[knocks on door]
Hi.
[chuckles]
Friend, I thought you left.
[Nellie] Thando, who is it?
-Ma, it's, uh-- -[shushes]
-[whispering] Are you… coming in? -Whoa.
[Thando] Love Actually? Seriously?
Mom… [chuckling] …it's the band.
-They're playing for donations. -[Nellie] Okay.
-[whistles] -[band playing]
[chuckles]
What?
[chuckles]
[keys jingle]
[grunts]
[both chuckle]
[Thando] So, bestie…
Are you really, like, leaving me?
Yeah.
I wanted to say goodbye properly before leaving.
You mean the world to me.
And if there's one thing I know,
no matter how far I may travel,
or how long I'm gone…
[sucks teeth]
[sighs]
-[whispering] Me too. -[music stops]
[music resumes]
But we still have phones though, right? Like…
I'm gonna have to find another room-mate.
Don't go for too long because when you come back I could be married or something.
[music ends]
[bell tolling]
[tyres screech]
["Wedding March" recessional plays, fades]
-Sorry. So dramatic. -[guest clears throat]
[chuckles]
-[whispering] Sorry-- -Move.
Sorry, I was just trying to--
-You're in the way. Move, move, move. -Oh, okay.
Who wears white to a wedding?
[whispering] It's actually ivory, but--
-Simmer down. -Okay.
[phone ringing]
[grunts] Hello.
[Thando] Come on, bro. Where have you been?
Thando, Thando, it's 4:00 in the morning, I'm sleeping.
But listen, I know we're besties and all,
but this thing you do, taking me to all these events…
[Thando] Mm-mmm. You're my plus-one.
And also you said to me, "anywhere in the world," right?
[groans] Okay. Where are we?
[guests clamouring, ululating]
[Charles] Damn, she's hot!
[guests cheering]
-Oh. -Yeah. He did well. He did very well.
[Thando] Yeah, they look good together.
I feel like I need to make business cards that say…
"Date me and marry someone else, guaranteed."
Well, yeah, you're in New York!
-It's a traditional wedding, but… -Yeah?
It's a traditional with a little bit of a twist.
What's the twist?
[chuckles] Ah! Rainbow Nation!
And then? What's up with you?
What? Are you jogging?
Or is someone chasing after you?
Okay, you see? You're being forward now. Ah, bye-bye. Bye-bye.
-[phone chimes] -Charles!
They got me sitting at the singles table. Single.
-[Charles] Why aren't you dancing? -[Thando] Dance alone like a mad woman?
-No ways. -[whistles]
What are you up to there?
I'm gonna go see my girlfriend and just chill at the park.
Like always, Charles, 45, and Thando gets zero.
Have fun. Go dance!
You only live once.
Bye.
-Uh, but… -Central Park.
[filmi music plays]
[chuckles]
[grunts]
Are we moonlighting as wedding planners now?
[scoffs] Nope. I'm never getting married.
That's smart. It does take commitment,
something you struggle with considering your schedule suggestions.
[smacks lips] Friend, when I get engaged, I'll make you my bridesmaid, okay?
Ah, sounds like a match made in heaven.
You really need to tidy this up, Thando. It's messier than your love life.
This is nice. Thando doesn't have a love life.
Oh, okay. Hmm.
[wedding guests cheering]
[guest] There we go! There we go!
To all the single ladies! Sing…
Riri!
Riri.
-Five, four, three, two, one. -[Thando chuckles]
Go!
[all cheer]
-Whoo! -Yeah!
-[Bheki] Charlie! Charlie! -[Riri chuckles] Charlie!
Yo, guys. What's up?
[Bheki] Hey! First time in America, you already have an accent.
-[imitating Charles] -[Riri chuckles]
Go away.
Guys, I've gotta bounce
-'cause I've got a hot date, all right? -[Thando] Mmm.
-[shrieks] My friend! -Yeah?
It's my song!
[all cheer]
Yeah!
I'm really starting to hate these weddings.
Not as much as me. [chuckles]
Yeah!
Okay, gotta bounce. Out.
[tapping keys]
[whispering] Thanks.
[sighs]
Whatever.
[groans]
[phone rings]
[phone chimes]
[Thando] Finally!
[Charles] Yo, baby girl, what's up?
[Thando] I'm sad.
I think I'm gonna die alone.
Wow, five-star performance. That is very moving.
No.
I'm being serious.
I think I'm gonna give up.
Or maybe, you and I should just get married and live together,
-but we won't, like, sleep together. -[chuckles]
Maybe if we're, like, drunk or if we're lonely or…
Maybe if we wanna have kids.
So, like a real married couple?
No.
But it won't be "love" love.
I mean, I love you, but I'm not in love with you.
I love you like a Charles. You're my person.
Nope, I think somebody needs to drink a lot of water.
No, I have some here. Look.
I miss you.
I miss us.
-[slurps] -[laughing]
-The only thing you missed is your mouth. -Oh, shut up.
Please. New York's gotten to your head.
If you were here, I would smack you.
[sighs]
Maybe you'll get a chance to do exactly that.
Hmm?
You're coming back?
[gasps]
Really?
I won't smack you, okay?
-I'm coming home. -[chuckles]
[screams, gasps]
[shrieking]
[upbeat Afropop music playing]
[Riri] So, you're telling me that you don't care
-that he slept with your sister? -Uh-oh.
[Thando] You know we don't talk about that.
Anyway, what do you think about this?
-[Riri] Hmm. -How do I look?
I'm your best friend, but you never dress up like that for me.
Because you haven't been in New York for two years, okay?
And besides, you're my new bestie.
He's my best bestie.
[Bheki] Lot of effort for just a friend.
Baby, and he's just a friend with no benefits.
Best friend, okay?
And I'd do anything for him. Okay?
Besides, why are you guys making such a big deal about this?
Do I look good or--
You look beautiful, girl.
You look like you're gonna go get your man.
I mean bestie.
[chuckles] Bestie.
-You're annoying, you know that? -[laughs]
["Coming Home" playing]
[chuckles]
Sorry. Sorry. I just…
-Sorry, I just-- -You must be Thando.
Charles told me you'd be meeting us.
[stuttering] I… I must, um…
I mean, I am. Um… That's, uh… Charles.
[chuckles] Sorry, you are?
Reabetswe Mohlodi.
I mean, that doesn't really, uh, clarify anything.
[chuckles] I told you I'm in a relationship, right?
-Um, Rea's my girlfriend. -Your…
[stammers] Sorry. Charles doesn't usually have, uh, girlfriends.
And he still doesn't.
Honey, "girlfriend" sounds ridiculous for a woman in her forties.
-[Charles] Fine. -I prefer "partner."
[Charles chuckles]
Are you okay?
I think she's rebooting.
