The Wife, Episode 3

It's an eventful day for Hlomu when she is swept off her feet by an eccentric and charming Mqhele. Hlomu's career is set to take off when she is assigned the crime bust of her life.

Mqhele is head over heels for Hlomu, but is disrupted to learn that the love of his life is a woman spoken for. This causes him to show up unexpectedly at Hlomu's apartment, literally bumping into an annoyed Sandile.

Mqhele takes Hlomu out on an extraordinary date and shows her the other side of life, something that Sandile has never done for Hlomu before.

All that's running through Hlomu's head is the new man in her life, Mqhele, but his silence is too frustrating to a point that Hlomu feels she needs counselling from her brother, Langa.

With Mqhele MIA, an annoyed Hlomu finally decides to break things off with him. This is just before Lux sends her off to cover a service delivery protest story, in which Hlomu gets injured.

A very certain Hlomu decides to lose her virginity to Mqhele and break things off with Sandile. However, Sandile is not ready to break up with the love of his life.

Hlomu finally meets all the Zulu brothers officially at a family braai and for the first time she gets a taste of how truly different the life she has chosen is.

Hlomu finds herself having to justify her choices and her life when her twin brother Langa comes to town.

Hlomu and Mqhele have their first fight and she sees a side of Mqhele, which makes her question whether she made the right choice.

Hlomu is having second thoughts about her relationship with Mqhele and he is a mess over it.

Hlomu goes home to her parents' house, but is she running towards something or running away from something else?

The Zulus run into some unexpected trouble during a CIT heist that Mqhele is missing in action for.

The Zulus are reeling after being ambushed and suspicion is cast on Mqhele over his notable absence.

Hlomu gets a lead on a killer story that turns out to be something quite different from what she imagined.

Hlomu's father is impelled to make a decision that leaves him shattered.

Mqhele finds himself having to choose between love and family when Hlomu's work threatens the Zulu family.

Hlomu has hit a wall with her CIT investigation, jeopardising the promotion she has worked so hard for.

Mqhele goes through hoops and hurdles to make an honest woman out of Hlomu.

Hlomu buries the CIT story, losing her shot at her dream job for the sake of her new family.

The Zulus travel back to Mbuba and are forced to relive the painful past that drove them away in the first place.

The Zulus are granted permission to rebuild in Mbuba, but do they know what they are getting themselves in.

The Zulus reopen their father's house with a house cleansing ceremony, but everything is not as it seems in the small rural town.

The Majolas extend a hand of friendship and peace to the Zulus.

Hlomu is formally introduced to the Zulu ancestors as one of their own as her and Mqheles sacred union is sealed with blood.

The Zulus deal with the aftermath of the traditional wedding, contending with the weight of their grief.

Nkosana goes on a hunt for the people who killed his son and finds that the sins of the father have been laid upon the son.

One family finds out that sometimes saying goodbye is the first step to healing.

With the killings at Mbuba filling the press, Hlomu must do what she can at work in order to protect her family.

With the killings at Mbuba filling the press, Hlomu must do what she can at work in order to protect her family.

Hlomu finds herself at her wits' end at the intersection of her unbearable present and her past.

The distance between Mqhele and Hlomu grows heavy with the weight of what is unsaid.

As Hlomu struggles to come to terms with all she has lost at Mqhele’s hands she finds a small comfort in an unexpected place.

Nqoba only has one shot to pull off the biggest score of his life, failure is not an option but success is a longshot.

Qhawe finds out what Mqhele has done to Hlomu and takes matters into his own hands.

While Mqhele is called to account for his actions in the present, Hlomu finds herself inexplicably drawn to her past.

For every action there is an opposite but equal reaction and when you have burnt someone you can't be surprised when they rain fire down on you.

The Zulus are in a difficult position as the police commissioner demands his cheque from them, while the family tries to keep Nqoba's betrayal from him.

Mandisa has gone full nuclear and she tries to pull Hlomu down into the depths of the darkness alongside her, but the brothers won't let her ruin their treasured one.

Mqhele shows Hlomu just how far he is willing to go in order to protect their marriage and keep her love.

Pressed for time, the Zulu brothers attempt to pull off the biggest heist of their lives. Elsewhere, Hlomu is about to cross a line she cannot come back from.