The Riches – Season 1
The Riches – Season 1 Review

I'm reviewing the season, I loved Season One. This season was so fresh and new in the premise that I hung in every episode. It 'very funny from first to last episode. The premise is that travelers (American Gypsies or Roma itself) replacement for people who are in a car accident. They hid the body and then rolled into a southern city of medium size like the people. Since nobody in town knew them, were able to deduct them. The husband and the father was a corporateLawyer and his wife was perfectly cured 2 Women. The deceased had no children, but they add 3 children in the mix. These people have never experienced anything but a field of RV, and only their wits have lived for years. They are expert con artists, including children. They now live in a gated community and all must convince the city of belonging. It is always a thing, because in the vicinity, of course, does not belong, but are big drawbacks, either on a computer on and offone. Wayne and Dahlia Malloy (Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver) are husband and wife and parents of these clusters. Eddie Izzard is a British comedian who is known for playing a man to live by their wits and someone who is not perfect, with a period of one minute. While everyone else is very good, Izzard is excellent and it is impossible to get the show without him. Two seasons not only work for me as Season One was coming, but I watched because Izzardwas so good.
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British comedian Eddie Izzard (Glorious, Dressed to Kill brings his raffish charisma to The Riches, a sneaky satirical drama about a family of con artists who lie their way into a wealthy gated community. Wayne and Dahlia Malloy (Izzard and Minnie Driver, Grosse Pointe Blank) are travelers–a kind of American gypsies–who get in trouble with their clan and have to hit the road with their three kids (Shannon Woodward, Noel Fisher, and Aidan Mitchell). When a confrontation with other travelers causes a deadly car accident, the Malloys take over the dead couple’s brand-new home–a mansion bought over the Internet–and assume the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Rich. The premise stretches plausibility, but that’s part of the fun; any successful con game forces the mark to accept something absurd, because why would anyone tell such a preposterous lie? The pleasure of trickery drives the show. Wayne weasels his way into a job as lawyer to an obnoxious real estate developer; Dahlia persuades a private school to admit her kids after the admission deadline; and the kids find their skills serve them well in the surface-obsessed suburban world. But over the course of the thirteen-episode season, the Malloys’ wily architecture of lies grows increasingly precarious, constantly threatened by fear of exposure and vengeful travelers. The final episode builds to a nerve-wracking crisis as someone who actually knows the dead couple comes to visit. Ironically, some of the most compelling moments are flashes of honesty–in an early episode, oldest son Cael realizes that the traveler girl he loves has set him up, and the two stare at each other across a diner table, wordlessly brokenhearted. The entire cast is great–Woodward shines as smart, conflicted daughter Di Di, and Margo Martindale (Paris, je t’aime, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) routinely steals scenes as the Rich’s unhappy neighbor. But The Riches rests on Izzard’s shoulders; though Driver’s acting chops are more polished (and her Southern accent is more consistent), Izzard captures the soul of a man who lives by his wits, a man who navigates the world with a wink and a stream of beguiling words. The Riches – Season 1 includes a couple of chatty commentaries and flimsy featurettes, but the best extra is a series of short webisodes of Izzard teaching Woodward and Fisher assorted cons; the family chemistry is delightful. –Bret Fetzer
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