LinkIn the first three episodes, everyone plays it brilliantly. Therein lies the attraction to these characters -- they are playing at other people's lives. Creator Dmitry Lipkin, a Russian refugee raised in Louisiana, has long been interested in writing about a family pretending to be what it isn't.
The show weaves layers of this, as the youngest son, Sam (Aidan Mitchell), is a cross-dresser who looks very cute in his Girl Scout uniform.
As the Malloys learn about the Riches, they have to fake more, Lipkin explains. In an upcoming episode, they discover Cherien is Jewish.
