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.
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.
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.
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 interupted 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.
Network head of Daytime, Edith Norman and Max tell Calysta her storyline will be including a grown daughter to Calysta's disappointment. Wardrobe mistress confronts Willie on set. Emmy corners Randall on set. Augustus chastises Fern for leaving the company to pursue being a flight attendant
Dinner at the Barringer mansion with Augustus, Veronica, new boyfriend, Bobby Tramble, heir apparent to Trickter & Tramble detergent dynasty and Max. Excitement and problems unfold for the R&R fan club cruise. Bobby proposes to Veronica. Max tell his sister, she's moving too fast. An exhausted Kitty relaxes with hubby, Augustus, blabbing about her ballet routine for the fan club talent show on the yacht. She wastes no time contacting a wedding planner for her daughter and Bobby Tramble. Cory betrays Augustus Barringer and his art forgery business. Max throws shade on Veronica's engagement as she admires her 3-carat canary diamond ring. Disgusted, Alison finds her producer, husband konked out, hooked up to his sleep apnea machine. Calysta and Derrick share kisses over a romantic glass of wine as they prepare for the fan club cruise. A flirtatious Ivy interrupt the lovers. Derrick leaves. Ivy continues to taunt and blackmail Calysta.
R&R Cast arrive to a marina parking lot on a busted school bus, pissed. Costume designer, Beth refuses to stay for the cruise and cusses them all out. Ivy and Randall announce she is joining the cast. The Barringer family wait on the yacht club deck for the fans and their R&R actors. Veronica is concerned her man, Bobby is late. Network execs, Larry Savenor and Edith Norman make a suprise appearance. Larger than life, Captain Tang introduces himself. R&R cast finally arrives on foot. Edith warns Max to get more Barringer SHARES of The Rich and the Ruthless or their deal is off. Ivy gives a fake speech of how much she admires Calysta. Augustus announces there was a mix up with the dates and most fans won't be coming. Tempers flare. Enter Grandma Jones and Gerty all the way from Mississippi, surprising Calysta and going on the cruise! Everyone boards the ship to begin the festivities - the show must go on!!!
Alison wraps up the Q&A session. Willie & Phillip commiserate on deck about being under-rated as soap stars. Veronica Barringer still waits for her fiance Bobby Tramble to no avail. Kurt confronts her about her choice in men and asks why she seems ashamed of being a Latina. She slaps him. Grandma Jones, BFF Gerty and Calysta relax on deck. Ivy weasels her way in to Captain Tang's control room asking suspicious questions. Grandma Jones, BFF Gerty, Calysta, Derrick, Emmy and Kurt enjoy more sun & fun when Ivy steals the moment and eclipses Calysta's joy -- stealing more of her life and causing more drama. Emmy and Calysta conspire how to take her down. R&R fan club luncheon is in full swing. Willie holds court at his table. Veronica is destroyed that Bobby has disappeared. Max rubs it in. Kitty tries to comfort her daughter. Bobby rushes in to Max's disappointment. The couple kiss entirely too long. The couple get romantic in their cabin. Bobby pulls out drugs. Veronica is shocked. Tells him to get rid of it. R&R cast swim suit competition is on fire with the fans -- Grandma Jones and Gerty get carried away. While Kitty and Augustus make love in the afternoon, below deck. Augustus notices they have lost track of time. Kitty panics as she must prepare for the talent show. Later, Kurt confides in Derrick about high strung, Veronica slapping him, hard. Troublemaker, Emmy shows up, squeezing between the handsome duo, only to be caught by Calysta. R&R fans are red hot ready for the fan club talent show! Kitty is beyond nervous, warming up in her cabin, knocking back whatever is in the mini-bar to ease her nerves.
Kitty struggles to pull herself together for the talent show. R&R cast waits backstage. Kitty misses her cue. Alison is forced to go on first. Emmy is next up with a sultry, torch song number she makes up as she goes along, Max and Bobby Tramble have a confrontation at the bar over Veronica. Bobby warns Max to stay in his lane. Kurt is on stage pretending to be a ventriloquist, Willie follows in a tap dance routine. Kitty finally makes her way to the stage -- frozen with stage fright. Fans start laughing at her ballet-rap routine. Kitty is escorted off the stage. Augustus is horrified and thinking divorce. He's had enough and sending Kitty back to rehab! Maeve closes the show, playing the sax. Veronica spies Bobby all over a beautiful blonde and follows him. They have a violent fight in their cabin. Veronica texts brother, Max for help. A humiliated Kitty is in a puddle on her cabin floor. A scheming Max helps his mother, Kitty in to bed while manipulating her with more alcohol --getting her to sign over her shares to him. On deck, Calysta pleads for Augustus to kill her storyline with Ivy. Meanwhile, Ivy solicits Derek and spills tea on Calysta. Max rushes to Veronica's cabin to find her hysterically crying over a dead, Bobby. He takes charge and concocts a plan to dispose of his body. Augustus does not hold back this time and tells Calysta he wants her -- he's divorcing Kitty. He forces a kiss, Derrick sees them. Destroyed, he leaves in silence. Grandma Jones and Gerty take a nap. Veronica and Max are spotted by their dad. Augustus wants Bobby's blood as he is told Bobby roughed her up. Max convinces him to keep it quiet to avoid a scandal. Augustus and family return to the Barringer state room, to find Kitty passed out. Naughty, Emmy has Randall tied up and blindfolded in his cabin while his unsuspecting wife, Alison is schmoozing with fans. The yacht shudders. Everyone panics! Fans race for the lifeboats. Emmy leaves Randall tied up and heads to deck with Philli
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.
Alison makes do while stranded on a deserted island, Bobby manipulates Veronica as she struggles with her mental health, and Max's grand plan hits some speed bumps.
Emmy films a pandemic-style love scene, Willie works out a plan to come home and win a Sudsy, and Kitty does equine therapy at her rehab center.
Alison makes a miraculous return, Ivy continues to stir up tension behind the scenes, and Kitty confronts Augustus about his plans.
Bobby finally gets revenge on his father, Alison gets to know a new castmate, and the cancellation of the Sudsy Awards causes trouble