Nick tries to find out who killed his father with the help of airplane mechanic and Darling aficionado Norman Exley (Gill Gayle). Juliet sulks in her new luxury hotel digs and refuses to participate in an important high-end photo shoot for the family involving trained lions. Tripp pressures Patrick to announce he's running for the Senate, even as his son continues to woo his secret lover, the transgendered Carmelita (Candis Cayne). Jeremy strikes up a secret romance with Juliet's biggest nemesis, notorious celebutante Natalie Kimpton (Tamara Feldman), and Brian drops his illegitimate son in Nick's lap.
Power, privilege and family money are a volatile cocktail.
Living proof of this are the Darlings of New York City, so absurdly wealthy, they put the “upper” in Upper East Side. This preeminent family are always getting mixed up with the wrong people and finding themselves in the middle of bad situations. It will take a miracle to keep this Kennedy-esque clan out of the tabloids – and out of jail. That miracle comes in the form of Nick George.
As a boy, Nick watched his father surrender his freedom and family as the Darlings' trusted advisor. But the passing of his dad thrusts the responsibility of projecting the Darlings' secrets onto Nick. The job, with an ungodly salary, will allow Nick the freedom to be an altruistic do-gooder. But with new disasters every week, hopefully Nick has the stamina for a marathon.
“Dirty Sexy Money” was created by Emmy®-nominated Craig Wright (“Brothers & Sisters”, “Lost”, “Six Feet Under”). Three-time Emmy® nominee Peter Krause (“Six Feet Under”), Emmy® winner Donald Sutherland (“Citizen X”), tow-time Oscar® nominee Jill Clayburgh (“An Unmarried Woman”) and William Baldwin (“Silver”) star in his younger, sexier stepchild of “Dallas” and “Dynasty”.
In Pilot, Nick must now deal with the powerful and persuasive Tripp Darling, owner of vineyards and homes around the world. He lives with his beautiful, graceful and posh wife, Letitia. While they symbolize the charm and all-Americanism of old money, they also embody scandal and have spawned five grown, troubled children.