[stammers] No. Um, I'm good. I'm good. I'm sorry--
-It really is so nice to meet you. -[chuckles]
[Thando] Oh. Uh…
-Sorry, um, I'm usually more graceful. -True.
-Me too. Sorry. -False. [laughs]
Hmm?
So, do you guys wanna, I don't know,
go, like, get a bite to eat or, like, some drinks?
Yeah, nothing is gonna stop me. I'm celebrating.
I'd love to, but I have that Zoom.
Yes, Beijing. Business meeting before the markets close.
-Oh. -But I booked us dinner.
7:00 okay with you?
I can't wait to get to know you better.
There's our driver.
Charles talks about you all the time.
I think we're really going to get along.
Would you like a lift?
No, no. No, I'm fine. Uh…
My driver's waiting as well, so I just… yeah.
I'll see you tonight though, yeah?
I love your signs, by the way.
Very cute.
[sighs]
[breathing shakily]
[audience claps]
[Rea] When I was starting out, all I heard was, "No."
"No, you can't go to private school. Your mother is a domestic,"
so I got a scholarship.
"No, you can't get a scholarship to Stanford,"
so I raised the funds myself.
"No, you can't get divorced because
the ancestors know you."
And yet, here I am.
There is no "no" when you know what you want.
No, no, no, no, no.
[phone chimes]
"S… Soss soss soss."
"Soss soss soss soss. So so"--
Are you having a stroke?
Do I need to call for someone who--
What's a soss soss?
Soss soss soss? I don't know.
Probably young people speak. You know they never finish their words.
Mizing, gen, sitch, what's your ish?
YOLO.
It's an abbreviation.
Yes, but an abbreviation for what exactly?
-[stammers] Soss… so… -Soss…
-Soss so soss… -Soss… Soss…
-So… Sausage. Yes. -Sausage!
Yes, because boerewors.
-Yes. Boerewors, yes. -Yes, boerewors is soss soss.
Boerewors, because Thando wants to host a barbecue for Charles tonight, so…
-Isn't that cute? -So cute.
Soss. [clicks tongue] Okay. Thanks, Mel.
[Riri] Friend!
Bestie, where are you?
[Thando] Why did you take so long?
Huh? I had to make a quick stop to buy your boerewors!
[Thando] What?
Friend, you sent a message asking me to buy you meat.
What? Is it for Charles?
Meat for what? What?
[Riri] The message you sent.
Soss soss soss…
S.O.S., meaning it's an emergency and I need help.
How was I supposed to know that?
Charles knows that.
Okay, go tell Charles then.
Actually, where is he anyways?
He's probably at the hotel with his girlfriend
who won't let him out of her sight.
Except she's not his girlfriend. She's too old to be your girlfriend.
She's his partner.
-His 40-year-old girl-partner. -Oh.
There is no… Are you sure this lady is really 40?
-Is that her with Oprah? -Yep.
-And Beyoncé? -Yeah.
Please tell Charles that if he doesn't want her, then I'll take her.
You know, she called… she called my cards cute.
-It sounds like you don't like her. -No, I don't know her.
Look at her. What is she doing with Charles?
Okay, okay. So, what's your play here?
What? Are you gonna take your man back for his own good?
No. I'm gonna go to that dinner.
-I'm… I'm gonna get to know her… -[Riri] Oh.
…figure out what her game is, right?
-[Riri] Yeah. -[Thando] Yeah.
Yeah, your lips are saying, "Get to know her."
But your outfit screams, "Snatch my man back."
[Thando] He's not my man, okay?
I wanna make sure that he doesn't get his heart broken
by a woman who's clearly out of his league.
[yelps, thuds]
Reservation?
-Over there. -Oh.
Thanks.
-[Thando] Hey. -Hey.
-[Rea] Hey. -Look at you looking all fancy.
[Thando, Charles chuckle]
I like this on you. Look at all those colours.
I don't think I can pull anything like that off.
[Charles] Oh, baby, please. You can pull anything off.
-[Thando] Uh… -[chuckles, kisses]
I was thinking the Race Pinotage?
Yeah, sounds great.
[snorts] You hate Pinotage.
-You call it liquid heartbreak. -[both chuckle]
Well, his palate is evolving.
-He's been trying all kinds of new things. -Mmm. Yes.
[Thando talking indistinctly]
Um, I was thinking the prawns.
Yeah, sure.
[snickers] Okay.
[chuckles] I'm sorry. Okay. It's just, I know for a fact you hate prawns.
They freak him out. Right?
He calls them sea cockroaches. [chuckles]
Listen, they used to freak me out, okay?
Until we tried those incredible ones in Argentina.
Those were incredible.
-Hmm. Argentina? -Yeah.
You know, they made me realise that if I don't try the things I'm scared of,
I'll miss out on so much.
-You're so brave, baby. -Mm-hmm.
That's why I can't wait to marry you.
[chokes]
[coughing]
-Babe… [chuckles] -[Rea] Oh!
-I was supposed to tell her that. -I'm sorry, baby.
It just slipped out.
-Are you okay? -I'm sorry. Sorry. [coughs]
Sorry, um… I just, uh…
Wait. Is this a joke?
[smacks lips] No, dead serious.
We're getting married, but it's just gonna be a small thing by the sea.
Okay.
-Us and the priest, um… -[Rea] Yeah.
-It's happening at the end of the week. -[scoffs] Wait. What?
[chuckles]
[Charles] Yeah, I was gonna surprise you.
Like… [stuttering] …so have you paid lobola or…
[scoffs] Dude, you know my family.
Yeah, but they're still your family, though, right?
Huh?
What about your family?
Oh, it's a long story.
I'll send you a link to buy my autobiography.
You can read all about it.
So that's why you came back.
[both] Yeah.
Okay. This is, uh…
[sighs]
-Okay. Yeah. -[Charles chuckles]
You should come.
[chuckles] I don't think Thando would be able to drop everything
to come to our wedding. I mean…
-She's a very qualified physio. -[Rea] You're getting married, baby.
I'm sure she'd love to be there to support you.
-[Charles] Yeah, yeah, and be my best man. -[Rea] That's a brilliant idea.
Please, say yes.
I would love to--
I'll buy your ticket.
I can, uh… I can buy my own ticket.
Amazing. So, you'll come?
Also, I was just joking about the best man thing.
-It's cool. -No, he wasn't.
It would mean absolutely everything to him.
You know what, let me… let me just see.
You know, maybe I can, like, get some leave from work, yeah?
-Fantastic. [chuckles] -[Rea] Mmm.
[kisses]
-[Rea] Shall we toast? -[whispers] Thanks.
-Thank you. -Beautiful.
-Cheers. -[Charles, Thando] Cheers.
-[Thando] Mom? -[Nellie] Mm-hmm?
