Minnie Driver's acting on The Riches is just blowing me away. On the one hand, playing a character that's a con artist is pure acting class stuff. You're playing characters acting like other characters and showing your chops. On the other hand, she's got the chops. Incredible range and a ton of emotional depth.

I have not seen last night's Riches yet. I'll have to catch it on rerun.

But last week's episode, with the return to the Traveller camp for Earl's funeral? Wow. That one brought the pain like Joss and Tim can.

Minnie's "How Can I Keep From Singing" broke. Me. Ded.

All the little subplots -- Wayne and Mick, Delilah and Dale, and Didi and Ken all kept me on the edge of my seat, and kept breaking me with how they played out.

Ken in particular broke me. I thought for sure he was going to be a one-note character, and in that episode he showed tremendous depth. I think I [heart] woobie Ken now. And then his encounter with Dale at the very end. Oh, Ken. Such a sweet soul, and I have no doubt that Dale would happily torture you for the rest of eternity just for fun, let alone to get information on where they live out of you.

I absolutely adore Cael's relationship with Wayne. It's such a weird, but loving dynamic. It's very best friend/older brother in tone, rather than father son. And plenty of times, particularly Cael's "save your breath, I'm coming with you," as Wayne went to meet with Dale, it seems like Cael's in the older brother position.

They've developed Didi and Cael so much, I wish they'd do a little more with Sam eventually.

This week's had more Sam. Such a useful baby con man.

Oh yeah. Forgot I had the latest episode lurking on my TiVo! Very much looking forward to it.

Dahlia's accusation to Dale's mother last week really got to me, and dramatically it felt so right, much more satisfying (and realistic) in its way than if she'd just shot Dale.

(Given the trouble he's bound to cause in the future, she might rue not doing it anyway.)

That reminds me.... If anyone still has last week's ep on their Tivo (or just a really good memory) you may be able to help me confirm something:

That pistol of Hugh's, the one Wayne stole from the safe and the one Dahlia eventually points at Dale? When she fires it, did she fire a total of six times, or five?

Because I'm pretty sure she fired five times, and I'm pretty sure she emptied the gun.

I've been eyeing that revolver since it first appeared in Hugh's hands. I'm pretty sure that pistol is a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 Special. They don't make the Bulldog any more, because Charter Arms doesn't exist any more, so it's something of a collector's item.

I recognize it because I've held one. And the reason I think she emptied the gun is because the .44 round is so big, the Bulldog's cylinder only holds five.

Anyway, if anyone can ever help me confirm the number of shots Dahlia fired at Dale (or if anyone can pause it and get a good look at when Wayne showed Hugh the empty cylinder after the psyche out), I'd really appreciate it.

Just watched last night's Riches, and laughed my ass off. CLANCY! The whole episode was a nice, light-hearted pick-me-up after the darkness, sadness and tension of the previous episode.

And Daisy was right, Sam got a little more play this episode. Loved it.

Article about TNT and TBS's summer schedule: The Close in mid-June!

And that show that Morena Baccarin is in - you know, the one starring Treat Williams as a doctor.

The Riches: I've been thinking about it, and shouldn't they go after the purported wealth of Actual!Doug? A) He must have some folding money in an account somewhere, right? B) Wasn't there a throwaway line about some vast amount of money he had hidden away, even from the ex-wife?

I bet, if invested properly, they could live very comfortably off what he's got secreted away somewhere.

I also wonder about the car. Seems like they would need to report that totaled or stolen or something so that it didn't ring any bells. Otherwise at some point it's going to need its registration renewed, and it is currently underwater. Are they in a state that requires vehicle inspection?

I know, I'm niggling at details when in fact they have Stolen Someone's Lives and there are probably bigger problems.

I think that actual Doug had funds in an offshore account. I can't remember where.

Louisiana does require that you inspect your car, but it's not like if you don't, they're going to come looking for you. If a car's on the road with an expired inspections sticker, you'd get pulled over. They're not keeping track or anything though.

I'd think the difficulty in getting actual Doug's money would be that you might have to deal with people who really knew actual Doug, upping your chances of getting caught.