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Watch The Wife Season 1

• Episode 1

  Episode 1 - 23 Mins

  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.

• Episode 2

  Episode 2 - 23 Mins

  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.

• Episode 3

  Episode 3 - 25 Mins

  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.

• Episode 4

  Episode 4 - 21 Mins

  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.

• Episode 5

  Episode 5 - 22 Mins

  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.

• Episode 6

  Episode 6 - 23 Mins

  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.

• Episode 7

  Episode 7 - 23 Mins

  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.

• Episode 8

  Episode 8 - 23 Mins

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

• Episode 9

  Episode 9 - 25 Mins

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

• Episode 10

  Episode 10 - 22 Mins

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

• Episode 11

  Episode 11 - 22 Mins

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

  See Also

  The Wife Season 3 episodes 1-3: Zulu brothers caught slipping
• Episode 12

  Episode 12 - 24 Mins

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

• Episode 13

  Episode 13 - 23 Mins

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

• Episode 14

  Episode 14 - 22 Mins

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

• Episode 15

  Episode 15 - 23 Mins

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

• Episode 16

  Episode 16 - 23 Mins

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

• Episode 17

  Episode 17 - 25 Mins

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

• Episode 18

  Episode 18 - 24 Mins

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

• Episode 19

  Episode 19 - 24 Mins

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

• Episode 20

  Episode 20 - 24 Mins

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

• Episode 21

  Episode 21 - 22 Mins

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

• Episode 22

  Episode 22 - 27 Mins

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

• Episode 23

  Episode 23 - 24 Mins

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

• Episode 24

  Episode 24 - 26 Mins

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

• Episode 25

  Episode 25 - 24 Mins

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

• Episode 26

  Episode 26 - 23 Mins

  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.

• Episode 27

  Episode 27 - 26 Mins

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

• Episode 28

  Episode 28 - 25 Mins

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

• Episode 29

  Episode 29 - 24 Mins

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

• Episode 30

  Episode 30 - 25 Mins

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

• Episode 31

  Episode 31 - 23 Mins

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

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  Episode 32 - 23 Mins

  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.

• Episode 33

  Episode 33 - 24 Mins

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

• Episode 34

  Episode 34 - 26 Mins

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

• Episode 35

  Episode 35 - 25 Mins

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

• Episode 36

  Episode 36 - 23 Mins

  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.

• Episode 37

  Episode 37 - 21 Mins

  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.

• Episode 38

  Episode 38 - 26 Mins

  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.

• Episode 39

  Episode 39 - 22 Mins

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

• Episode 40

  Episode 40 - 23 Mins

  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.