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House of Lies
premieres this Sunday on Showtime, and, thanks to the lovely people at Showtime
and the venerable artists of YouTube, the pilot was available for viewing ahead of time (sans Showtime’s trademark nudity). The show stars Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Rush Hour 2) as Marty Kaan, management consultant and family man.
His life is very of-the-moment. He consults for the 1% yet uses the 99% to aid
him in his endeavors. In the real world his life would be enviable, with a posh
apartment, sexy consorts, and sexier consorts. Except this is a Showtime show, so
he is an absolute wreck. The first few minutes of the show find him waking up
next to his druggie-ex-wife (who is so out of it that she doesn’t really
remember their previous night of boning) and then going into the kitchen to
explain to his gender-confused son and his father why ex-wifey is there at all.
Then, he flies to New York with his cracker-jack management consultant team,
which includes Veronica Mars and Jean Ralphio (Kristen Bell and Ben Schwartz)
as well as some other guy (Josh Lawson), all