Where is Dad? Because I need him to support me
and tell me how inconsiderate Charles is being right now.
He took the twins to go watch a soccer match.
-Reliving your childhood. -[Thando] Hello?
I'm in the middle of a crisis right now.
I mean, it's just your ex-room-mate getting married.
It's not that big of a deal.
He's not just her ex-room-mate. He's her best friend.
-[Lungile] Oh. -I mean, is he though?
I mean, we may need to revisit his track record
because he… [whispers] …he slept…
[normal voice] …with someone very close to me.
-What? Whoa, whoa, whoa. This-- -Yeah, yeah, and then he just leaves.
He leaves and comes back two years later, and wants to spring a whole fiancée on me.
And now he's asked you to be his best man.
-Yeah. -Did you… Did you say yes?
No, that was a mis…
You know what? I just… I feel like no one is hearing me right now.
-Wait. Uh-- -Thando.
-What happened? What you mean? -It's messing with her head.
[children clamouring]
[chattering, giggling]
[sing-songy] Thando.
[groans] What?
You here to get a front row seat to my breakdown?
-No, we have something to tell you. -Yeah.
-If you two are pregnant, then I swear-- -[both] No, no, no.
-No, we're not. Whoa, no. -Not that. It's about something we know.
Yeah, well, we thought you knew,
but since you told us that thing about Charles and someone we know,
we now know that you don't know.
But maybe knowing the details of Charles and Minnie--
No, I'm not talking about that. La la la la la.
Like, why do girls keep doing this? Where do you guys learn this?
-Thando. -Hey.
-Thando, she told me everything. -Yeah.
And I know because she tells me everything.
-I do. Yeah. -We know nothing happened.
-They had no relations. -[scoffs]
Yeah. I saw them naked together…
[Lungile] This is Minnie you're talking about,
like, mom's second-in-command, our big sister. I mean, come on.
They got home, she threw up on him, he gave her his T-shirt, she passed out.
-That's it. The end. -Yeah.
[Thando] Then why didn't they tell me?
-Why didn't she tell me? -[both sigh]
[Thando] He left and she got divorced
and went to London to study whatever she went to go study--
-They tried, Thando. -Yeah, but you only hear and see
what you want to hear and see.
I'm gonna lose my best friend again…
-Oh, my God. She didn't hear us. -…to her.
She's not gonna let him have a girl best friend.
Well, if you don't wanna lose him then show him,
-show them that they need you. -Yeah.
They do need me.
They do need me actually.
Charles is gonna mess up this whole thing if I don't go and help him.
-I mean, maybe just support him. -Yeah, I think that's it.
-[Thando] I have to go. -Oh.
I'm gonna be the best best man that ever best-manned in Bestmanville.
-Whoo! Whoo! The best! You… -[Thando] Come on! Yeah!
How am I gonna get there?
-[Lungile] Ah. -Have you seen the price
-of plane tickets lately? -We are broke. We've got four kids.
-Buying nappies is expensive. -Terrible.
-Yeah. -We're not going anywhere.
I haven't seen her in a bikini in four years.
Not going to.
I miss you.
-I miss you too. -Mm-hmm.
-Come on, boys. -Babes, can you pass me the plates
-so I can dish a salad please? -I'll give you this one.
-Let me get some veggies. -Let's get some veggies in these bellies.
What is this, Mom?
-My boys are going to be strong. -So strong.
So much money?
It's your wedding fund.
Yeah. Ouma, has given up on you.
-Wow, Lungile. -[chuckles]
No, it's true, Ma.
-Uh-uh, Thando. -[Nellie] Lungile.
-Mama… -[Thando clicks tongue]
-[smacks lips] Thando. -[Lungile grunts]
Because you're not getting married anymore you can use it for anything important.
-Thank you, Mama. -You're welcome.
I've gotta do it. I've gotta do it.
[all clamour]
-I'm jumping in. Ah. -[all laughing]
[upbeat music playing]
-[exclaims] -[baby cries]
[airplane rattles]
[staff member] Good morning.
[taxi driver] People, taxis are available here.
My taxi even has a Wi-Fi. [chuckles]
Sorry, my good sir. How are you?
Just a second. Can I ask? Where can I get an Uber?
[groans] My sister, as you can clearly see.
Oh, okay. Then, maybe a taxi to Ivory Haus?
-Where are you from? -[Thando] From Joburg.
Joburg? 250 only. [chuckles]
-Oh, okay. -Let's go.
Whoa! Uh-uh. You're a crook!
I can see from afar that you're sly. You're robbing locals now.
The lady here asked me to take her stuff, and put her inside my taxi.
Okay, sorry, what's going on here?
Okay, your place is 15 minutes away.
That's a hundred bucks at best. You know that.
250, that's a tourist price.
But you know what? I'm here, I'll take you.
-Listen here my friend… Huh? -Whoa. [shushes]
What's your name, my sister?
Thando.
Nasisipho… Nas.
-Follow me. -[Thando chuckles]
Here, here, let me get that.
-Hey, you will not touch this bag! -[Nas] Hey!
-You won't touch this-- -[Thando] Okay.
-Are you a thief now? -[taxi driver] Should I let it go?
-Thank you, my brother. Please. -[Nas] My sister, look…
-[Nas] I got it. I got it. Hey. -[Thando] Please. Okay?
-[Nas] Sheesh. -Sorry.
-Thanks. -[Nas] Believe that guy? Unbelievable.
Oh. Um, is… Uh…
No, no. That's us.
-Yep. Yeah. -[chuckles]
Oh, okay.
-Yeah, that's it. Yeah. -Okay, um…
-I thought this was a taxi service. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. Small town, many hats.
Yeah, and many signs in this case.
-[Nas] Yep. -Okay.
[Nas] Here… Here you go. Here you go.
-[grunts] Uh, yep. Oh, that's heavy. -Oh. [chuckles]
[Nas chuckles]
Oh, Nas.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's it. That's it.
-[Thando giggles] -Here we go.
[grunts, chuckles]
-[grunts] -[door closes]
There you go. There you go.
[engine stalls]
-[engine rumbles] -[tyres squeal]
-[Nas] Are you staying long? -[chuckles]
Not if you keep driving like this.
Ah, come on.
You can't be scared of a little Plett driving.
You're from the city of gold, Joburg.
Listen, nothing bad is gonna happen to you here.
In case anything happens, I am a paramedic, life saver,
I'm a sea captain and I DJ on weekends.
-Basically, I'm the PR manager in Plett. -[horns honking]
Ah. Okay, so, what don't you do?
Yeah, I haven't discovered anything I can't do.
But I am willing to test that theory.
[horn honking]
-Thank you. -Yeah.
-All right. -And that'll be 150.
Oh. No. Brother, you said it's a hundred.
Ah, come on.
