01x10 - Episode 10

[bunniefuu]

‪[car door opens, closes]

‪Wow.

‪[Sarah] Uncle, when did you get here?

‪My child. I just arrived.

‪-How are you? [chuckles]
‪-Baby girl.

‪-Are you well?
‪-I'm good.

‪-That's good.
‪-[giggles]

‪I didn't know your father was here.

‪Yeah, he just arrived.

‪You know, this guy
‪could've saved me this trip.

‪But seeing that now you're here,
‪please take this

‪-and give it to your mother.
‪-Yes.

‪-Yes.
‪-Don't open it.

‪-[chuckling] I won't.
‪-[chuckling]

‪[both grunting, moaning]

‪[tape rewinds]

‪[children clamoring]

‪[thug 1] Hit him, hit him!

‪[thug 2] Come on, we want
‪the money, man. Take it out.

‪-[thug 1] Hit him! Give it to him!
‪-[child grunts]

‪-[blows thudding]
‪-[grunting]

‪Hey! You b*stards!
‪Let go of him right now!

‪Listen here. This dog's not going anywhere
‪untless he gives us our money.

‪-What? What did you say?
‪-[thug 1] Let's get out of here!

‪[clicks tongue]

‪Jonasi.

‪Your big brother
‪should've been here to protect you.

‪Magesh doesn't care about me.

‪What about your father?

‪He's probably drunk at the tavern.

‪[sighs]

[chuckles] Thanks for taking care of me
‪during these matric exams, Essie.

-Mmm. You know me.
‪-[chuckles]

You know me.

-Mm-hmm?
‪-[grunts]

Hello, guys.

[young Jonasi] Mm-hmm.

[young Essie] What about your food?

Nah, I'm full.

Oh, here's the most beautiful flower
‪of them all. Hello.

-How are you?
‪-Well, I'm good now.

-Baby. [chuckles]
‪-[chuckles]

-[chuckles]
‪-[chuckles] Hey.

Ah, you know I've got a surprise
‪that I want to show you.

-A surprise?
‪-[young Jonasi] It's something very small.

-Relax. [chuckles]
‪-Something small?

-Come here, let me show you.
‪-Where is it?

‪It's right here.

Hello, sister Essie.

Oh, hello.

Have you seen Jonasi around?

No, I haven't. He said something
‪about going to the library.

-Thank you.
‪-All right, dear.

-Bye-bye. Mmm.
‪-Bye-bye.

[young Essie] When are you going to stop
‪these shenanigans of two-timing girls?

‪One day is one day. You'll get caught.

‪The day you let me into that heart
‪of yours is the day I'll stop all of this.

‪Yeah, right. In your dreams.

‪But dream on, because I have got
‪my own man.

‪[groans] You mean that idiot, S'bhamu?

‪[clicks tongue] There's nothing he can do

‪that I can't do for you myself.
‪You know that.

‪Now you're talking nonsense.
‪You need to leave.

‪-Dream about me tonight. Okay?
‪-Just go.

‪Ha! [chuckles]

‪[scoffs]

‪[young Essie] I can't go with you today.

‪Get your a*s back in the car.
‪I said get back in there!

‪You know what? I'm tired
‪of you always treating me like trash.

‪-Let me go, let me go!
‪-Didn't you hear her what she said?

‪And then?

‪Jonasi, stay out of this.

‪Not until he lets you go.

‪-[scoffs]
‪-[g*n rattles]

‪And who the hell do you think you are
‪meddling in my business?

‪I'm her man.

‪-[breathing heavily]
‪-[S'bhamu] What you say?

‪I'm her man. What are you going to do?

‪[young Essie] Jonasi, stop it. Goodness.

‪You're going to regret this. You hear me?

‪Watch your back, boy. [clicks tongue]

‪[engine starts, revs]

‪-And you? Do you have a death wish?
‪-Essie, he doesn't deserve you.

‪I'd die for you, Essie.

‪I love you.

‪[young Essie] ‪I hope you've dumped
‪all your girlfriends.

‪[young Jonasi chuckles]

‪I'm serious.

