CREDITS
Executive Producers
Rob Gibson
Ian Collie
Producer
Paige Wharehinga
Director
Max Miller
Cast
Vic Zerbst
Jenna Owens
Charles Firth
Bali Padda
Belinda Giblin
Claude Jabbour
Aaron Collins
Kate Walsh (guest star)
Virginie Laverdure
Will McNeill
As Greta Goldman (Vic Zerbst) and Nicole Kidman (Jenna Owen) strategise a way to spin the antics of a man child AFL player, Bundy Gribbons (Will McNeill), the two young women sharply feel their exclusion from PR firm Fritz & Randell’s board meeting.
It’s older men only. Ian (Charles Firth), son of the original Randell, desperately seeks the attention of ancient CEO Frank Fritz (Peter Carroll), while his pliable performance amuses Bobby Hall (Claude Jabbour), who owns the firm, and his bodyguard and personal assistant, Dod (Aaron Collins).
When Fritz suddenly slumps forward on the desk, dead, Ian assumes he will automatically take the reins. But Bobby pushes for Greta and Nicole to step up, claiming the company needs a makeover. More accurately, Frank Fritz had some skeletons when which could soon be exposed - installing the duo is all about optics.
The move sets off a power struggle. greta and Nicole. desperately try to formalise their appointment, as Ian tries to prove his relevance and staying power against his younger opponents, all the while trying to service their high maintenance clients. The three are aided by Ian’s loyal research assistant, Cody (Bali Padda), and Meredith (Belinda Giblin), Fritz’s long serving and suffering EA and the only individual who cared about his demise.
Greta and Nicole are scattered but inventive with their strategies - a powerful female entrepreneur and outright bully, Hannah Halston (special guest star Kate Walsh), suffered from ‘PMDD’, Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder, which ‘the misogynistic medical profession struggles to diagnose’, and they secure a laughably low fine for a case of fraud playing the weaknesses of an airline regulator.
To save one client - a young Hollywood star (Josh Helman) with an unusual kink - they must sacrifice another - a kid’s toy exec (Stephen Hunter) who sells hoverboards, leading to a violent vendetta against Ian, who has been warned by his doctor to absolutely NOT get stressed.
Cody grapples with more and more unorthodox tasks from Ian - sourcing a talking parrot, and waiting for a clown to come out of a coma to sign an NDA.
Meanwhile, Meredith begins to clean up the loose ends of his complex life, stumbling on a trail that leads to a secret yacht which may hold Fritz’s secrets.
As she sleuths, Bobby and Dod track her ever move, Meredith, and her access to the truth, will need to be ‘managed’.
Greta and Nicole finally are presented with their contracts to officially take the reins at Fritz & Randell, but do they really know what they’re signing up for?