Fatal Seduction Season 1 – TV Series

Professor Nandi Mahlati no longer feels comfortable in her marriage to the respected judge Leonard Mahlati because he blames her for the miscarriage of her child. She also believes that Leonard is cheating on her with his assistant Ameera. Nandi goes on a weekend trip away from home with her friend Brenda Grootboom. There the women meet young Jacob Tau, who spends the night with Nandi. For her it is a unique experience; she returns to her husband and daughter Zinhle. A little later, Jacob shows up at Nandi’s university lecture. She tries to suppress her feelings and passion, but begins a secret and passionate affair with Jacob. Over time, Nandi realizes that her husband is not having an affair, but was just making preparations for the wedding day. She ends the affair with Jacob. However, he reacts aggressively and shows up at her family’s house to apply for an internship with Leonard.

At the same time, Brenda is found dead in her house. Everything points to Brenda committing suicide. Nandi and Vuyo, Leonard’s brother, Brenda’s lover and former police officer, doubt suicide and investigate on their own. Years earlier, Brenda had made a false statement and ensured that an innocent man named Benjamin Jiba was sent to prison for the rape and murder of a young girl and then committed suicide. Vuyo finds out that Jacob is the son of Benjamin and that the tragic incident caused his mother to suffer a mental breakdown. Jacob looks for the culprits and wants to bring them to justice. He sees increasing guilt in the Mahlati family because Leonard convicted Benjamin at the time despite the lack of evidence. Even then, Vuyo doubted Benjamin’s guilt and believed that the minister’s driver was involved in this incident. Since Leonard saw his career at risk, he pressured Brenda to make a false statement. Through this case he launched his successful career and became a respected judge in Cape Town.

At the same time, Zinhle begins communicating with a person named PokebOi through an online portal. She feels attracted to this person and tells him a lot about her private life. It turns out that PokebOi is actually Jacob, who is now approaching Zinhle. Vuyo is convinced that Jacob is Brenda’s murderer and, having already learned that Nandi is having an affair with him, lures him into a trap. He tries to get the truth out of Jacob through torture, but Jacob protests his innocence in Brenda’s murder. Meanwhile, Leonard doubts Nandi’s loyalty and investigates. He believes that his wife is having an affair with his brother Vuyo and wants to confront him. During the brothers’ argument, it is revealed that Leonard forced Brenda to give false testimony and was also to blame for Vuyo’s leg injury. At the same time, Nandi and Jacob meet again, who reveals his feelings to her, but Nandi doesn’t believe him since she learned the truth about his identity from Vuyo.

Jacob begins a relationship with Zinhle, much to her parents’ dismay. Leonard learns the truth from Nandi and tries to stop his daughter’s relationship, but without success. Vuyo discovers a video of Leonard being the last one at Brenda’s house. He lets Nandi in on his suspicions and they both believe that Leonard murdered Brenda. Nandi also finds out that her friend had been having an affair with her husband for several years. Leonard suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. His health continues to deteriorate for inexplicable reasons. When he regains consciousness, he is arrested by the police. Zinhle, in turn, learns the truth between Jacob and her mother and is deeply affected by both of them. She finds refuge with her friend Laura, with whom she becomes closer.

Vuyo helps his brother escape the hospital so that he can start a new life outside South Africa with Nandi. He also offers Jacob money so that he can leave his family alone. When Leonard visits Nandi and wants to ask for forgiveness, an argument breaks out between the two because Nandi is now convinced that her husband is her friend’s murderer. When Zinhle sees the situation, she intervenes and almost stabs her father. In order to take her daughter out of the line of fire, Nandi takes the blame. Leonard is taken to hospital with serious injuries. Nandi believes she will get out of prison quickly, but evidence such as plane tickets and money transfers turns up at her home. Vuyo turns out to be the real mastermind behind everything. He received a call from Brenda on the night of her death in which she announced her suicide. Vuyo then falsified the evidence to blame Leonard and Nandi. He still couldn’t cope with the fact that Nandi chose against him and in favor of his brother. He also wanted to take revenge on his brother because he was responsible for his injury. He also learned that Zinhle is his daughter. Nandi tries to convince her daughter of her innocence, but she doesn’t believe her and starts a new life with Vuyo. A few weeks later, Vuyo receives threats from the minister’s backers that he should not reopen the case from back then, otherwise Zinhle will be killed.