...and we're in said problem. Jeremy says that the First Amendment guarantees the right to free assembly, which means he can invite whomever he wants. Jeremy, I think your grasp of legal issues is on par with the people in internet forums who think they can't be banned because of their right to free speech. That doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to seeing you in your boxers, though. Nick tries to point out that with over seven hundred people on the guest list, it will be pretty easy for Juliet to avoid Natalie, but Juliet is unmoved, so Jeremy says he's getting pretty tired of her crap. Juliet: "Yeah? Well, get in line." HEE. I do really, really appreciate how this show throws complete howlers in without drawing attention to them. Neither of them budges, and they're soon onto the idea of separate parties, with Jeremy ceding the house to Juliet, saying he'll find someplace cooler. Nick's fine with that until he mentions splitting the million-dollar budget, a suggestion at which the twins jump up like they've been scalded by a destitute person's hot plate. They both protest that they can't throw a good party for only five hundred grand, and Jeremy blathers something about economies of scale, prompting Nick to ask if he even knows what that means. Jeremy: "No! But you know what I think I mean, and that's what matters!" Hey, RIF? Check and mate. The twins, in unison, say they need two million...

...and then Tripp, having just heard this from Nick, is repeating the figure in disbelief. Letitia is of the attitude that "spoiled twentysomethings will be spoiled twentysomethings," but Tripp bites out that they're each about to inherit twenty-five million apiece. "That makes me expect a little restraint on their part." I get what you're saying, Tripp, but you deal with the Bush administration, and as such it's hard to claim you're unfamiliar with people to whom "fiscal restraint" is a totally foreign concept. Letitia explains that the money is a trust from her father, and Tripp wistfully recalls what his older kids did with their inheritances -- Patrick bought a summer place in Maine, Karen invested hers, and Brian traveled the world for three years. I wonder if he visited Sweden. ["Or the Castro. ...I'm sorry. Glenn Fitzgerald is great in this role, but it's not the straightest set of acting choices I've ever seen." -- Sars] Tripp says that the twins, however, are different. I think this is the show's way of getting us to suspect that one or both of the twins aren't Tripp's, but I ain't buying. I will admit that the Brian people have a hell of a case, but I'm still sticking with Patrick. Tripp asks for Nick's opinion, and when Nick concedes that the outlined budget is awfully high but tries to put the ball back in Tripp's court, Letitia explains that she and Tripp never really make these kid-related decisions. "This was always Dutch's purview. He knew when to let kids run wild; he let life be life." Tripp scoffs that that attitude is foolish, but tells Nick to do what he wants, and Nick leaves to do just that. When he's gone, Letitia drops the fake smile she's had plastered on and demands to know if Tripp told Nick anything about the DNA report. When he says no, she asks if he's planning to. Tripp: "I have no intention of so doing." I have every intention of dismissively saying that to people who annoy me from here on out.