It’s the ‘opening’ of Hoochie Mama’s very own unit – Unit 8, Riesling Court. They now have premises and a distribution hub and overheads and actual staff and, oh yeah, responsibilities…

Cheryl gives a speech as Tracy, Kasey, Rochelle listen proudly, while Cheryl’s family and the usual hangers-on – Pascalle, Loretta, Grandpa, Eric and Munter wait to return to the food and free piss.

Wolf is not some saint in heaven. He’s a crim who did a runner.Cheryl

Judd arrives.

At home, Cheryl discovers malcontent. In her absence (she’s been sleeping at Judd’s), although Aurora has been doing the cooking and cleaning, they have no money for groceries. Cheryl goes on the defensive, and Aurora tries to change the topic – Loretta won second place in a swimming competition.

Alarm bells. Loretta looks for a distraction in the mail. A letter from the Inland Revenue Department? Hoochie Mama is being audited! Amid this news the phone rings. Pascalle has just been arrested for shoplifting.

At Hoochie Mama HQ, Cheryl assures the girls that she and Tracy will deal with the IRD – but she is going to have to make sure everything is in order. Where have those boxes of Hoochie Mama undies gone? Uh oh, Kasey was so pissed she forgot to lock up after the opening. Suspicion immediately falls on the West family.

At the West house, Cheryl, with Tracy hovering in the background, has lined up her family (and their associates). She’s is trying to phrase it as nicely as possible – would anyone happen to know where the boxes of knickers went? What she gets in return is indignation that she is accusing them of stealing – how could she!!?? Her own family!! She searches the suspects’ rooms despite floods of indignation.

At the Rusty Nail, Cheryl gives in to self doubt. It’s is all because she’s a bad mother. She hasn’t been there for Pascalle or any of the family and things are falling apart. Tracy lets Cheryl get this out of her system before telling her to stop it with the self-flagellation and stop letting her family bleed her dry – what a novel idea!

Back at the West house, Cheryl lays it on the line– they’re going to start paying their way; respecting her wishes; and doing their fair share around the house. And last but not least – she wants her knickers back. If they aren’t returned, expect eviction.

At Jethro’s, Cheryl insists Pascalle plead guilty to shoplifting. Pascalle is not happy.

Aurora, who’s still playing housewife and doing the laundry at the West’s, discovers a pair of Hoochie Mama knickers in the pockets of a very stained pair of pants. Eric’s pants. Van and Munter are on the case. They find the boxes of underwear in his warehouse and make him return them.

At the Video Hut, Loretta has been engaged in quelling insurrection in the form of Jools, her permanent stand in at school. Jools has been making quite a splash on the swim team, making friends, and getting noticed. Altogether unacceptable behaviour. And Loretta is not one to take it lying down.

A well-placed call frees Loretta from the swim team. She ought to be at home as her family needs her. At Jools’ behest, the swimming coach nearly ruins the game with a call to Cheryl.

This means war. Loretta strikes. She has mysteriously acquired a case of crypto-spyridium and mustn’t be allowed in the pool. Jools retaliates. Her illness crept up in class. What if it flares up in an exam? Film schools require high marks…

Loretta reluctantly goes to Jethro for advice. Highly amused, he tells her that when one has reached a stalemate in these kinds of situations, the only thing left is to compromise.

The girls draw up a deal – Jools must stay out of the top three in swimming and out of the newsletter and in return she’ll get a new mattress and nights off from working at the Video Hut. Which is how Aurora comes to join the Hut’s staff.

Loretta’s world is intact. Just. For now.