The Rich and the Ruthless

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Episode Guide

Season 1

• Episode 1: Episode 1
  Aired: Jul 28, 2017

  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.

• Episode 2: Episode 2
  Aired: Aug 4, 2017

  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.

• Episode 3: Episode 3
  Aired: Aug 11, 2017

  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?

• Episode 4: Episode 4
  Aired: Aug 18, 2017

  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.

• Episode 5: Episode 5
  Aired: Aug 25, 2017

  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.

• Episode 6: Episode 6
  Aired: Sep 1, 2017

  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.

Season 2

• Episode 1: Episode 1
  Aired: Jun 14, 2018

  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.

• Episode 2: Episode 2
  Aired: Jun 21, 2018

  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.

• Episode 3: Episode 3
  Aired: Jun 28, 2018

  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.

• Episode 4: Episode 4
  Aired: Jul 5, 2018

  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.

• Episode 5: Episode 5
  Aired: Jul 12, 2018

  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.

• Episode 6: Episode 6
  Aired: Jul 19, 2018

  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.

Season 3

• Episode 1: Episode 1
  Aired: May 23, 2019

  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.

• Episode 2: Episode 2
  Aired: May 30, 2019

  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

• Episode 3: Episode 3
  Aired: Jun 6, 2019

  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.

• Episode 4: Episode 4
  Aired: Jun 13, 2019

  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!

• Episode 5: Episode 5
  Aired: Jun 20, 2019

  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.

• Episode 6: Episode 6
  Aired: Jun 27, 2019

  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.

Season 4

• Episode 1: Episode 1
  Aired: May 13, 2021

  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.

• Episode 2: Episode 2
  Aired: May 13, 2021

  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.

• Episode 3: Episode 3
  Aired: May 13, 2021

  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.

• Episode 4: Episode 4
  Aired: May 13, 2021

  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.

• Episode 5: Episode 5
  Aired: May 13, 2021

  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.