The Rich & The Ruthless

The Rich and the Ruthless owner, Augustus Barringer does whatever it takes to protect his soap opera before network executive steal it from him. With the R&R cast in turmoil over who will get cut and who won't, it's Lights, Camera, Calamity and Claws on the set.

Max rehires a producer his father, Augustus fired. Kitty Barringer struggles to keep in step on the soap and at home. Siblings, Max and Veronica have secrets. Alison seeks advice from her pastor.

Barringer Sound Stages are poppin after' hours with "bad boy" Max Barringer at the center, celebrating the wrap of his first adult movie. Augustus Barringer, his dad, shows up un expectedly. Mother, Kitty and Veronica have an emotional conversation over breakfast about Veronica's Bio-Parents. Augustus joins concern. R&R Studios hair and make-up room buzzes with excitement about the fan club cruise and gossip with Willie, Alison, Maeve, Emmy, Fern, and Phillip. Phillip, Willie, and Calysta are on set shooting a horror scene and are interrupted by Detectives played by Derrick and Kurt. Wardrobe mistress, Beth gripes at Calysta. Emmy commiserates over a credit card bill and blames Eva Langoria. She plots to rekindle flames with married R&R Producer Randall Roberts.

Long after the events of the cruise, the show gets creative in the face of a global pandemic, the Barringer estate becomes a bubble, and Veronica has a breakdown.