‪You have nothing to worry about.
‪I promise. [chuckles]

‪[sighs]

‪What's wrong?

‪You know, I got into a fight
‪with my father again.

‪Hmm.

‪He promised that he would give me
‪some money

‪to help me pay
‪for my university application.

‪Now he says he doesn't have money.

‪Yet he always comes home drunk
‪every night.

‪I might as well end up running the streets
‪like Magesh and the g*ng.

‪Or maybe I'll join S'bhamu's g*ng.

‪No, absolutely not.

‪How much do you need?

‪[sighs] I need a lot of money.

‪-Move.
‪-[sighs]

‪So, this money, I've been saving it,
‪braiding my clients.

‪[coughs] Essie, I can't take your money.

‪You've been talking about going to
‪university since you were in standard 6.

‪Here's the money.

‪Take it.

‪[young Jonasi chuckles]

‪Thank you.

‪So, you just make sure
‪that you get that scholarship.

‪I'm definitely gonna do that.

‪You're going to call me though, right?

‪[chuckles] No, I'll call you everyday.

‪And I'll be back to see you
‪at the end of every month.

‪[young Essie] Mm-mmm.

‪You need to focus when you're there.

‪I'll see you properly
‪at the end of every semester.

‪You'll see, the time will fly so fast.

‪Don't waste this opportunity, Jonasi.

‪I won't let you down, MaQwabe.

‪Let me get going.

‪[young Jonasi]
‪My beautiful MaQwabe, hello.

‪[sighs] I miss you so much.

‪[young Jonasi chuckles]

‪I was just thinking
‪about how I miss you as well.

‪We only have two more weeks
‪until the semester is over,

‪so I can finally see you.

‪I really do miss you, my love.

‪I hear there are
‪a lot of pretty girls there.

‪For sure they must be
‪throwing themselves at you.

‪[young Jonasi laughs]

‪Not at all, my love.

‪You know that my eyes are
‪only meant for looking at you.

‪And you stole my heart
‪a long time ago, you thief.

‪[chuckles]

‪Listen, uh, MaQwabe.

‪Uh… I have to attend to something.

‪We'll chat soon.

‪I love you.

‪-[call ends]
‪-[sighs]

‪Just to more weeks.

‪[chuckles]

‪[giggles]

‪Friend, exams are over now.

‪-He has to answer.
‪-Yes.

‪[dialing]

‪[clears throat]

‪[line ringing]

‪[sighs, smacks lips]

‪[young Essie]
‪Yo, let me know when you feel the burn.

Freedom.
‪Take this sweet and go play over there.

Goodness, this child.

‪-You know what?
‪-No, man.

‪No way.

‪-[young Essie] What?
‪-[friend] Is this not Jonasi?

‪Goodness.

‪No way.

‪"Jonasi Gomora, apprentice
‪at Albert Ndlovu Construction

‪marries Joyce Jele."

‪Mmm, mmm, mmm.
‪Friend, I can feel the burn.

‪[dramatic music plays]

‪Friend!

‪-Let's go play.
‪-Gimme a break, Freedom. Just go play.

‪[young Essie sighs]

‪[young Jonasi] ‪And when I come back…

‪-[young Essie] ‪Mmm.
‪-‪…I want white flags on all these gates.

‪I want everyone to know
‪that it's your wedding.

‪-[laughs]
‪-After that, I want to go, "Wham!"

‪-Mmm.
‪-And build you a double-story house.

‪Then I'm going to buy you
‪a red convertible. BMW.

‪-Just like S'bhamu's one?
‪-S'bhamu will have nothing on yours.

‪-[chuckles]
‪-You're such a big dreamer, Jonasi.

‪[young Jonasi] ‪I'm going to make
‪all of your dreams come true, MaQwabe.

‪-[young Essie] ‪Mmm.
‪-[young Jonasi] ‪I promise you.

‪Thank you.

‪[young Jonasi] ‪I want everyone
‪to know that it's your wedding.

‪-[young Essie laughs]
‪-‪After that, I want to go, "Wham!"

‪And build you
‪a double-story house.‪ [chuckles]

‪[young Essie]
‪You're such a big dreamer, Jonasi.