Okay. You know what? I'll give you a face card discount.
I only give it to beautiful women.
[chuckles] You.
Can you feel that gravitational pull? [chuckling] Hey, I like your energy.
-Clearly you and I were supposed to meet. -Wow.
You know, you, you look like you could get a girl in trouble.
The good kind though.
So, listen, um…
Whatever your heart desires.
-Here you go. Take it. -[chuckles]
[Nas chuckles]
Okay, later. Bye.
Bye.
[grunts] Yeah.
Until we meet again.
-[chuckling] Okay, Nas. -That's right.
[sighs] Okay.
["Quirky Holiday" playing]
[grunts]
Okay.
[chuckles]
-Thank you. Thank you. -Hey. Thanks, my brother.
Okay.
Hey!
-[Rea] Oh. -My goodness!
Look who's here to best man! [chuckles]
And then, you?
How did you get here?
Actually, I don't know considering the plane I flew in to get here,
but I made it.
Honey, give her a hug for God's sake.
-The woman just flew across the country… -Aw.
-…to be here. -Hey, friend.
Didn't… Didn't you want me to be here? Or--
-Ah… -We knew you had it in you.
-[Thando chuckles] -Now, which room are you in?
Oh, no. [scoffs] I'm not staying here.
I'm more on a camping-and-cockroaches budget.
-It's fine though. -Did she just say cockroaches?
-Girl, bye. Let's get you a room. -No. It's okay.
-And I don't take no for an answer. -She doesn't.
I know. Um, I read your book.
Oh, my God. We are going to be such good friends.
Oh, okay. [chuckles]
Well, the good news is we have a sea view.
And the bad news is we're right next door.
Why is that the bad news?
Oh, 'cause in two days' time, we'll be on our honeymoon.
Charles, the last thing she needs
is to know what we get up to on our wedding night.
Yeah, Charles. Listen to your fiancée.
Yeah, whatever. Since when are you shy? Hmm?
Fifteen years of your sexcapades.
[grunts, clicks tongue]
So you'll be joining us for dinner?
I'll let reception know to make it a three-seater.
Okay.
[snickers]
-Wow. -Yeah, wow.
Like, you're here, bro. You're here.
You asked me to be here. Wow.
[smacks lips]
Bring it in.
[both chuckle]
Okay, okay. You know what?
-Let me leave you before I get homesick. -Cool.
Enjoy… Enjoy the view.
Relax, and just chill.
-All right. -Yeah?
Uh, Charles…
You look good together.
-Aw. -[scoffs] Oh, gosh. Get out of here.
-Just go. -[laughs]
[chuckles] Yoh, bestie.
You really secured the bag, huh?
[Rea, Charles laugh]
-Hey. -Aw, I'm afraid we started without you.
No, no, don't worry. I was so exhausted from that flight. [chuckles]
I actually think I'm jet-lagged.
Yeah, I think you can actually get it from the same time zone.
-Because what? -Wow.
No, but we're glad you've arrived, you know.
So brave.
-[Rea] So brave. -I really am.
You know, one time she saw a bee in our flat, right?
-[Rea] Mmm. -She cried so bad
-that she passed out. -Oh, we're exposing each other?
All right. What about the great snake debacle of 2022?
It was a belt.
He locked himself in the cupboard until I came home.
-It was snake season. -[Thando scoffs] Scaredy-cat!
-It looked like a snake. -Okay.
It's kind of like that time we were in Thailand and we saw a snake.
Yeah. Well, except that was a real snake.
-And I had to chase it out with a broom. -[Thando chuckles]
-[chuckles] -[Rea] Oh.
So nothing at all like your story.
-[Charles laughs] -It's okay.
Chasing snakes, that's so brave. [chuckles]
-[Nas] Hey, City Girl! -[Thando] Hmm.
Hey, City Girl!
I could tell it was you from the moment I walked in!
-Nas, hey. -Hey.
-Nas. Who's Nas? -I picked her up.
[Rea] You waste no time, T.
-[Charles] Picked you up? -T? [stammers]
Picked me up from the airport. What's wrong with you?
Hey, hey. Is this your mom?
-Yoh, she's so hot. That stove is on six. -Hey. Watch it. Watch your mouth.
-Nas, uh, she's… -You know what this calls for?
This calls for a picture, a family picture.
-Come, let's take a picture. -I don't…
Come this side. Your mum can stay this side.
-What's this guy's story? -Mm-mmm. Don't say anything.
-Stand here. Good. My brother, stand up. -Hey. Whoa.
Hold her. Hold her like this.
Hold her nice and tight. Yes, just like that. There you go.
Okay, everyone.
Everybody say, "Nas!"
-Nas. -Yes!
Aw. You guys are so beautiful. Look how good you look!
A beautiful picture for a beautiful family.
Fifty bucks only, my brother.
Look, if you're looking for photographer, I do tours and weddings as well.
-[Charles] Excuse me? -Scuba diving, right?
Only 50 bucks, my brother. You know what? We'll chat when I get back.
Hey. How you guys doing?
What?
-[stammers] Uh, so, like, my mom… -[Nas] You guys look beautiful.
…way older than you, so…
How lovely for her.
[chuckles] It can't get any worse than this, right? [chuckles]
[both] Friend!
-Surprise! -[exclaims]
Oh, my God.
-[Riri, Bheki vocalising] -Sorry. Excuse me. Quickly.
I'm just gonna…
Wow.
-Hey. Why are you chasing us away? -[Bheki] Hey, whoa. Watch it.
-Wow. -Does she know them?
She does.
-Do you know them? -I do.
-Uh… We're gonna fall. -Go. Go. Go. Go. No.
-We're gonna fall. -Nuh-uh.
-We're gonna… If I fall over here-- -What are you doing here?
What are you guys doing here?
-What are you doing here? -Wow.
Riri brought me here. And she gave me no choice.
-Friend, we're here to help. -Help me with what, exactly?
To help you sabotage the wedding.
I am not here to sabotage a wedding.
Yeah, well, neither are we.
-[whispering] I thought we were. -No. No, we aren't,
the same way that Thando isn't.
No, friend, I'm here to support him, right?
Of course, my friend, to steal him and knock her out of the relationship.
Oh.
Friend, I'm not… Bheki.
Hey, hey, hey, leopard, leopard, leopard, leopard.
-Thank you. -I'm here to be his best man.
And also, who knows, maybe I'll get my own happy ending.
No. I don't want a happy ending!
This is what got us here. No happy ending. No happy ending.
-Baby, happy ending with Charles. -No.
[Thando] No.
I met a boy.
A man actually.
A hot man.
-[Nas] You guys look amazing. -A Plett boy.
Mm-hmm.
[both laughing]
What are you laughing at?
Plettenberg bae.
[laughs] Friend, we all know that if you're into him, he's a mistake.
