Filthy Rich Review: 1 Corinthians 3:13 (Season 1 Episode 10)
I don’t know where to start when it comes to analyzing the dumpster fire that is Rose’s wedding on the series finale — Filthy Rich Season 1 Episode 10, “1 Corinthians 3:13.”
Mercifully, there is always a Bible verse to refer to where we can find a theme of the episode, if not a thread through it or a lesson.
Their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.
The word fire stands out in this passage, so let’s start there. The only way to end Filthy Rich is to burn it all down, literally and figuratively.
After learning that Becky’s baby is Eugene’s child — so, not Eric’s daughter but his sister — what else is there to do?
After Antonio nearly chokes Eric to death — what more do we want?
After Eric guesses that Ginger is who Becky cheated with, where else can this story go but down to the ground like the ashes in the Monreaux house?
All of the good or actually redeemable characters are alive, including Luke Taylor. The only truly bad man is dead. So there are happy endings all around.
Now that we know Eric isn’t a murderer, he’s quite pitiful. He’s lost every woman he’s ever cared for, and while it’s admirable he wants to take down the 18:20, I don’t actually care about any of these characters enough to want to watch them taken down or lifted up, for that matter.
It’s even fine that Rose and Mark don’t get married. She can do better than him. A show about her fashion line would be more entertaining.
Kim Cattrall has given the best performance of the ensemble all season as Margaret. But not even that makes Margaret’s future or the future of the Sunshine Network something worth investing emotions in.
Filthy Rich crosses the line into ridiculous too much on this final episode but wants us to take the flashbacks and final scene very seriously.
There is too much sexual activity that is very close to incest going on for us to do that.
Do you really want to read paragraphs analyzing Eugene’s journey when in the end he can’t even be loyal to Ginger and Tina? All he proves by running off with Becky is that he hasn’t changed at all.
Eric may not be a murderer, but he’s an annoying jerk.
The titular Bible passage is quite fitting. This episode does no more for any character than to bring their true nature into the light.
We’re so happy that Ginger has her rightful shares in The Sunshine Network, and are perhaps more intrigued by her future than anyone else’s. She alone could turn The Sunshine Network into something worth watching.
It’s impossible to say when or where Filthy Rich strayed off of a path that I wanted to be on. It’s actually quite thrilling to watch it literally burn to the ground before our eyes.
It’s never been poor quality television exactly. But not much among its ashes is worth saving.
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Esme Mazzeo
Esme Mazzeo is a lifestyle and entertainment journalist from Long Island. When she's not writing for work, she's writing for fun, or searching for something to satisfy her sweet tooth. She thinks rainy days are the best kind of days. Certified night owl.