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The Rich & The Ruthless
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.
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 persue 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. 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. Bobby rushes in to Max's disappointment. 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. 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.
Kitty struggles to pull herself together for the talent show. Kitty misses her cue. Emmy is next up with a sultry, torch song number she makes up as she goes along. Kurt is on stage pretending to be a ventriloquist. Kitty finally makes her way to the stage -- frozen with stage fright. Maeve closes the show, playing the sax. 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. Augustus does not hold back this time and tells Calysta he wants her -- he's divorcing Kitty. Augustus and family return to the Barringer state room, to find Kitty passed out. The yacht shudders. Who survives this watery cliffhanger is anyone's guess -- but one thing is for sure, our The Rich and the Ruthless stars, the Barringer family and everyone on the fan club cruise, is in "Titanic" trouble! Only RR Season IV will reveal who makes it to shore safely.
