Outrageous Fortune

When career criminal Wolfgang West gets put away for four years, his wife Cheryl decides it's time for her family to go straight. But can the Wests change the habits of a lifetime?

Working for the Hong family, Van finds himself the object of Mrs. Hong's affections; Pascalle suffers through the indignity of working for a living; Cheryl sticks up for her fellow check-out chicks.

Cheryl receives some unwanted attention from two of Wolf's best mates; Jethro's supposed Maoritanga comes under fire when a lawyerly 'colleague' starts to question the West family whakapapa.

A young guy runs from the police. He hides in a wheelie bin. Bad move, as the rubbish truck comes along, picks up the bin and tosses it into the back.

Cheryl has sunk to an all time low. Even her offspring are worried about her so, spurred on by Jethro's example of how to be a loving son, they each resolve to do their bit to help out.

Lonely and confused, Grandpa wanders into a yoga class; hugs the unsuspecting teacher lady and calls her 'Rita', as he lowers her to the floor. Grandpa is not in a good headspace these days.

Grandpa announces that he and Margaret are moving away together - but not before one last job. Jethro and Caroline decide to 'out' themselves as a couple. When blackmail fails, Loretta faces the ho...

It's Cheryl birthday! She unwraps her birthday present from Van, Pascalle and Loretta. Van, it transpires, was very stoned when the belated call came through to get Mum a birthday present.

Van is increasingly disgruntled with his job. He threatens to quit. Mr. Hong stops him by offering him a much more important position within the Hong family organization.

Pascalle scores a highly paid one-night job as a mermaid, sitting atop a food table at a rich man's charity night out. There she meets television celebrity, Grant Wilkes.

Van and Draska are officially a couple. But Van is not entirely a happy boy. For starters, some unknown thugs smash up his car for reasons he cannot understand.

Someone is paying Corky to go ahead with Wolf's appeal - but Cheryl has no idea who the mysterious benefactor is. For her, the pending appeal raises the specter of Wolf getting out of prison.