Dirty Sexy Money

After being stabbed by Nola, the badly wounded Simon is secretly taken to the Imperial to recuperate. While there, Nick forces Simon to reveal how he is controlling Nola and why he had her prosecute Letitia for Dutch's murder. Entanglements arise with Nick and the pregnant Karen's budding romance when it's revealed that his ex-wife, Lisa, is writing a tell-all book about the Darlings. Meanwhile, Nola bids a tearful goodbye to Jeremy while she goes off to get her brother; but Simon's nurse, Daphne, hopes to heal his broken heart. In other developments, Patrick wants his involvement with Dana Whatley to go to the next level, but that is not something her husband, Congressman Whatley, agreed to. Brian, who is still sharing Nick's apartment with him, is frustrated with its decor and decides to give it an extreme home makeover. less

Now that Simon has jilted Karen, she and Nick profess their love for one another and she reveals to him that she's pregnant with Simon's baby. Meanwhile, a celebration is planned at the Darling mansion, where Simon and Tripp plan to celebrate their new partnership and go public with their bio-fuel patent. In other developments, Simon picks Jeremy to pull off his fake murder, but Nola thinks it's a trap. She is desperate to save her brother, but she fears that in return, Simon will hurt Jeremy. Meanwhile, Andrea learns of Brian's plans to cheat on her with his ex-wife and throws him out of the Imperial, forcing Brian to shack up with Nick and Patrick meets again with Congressman Whatley who hit on him, but this time it is the congressman's wife, Dana, who is making moves on Patrick. less

When Nick learns that Lisa has taken Kiki away to Maryland on his weekend with her, he borrows the Darlings' jet to go get her back. He is surprised to see Karen and Brian are also along for the flight. Karen is on a mission to visit a sperm bank in order to have a child, and Brian has planned a secret romantic rendezvous with his ex-wife. Meanwhile, now a partner with Simon Elder, Tripp asks Patrick to try to reverse Congressman Charles Whatley's standing against Simon's bio-fuel that Tripp had helped influence many years earlier. Simon tells Nola that he suspects that Jeremy's amnesia isn't real. less

The Darlings are away celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. Back at their New York mansion, Clark the chauffeur must appease a relentless and sexy reporter by setting straight Darling rumors regarding family betrayal, possible criminal cover-ups and murder accusations. His version of the way things happened include Patrick's subpoena to Tripp over his association with the lowlife Fantini brothers, Karen's anger over the intrusion of Simon's beautiful ex-wife, Ama, and Juliet's adventures with her lover, Kai. Meanwhile, under house arrest, Letitia holds the Ferragamo fashion show at the Darling mansion and one of the socialite attendees has some angry words for the family matriarch. less