History Series / FilthyRich

''Filthy Rich'' is a SoapOpera premiering on Creator/{{Fox}} on September 21st, 2020 (with the first three episodes all dropping online the next day). It revolves around the Monreauxs, a family running a multi-billion dollar evangelical empire megachurch/TV network. When their patriarch, Eugene, dies in a plane crash, his will reveals he has fathered three illegitimate children with three different women. Now, a clash of wills erupts between the family as secrets threaten to bring down the empire.

* NotBloodSiblings: Rose freaks out a bit after she and Jason kiss as they are technically half-siblings. [[spoiler:Subverted when Rose discovers "Jason" is really Mark, Jason's lookalike adoptive brother, so they're not related at all]].

** Veronica is [[spoiler: Jason's real mother and a long-time affair with Franklin.]]

* TheReveal: Jason is [[spoiler:actually Mark, his adoptive brother, who bears a striking resemblance to him. With the real Jason in a coma and not expected to recover, Mark took this opportunity to gain money on behalf of their sick mom.]]

* BrokenPedestal: Eric and Rose are obviously stunned to realize their father had been cheating with multiple women over the years to the point of having three illegitimate kids. They're also upset their mother knew about his cheating (although she claims not the kids) and hid it while standing by "Christian values."

* HiddenDepths: Much to Margaret's consternation, Ginger turns out to be surprisingly knowledgeable about the Bible.

** Ginger at first is happy about the publicity her website gets from subscribers. But her decision to put the site "dark" for a few days in order to relocate the other girls to New Orleans leads to their competitors undercutting prices to steal their clientele.

** Levy is surprised a popular MMA promoter knew his mother and misses the way the man chuckles "a lot of people knew your mom."

''Filthy Rich'' is a SoapOpera premiering on Fox on September 21st, 2020 (with the first three episodes all dropping online the next day). It revolves around the Monreauxs, a family running a multi-billion dollar evangelical empire megachurch/TV network. When their patriarch, Eugene, dies in a plane crash, his will reveals he has fathered three illegitimate children with three different women. Now, a clash of wills erupts between the family as secrets threaten to bring down the empire.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/JulietteLewis as [[spoiler:the boss of the store where Eugene briefly works who then has him arrested for stealing from her.]]

** Lampshaded when [[spoiler: Eugene complains about Eric put in charge of a charity and his boss (one of the few who recognizes him and knows he's alive) points out that Eugene has no room to complain about someone else lying and making bad choices.]]

* NotBloodSiblings: Rose freaks out a bit after she and Jason kiss as they are technically half-siblings. [[spoiler: Subverted when Rose discovers "Jason" is really his lookalike adoptive brother, Mark so they're not related at all]].
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Eugene]].
* OhCrap: The reaction of [[spoiler: Eugene]] when he spots a TV broadcast of [[spoiler: the three kids he's been trying to hide from the world now being welcomed into his family.]]
* OneSceneWonder: Creator/JulietteLewis as [[spoiler: the boss of the store where Eugene briefly works who then has him arrested for stealing from her.]]

** Ginger at first is happy about the publicity her website gets from subscribers. But her decision to put the site "dark" for a few days leads to their competitors undercutting prices to steal their clientele.

* TheReveal: Jason is [[spoiler: actually Mark, his adoptive brother, who bears a striking resemblance to him. With the real Jason in a coma and not expected to recover, Mark took this opportunity to gain money on behalf of their sick mom.]]
* RichesToRags: [[spoiler: Eugene, once a multi-millionaire with his own private jet, is forced to work at a quiet convenience store to make ends meet. And then arrested stealing from the till.]]

** When first meeting the three new heirs, Margaret tries to talk on how she knows this must all be a shock...only for Ginger to state she's known her entire life Eugene was her father and the family owes her, and her mother, for keeping this quiet all this time.
** Rose is so far the only one who knows [[spoiler: Jason isn't really Jason.]]

** Jason entering a hospital room to [[spoiler: take a swab sample from a comatose man...who looks just like him.]]
** [[spoiler: Eugene waking up alive somewhere in the swamps.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Eugene oo boy. He fathered three other children outside his marriage.

** [[spoiler: Eugene waking up alive somewhere in the swamps.]]

* TheDragon: Margaret and Eugene both held Luke as merely a rising star on the network, unaware the man is using their brand for his own ends to make money for an elite group of friends and, eventually, take it over.

* BiTheWay: Ginger is shown in bed with both a man and a woman.

* BrokenPedestal:
** Eric and Rose are obviously stunned to realize their father had been cheating with multiple women over the years to the point of having three illegitimate kids. They're also upset their mother knew about his cheating (although she claims not the kids) and hid it while standing by "Christian values."
** Eric is thrown to realize the low-income houses the family has been providing as run-down and falling apart. He wants to complain about this not worthy of his father's legacy only to realize his dad and father-in-law both knew all about it and making money off the project.

* RichesToRags: [[spoiler: Eugene, once a multi-millionaire with his own private jet, is forced to work at a quiet convenience store to make ends meet.]]

* BrokenPedestal: Eric and Rose are obviously stunned to realize their father had been cheating with multiple women over the years to the point of having three illegitimate kids. They're also upset their mother knew about his cheating (although she claims not the kids) and hid it while standing by "Christian values."

* NotBloodSiblings: Rose freaks out a bit after she and Jason kiss as they are technically half-siblings. [[spoiler: Subverted when Rose discovers "Jason" is really his adoptive lookalike adoptive brother, Mark so they're not related at all]].

** Ginger demands a bigger payday or she goes to the press to expose the existence of the illigimate kids. Margaret responds by calling a press conference herself to admit her husband's "failings" and welcoming the kids as family.
** Ginger appears to agree to be baptisized on live TV to win over Margaret's failure. But when she rises from the tub, it becomes obvious to the viewers she is wearing no underwear under her now sheer and soaking gown which now bears a message for her porn-themed website as she delivers a message to the audience to tune in, instantly reviving her site.

* NotBloodSiblings: Rose freaks out a bit after she and Jason kiss as they are technically half-siblings. [[spoiler: Subverted when Rose discovers "Jason" is really his adoptive lookalike brother, Mark so they're not related at all]].

* FromRichesToRags: [[spoiler: Eugene, once a multi-millionaire with his own private jet, is forced to work at a quiet convenience store to make ends meet.]]

''Filthy Rich'' is a SoapOpera premiering on Fox on September 21st, 2020. It revolves around the Monreauxs, a family running a multi-billion dollar evangelical empire megachurch/TV network. When their patriarch, Eugene, dies in a plane crash, his will reveals he has fathered three illegitimate children with three different women. Now, a clash of wills erupts between the family as secrets threaten to bring down the empire.