The Rich and The Ruthless is the only black owned daytime drama in the industry, also known as "the stories", is operated by tight fisted, debonair, self-made, Augustus Barringer. When greedy studio executives inform that The Rich and the Ruthless is getting booted off the sound stages for another talk show after twenty years, Augustus Barringer is ready to fight back on another level to stay on the air, even if it means filming his quirky soap opera out of his sleek Hollywood mansion...temporarily. And before moving the company to Jamaica! The Rich and the Ruthless isn't just a soap-within-a-soap it's a sudser with soul and a family drama!
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.
The Rich and the Ruthless cast is furious that they are being kept in the dark and must shoot from the Barringer's Hollywood mansion indefinitely. Add to that threats of pay cuts. WHAT?! Jealousy and backbiting abound as Calysta deals with a frisky producer and takes the high road, supported by her no-nonsense, Grandma Jones, visiting from Mississippi.
Adopted daughter, Veronica Barringer, show runner of Rich and the Ruthless is on the war path. Calysta wants to do a remote R&R shoot in Montego Bay with Derrick. Competing actress, Emmy Abernathy, is having an affair with Randall Roberts, Alison's husband behind the scenes. Kitty gets bad news at brunch. Phillip is on the edge. Will he leap?
Randall and soap star wife, Alison scheme on how to make the Barringer's life hell. R&R's 80 year old matriarch give advice to Calysta. Calysta and Derrick get in to a fight in hair and makeup room. Kitty confronts her husband, Augustus.
The Rich and the Ruthless has moved to Jamaica and is up and running...sort of. They recast Willie Turner's part with legendary Jamaican actor, Samuel Oliver. Calysta and Derrick make up. Calysta has a nightmare. Randall and network executive, Edith attempt to override Augustus and take control of the soap opera. Augustus feels the pressure and collapses on his yacht. A funeral follows.
The Rich and the Ruthless team rushes back to Hollywood for a funeral. Kitty hires her bad-boy son, Maximillion "Max" Barringer without consulting anyone, to work on the show. Kitty makes a comeback. A game changer is in store for at least one Barringer. Cliffhanger.
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.
Alison corners her pastor. Network executive, Larry Savenor and his mistress, work on another scheme to wrest The Rich and the Ruthless from the Barringers. Augustus Barringer gets an unwanted network exec visit on set.Augustus confronts his doctor. Max and sister, Veronica fight over the soap. Maeve, Alison and Emmy spill too much tea. Calysta has a meltdown on set.
Sound Stages are poppin after' hours with "bad boy" Max at the center. Mother, Kitty and Veronica have an emotional conversation over breakfast. The hair and make-up room buzzes with excitement about the fan club cruise an gossip.
Network head of Daytime, Edith Norman and Max tell Calysta her storyline will be including a grown daughter to Calysta's dissapointment. ca on The Rich and the Ruthless. Wardrobe mistress confronts Willie on set. Emmy corners Randall on set. Augustus chastises fern for leaving the company to persue being a flight attendant
Rich and Ruthless execs announce cast and crew will live in a COVID-19 bubble and film on the Barringer family estate, using mannequins as scene partners. Veronica Barringer cracks under pressure, seeing the ghost of her murdered ex-fiancé.
Alison is desperate to be rescued. Max tries to convince Veronica to go to a psyche ward. Calysta gets bad news. The R&R cast prepare for the daytime Sudsy Awards. Kitty, stuck in rehab, gets shocking news. Augustus get a surprise jail visit.
Max confronts Augustus. The cast is on edge filming with mannequins. Uber rich WBN exec and child bride learn who sold them a fake Picasso. Willie and Phillip strategize to get back to shore. Kitty feels forgotten in rehab. Ivy blackmails Calysta.
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Augustus and Kitty argue over his health and their son, Max's bad writing for the show. Actor, Phillip McQueen explodes on set with Calysta and Willie. Network executive, Larry Savenor and Augustus get in to a confrontation.
Augustus worries about Max's sloppy writing and ratings. Veronica agrees. Grandma Jones checks on her soap star granddaughter, Calysta. Willie has a medical malfunction. Calysta hires a personal assistant. Calysta misses her man, Derrick. Kitty and Augustus try to wrangle an arranged marriage for their daughter, Veronica to a billionaire.
80 year old Maeve is back on set on oxygen and whiskey, opposite Alison. Kitty visits an old flame for help. Willie gets more bad news. Network execs make Max an offer he may not refuse. Alison and Randall talk another wedding. Calysta and Derrick make love. Augustus and Calysta meet in secret.
Alison and Randall celebrate their renewal vows with grumbling cast members looking for an escape. A party crasher breaks in with a gun holding everyone hostage. Emmy is a target. Derrick risks his life. Cory has different kind of emergency. Calysta grabs her personal assistant, Ivy, and leads her to safety but finds there may be more trouble ahead.
Veronica Barringer's new boyfriend, heir to Trickter & Tramble detergent dynasty proposes at the Barringer mansion. Cory betrays Augustus and his art forgery business. Calysta and Derrick prepare for the fan club cruise. Ivy blackmails Calysta.
R&R Cast arrive to a marina parking lot on a busted school bus. Network execs, Larry Savenor and Edith Norman make a surprise appearance. Augustus announces there was a mix up with the cruise dates. Everyone boards the ship - the show must go on!
Ivy steals the moment and steals Calysta's thunder. At the R&R cast swim suit competition, Grandma Jones and Gerty get carried away. R&R fans are ready for the talent show! Kitty knocks back mini-bar vodkas to ease nerves.
Kitty struggles to pull herself together for the talent show. Fans laugh her off the stage. Scheming Max manipulates his mother to sign her Barringer shares over to him. Max finds a dead body. Tempers flare, secrets revealed, and drama intensified.
R&R recasts Willie and Phillip. Alison paddles to shore, rejoining the soap in the bubble. Alison and Ivy talk trash about Calysta. Detergent mogul and R&R sponsor, Jack Tramble, calls off the search for his son, Bobby. Augustus gets another visitor.
Jack Tramble believes Bobby is alive. Kitty and Augustus fight over divorce. COVID affects The Sudsy Awards telecast. Mega-star rapper, TRAKE, makes a cameo appearance. Alison mauls him in the dressing room. Kitty pays Augustus a visit.