[gasps] Let's go meet the enemy.
-Wha… No. -Thando, hey.
She is not the enemy.
-This is leopard, man. Leopard print. -Oh, hello!
-So nice. What a nice little set-up. -Ah.
-Baby, chair. -Charlie-Charlie!
-Hello, Charles. -Hello.
-Hi. -[Bheki] Wow.
-So I work slash stay with Thando. -[Rea] Mm-hmm?
-She's my best friend. -[Rea] Oh, your best friend.
Yeah. Well, new best friend.
Yeah, and I am the man of the house.
And I used to date Thando.
Uh, no, not really. [scoffs]
But now I love Riri.
And you're here because…
[both] Oh.
Okay, there's an American accent.
[in American accent] Oh, well, um, we had planned our holiday ages ago.
-Such a "coincidance." -"Coincidance."
-[Riri] Yeah. [laughs] -[Bheki laughs] Okay.
-Let me get a chair. -Yeah.
I had no idea you guys were coming here to Plett.
Yes. You know, um, Bheki has family over here.
Oh, you have family here?
-Huh? Mmm. -[Rea] Family?
No, no, no. I am Zulu and this is Xhosa land.
I-I-I actually think that Bheki brought us here to propose.
-Aw. -You're getting married?
-Whoa. Why didn't you say so? -[chuckles]
Um, no, babe. We started with last-minute flights, and now I'm proposing?
-Last-minute tickets, huh? Last-minute? -[Riri] No,
Bheki's English, remember, is… it's not so great, you see.
-Oh. -[Riri] Yeah. But, like, enough about us.
What's up with you two? You're getting married so haphazardly.
[clears throat] You know, uh, she actually has a book that you can read.
-[both] Oh. -[Rea] You know,
it's refreshing, actually, to meet someone so without pretence.
We pretence.
Yeah, we pretence all the time.
Like today, we pretence on the plane
that I was the pilot and Riri was the air hostess.
-Chicken? -Beef.
[both laughing]
[Rea] Okay.
[Rea] This is my second wedding.
Uh-huh. So you've been married before?
Mm-hmm, chapter seven.
I didn't want another big wedding.
And I wanted what she wanted, so… so, yeah.
[Rea] Just me and Charles.
[Bheki] Charlie, this is not right, man.
-What's not right? -[Bheki] Because you actually need
to involve your uncles, your family, lobola.
You understand what I'm talking about?
-Chapter 11 and 12. [chuckles] -This whole thing is… it's a mess.
Yes, but our mess.
And that's all we're going to say.
And what are the ancestors going to say?
Bheki, we're fine.
Uh… Where's your maid of honour?
I don't have one.
-Oh, I can be your maid of honour. -What?
-[Riri] No? Yeah. -Huh?
[coughs, stammers]
Friend, you can't just volunteer yourself
to be someone's maid of honour. You have to be asked.
Oh. She can ask me.
-[Thando] What? -And I will agree.
[Rea] It's an interesting proposal.
Let me think about it and we can circle back.
Great.
While we circle back around it,
I was thinking let's discuss dresses.
Silver, you see? Tight.
And then, after that, bam, stilettos.
[slurps]
[chuckles] You're full of surprises these days, huh? [laughs]
I didn't invite them, bro. I promise.
Well, I understand.
You were never good with these things.
[both laugh]
-You're so full of it. -[laughs]
I'll tell them to leave, don't worry.
Nah, don't worry. No need for you to do any of that.
[chuckles]
You've changed.
[chuckles]
You like prawns now! What's that?
-[cackles] -You eat cockroaches now? [laughs]
-I just… -[sighs]
I don't know. I just feel like I don't know you anymore.
Do you wanna know a secret?
Mm-hmm.
I still hate prawns.
[gasps] Oh. I fucking knew it.
Your relationship is built on lies!
No, no. Compromise. Nothing is perfect, okay?
Not people, not relationships,
not the pressures we get from our families.
We just look past the flaws, you know, to keep someone in your life.
Like, even if it makes you unhappy, though?
Baby girl, do I look unhappy?
[both chuckle]
-You're right. I know. -Yeah. Yeah.
When you find your person…
[sighs] …you make it work, whatever it takes.
Yeah, and you know, sometimes, yeah, the thing you fear the most
that's the very thing you need to do.
But there's one thing I'm sure about.
[Thando] Mm-hmm.
My fear is gone because you're here.
[fireworks popping, screeching]
[Thando chuckles]
[Charles chuckling] Whoa.
[phone rings]
-[Charles] Hey. -[Rea] Baby?
-[chuckling] Hey. -Where are you?
You need to see this.
Baby, another one.
-Oh, baby, you need to see this. -I'm coming. I'll be right there.
-[chuckles] -[fireworks continue]
[chuckles] Bye.
Bye.
Okay.
-Wow. -[Charles] Ah.
[Riri] Thando!
-[Thando] Friend. -Friend! Come on. Hurry up.
Our new friend brought us some tequila.
[Charles laughs]
[Nas] City Girl!
-[Thando] Oh, Nas. -[Nas] Come here.
[all cheering, laughing]
And I brought you a taste of paradise. Special blend.
I made this myself.
-Oh, okay. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on.
-Yoh. -Mmm.
Yeah?
-Yoh, yoh, yoh, yoh. -It's good. It's nice.
Guys, can we have some music or something?
[Nas] If you want music, I'm a DJ on weekends.
-[upbeat music playing] -Let's dance!
[Rea] Whoo!
Hey. Get closer.
[laughing] I can't dance!
-Follow my lead. Like this. -Okay.
-Hey. -Hey, hey, hey. Hey!
Looks like we have a buddy, who knows?
Nah, unlikely.
Why not?
-Nas is quite the catch. -Pfft.
-Mm-hmm. -She needs someone like that.
-Okay, Nas. -[sighs] Yeah.
So, what's your deal, hmm?
-See me? I like it simple. -Hmm.
I like having fun, so I create a fun atmosphere.
-Serious? -Yeah.
So you like having a good time,
-and that's it? -That is it.
-Oh, gosh. -[laughs]
Nah, it's just like in the movies, you know?
Except with Thando, it's with relationships.
It's like any man she chooses will inevitably be wrong for her
-and end up marrying someone else. -Aw, poor thing.
[gasps] Actually, I've always wanted to learn how to surf.
Whoa, you're in luck because
-Nas is the world's best surf instructor. -Oh, of course you are.
[Thando chuckles] Okay.
-[Nas] Ah. Get on. -Oh, okay.
-Okay. -Okay, there we are.
-Hey. Don't fall. -[laughs]
So this is how I see it, life doesn't care whether you happy or you're sad…
[sighs]
-Whatever will be, will be. -Hmm.
Might as well have fun.
