History Series / FilthyRich

* RealityEnsues:
** Margaret tries to put a spin on it but when the head of a supposedly moral Christian network dies in a plane crash with a pair of prostitutes ''and'' is revealed to have fathered at least three illegitimate kids, it's only natural the entire brand suffers.
** 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. She also discovers that the increased publicity attracts more stalkers, some of whom are very dangerous.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Explored a few times.
** [[spoiler:Yopi declined to get an abortion when she was pregnant with Antonio, and suffered consequences for it, but her reasons for keeping Antonio were not entirely noble; her career was already waning, but believed that she could stay in the fight game as a trainer, whereas if she got the abortion, she would probably have ended up retired.]]
** [[spoiler:Defied in the case of Rose. Faced with the prospect of having Mark's baby, and having to enter into a loveless marriage to cover up the fact that she had sex with a man posing as her half-brother, she opts to get an abortion. Ginger obviously supports her in this, and while Margaret does not support abortion, and initially threatens to disown Rose, she decides that she doesn't want to lose her daughter over it, and accompanies her and Ginger to New York.]]

* WhamLine: "Tell me something, [[spoiler: Franklin. Why would Eugene pay $15 million to a dead man the day ''before'' he died?"]]

* RunningGag: Each episode opens with Becky recapping the previous events while praying.

* SpannerInTheWorks: The fact [[spoiler: Eugene is alive]] is undoing many of Luke's plans to take control of the empire. Notably, he gives a reporter "evidence" implicating Eric being behind so many shady deals, unaware [[spoiler: Eugene has revealed he's alive to that reporter and already admitted how he and Luke were deep into the corruption.]]

** Eric trying to paint himself as a good man but much like his father including [[spoiler:cheating on his wife with a website porn actress.]]

** Eric appears to have inherited this by complaining about his father but also visiting Ginger's porn website.

** 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.]]

* 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.]]

* 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 gets arrested stealing from the till.]]

* EthicalSlut: [[spoiler:After Becky broaches the question of whether or not there's any future between them, Ginger points out that Becky is married to her brother, and while she is down for a lot of things, breaking up her sibling's marriage is not one of them.]]

** A portrait of Eugene's mother... who looks exactly like [[spoiler:the clerk at the store who Eugene stole from.]]

* CareerEndingInjury: Don Bouchard uses a cane to walk, suggesting that his MMA career ended because of some sort of leg injury.

* EntertaininglyWrong: A fun variation: When Veronica keeps trying to get close to him, Mark thinks this older woman is hitting on him and trying not to freak out in her presence. As it happens, [[spoiler: Veronica is Jason's real mother, trying to get to better know the son she gave up for adoption after he was born. Veronica, meanwhile, has no idea "Jason" isn't really her son so is "bonding" with a stranger.]]

* TheFundamentalist: The 18:20 group are mostly using their religious pretensions as a cover for their greed and lust, but their hired killer, Hagamond Sheen, is a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool religious fanatic. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite them in the ass when Luke fires him; he decides that they are false prophets and kills Townes Dockerty.]]

** Ginger uses a live baptism to expose herself for her porn site. Margaret is able to use the publicity from the event to score bigger ratings and web hits for her [[=SunnyClub=].

** Hagamond honestly believes that the 1820 group is out to do such things as "Rebuild the Temple and one-world government" and jarred when it sinks in that they don't actually believe their own rhetoric. [[spoiler: He thus decides they're heretics and have to die.]]

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Rose dreams of being a fashion designer, but her mother has consistently discouraged such dreams, intending to groom her for a role on her show.
* ForeShadowing: The revelation that [[spoiler:Eugene's entire journey home has been some grand hallucination seems more obvious in hindsight. For a start, getting a job at a store with barely any application or waiting seemed off. Plus how the store owner seemed to know who he was and let him just sit watching TV during working hours (with no other customers around). Also, upon his arrest, one would assume in no time the authorities would be broadcasting this supposedly dead famous evangelist was in custody but instead, without any trial, he's put to work in an old-styled prison gang overseen by the very cop who was interrogating him yet can easily escape.]]

** Ginger uses a live baptism to expose herself for her porn site. Margaret is able to use the publicity from the event to score bigger ratings and web hits for the Monreaux's own brand.

* TermsOfEndangerment: Margaret's habit of calling Ginger "sweetie" is probably not a sign of affection.

* EntertainglyWrong: A fun variation: When Veronica keeps trying to get close to him, Mark thinks this older woman is hitting on him and trying not to freak out in her presence. As it happens, [[spoiler: Veronica is Jason's real mother, trying to get to better know the son she gave up for adoption after he was born. Veronica, meanwhile, has no idea "Jason" isn't really her son so is "bonding" with a stranger.]]

* CassandraTruth: A unique variation. After she sees [[spoiler: Eugene alive and well]], even Tina soon believes she was just hallucinating from too much drinking and checks herself into rehab.

* HiddenDepths: Much to Margaret's consternation, Ginger turns out to be surprisingly knowledgeable about the Bible and its history, turning their on-air sparring sessions about faith and religion into a much more even contest than she would have preferred.

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Rose dreams of being a fashion designer, but her parents have consistently discouraged such dreams.
* ForeShadowing: The revelation that [[spoiler: Eugene's entire journey home has been some grand hallucination seems more obvious in hindsight. For a start, getting a job at a store with barely any application or waiting seemed off. Plus how the store owner seemed to know who he was and let him just sit watching TV during working hours (with no other customers around). Also, upon his arrest, one would assume in no time the authorities would be broadcasting this supposedly dead famous evangelist was in custody but instead, without any trial, he's put to work in an old-styled prison gang overseen by the very cop who was interrogating him yet can easily escape.]]

** In her recaps and behavior, Becky carries herself as the most pious Christian imaginable...save for the tiny detail [[spoiler: she happens to be gay.]]

* StageMom: Antonio's mom Yopi encourages him to worm his way into the Monreaux family's good graces in order to boost both their careers.

** A portrait of Eugene's mother... who looks exactly like [[spoiler:the clerk at the store who Eugene stole from.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: ''Eugene.'' He fathered three other children outside his marriage.

* ContrivedCoincidence: [[spoiler: Eugene just happens to hitch a ride with two of Mark's friends who are headed to expose Jason as a fraud.]]

** Eric trying to pain himself as a good man but much like his father including [[spoiler: cheating on his wife with a website porn actress.]]

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In-Universe as Margaret uses the scandal to actually enhance the family's brand.

** 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.]]
** Tina was paid to sleep with Eugene [[spoiler: by the 1820 group to catch on film]] and the pregnancy was never planned.
** Margaret's long-time friend Veronica is [[spoiler: Jason's real mother and is sleeping with Franklin.]]
** Becky is [[spoiler: actually gay and only marrying Eric as a cover.]]

** Margaret confirms in private she knew for years about Eugene's cheating and kept silent for the good of their business (although she insists she knew nothing of the children).

** A portrait of Eugene's mother...who looks exactly like [[spoiler: the clerk at the store who Eugene stole from.]]

* RunningGag: Each episode opens with Olivia recapping the previous events while praying.