Cluedo

- Season 2

(1992)

The publicity-loving Mrs. Peacock invites a tabloid newspaper journalist to Brindabella Homestead to write an article about the place. Unfortunately for the residents, the journalist finds a much more interesting story to tell than that of a beautiful old house.

An engagement party is being planned for Professor Plum and Miss Scarlett, and Gloria, a hairdresser who doubles as a dance instructor is hired for both styling and entertainment, but what is really on the seemingly innocent lady's mind?

Most of the residents of Brindabella Homestead are financially comfortable, but some of them still want to get richer, so they enlist the aid of a financial expert named Buzz Bradshaw III to show them how it's done. They all get excited about a potential boost to their fortunes, but is his way of doing things a little unconventional, and if so, what are the motivational speaker's real motives?

A wealthy butcher who owns a large chain of stores has very little time to live and a lot of money to leave behind. On his arrival at Brindabella Homestead, the residents make him feel welcome, though their real motives may be to get themselves included in his will. Will his death be natural or will it have some assistance?

The residents of Brindabella Homestead get shaken up by a visit from the tax man, who questions them about their financial situations and past tax payments. When he begins to nose around too much, they decide that he has to be dealt with in a timely way before someone loses everything including their shirt.

A noted Shakespearean actor comes to stay at Brindabella Homestead, and many of the residents are excited when he offers them samples of many of The Bard's great roles, but one of them is less than impressed when he steals a lot of money from them to perform a spot of blackmail.

A shady character from the past turns up at Brindabella Homestead and causes chaos among all of the residents, especially Miss Scarlett. She won't sit back and take whatever he dishes out at her, but someone else may give her some assistance in that regard.

Sister Ishtar arrives at Brindabella Homestead and tries to get Mrs. Peacock to join the charismatic cult that she leads. As a condition of membership, the cult must take possession of everything that Elizabeth owns.