-Whether it's a boat ride… -Yeah.
-A look, a smile… -Mm-hmm.
…or even a kiss.
[grunts] And things get a bit easier.
We all really don't know how much time we have left.
-So we just have to use it wisely. -Okay.
[Riri] Tequila. Tequila. Tequila.
-Friend! Friend. -[Riri] Rea!
Would you like a shot of tequila?
[Rea] Oh. Why not?
Your friends drink. They drink a lot. Hey?
["Vula Mlomo" playing]
[whistles]
[Riri vocalising]
[Rea] Whoo!
[Rea] Okay, time for truth now that it's just us two, hmm?
Charles was never the right one?
Oh. No. Never ever. Never. Ever. Like, nope.
Uh. It's rare to find a man and woman who truly… connect.
You know, not on a romantic level, but…
Yeah, um…
[scoffs] I was so scared to meet you.
-You were scared? -Oh, yeah.
Um, you're beautiful and you're young and you and Charles have so much history,
but now you're here and I had nothing to be scared of.
But Charles said, "Betswe, baby," that's what he calls me sometimes,
"Betswe, baby, Thando is messy."
And you are messier than I ever imagined, but you're also awesome.
And you make me sad.
We'll find you your person, okay?
[Riri] Rea!
Shots!
I won't say no to that!
-Yay. -Mmm.
I love you. I love shots! [laughs]
Stay messy.
Here's your tequila.
[Charles whistling]
Come on! Let's go.
[Bheki] Hey. Hey. Hey. Riri, Riri.
-Riri! Hey! -Baby, man.
-Come back! Away from the water. -[grunts]
-You're so boring, you know? -Come back. Come back.
-Away from the… Hey. Hey, hey. -Ooh, baby!
-Let's go. This side. This side, please. -Baby. Look! Look, look, look, look.
-I found a shell diamond. -What is that?
[laughing] A shell diamond?
Do you, Bhekumuzi Ndaba…
Yeah, Mthiyane.
…will you marry me?
[chuckles, squeals]
Huh?
Yes, baby. I mean, you don't want to propose to me, right?
So I'll propose to you.
Will you marry me?
Huh?
[amapiano music plays]
[vocalises]
Baby, this is my song! [cheering]
Oh, yes!
-[Rea] My sister, you were right. -[Riri] Uh-huh.
-You should be my maid of honour. -[screams]
[Riri, Rea laughing]
-[Riri] What's going on? -[Rea] Help me.
-[Riri] What? Why? Where are we going? -[Rea] Help me unzip this.
-Whoa. -[Nas] Hey.
These City Girls hit different, hey? Huh?
Why are you standing there? Let's go!
[Riri cheering]
[all cheering, laughing]
[Nas] Whoo-hoo! Whoo! Yeah!
[Rea] Come on. Hurry up. [cheering]
[birds squawking]
[Charles snoring]
[Nas chuckles]
Hey, City Girl, wakey-wakey.
-Psst, yo! -[Thando] Hmm?
-[screams] -Hey, hey, hey. It's me. It's me.
Yeah. I brought you some coffee.
[Nas] Yeah, any slower and you guys will miss it.
Um… and miss… Miss what?
You, my city slickers, booked a full day of the Nas's special.
-[Rea scoffs] -[groans] Oh, my gosh. They did what?
You booked it. Sis, you paid for it.
You guys are a great team.
[sighs] This is why I don't drink.
[Riri] Bheki! Bheki!
Guys, where's Bheki?
Baby!
Bheki! Baby!
Don't tell me my man has been swallowed by the sea, guys?
No, friend. No.
My sister, this place is well-known for having sharks,
but there are shark spotters.
He didn't go swimming alone, I hope?
Just stop, Nas, okay? Wait, wait, wait.
Look. Look, do you remember maybe the-the last thing you said to him?
-Maybe he told you where he was going? -Uh…
Mm-mmm.
I-I… I don't remember.
-Okay. Don't worry, um… -There he is. There he is.
Baby! Baby!
Baby!
Bheki!
-[retching] -[screaming]
Baby, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You-You know that I vomit when I'm nervous.
Sorry for what? [stammers] This vomit or the words you were vomiting last night?
-Huh? -Don't huh me. Call me baby.
Ba-Ba-Baby?
You don't remember what you said to me last night?
[breathing heavily]
-Baby. -No, no, no, no, no.
-Baby! -No, hey. Don't baby me.
Yeah, guys, listen, listen, listen. I just think we should cancel this whole thing.
-[Thando] Yeah. -[Nas] Yeah. Unfortunately,
um, I don't do refunds, my brother.
My business does not work like that.
You know. T's and C's.
[Rea] Actually, I think we should check out Nas's little excursion.
-Huh? -[Rea] It'll be fun. We're here.
-We should seize the day. -[Nas] Yeah.
-[Rea] Right? -Yeah.
The boss bride has spoken.
I will out-hike all of you.
Hike?
Hike? I… I don't like hiking. I don't even have shoes.
[grunts]
Yeah, we hate hikes.
[stammers] You know, actually, maybe I-I-I might like hiking.
Maybe it's my prawns. Um…
[Nas] Twenty-eight minutes! Bring your swimsuits!
[Thando sighs] This better be worth it, Nas.
[Nas chuckling] It will be.
[Rea] That is such a cute boat.
[Nas] Oh, no. We're on the other one.
[Rea] This one? Oh, that's cute too.
No, the other other one.
Yep, there she blows.
-[Rea huffs] -[Nas chuckles] Yeah.
Shh.
Hey. [stammers]
[Nas] Hey! Okay, ladies and gentlemen, guys and girls!
Welcome to the Nas experience.
I have a few items for you over here.
I've got some T-shirts, I've got helmets, I've got nice goodies for you.
Okay, here you go. These are for you.
Oh, no, don't worry about that. I got you a kiddies size.
Let's get it on you.
You know what they say, you've got to fit to get lit.
There you go.
And if you're feeling a bit hungover, I've got a nice good remedy for you here.
Here you go.
That's vodka.
You won't be there when she says got early stages of anaesthesia. [stammers]
I'm pretty sure you mean amnesia.
[in American accent] I'm pretty sure I wasn't talking to you.
Bheki, Bheki, what you being aggressive for?
Aggression is your mother.
-Excuse me? -No, baby. It's okay.
Hey. Whoa. Hey. Hey. Wait. Wait.
-[chuckling] Sorry. -Say that again. Say that again.
Yeah, let's get those sea legs going, right?
-Yeah. Okay, okay, okay. Easy. -Yeah.
It's fine. It's fine. It's okay, everybody. It's fine. Yeah.
We're sailing, right? We're moving.
Look at us go!
This is fun!
[Charles] Hey, man. What's your problem?
[Bheki] It's nothing.