‪[horn honking]

‪[horn honking]

‪Jonasi?

‪Do you like it?

‪Is this you?

‪It's me, my love.

‪I'm back. I'm here.

‪After all these years,
‪and you call me love?

‪You stopped calling me.

‪You don't check on me or visit me.

‪Ah, well, my love,
‪you know, when I left here,

‪you told me to focus and not to allow
‪absolutely anything to distract me.

‪And that's exactly what I did. Mm-hmm.

‪Do you remember back in the day, when
‪you used to tell me about your dream car?

‪Which I promised to buy for you
‪when I started making money?

‪It's yours. [chuckles]

‪-Jonasi.
‪-Uh-huh.

‪No way, Jonasi. Wow. My goodness.

‪-This is the car. Jonasi.
‪-Yeah?

‪-I love it, I love it, I love it!
‪-Yeah? Yeah?

‪[chuckles]

‪-[gasps]
‪-Yeah, yeah.

‪So, tell me,
‪who's this little one right here?

‪Oh, that's my son, Freedom.

‪Essie, Please don't tell me you had
‪a child with that idiot, S'bhamu.

‪I didn't know that you were coming back.

‪You also went to marry some girl.

‪I read the newspapers.

‪[sighs]

‪Look, let's talk
‪when we get back, my love.

‪For now, let's just take the car
‪for a test drive and, y-you know, enjoy.

‪-Did you enjoy that?
‪-[young Freedom] Mmm.

‪You did?

‪[both chuckle]

‪-Yeah.
‪-[sighs]

‪-What a mean machine.
‪-[chuckles]

‪Wow.

‪-[sighs]
‪-[grunts]

‪Marry me, MaQwabe.

‪But you're already married.

‪I want to take you as my second wife.

‪I'll talk to Joyce. Leave that to me.

‪[sighs]

‪Jonasi, you know… I don't know.

‪MaQwabe, I am the man I am today
‪because of everything that you did for me.

‪Please let me thank you in the right way.

‪Can you make me the happiest man alive?

‪By saying yes.

‪-["Intombi" playing]
‪-Well, hurry up.

‪[both laugh]

‪We send our greetings to the Qwabe clan.

‪[reciting clan praises in Zulu]

‪[in English] Ye, who eat meat
‪while engaging with others

‪-in conversation…
‪-Auntie.

‪…and said, "Here we feast."

‪They're here, the Gomoras.

‪We have finally arrived.

‪We, the Gomoras,
‪are here to unite our families.

‪[song ends]

‪[ululating]

‪[singing in Zulu, whistling]

‪♪ ‪You can go lower, if you like ‪♪

‪-‪♪ ‪Which side are you on? ‪♪
‪-‪♪ ‪Goodness ‪♪

‪♪ ‪Which side are you choosing? ‪♪

‪-‪♪ ‪That side? That side? ‪♪
‪-‪♪ ‪This side, this side ‪♪

‪-‪♪ ‪That side? That side? ‪♪
‪-‪♪ ‪This side, this side ‪♪

‪♪ ‪Which side are you on? ‪♪

‪[cheering, ululations continue]

‪[traditional music playing]

‪[no audible dialogue]

‪-♪ ‪That side? That side?‪ ♪
‪-♪ ‪This side, this side‪ ♪

‪-♪ ‪That side? That side?‪ ♪
‪-♪ ‪This side, this side‪ ♪

‪[cheering, ululations continue]

‪["Tshepo - II [Rapela]" playing]

‪[young Essie] I can already see how cute
‪she's going to look in this one.

‪[young Jonasi chuckles]

‪[gasps] Oh, look at these.
‪They're so cute.

‪-We have to buy them. [gasps]
‪-[chuckles]

‪My goodness.

‪-[exclaims]
‪-Mm-hmm?

‪Yeah, but… [sighs]
‪…everything here is expensive.

‪-[sighs, smacks lips]
‪-Oh, come on.

‪Stop playing around. Let's grab those.

‪Let's make sure
‪our daughter wants for nothing.

