The Riches (Update: CANCELLED)
 

I checked out the first season and ended up really enjoying it. I love all the twists and deceit, and Eddie Izzard is one of my favorite comics. Anyone else a fan? Season 2 is coming back in less than a week next Tuesday.

I don't really get Izzard's comedy, but I like the show. It has some of the best acting around.

Love Izzard, Love Driver.

Eddie's on Tour this summer with a new show, I have tickets for the dates in SF..

I love Eddie. Hope to hit the tour in Dallas. Can't wait for the show to come back on, even in abbreviated form.

One of the cool things I read about Izzard is that John Cleese called him 'the lost Python.' I can think of few higher compliments! My favorite humor from Izzard is when he gets silly/morbid; check out this 'Flattened Pickle' clip, it's hilarious :lol:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/...tid=1370847536

Looking forward to the new season...the promos have been great. :up:

Lost a little steam towards the end...but overall it was excellent. Looking forward to s2.

I've been thinking about preordering the first season. Never seen an ep. Encouraging to hear some good things about it.

If you like Eddie Izzard, Minnie Driver, or if you like dark/backwards humor in general I think you'll enjoy the show.

For example, the show is obviously about a family of con artists who literally steal for a living, so their morals aren't all there. At one point Izzard's character Wayne pulls a gun on someone who's on to the family's secret, and you wonder if he would go so far as to shoot him. This person eventually finds out it's a squirt gun with kool-aid in it. :lol:

That's kind of typical for the humor of the series: there's some pretty heavy drama, but it's all interspersed with really silly and amusing moments. Their lives are a total lie, and they have to go to ridiculous lengths to continue living the lie.

Or you can do what I'm doing - watching it all on Hulu. I'm hoping to be done with S1 before S2 starts!

Season 1 is $19.99 at Target this week.

Nice to see this one back :thumbsup:


I do wish Comcast had FX in HD - because the picture quality was a little snarky.

Last night's was OK. Seems like they tried to pack a lot into that hour...but it was still good. Sad that this is going to get cut short due to the strike...

The only reason I watch this is because I like the actors and their characters. The whole concept of grifters and the constant lying and dishonesty (which is already getting stale) really turns me off, and if the cast wasn't so talented, I wouldn't tune in again.

They definitely packed a lot into the show, but I like the developments that happened. I like that they're staying in town, and this situation with Dale should be interesting haha.

Even though the season will be 7 episodes long, I'm glad they were able to make some at all given the strike. I'm encouraging my friends to tune in this season so that there will be a third, full season next year. Hopefully you know people who watch the show too. :P

it looks like the actor who plays dale announced on his myspace page the riches has been canceled. now im pissed i wasted my time with this show.

Fuck that noise. I really like this show (season 2 is only just finishing up on Canadian tv - so this blows extra hard). This show can't be that expensive to produce... I'm surprised FX wouldn't give it another shot... shit, Dirt got 2 full seasons.

If true, I'm sorry to hear it's gone - Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard were terrific on this!

Never got through the entire first season. Guess I don't need to bother now.

Dirt and The Riches both had two seasons IIRC.

Actually Dirt and The Riches only got a 7 episode 2nd season because of the writer's strike. The strike actually hurt these shows as FX scheduled them in crappy timeslots to fill holes.

Oh well, caught season 1 on dvd, and 2 didnt hold my attention. Bring on Nip Tuck and Rescue Me.

I had a love/hate relationship with this show. Great acting, terrible story.
I'm kind of glad it's gone, won't have to agonize through it anymore, but the wife will miss it.

:rip:
"At least Minnie Driver will have more time to spend with her baby boy.

A rep for FX confirmed Tuesday to EW.com that the network has pulled the plug on The Riches, the critically lauded yet extremely niche dark comedy that starred Driver and Eddie Izzard as grifters who assume the identity of a dead rich couple and along with their kids move right into the deceased's posh neighborhood.

The Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated series premiered in March 2007 and lasted for 20 episodes over the course of two seasons, the second having only seven installments thanks to the writers' strike.

FX's move doesn't exactly come as a surprise: A source told E! News yesterday that the cancellation was coming, and Todd Stashwick, who plays Dale, murderous nutball cousin to Driver's Dahlia Malloy, blogged last week about the show's impending demise.

"Word came down. That word is canceled," the actor wrote. "Thank you everyone, all the passionate folks who were rooting for our return. Alas it will not be."

Well that kind of sucks. While the 2nd season did stall a little bit, it was still entertaining and got better by the end of the season. The "cliffhanger" as it was certainly left things in an interesting position, but I guess we'll never find out the fate of the Malloys. :(

I had small hopes it would return -- still disappointed to hear it's official.

I updated the thread title to reflect the news.

Sad we won't see how the story ends.

I'm really ticked off FX won't be bringing this back. The season slowly picked up steam as it progressed. The last episode was a great cliffhanger and it would have been interesting to see Izzard's character take on the "leader" of the travellers who just got out of jail. Dale just wasn't very challenging as a nemesis.

I think the writers would have been able to do a great job of alluding to the current economic mess we're in during the third season. The Malloys and all their talk of the American dream and reaching for the brass ring seem to be reflect the same reality or worldview as US financial institutions.

the show hustle on bbc is decent. if you are looking to fill your need for a con man/grifter show then check it out. it can be a bit cheesy but overall its good. ive only seen the first season so i cant speak for the other 2 or 3 seasons. im pretty sure its available on dvd too. it doesnt have much of a continuing story line either...so you wont get burned if its canceled. they just pull off different cons each episode.

also i thought th riches was a great show and was really waiting for it to come back. there were a few slow eps last season but it really did pick up towards the end. oh well at least i have breaking bad to look forward too.

You can also look forward to "Leverage" on tnt in december. It's about "the con", the pilot was awesome. Another great show down the drain without a conclusion! I expected more from FX.

thanks to knight rider getting 4 new eps i started a petition for the riches. yeah its a long shot yeah its stupid but i want to see how it ends. anyways heres the petition.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bringbacktheriches/

This is awful. I was geniunely interested in what happened to the characters. They should at the very least write a book and let us know.

I think canceled shows like this should at least get one more 2 hour episode to wrap everything up the best they can.

I don't have FX so I haven't seen season two yet, but I enjoyed the heck out of season 1 on DVD.

Always liked it, though I didn't love it. I do love Eddie Izzard's work though, and hope he get's into something else very, very soon.