Actually, I will tell you what the problem is.
Uh.
[grunts] Uh. Oh.
Riri proposed to me.
[Riri] I ran away before he could say anything.
[Rea] Oh, come on. It can't be that bad.
-Just tell him you were drunk and-- -[Riri] A traditional man like Bheki?
And now she's pretending like she forgot. You know, Riri.
But I didn't forget.
[Charles] What did you say when she proposed?
No, that's not the point. That's not how things are done.
She can't propose to me. I'm the man. What would my ancestors say?
-[laughs] -Okay… [grunts] …Charlie, hey. Okay.
Okay. Wait, I'll tell you. I'll tell you what it is. Charles! Charlie! Hey.
This is beautiful. Beautiful.
May I?
You may.
[chuckles]
Mmm. Yeah. [chuckles]
Okay, just…
-There you go. -[Bheki sighs]
Another proposal.
Great.
[Thando] Thank you.
You know, for people celebrating love,
doesn't seem like there's much of that going around here.
[Bheki] Hey. Hey, man.
Little Nas Extra, let's go, bro.
Say less, big man.
Okay, people. We're only halfway through the adventure.
The real fun starts now.
Let's go!
Big man, let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
[upbeat music playing]
-Come here. -[chuckles]
-Come here. -Uh-uh. Uh-uh.
You see now? You see now?
-Thando, you can't even drive a car. -Bheki, just calm down, won't you? Wow.
[Bheki] Are you guys driving or flirting?
-[Nas] Bheki. -[Bheki] Ah-ah?
-Come here. Come. -[Bheki] Mm-mmm. Uh-uh.
-[Nas] Let me show you. -Mm-mmm. Brother, I am good.
-Mmm? -[Bheki] Mm-mmm.
Geez.
Come see, bro.
Come. Come. Come closer.
-Just hold here for a second. -Mm-mmm.
Don't be scared, man. Just-Just grab it.
-Mm-mmm. -Whoa. Whoa. It's all you. It's all you.
-You're the captain now. -You see now? Come on. Come on. Hey.
-Bro. Bro. Nas. Nas. Nas. -Take charge. [chuckling]
-You're the captain now, bro. -[Bheki] Nas. Hey-Hey, Nas! Hey.
-Hey, Thando. -[Thando] You'll be fine.
-I don't drink and drive. -[grunts]
-[apparatus whirring] -[grunting]
-Oh, okay. -[Nas] Here.
Yeah. Yeah. Hold her right here.
Yeah. Yeah. That's good.
-Hey. Riri. Riri. Riri. Uh-uh. -Huh?
-Uh-uh. Don't "huh" me. -Huh?
-Please sit down. -[Riri laughing]
My boyfriend's driving a boat!
I'm telling you.
-Okay. -[Riri laughing]
Riri, come have fun sitting down, please?
-[Riri] Whoo! -Okay.
-Whoa! -[whirring]
[screams, thuds]
-Friend. -You see? You see?
-[Nas] Move! -Damn it. Uh… Uh…
-Hey. Hey. -[Rea gasps] Oh, my God.
-Oh, my God. -[Bheki, Nas] Riri. Riri. Riri.
-[Nas] Grab this! -My phone.
-[grunts] Riri. Riri. I'm coming! -Stay calm. Stay calm.
-[Riri] Bheki, you can't swim. -She's fine.
-Wait. Wait. Wait. Don't-- -No. No!
-[Bheki gasping, screaming] -Baby. Wait.
-Hold this! -[Thando] Hold on!
[Thando] Friend. Okay. Okay. Just…
-Hold on. Okay. -Help me.
-Baby. Wai… Hold on. -Go away, Nas.
-I'm saving you. -Go with Nas.
-[Nas] Yeah, follow me, come on. -Yes, baby.
Bheki, are you aware that you almost died, huh?
What was I supposed to do? What was I supposed to do, Riri?
Let you die out there?
You want me to lose you?
But, baby, you can't swim. Like, thank God I actually saved you.
No, you don't save me.
You don't save me. I save you.
I propose to you, not the other way around.
But, baby, I can't lose you. Like, do you understand that, though?
-I can't. -You can't?
-You can't what, baby? You can't… -I can't.
Baby, are you breaking up with me? Are you ending things?
-You can't-- -I can't.
I can, Riri. I-I-I…
I can't live a minute, a day…
without you.
-[gasps] Baby. -I can't lose you.
Baby, I also can't breathe without you.
-I can't breathe without you. -No. I can't breathe without you.
-I can't breathe without you. -Baby, baby.
-I love you. I love you. -I love you. Baby, I love you.
-I love you more. -No, I love you.
-[Bheki] I love you. -[Riri] I love you.
-[kisses] -[Riri] I love you.
I can't start breathing without you.
Whoo-wee! And the adventure continues.
Okay, listen up, guys!
What's going to happen now is that I will lead from the front.
To ensure our safety, I need someone fit among you
to lead from the back.
It's okay. I'll do it.
-I'll help her. -[Nas] Uh… [clears throat]
My guy, I said someone fit.
Don't worry, boy. It doesn't need a six pack. Piece of cake.
Okay, if you feel confident.
-Thando. -Mm-hmm.
-Try not to miss me too much at the back. -[chuckles]
-Please. -I'll see you up ahead.
Okay, Nas.
[gentle music plays]
[Thando] Be careful there, bro. It's a little slippery.
-Oh, now you're talking to me? -[scoffs]
Don't act like you haven't been avoiding me.
[scoffs]
Well, I've been a little preoccupied.
[Charles] So you do have a crush on Mr Fix-It, huh?
You know, Rea was wrong about you.
Hmm, okay. So what does that mean? What did she say?
[chuckles] Maybe he's a "good choice."
[scoffs]
Maybe…
Maybe she's right.
At least he doesn't think I'm messy.
Ah, come on. We both know that your dating track record sucks.
[scoffs] Wow.
Okay, and clearly I suck at choosing friends too because, damn.
It's not my fault that I wear my heart on my sleeve.
In fact, I think it's brave, okay?
[scoffs] Is it reckless? Sure. But gutsy? Hell, yes.
Bro. And… [stammers] …I won't be judged by you.
Hey, listen. All I'm saying is I envy you.
Because personally, I wouldn't be so flimsy with my feelings.
-[scoffs] Flimsy? -Yes.
[sniffs, snorts]
[clicks]
[animal squawks]
This way.
[Charles] Dude, you're supposed to be helping me here with my wedding
as my best man.
And what are you doing instead?
Busy hee-hawing with Lil Nas here.
Wow. Wow.
Your partner has every single last detail planned to the last minute.
What is there for me to help with? Is there anything for me to help with?
Exactly. [clicks tongue, sighs]
[squawking, warbling]
What is that?
