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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," because his dad [[Posthumous Character|Dutch]] was their family lawyer. As a teenager, he dated/proposed to Karen Darling, who apparently said no. Now as an adult, [[Everyone Is a Suspect|his dad's been murdered]] and he's been lured into being the Darling family lawyer himself. (And as it turns out, he's related to one of 'em.) He's the guy that gets to sit at the fancy table...and then gets sent out to clean up the mess when someone throws a plate. [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]] might as well be the family motto.

Nick George grew up with the [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Darling family]], the "first family of New York," because his dad [[Posthumous Character|Dutch]] was their family lawyer. As a teenager, he dated/proposed to Karen Darling, who apparently said no. Now as an adult, [[Everyone Is a Suspect|his dad's been murdered]] and he's been lured into being the Darling family lawyer himself. (And as it turns out, he's related to one of 'em.) He's the guy that gets to sit at the fancy table...and then gets sent out to clean up the mess when someone throws a plate. [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] might as well be the family motto.

Main characters include:

* Tripp Darling: head of the family. Seems way, way too fond of Nick.

* Letitia Darling: Tripp's wife, mother of five children. Had an affair with Dutch for ''forty years,'' which led to a [[Luke I Am Your Father]] situation with one of the kids. [[Clear My Name|Is currently suspected of killing him.]]

* Letitia Darling: Tripp's wife, mother of five children. Had an affair with Dutch for ''forty years,'' which led to a [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] situation with one of the kids. [[Clear My Name|Is currently suspected of killing him.]]

* Patrick Darling: the requisite kid who has to go into politics. Kinda sweet and ineffectual. Having an affair with Carmelita.

* 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. {{spoiler|He's also the son of Dutch and Letitia.}}

* 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. {{spoiler|He's also the son of Dutch and Letitia.}}

* Andrea: Brian's babymama, a [[Granola Girl]]. One of the most reasonable people on the show, despite her love for Brian. {{spoiler|Has cancer.}}

* Jeremy Darling: [[The Charmer]]. Sweet and kinda earnest, but with a short attention span.

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* [[Big Fancy House]]: which gets blown up

* [[Briefcase Full of Money]]: $2 million in cash for bail, anyone?

* [[Brother Sister Incest]]: Didn't go there!

* [[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 ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|was written on the board in huge letters and then dramatically crossed out.]]

** 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]]: lots of these moments

* [[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.

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* [[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]].

* [[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]]"

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Notable for this occuring in the ''pilot'' with Patrick's wife. She's Kiersten Warren at the funeral, but becomes Bellamy Young by the engagement party.

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* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: {{spoiler|In the end, Nick and Karen}}

* [[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}}.

* [[Where Da White Women At]]: Simon and Karen

* [[Where Da White Women At?]]: Simon and Karen

* [[Why Waste a Wedding]]: See one of the spoilers of [[Wedding Day]].

* [[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.

* [[~~Whos~~ Your Daddy]]: which one of Leticia's kids is Dutch's and not Tripp's? {{spoiler|Brian}}

* [[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)|Arrested Development]]'' played ''entirely straight''.