RipleySeries-Premiere Recap: Up the Stairs
Ripley Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. As far as grifters go, Tom Ripley is unorthodox. He is smart but awkward, careful but clumsy. He is all-American-boyish, broad-shouldered, and clean-shaven, handsome in a commonplace way. Tom Ripley scams because he wants his life to be easy, not hard. That determination makes Tom a true grifter. If he knows what hedoesntwant, he also knows full well what hedoeswant, down to the last detail....