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A [[Prime Time Soap]].
Nick George grew up with the [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Darling family]], the "first family of New York
Main characters include:
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* Ellen Darling: Patrick's wife, who at first tries to deal with the Carmelita situation in a relatively reasonable manner, then loses it entirely.
* Karen Darling: [[Rich Bitch]] who's gone through many husbands and still conspicuously PINES for Nick, the only guy who presumably loved her for herself.
* Brian Darling: [[Jerkass]] [[Sinister Minister]] who gets kicked out of the ministry and goes to [["Well Done, Son" Guy|work for Tripp.]] [[The Unfavorite]]. Has an illegitimate son he was forced to take care of and claimed he was a [[Fan Nickname|Swedish orphan]], but who he later got attached to. [[Taking the Kids]] happens to him a lot.
* Andrea: Brian's
* Jeremy Darling: [[The Charmer]]. Sweet and kinda earnest, but with a short attention span.
* Juliet Darling: [[Put on a Bus|Put On An Island]] due to [[Real Life Writes the Plot]].
* Nick George: [[Only Sane Man|our
* Lisa George: Nick's wife, [[Clingy Jealous Girl]], ''for good reason'' thanks to Karen's blatant pushiness. Is very sick of the Darlings.
* Simon Elder: [[Arch Enemy]] of the Darling family, gets [[Friendly Enemy|romantically involved]] with Karen, both of them knowing why they're doing it to some degree.
* Carmelita: Patrick's [[
* Nola Lyons: a lawyer who was originally prosecuting Leticia for Tripp's murder. Gets involved with Jeremy, which screws her law career (as Leticia intended), then talks Patrick into giving her a job as his chief of staff.
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* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]:
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Nick between Lisa (Betty) and Karen (Veronica).
* [[Big Fancy House]]:
* [[Briefcase Full of Money]]: $2 million in cash for bail, anyone?
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Didn't go there!
** In fact, at the production meeting where the "one of the Darlings is actually Dutch's" idea was conceived, the word "INCEST" [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|was written on the board in huge letters and then dramatically crossed out.]]
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]:
* [[Cheryl Blossom]]: During an episode with heavy focus on the Karen/Nick/Lisa triangle, Nick ends up going out with Wren, a young woman the family took in after hitting her with a car.
* [[Convenient Miscarriage]]: Karen. It solved all her problems with Simon and fixed things with Nick.
* [[Death by Falling Over]]:
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Jeremy
* [[The Fun in Funeral]]:
* [[Fur and Loathing]]: Juliet wore furs, but was largely a ditz.
* [[Jerkass]] / [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Brian. ▼
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Jeremy and Patrick share it, but Karen gets to hold it a few times too.
* [[Inter Class Romance]]: Ultra-rich
* [[Lady Drunk]]: Letitia, Letitia, ''Letitia''. Take a drink every time you see her with a
* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: Karen wants a baby and Nick, the love of her life, agrees to be the baby daddy once they get back in a relationship. Just as they start dating she finds out that she's pregnant with ex-
* [[Let's Have Another Baby]]: Nick and Lisa.
* [[Me Love You Long Time]]: Jeremy and Nola.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Nick's mother Claire abandoned him.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Tripp believes his is this to Nick. Letitia actually is, since his mother abandoned him.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Juliet's furs were still glamorous.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Brian and Andrea.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: The shows initials are DSM. The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual" is the standard-issue psychiatric textbook for mental disorders. [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Sounds about right]].
** Let's hope they get to make two more seasons, then they can package it as "[[Genius Bonus|DSM IV]]".
* [[Unwanted Spouse]]: Patrick's wife, all of Karen's ex-husbands, and one presumes that Dutch's wife fell into this category. Brian's (ex-)wife, Mei Ling Hwa, is somewhat more complicated; initially she was presented as a frigid
* [[
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: {{spoiler|In the end, Nick and Karen}}.
▲* [[Unwanted Spouse]]: Patrick's wife, all of Karen's ex-husbands, and one presumes that Dutch's wife fell into this category. Brian's (ex-)wife, Mei Ling Hwa, is somewhat more complicated; initially she was presented as a frigid ballbreaker, but her scenes with Brian (and his breakdown after she leaves him) shows that there is ''at the very least'' a lot more mutal passion there than in any of the other examples. If anything this greater depth to their relationship might have backfired on the writers a little; more than a few fans have been frustrated that she was [[Put on a Bus]] so early.
* [[Wedding Day]]:
▲* [[Upperclass Twit]]: Karen, and sometimes Jeremy and Juliet (who at least dabble in employment).
* [[
* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: "The Facts" is apparently made up of every single cut subplot from the show that never made it in earlier, aired at a point where the viewer would be all, "Hey, aren't
▲* [[Wedding Day]]: twice. The first season features the [[Runaway Bride|shortest marriage ''ever.'']] The second season has the bride {{spoiler|abandoned at the altar and her brother and his girlfriend stepping in to get married instead}}.
* [[Who's Your Daddy?]]:
* [[Why Waste a Wedding?]]: See one of the spoilers of [[Wedding Day]] above.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Ellen.▼
▲* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: "The Facts" is apparently made up of every single cut subplot from the show that never made it in earlier, aired at a point where the viewer would be all, "Hey, aren't {{spoiler|Karen and Simon broken up by now?}} and things like that.
▲* [[Who's Your Daddy?]]: which one of Leticia's kids is Dutch's and not Tripp's? {{spoiler|Brian}}
▲* [[Woman Scorned]]: Ellen
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' played ''entirely straight''.
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