NICK LEARNS OF SIMON AND KAREN'S AFFAIR, BRIAN IS THRUST INTO AN EXISTENIAL CAREER CRISIS, LISA GUIDES JEREMY IN HIS QUEST TO IMPRESS SOFIA, JULIET HAS A VISITOR FROM THE SEYCHELLES, AND CARMELITA TELLS PATRICK SHE'S BEING WATCHED, ON ABC'S "DIRTY SEXY MONEY"

"The Nutcracker" � Nick learns Simon and Karen are secretly seeing each other, but he refuses to admit why it truly bothers him. Karen bails on the family tradition of watching "The Nutcracker" in order to accept Simon's invitation to meet a mysterious person. Brian's suspension from the ministry thrusts him into an existential career crisis, and Letitia suggests he go to Tripp for guidance. Lisa guides Jeremy in his quest to impress Sofia by pretending to be a painter. Meanwhile, Juliet has a visitor from the Seychelles, and Carmelita tells Patrick she thinks she's being watched, on "Dirty Sexy Money," WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 (10:02-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Dirty Sexy Money" stars Peter Krause as Nick George, Donald Sutherland as Tripp Darling, William Baldwin as Patrick Darling, Natalie Zea as Karen Darling, Glenn Fitzgerald as Rev. Brian Darling, Samaire Armstrong as Juliet Darling, Seth Gabel as Jeremy Darling, Zoe McLellan as Lisa George, with Blair Underwood as Simon Elder and Jill Clayburgh as Letitia Darling.

Guest cast TBA.

"The Nutcracker" is written by Craig Wright & Jill Soloway and directed by Tony Goldwyn.

"Dirty Sexy Money" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. A TV parental guideline will be posted closer to airdate.

This episode of "Dirty Sexy Money" will be available on ABC.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online.