‪-Mmm. So what else are we going to take?
‪-[chuckles]

‪-Uh…
‪-[inhales sharply]

‪-Let's go that side. [chuckles]
‪-Let's go that side.

‪-No, no, no. No, no, no, no, no.
‪-Come on. [chuckles]

‪-You want to spend all my money.
‪-Let me look this side.

‪-[both laugh]
‪-[young Joyce] Jonasi.

‪-[dramatic music playing]
‪-Uh, what brings you here?

‪[chuckles] Joyce.

‪[stammers] Who… Who is this woman?

‪Oh, this is…

‪This is Essie, this is, uh…
‪my brother's wife. Uh, Magesh.

‪Magesh has a wife?

‪What? You didn't know? [chuckles]

‪That's a surprise. [chuckles]

‪He asked me, uh, to bring her here
‪for a bit of baby shopping.

‪He's tied up on site.

‪-Um…
‪-[young Joyce] Hmm.

‪My name is Joyce. I'm this man's wife.

‪Essie.

‪[chuckles] Essie, can you believe
‪these brothers? Hiding us from each other?

‪Oh, yes.

‪They're quite good at it.

‪[young Joyce] Wow. [smacks lips]

‪I see you're also having a girl.

‪That means our daughters
‪are going to be twins.

‪And they'll play with my son,
‪Menzi. [chuckles]

‪[young Jonasi chuckles]

‪Please take me home.

‪-Hmm?
‪-I'm tired and my feet are swollen.

‪Oh, uh, that's all right. That's okay.

‪Uh, I'll see you at home.

‪-[young Joyce] Mmm.
‪-[young Jonasi] Yeah.

‪[both chuckle]

‪Uh, Essie. It's so nice to meet you.

‪-I'll invite you over for dinner.
‪-Mm-hmm.

‪[both chuckle]

‪Joyce. Yeah…

‪[young Essie]
‪You said that Joyce knows about me.

‪[young Jonasi] I wanted to tell her,
‪but I couldn't.

‪[young Essie] And you forgot?

‪[young Jonasi] Joyce's father was
‪the one helping me secure a tender,

‪so I couldn't just tell her.

‪Okay, now you got the tender, right?

‪Then why didn't you tell her the truth
‪there and then?

‪[sighs]

‪Goodness.

‪[hopeful music playing]

‪[young Jonasi] Mm-hmm.

‪-What are we doing here?
‪-[breathing sharply]

‪Didn't I ask you to take me home?

‪We are home, MaQwabe. We are at our home.

‪Jonasi, I don't have time for games today.

‪Not at all.

‪MaQwabe, do you remember I promised you

‪-that when I return…
‪-[sighs]

‪…I will build you the double-story
‪of your dreams?

‪Your very own.

‪-[sighs]
‪-Well, I'm back,

‪and here's the house I promised.

‪It's all yours,
‪double-story and everything.

‪Surprise.

‪-[chuckles]
‪-[chuckles] Are you serious?

‪Do you like it? [chuckles]

‪[stammers] I love it. [chuckles]

‪-I love it.
‪-[chuckles]

‪[young Essie]
‪You've elevated my status, Gomora.

‪Well, you deserve all the fine things
‪this world has to offer.

‪-Mmm. Mmm. [chuckles]
‪-Mm-hmm? [chuckling]

‪Listen, I have to go now.

‪I don't want Joyce
‪to start asking me questions

‪I don't have answers to.

‪What?

‪So, you're not planning on telling her
‪about me anytime soon?

‪Don't do that, my love, please.

‪You know how much I don't like
‪to see you getting upset.

‪I'm your wife, Gomora.

‪I'm not some dirty little secret.

‪I know, my love.

‪It's just that J&J has secured
‪a major contract worth a lot of money.

‪I can't just drop this b*mb on her.

‪So, because Joyce holds the money bags,

‪I must just play along and toe the line?

‪For now, my love.

‪Please.

‪Have you forgotten
‪that we have a baby on the way?

‪I know. Just please stop stressing.

‪You know stress is not good for the baby.

‪I'll see you.

‪[upbeat music playing]

‪I don't want to be here, Magesh.
‪I don't have the time to pretend.

