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 checkout chicks and learns that being on the right side of the law doesn’t necessarily mean being honest.
Cheryl receives some unwanted attention from two of Wolf’s best mates; Jethro’s supposed Maori heritage comes under fire when a lawyerly ‘colleague’ starts to question the West family whakapapa (genealogy); and Pascalle has a new line of work.
Wolf comes home. Just for a day. But a lot can happen in a day.
In which, each in their own way, the West offspring try to help their Mum.
Grandpa finds love in all the wrong places – and Loretta does not cope well with it; while Pascalle has her first secret admirer.
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. And when blackmail fails, Loretta faces the horror of school.
Cheryl has an honest job – or does she?; Grandpa mends his broken heart through poker; and Pascalle discovers the ugly side of the modeling industry.
Van starts a race war and Jethro realises he lacks the ability to say ‘sorry’.
Pascalle bags herself a real live TV star and Hoochie Mama’s finances end up in the wrong pockets.
Van succumbs to temptation and returns to his old, wicked, ways; the finger is pointed at Cheryl; and Pascalle learns a lesson in love.
Van and Draska have certain financial issues; Jethro changes teams and Cheryl suffers from information overload.
Van and Draska are kicked out of the Doslic family home and move into an apartment. Draska is determined to move on with the wedding, enlisting the help of Pascalle. Cheryl persists in leading the family down the straight and narrow, despite growing doubts. Draska's wedding doesn't go as planned.
The West family is attacked on all fronts by an evil malevolent force…
Van’s sperm becomes the stuff of legend and Munter takes the piss; Hoochie Mama turns it all the way up to 11; and Pascalle gets herself a bloke.
Wolf feels violated; Pascalle’s new boyfriend has the hots for an entirely different member of the family; and Loretta and Grandpa repair a few fences and crack a safe.
Loretta fights a double-headed parental monster; tries to flout family tradition and may be batting for the other team; and Van and Munter are the Cray Brothers…
Jethro puts himself on the stand as Van becomes Sparky’s private fantasy; a Hoochie Mama fantasy gets a man literally crotchless; and Pascalle fantasises about Hayden’s marital intentions.
Three women are prisoners of love – and two men are knights in shining armor.
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing: Cheryl gets wind of the Big Job, and her attempts to save Van from Wolf and peril have big consequences; and Pascalle decides to share the love and takes up a temporary career in nursing.
Wolf goes to work; Van goes to the rescue and Cheryl goes to purgatory.
Wolf’s disappearance gives everyone a chop to chew on; Cheryl doubts her future with Judd; Pascalle goes bush; and Van fears the wrath of Tyson.
Cheryl audits her life and Loretta finds she has trusted her education to a worthy opponent.
There are all manner of bedfellows – some more unlikely than others.
Van tries to buy a dream home and Pascalle finds her dream job. Meanwhile Munter’s middle name is Iago; Judd feels like Judas; and Jethro does a Hamlet.
Grandpa’s safe cracking attempts nearly bring down the house, and also raise a ghost; and Loretta gets the awful truth about a very important question.
If you accidentally sleep with your half-brother, can that be counted as incest?
When the least likely person finds salvation, Cheryl stands to lose; and Pascalle decides she needs to be born again.
Cheryl is happy at last, but hasn’t reckoned on a lone Wolf with big plans.
Outrageous Fortune: The Movie (Christmas Special): A traditional Kiwi Christmas with a uniquely West family twist.
Cheryl faces a vengeful harpy and a whiteware crisis; as Van fights for love, honor and the Lucky Dollar.
Van and Munter go green; Grandpa sees red; and to stay in the black, Hayden finds a man with enormous potential.
Van’s road to true love hits a handicap. And Loretta finds that Grandpa’s rooting is also a problem.
Tragedy leads to love; and family honor is tested with bodies, bikies and the truth about the curse of the Wests.
Pascalle reveals all for love as Loretta makes her erotic masterpiece. But can Cheryl and Bruce be kept out of the movie business?
Cheryl wants the right thing; Jethro is asked to do the wrong thing; and Pascalle takes on the thong thing…
Judd breaks down doors to save Van; a force from the past is back with a vengeance; and a trip to the Coromandel reveals all about Munter’s mum.
Hell has no fury like a Loretta scorned, and Cheryl works to reunite the world’s most perfect couple.
Pascalle pulls all the stops in the hopes of getting the blessing of her future sister-in-law, starting at the spa and ending up with a game of strip billiards. Meanwhile, the men are banished to the bar where Munter is running things with an iron fist. Jethro gets more than he bargained for.
