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In ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles,’ Las Vegas proves to be a mixed bag for the Millet family as hearts are joined, broken, and left disappointed. Yet, despite Shayanne’s unfavorable reaction to Margo’s OnlyFans work, the latter remains committed to expanding her account. Thus, with her father, Jinx, and her roommate, Susie, on her team, she begins collaborating with Rose and KC, and debuts her online persona, HungryGhost, a sultry, naive blue-skinned alien. Unexpectedly, one of her videos ends up going viral, raking in sizeable growth for Margo. However, with exposure comes the possibility of a disconnect between her online life and her personal life. As a result, once these lines begin to blur in episode 5 titled ‘Grudge Match,’ the young single mother enters a dicey new reality. SPOILERS AHEAD!
Margo’s HungryGhost Goes Viral, And Jinx Gets Served
Having secured a partnership with Rose and KC, Margo arrives at the veteran OnlyFans creators’ apartment with her ideas and her creative team. The gang consists of Susie, a genius at roleplaying, and Jinx, whose experience as a former pro wrestler offers choreography expertise on the set. However, even though the latter remains supportive of his daughter’s work, he makes it clear that he would be taking his leave once any actual action begins. Lastly, with Margo on the script, the team puts together a whole amateur production that creates HungryGhost’s more mainstream persona on Instagram and TikTok to reach a wider audience and hopefully secure more traffic for her OnlyFans account.
Eventually, one right dance video with eccentric choreography ends up going viral, jumpstarting Margo’s career in the online sphere. On the other hand, the HungryGhost team also receives some unfortunate news in their own apartment complex, where Jinx gets served. As it turns out, the former wrestler had continued to badger Mark, the estranged father of Margo’s child, on the phone even after his ill-advised visit to his office, where he broke the latter’s hand. Nevertheless, he assures his daughter that he will take care of the issue himself. This finds him paying a visit to Lace, his friend from his wrestling days, who is now also a lawyer. In the end, Jinx walks away with a bill, the general advice to stay away from Mark, and the inkling that Lace might still be interested in him.
Margo’s Disastrous Foray Back in the Real World
Ever since Bodhi’s birth, Margo has been somewhat encapsulated in her own bubble. Once she figured out how to start making money without leaving the house, it cut off a crucial part of her social life after college, which she had already dropped out of. In fact, she even ended up getting in a fight with her long-distance best friend, Becca, over her drastic opinions on dealing with her baby’s childcare needs. Yet, months later, the two have buried their hatchets. Thus, when Becca comes to town, she and Margo decide to get together and attend a party. The New Year’s party brings the new mother right back to her high school days all at once, as she remains surrounded by similar faces.
At first, the biggest point of scandalous conversation around Margo consists of her teen pregnancy and its eventual result, Bodhi. However, it isn’t long before some of the men in the party realize where else they recognize the writer from. As a result, Margo begins to receive vaguely threatening messages on her OnlyFans as HungryGhost’s identity steadily gets leaked all over the internet. Off-the-bat, the protagonist realizes she needs to get out of the situation and texts Jinx to come and pick her up. Still, as she’s leaving the party, she couldn’t have expected Becca’s adverse and judgmental reaction. In the screaming match that follows, wherein Margo accuses her friend of being unaware of her privilege, and Becca calls her out on her disinterest in her life, the two part ways on sour terms.
The Hungry Ghost’s Unconsensual Identity Reveal Has Dire Consequences
After the party, things begin to go downhill for Margo. Her anonymity as HungryGhost all but disappears overnight as people on the internet begin tearing her down because of out-of-context details about her life. Yet, a bigger problem looms on the horizon: Shayanne and Kenny. At the speed with which Margo’s unmasking is going viral, she has no doubt that eventually her mother and stepfather would have to field a question or two about her. Under Jinx’s advice, she decides to have a conversation with the newlyweds about the development in person.
Yet, the encounter ends up being pleasantly surprising. Shaynne and, on some level, even Margo are dreading Kenny’s response, given his conservative Catholic values. Nonetheless, his reaction remains relatively judgment-free, even if it’s far from perfect. Initially, he’s confused why he has to be a part of the conversation since he didn’t raise the young woman. Later, once he realizes that other churchgoers might want to speak to him about the topic, he insists that he’ll simply declare that Mary Magdelen was also a prostitute.
Margo doesn’t appreciate the biblical sex worker comparison, and Kenny takes that note without any complaints. Ultimately, he makes his stance clear: he wants to be there for Shaynne and her family through thick and thin and will offer his support to Margo in these trying times, however she may need it. As expected, his non-catastrophic reaction gets on Jinx’s nerves a little, largely due to his unresolved feelings for Shayanne. Yet, the father-daughter duo isn’t completely out of hot water. They realize the same when Margo is served with legal documents revealing Mark’s intentions to get full custody of Bodhi on the grounds of her being an unfit mother.
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