‪Well then, in that case, next time
‪you should come up with another excuse.

‪Well, for your brother's sake,
‪I hope there won't be a next time.

‪[sighs] What's up, brother?

‪Hello, brother.

‪MaQwabe, I'm really grateful
‪that you're doing this.

‪Just stop.
‪Let's get this over and done with.

‪[sighs]

‪-[young Magesh] My sister.
‪-I'm so glad you made it.

‪-We're happy to be here.
‪-You're welcome.

‪Thank you.

‪[young Essie] Wow.

‪-Who's at the door? Hmm?
‪-[young Sarah chuckles]

‪-Who's that? Who's that?
‪-[door opens]

‪Let's see.

‪[sighs]

‪Brother.

‪Good day.

‪Jonasi's caught up at the office…

‪-Mmm.
‪-…and he asked me to bring this to you.

‪Oh.

‪[sighs]

‪-[sighs]
‪-Is everything okay?

‪It could be if your brother
‪would visit more often.

‪-Yeah, he got a tender to build a school.
‪-[wistful music playing]

‪Here? In Diepkloof?

‪Where it doesn't event take five minutes
‪to get here?

‪-[scoffs] Stop making excuses for him.
‪-No, no, no.

‪-No, I'm not trying to make--
‪-No.

‪We last saw your brother six months ago.

‪As for me, I've made peace with the fact
‪that, you know what? I've let him go.

‪But the kids?

‪Sarah barely remembers him.

‪No. Come on.

‪Come on.

‪[cassette rewinding]

‪[crickets chirping]

‪[sucks teeth, exclaims] Thank you.

‪Thank you, MaQwabe.

‪And thank you, Sarah.

‪Hmm. Oh, hey.

‪I almost forgot. [singsongy] Yes.

‪-[normal] Yes.
‪-[chuckles]

‪-Yes.
‪-[all laugh]

‪[Jonasi] Mm-hmm.

‪I asked for this months ago, but oh, well.

‪Uh… What was that?

‪[chuckles] Thank you so much, Dad.
‪I like it.

‪Oh. That's good.

‪Mm-hmm.

‪Oh, hold on. Now, tell me, what about
‪your, um… driving… your driving license?

‪[Sarah]
‪Is Dad thinking of getting me a car?

‪-That's not what I said.
‪-[chuckles]

‪[Jonasi] That's not what I said.

‪All I'm saying is go do your research
‪and let me know which one you like.

‪And then, we will just take it from there.

‪-Yes, yes. Thank you so much, Dad.
‪-There we go.

‪-[chuckling]
‪-[Jonasi] Mm-hmm.

‪-[Essie] My goodness.
‪-[Jonasi] Wow.

‪-Are you not going to clear the table?
‪-My word.

‪-Oh. [chuckles]
‪-You forgot the plates?

‪-Yeah. [chuckles]
‪-[Jonasi] Hey.

‪-Here, take this.
‪-Thank you, Mom.

‪-Wow. Will you get that car?
‪-[Sarah] Yeah.

‪[both chuckle]

‪[chuckles] My goodness.

‪-Jonasi, do you think buying her a car…
‪-[dramatic music playing]

‪…is going to make her forget
‪about the ceremony?

‪[clears throat]

‪You and I both know that this isn't
‪about the ceremony.

‪You're right.

‪The announcement about the Matipa twins
‪really upset her.

‪And it made matters worse.

‪-Then talk to her.
‪-I tried.

‪This child is a ticking time b*mb.

‪-So… So, tell me, Ma-MaQwabe.
‪-[exhales sharply]

‪What are you saying?

‪Jonasi.

‪Sarah didn't sign up for this.

‪I didn't ask for this.

‪Actually, I'm tired
‪of always lying for you.

‪You have to fix this.

‪Listen.

‪About this whole Matipa thing…
‪Can we wait for the dust to settle?

‪After that, I'll sort everything out.
‪I'll do it personally.

‪Mm-hmm?

‪Hopefully it won't take you too long,

‪because this b*mb will explode.

‪[Jonasi] Mmm.