Hec groused a bit about how utterly stupid so many of the clan are, and how can they make a living as con artists if they're so damn dumb?

I took that as trying to make a point about inbreeding.

No, Lisah, he's not. But I'd still like to make him feel better about that, if it bothers him. My aunt is 6'1 though and when she was single, she found out a lot of guys, uh, claimed a few extra inches.(And that didn't start out dirty...dag, just thinking of DW brings the porn!) But every guy wants to be 6'.

I took that as trying to make a point about inbreeding.

"Because that's what happens when cousins marry...."

"Oh, you're a plumber. What on Earth is that?"

Damn good episode of "The Riches" this week. I kept thinking I knew what was going to happen, but it kept changing.

Whoops. Wrong thread.

The Riches: It was good. Excellent and painful and real. Are we past the 24-hr whitefont yet? Since I'm a Tivo girl, I never know when anything airs, other than that it shows up for me to watch.

We will be in about 10 minutes.

I just watched my tape of The Riches -- damn if Ken didn't make me cry. All noble and protective of DiDi and then suddenly genuinely scary when he threatened his sister.

Like lisah said, I expected him to just be Cletus the Slack-Jawed Traveller, but he turned out to have some surprising depth.

The Riches: More painful and lovely Dahlia singing!

Okay, I thought this was an excellent ep for several character points, certainly including the startling and sure to be difficult Ken reveal. I liked it because of how tied in and intricate it seemed. How none of the characters had been forgotten, how each of their personal storylines seemed ongoing, regardless of the state of our heroes.

Also, on a purely shallow note, I thought DiDi looked completely gorgeous (if completely uncomfortable in her skin) in that wedding garb. I am so fascinated by the Traveller bits and environment and lore.

I find Dale compelling, although clearly sociopathic, and believable in his villainy. I think his love for Dahlia is genuine, and it just cuts even that much worse that his dad, not just his love, chose his rival over him. And that his mother, perhaps seeing his sickness, knowingly stood by that decision. How much more rejected could you get? And yet, he is a deeply disturbed person, and probably everyone is right for feeling the way they do.

His Commodus-style patricide was an awful, awful scene. It's made worse for me because it trips some of my helplessness & elderliness panic buttons. But the scene this ep was so striking because it was clear that his motive for killing his father had mixed up in it somewhere the knowledge that the funeral would bring Dahlia back. And he still believes, deep inside, that he can woo and win her away from Wayne. And if he can't, he'll kill Wayne, and you can bet he'll try to win her again then with him dead.

This is a horrible story. So horrible it feels absolutely real.

All the fakery back in Edenfalls (which, great name, btw, it just now occurs to me) is so much more interesting in contrast to what's going on here. But now you can see that maybe Wayne felt like he was always half faking it in Traveller culture and so half faking it in suburbia isn't so odd.

Okay, I've got more, but that's enough ramble for tonight.

But now you can see that maybe Wayne felt like he was always half faking it in Traveller culture and so half faking it in suburbia isn't so odd.

Oh, I like that. It sums up Wayne pretty well.