The Riches
| Name | Portrayed by | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Rich (deceased) | Mitchell Laurance | Doug Rich was a successful, if unpopular lawyer in Tampa, Florida. Doug attended Princeton Law School, where he apparently sold cocaine for money. (Princeton does not have a law school; it is uncertain if the writers did not want to use a real law school or if Doug lied about his credentials while still alive). He was killed on the way to his new home in Louisiana after being run off road by an RV driven by the O'Malleys (who were attempting to chase down the Malloys in their RV after an altercation). When asked for a reference, previous employers have warned new potential employers away from him. According to his first wife, he abandoned his first wife and children. Doug was a Republican and had very few friends; only Pete, a close friend, attempted to contact Doug after his move to Louisiana. |
| Cherien Rich (deceased) | Chandler McIntyre | A highly-regarded dental hygienist; she and Doug married two years before their deaths. Many of the Malloys' clues about the original Riches come from social contacts Cherien made in preparation for their upcoming move, such as contacting a local Jewish group. She was killed by being thrown from the car the Riches were driving in, and was dead by the time the Malloys reached the car, though Dahlia tried to perform CPR on her. |
| Jolinda Rich | Martha Hackett | Doug's ex-wife. She managed to track down Wayne (Doug), because Doug owed $75,000 in alimony. Wayne manages to pay it back by selling one of Jim Burns' alpacas. In Episode 12, Dahlia pretends to be Jolinda on the phone when Pete calls asking about Doug. |
| Dr. Morgenstern | Peggy Stewart | The mother of the late Cherien Rich. She had been estranged from her daughter and son-in-law and living in a nursing home in Mississippi. Wayne takes Dr. Morgenstern home to Edenfalls when he realizes how expensive the nursing home is. She apparently disliked Cherien, and refers to her as a 'bitch' at one point. Dr. Morgenstern is wheelchair-bound and very senile; she often arbitrarily exclaims, "I made some calls," and frequently asks for various gourmet coffees. She also frequently says "You're not Cherein" to Dahlia. She smokes pot and drinks alcohol. |
| Pete (deceased) | Arye Gross | A friend of the deceased Doug Rich, Pete is a needy and unstable man. He was conned into believing Doug wasn't really his friend when he shows up at Wayne and Dahlia's house. They convince him to believe that Doug must have given him the wrong address in order to avoid him. Eventually, Pete tries to commit suicide, but is saved by Wayne and Dahlia, who feel guilty as they believe they drove him to the suicide attempt. Pete finally discovers Wayne's con when he goes back to the Riches' house again, and, finding no one home, speaks with their neighbor Jim Burns. The Malloys try to escape from Pete before the law comes down on them by drugging Pete and taking off, but Dale, who has been trying to elbow into Wayne's con, sabotages their RV and murders Pete to keep the con alive. Pete, like Doug, has very few friends who would come looking for him, but he has as mother who hires a private investigator to go looking for Pete when he appears missing. |
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Famous quotes containing the word riches:
“The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men’s adoration, they would be as poor as poor Caligula.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)