Walker, Peter Elkoff, Jake Coburn, Sallie Patrick, Daniel Cerone and Bill Chais	July 18, 2009	2.15
A gossip columnist interviews chauffeur Clark on Thanksgiving about several scandals surrounding the Darling family.
21	11	"The Convertible"	Peter O'Fallon	Jon Harmon Feldman & Emily Whitesell	July 25, 2009	1.83
Brian, Karen and Nick are all going to DC. Nick is trying to get Kiki back from Lisa after she took her for the weekend, Brian claims to be going to a dinner Patrick is hosting, and Karen decides to want a child and decides to visit a sperm bank. When the plane threatens to crash, Karen and Nick finally own up to their feelings for one another. Meanwhile, Tripp asks Patrick to deal with a congressman who voted against Simon Elder's bio-fuel and discovers something personal about the congressman. Karen finds out she is already pregnant but is reluctant to tell Nick.
22	12	"The Unexpected Arrival"	Michael Watkins	Paul Redford	August 1, 2009	2.28
Simon provides Nola with a solution to her problems. Nick finds out that Karen is pregnant with Simon Elder's baby. Andrea kicks Brian out of their house because she finds out that he had traveled to DC hoping for a tryst with his ex-wife. The Bio-fuel partnership between Tripp and Simon is finalized.
23	13	"The Bad Guy"	Robert Berlinger	Craig Wright	August 8, 2009	2.19
After an attack, Simon recovers in the Imperial and finally tells Nick his motivations for dealing with the Darlings, leading to a surprise confession about Nick's father. Meanwhile, Lisa publicizes a tell-all book about the Darlings which may damage the family name. Karen suffers a miscarriage but embarks on a long-overdue relationship with Nick, who she has always loved. They discuss starting a family together, and it seems they have a real future. In the last minutes of the episode, Simon reveals to Nick that his father Dutch is still alive and that he is responsible of all the Darling's misfortunes, because he wants to take his revenge on Letitia.

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