Pilot (12 Mar. 2007)

The Malloys are a distantly ethnic Irish/Gypsy family of traveling con artists (called 'Travlers') which make up of the patriarch Wayne, his jail bird wife Dahlia, and their three children/... See full summary »

Directors:

Carl Franklin, Peter O'Fallon

Writers:

Dmitry Lipkin (creator), Dmitry Lipkin (teleplay),

Stars:

Eddie Izzard, Minnie Driver, Shannon Woodward

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Eddie Izzard	...	Wayne Malloy
Minnie Driver	...	Dahlia Malloy
Shannon Woodward	...	Di Di Malloy
Noel Fisher	...	Cael Malloy
Aidan Mitchell	...	Sam Malloy
Todd Stashwick	...	Dale Malloy
Gregg Henry	...	Hugh Panetta
Margo Martindale	...	Nina Burns
Bruce French	...	Jim Burns
David Jensen	...	Conner
Nichole Hiltz	...	Ginny Dannegan
Red West	...	Earl Malone
Christopher May	...	Trooper Yardley
John McConnell	...	Mick O'Malley
Andrea Frankle	...	Linda O'Malley

Storyline

The Malloys are a distantly ethnic Irish/Gypsy family of traveling con artists (called 'Travlers') which make up of the patriarch Wayne, his jail bird wife Dahlia, and their three children/con-artists-in-training; headstrong Di Di, troubled Cael, and the cross-dressing Sam. After Dahlia is paroled from prison for serving time for petty robbery and larceny, Wayne tries to get money through his cousin Dale who lives at a Traveler's camp, but gets turned down. After ripping off Dale and his family, the Malloys take to the road in their RV trailer when, through a set of unusual circumstances, they witness a car accident and out of the blue, Wayne gets the family to assume the identities of the victim family, the Riches. The Malloys, posing as the Riches, move into a wealthy suburban neighborhood located in Louisiana, only to find that a glamorous life of settling down entails more than they expected.

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Plot Keywords:

crossdresser child | boy dressed as girl | boy wearing lipstick | transgender boy

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Halfway House Cafe also appears in Nevada Day, Part 2, Episode 8 of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. While set in the south on The Riches, the cafe; is written to be in Nevada on Studio 60.

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Goofs

When the father put the name tag on at the very beginning of the episode and walks around, the position of the name badge keeps changing from being strait back to being slanted and back again. This continues on for some time.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Di Di Malloy: Who's most likely to get married?
Wayne Malloy: Uh, Billy Burke and Shannon Firmington.
Di Di Malloy: Farmington! Shannon Farmington.
Wayne Malloy: And Shannon Farmington. It was a three-some.

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Soundtracks

"Air"
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)

User Reviews

different and brilliant

CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS I must respectfully disagree with previous posters. I thought this debut was astonishing. It's a fish-out=of-water story with a difference, a pitch-black comedy with excellent writing and acting, and a deliciously bizarre premise. No, the Malloys/Riches aren't a typical or inherently sympathetic bunch; neither are the the Bundys, or the Sopranos, or many of the characters on Rescue Me or The Shield. It doesn't matter if they're not likable (although I think they are); it matters that they are interesting. And the fact that the parents are married, love each other and love their kids is good enough for me. I am going to be very interested to see how they manage to pull off the ultimate con: pretending to be -- maybe even becoming -- exactly the type of people that they have spent their lives ripping off.