Lonely Loretta seeks company from Pascalle and Grandpa, but both of them have better things to do with their time. Loretta is appalled to find Grandpa is engaged to Ngaire and comes to the house to confront him. But her plan to be reasoned goes out the window when she realises that Pascalle is on with Nicky.

The Tool Guys, meanwhile, are aggrieved with their terrible workload and present their woes to Loretta. They expect her to be unsympathetic, but she decides to take on more workers. Aaron Spiller is inspired to hear this. Van and Munter fear they will be replaced – and find that Loretta has hired two new Tools, none other than Aaron and The Gooch. This makes them even more paranoid, but Munter is confident that Aaron and The Gooch will suck at tooling. But a further shock is in store. Not only have Tool Guys 2 finished all their jobs, but The Gooch is an actual qualified builder! Now they feel that Loretta is playing dirty and something must be done to oust the interlopers. Van and Munter hit upon the plan of separating their rivals, and making their lives so miserable that they will have to quit. But Aaron instead finds the tool guys no-sex code inspiring and vows to be a better person and The Gooch is motivated by their exacting standards. Van and Munter are forced into direct action: they fire Aaron and The Gooch and rip off their T shirts.

But we’re the originals man. You can’t replace the originals.Van

Loretta tries to address Pascalle about Nicky’s evil plan. Pascalle refuses to believe he’s after her money, but is shocked to hear that he was in on the bank robbery. Pascalle confronts Nicky and he talks her round, as Sheree is concerned to hear that Loretta is causing trouble. Nicky is confident that they can ride this out, but Loretta keeps up her stalking of Pascalle, so Sheree decides to deal to her.

She points out that Loretta is ousted and hated, while Sheree is in a good position to look out for the interests of her and her brother. Loretta has even more reason to stalk Pascalle, to warn her that Sheree is in on the plan. But Pascalle has had enough of Loretta’s crazy paranoia and wants nothing more to do with her. Loretta, at a low ebb, seeks support from Grandpa, only to find that she is not wanted at his wedding.

Loretta decides to go to the centre of power – Cheryl. But as she seeks her, she finds something even more interesting: Van and Sheree, in flagrante. This gives Loretta excellent ammunition for blackmail. Sheree panics, but Nicky is confident he can get around Loretta, with cash. But to his shock, she chucks the money. Talked around by Van, she doesn’t spill the beans on him and Sheree (not yet) but Loretta beards Cheryl and even makes an apology, Cheryl however doesn’t buckle. If Loretta’s sorry, maybe she should tell that to Wolf.

The Tools inform their manager that they’ve fired Aaron and the Gooch, but are now shocked to find that they were going to get a cut of the extra cash. They could get rich by doing nothing! They quickly rehire Aaron and the Gooch, and are left to marvel that Loretta was actually sincere. Wonders never cease. And this turns out to be true, as Loretta makes a big decision …

And goes to visit Wolf in prison. He is not pleased to see her, but she insists needs his help, and she’ll make it worth his while . . .

Hi there,

Yes, you can purchase the Outrageous Fortune series three DVD at all good retail outlets. The DVDs are distributed in Australia by Umbrella Entertainment.

Hi Kylie,

It’s up to the broadcasters granted exclusive licences by South Pacific Pictures or the international distributors of the programme to decide when to play it. We simply produce it. Your best bet is to contact your local TV network.

Thanks!

Thanks Chris.

No, the Christmas special was actually filmed at Sullivan’s Bay in the North Island.

Cheers!