Van sinks to even further lows, stealing from the boss of his new job. Despite desperate attempts to keep their relationship together, Draska finally admits defeat when Van tells her firmly that he doesn't love her and leaves the West household.
Wayne Judd is accused of murdering Sparky, so Cheryl and Loretta track him down in his backwoods hideout and return him to the police to prove that he's still alive. Wayne accepts a deal with the police and appears to be permanently free, albeit with a black mark on his record and lost of substantial police retirement benefits.
Jethro and Grandpa Ted slowly begin to accept Wayne as part of the family.
To her total horror, Loretta discovers that she is pregnant. While she considers terminating the pregnancy, the entire West family lobbies her to keep it.
Keeping with the theme of terminating a life, Van comes very close to ending his own, but some strong sisterly love from Loretta changes things and the two of them decide that no lives will be ended.
Van agrees to be painter Sparky's live model.
Feeling out of place at his regular bar with his ex-best-friend hanging there, Van goes to a different place and runs into an old classmate who's up to no good. When things go bad, Munter comes to the rescue and the old friends are reunited.
Judd comes into some money and enters into a business partnership with a security firm.
Pascalle struggles with her grief over losing Bruce as Loretta struggles under the watch of an over-protective future grandmother.
A piddling piece of fabric causes much sexy strife between Cheryl and Kasey; and Loretta loses sleep when Pascalle turns ugly over the pizza guy.
Jethro takes a fall for his major client; and Judd’s devotion to duty gets him in hot water. As Van and Munter find strange forces at work…
Loretta reels before a nemesis as she faces her future; and Cheryl fears her nemesis is still pulling strings.
A bold new venture gets Van and Munter on the job; and Pascalle gets jiggy with it to find the meaning of life.
Secrets from the past mean Jethro gets an opportunity, and Cheryl has the chance to dig up gold.
Jethro’s plans start to unravel, but who is the real villain? And Pascalle is accused of crimes most terrible.
Judd and Van have different reasons to fear Cheryl’s new business partner. But will Cheryl take the bait?
Grandpa sees something rotten in the state of West House, as Loretta has goods for sale, if she can outplay the system - and Cheryl.
Van saves the world, or his sisters, because Pascalle’s new job is definitely not as a cheerleader. And Jethro’s mission to save Cheryl goes interesting places.
Van tries to be the best, best man, as Cheryl takes a prisoner; learns a secret; meets her nemesis, and plans to host a wedding.
Cheryl fights a child to save a child, as a Wolf comes knocking at her door. And one of the Wests has amazing super powers.
Cheryl goes to war with Wolf, as Pascalle’s body is revealed to be a deadly weapon.
Whatever’s in that container, Wolf is behind it; Cheryl knows it’s dodgy; Van just wants to know; and Jethro sees the opportunity for fun and games.
Cheryl loses a child and gains a mission; and Grandpa goes to the movies to seek and destroy the Rita Rooter.
Pascalle sees something that’s exactly like a miracle except creepy and disturbing, as Loretta takes on the big bad Wolf.
When Cheryl’s defences are down, Wolf storms the castle, and Baby Jane gets an unlikely babysitter.
Van and Munter find their turf is under threat, as Grandpa has to save Judd from critical sperm build up.
Cheryl’s dodgy dealings come back to haunt her, and no one is safe from the most powerful force in the land.
Wolf suspects a foul plot afoot, as Van and Munter both get rude awakenings.
Cheryl blames Wolf for his lies, but discovers instead a terrible truth, and all in all, a hell of a lot of stuff happens on Kasey’s birthday.
Cheryl takes on Sheree, but hasn’t reckoned on a guardian angel. And Van is jealous as Munter takes inspiration from his new mentor.
When Pascalle is blessed, Loretta feels cursed. And Van has to do some very important remembering of roots past.
Grandpa seeks a missing jewel, but Loretta fears he’s in danger from a femme fatale. As Kasey’s fatal flaw riles Cheryl.
Jesus wants Baby Jane, but Cheryl isn’t so sure, as Judd sets out to save Kasey from the Bahama Triangle.
When Judd stands accused, Cheryl fights dirty. And Pascalle finds inspiration in a parallel universe.
Loretta wants to save the world, but is she the girl who cried wolf?
Some mysterious happenings and rude surprises mean Cheryl, Van, Pascalle and Grandpa all get to count the cost of love.
As the Wests take on the Greegans, battle lines are drawn, blood is spilt, and pav goes flying. But who will emerge victorious?
The Wests defend their mother’s honour; Van goes on the attack and all in all there are one or two bombshells.
Van embraces the law; Loretta embraces Eric and Judd’s time may well be up.
Loretta works hard for the money as Judd gets an offer he would really, really like to refuse.