-Did you hear it too? -[warbling]
-You don't even-- -Just follow me.
Don't shout at me.
[Charles] Just watch your head.
-Where's… Where's everyone? -[sighs]
[gasps]
Okay. Okay. Fine. This is how I die.
[shushes]
-Don't shush me! Don't shush me! -Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey.
Let's try to listen to the sound.
Maybe we'll figure out where they are, you know.
Just-Just relax. Focus.
Relax.
There. That way.
[stammers] Okay.
[Nas] Listen, I'm a professional.
We're not lost. I know where I am.
And the people we're looking for are not lost either.
We'll find them. Trust me.
[Rea sighs] Oh, my Gosh.
If I can't get married because the man I love is lost in the wilderness…
[sighs]
[sighs] Why didn't you tell me about her sooner?
I tried.
I tried to tell you I'm seeing someone.
You always have something going on in your life, so…
I decided to show up for me.
[huffs]
Than… [sighs]
Are you sure you know where we're going?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Don't worry. I know this forest like the back of my, uh…
Look, any time now, okay?
That's what you said 20 minutes ago.
Okay, look, let's just calm down and just, you know, keep quiet.
-We'll be able to hear the water. -[insect buzzes]
Get me to my fiancé!
-[Thando] Oh, wow! It's perfect! -[Charles chuckles]
And, uh, empty.
Where are these people?
[Nas] The quicker we get there, the better our chances
-of finding them. -Wow.
[Rea] He wouldn't know where to go.
He will literally die without me.
[grunts] My goodness, I'm stuck.
-Riri, take the glasses. -[Riri] Okay.
-[groans] -[Nas] Um… Okay.
[Charles exhales]
Do you think I'm making a mistake?
Huh? [stutters]
No, I mean…
[stuttering] Maybe… I… Maybe I did,
but I think you should…
you should do what you think, all right?
You know what? Look, um…
I think she makes me a better me.
You know?
And she makes me…
Happy?
She makes me find my free, you know?
She's shown me things I never thought I'd see.
And she's taken me to places that I've only ever wished for, huh?
Here.
Thank you.
Okay, then, dude… [sighs]
How… How can I think that you're making a mistake then?
[sighs]
Thando, Thando, Thando. Wait, wait. Wait a minute.
Okay. So I know you don't wanna hear this.
But I need you.
I need you to help me write my vows.
[chuckles]
Yeah. I don't wanna mess this up and upset her, you know?
Fine… [chuckles]
You're writing about the person that you love.
It should be easy.
Okay?
Okay. Come.
-Okay, where are you going? -Let's go. Come.
-Wait. Where you going? -[chuckles]
I'm finding my free.
Thando. Okay. First of all, there are sharks in there.
They said there are sharks in there and the water is cold.
Well, there's only one way to find out.
[laughs] Come.
-[Charles] Okay. [huffs] -[chuckles]
-Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh. -[laughs]
This water is cold. This water is cold.
What?
Sheesh!
I see you.
And I always have.
And I've always known that it was you.
From the first words we shared…
first laugh, first fight.
From the first time I laid eyes on you, I…
I knew you.
You're my favourite thing about being alive, about being in love.
And my heart,
it's at home when it's with you.
See? [chuckles]
It's easy.
That's how you feel about her, right?
-[Rea] Oh, thank goodness! -[Bheki] Ay, ay, ay.
-[Rea] I see them! Charles! -[Bheki] No, no. Out of all the places.
-[Riri] No, baby, I'm not stressed. -[Bheki] Out of all the places.
[Nas] I told you we'd find them.
-You see? You see? Again. Water again. -Bheki. Baby.
-Whoa. Just… -Out of all the places.
City Girl!
[chuckles] I thought you were gone for good.
[Rea] Seriously? I'm lost in the forest and you're here frolicking?
Are you ever going to grow up?
It's pathetic.
[Nas] Oh. Oh, this is awkward.
-Can we do this later? -No, we're going to do this now.
Hey, buddy, don't you wanna get up there, wash away these bad vibes,
-and have some fun? -Uh-uh, screw you and your bad vibes.
He's not doing that.
[Nas] Hey, look, it's not for everybody.
[Rea] This is crazy.
You see, this?
This is what I'm talking about, Charles.
You're not doing that.
Lead the way, bro!
Look, somebody once told me
that no "no" means anything if you know what you want.
[Charles chuckles]
Oh, uh… And baby, if I die…
I don't like prawns.
-[chuckles] -[Rea] Uh-uh.
[Charles] Let's go.
[Nas] Here we go.
Let's go, let's go.
Yeah!
Whoo-wee!
Hey. Don't do that.
You feel that? You feel that?
Make sure you don't hit the ledge.
Up and over, man. Up and over.
-[whistles] -Ooh…
Eh, eh, eh.
Seems like you're a little scared, though. Huh, MacGyver?
Yeah, well, maybe that's the whole point.
Because we're scared, we should just jump.
Okay.
Hey, give me a countdown, people.
Twenty,
nineteen,
eighteen,
-seventeen… -[Thando] Bheki!
-…sixteen… -That's not a countdown. [stammers]
Three, two, one!
[both scream]
-Charl-- -Charl--
Um… Um…
Charles.
-Uh, okay. -Mmm?
-[chuckles] -[laughs]
Come on!
[Charles, Nas laugh]
-What? -[scoffs]
-[Bheki] Funeral cover… -[Riri] Yoh.
…you need a life cover.
-[Riri] You just need swimming lessons. -[Bheki] Um, actually, I can swim.
I'm telling you. I only said I can't swim for your sake.
-You know, for women empowerment. -[laughs]
-I can actually swim 10Ks. Right now. -Uh, okay.
-Yeah. -Friend, uh…
Why is your friend staring at me?
[Rea] This is exactly how I pictured the night before my wedding.
My fiancé becoming the prawn-hating adrenaline junky.
I was just trying to find my free or something.
It was something, that's for sure.
[Charles] Come on.
-[Nas] Good evening. -[receptionist] Good evening.
[gasps]
[chuckling] Dude.
Boo! [chuckles]
So, I was thinking that I…
[chuckling]
-[Nas chuckles] -[Thando screams]
Huh, okay.
[panting]
[gasping]
-[objects clattering] -[Thando screams]
[both panting]
[Nas grunts]
[objects clatter]
-[chuckles] -[pants]
[objects clattering]
[both grunt]
[chuckling]
[objects clattering]
[toilet flushes]
-Betswe. Baby. -If we aren't honest with each other…
[sighs] …we'll never make it.
Yeah, but I was honest. And look at us now.
You know what? Maybe I'm not enough.
Oh, come on.
-[groans] -We all have parts of ourselves
that need to change.
Yeah, but, baby, I am who I am.
You're better than who you were.
I love you.
And I love the man you're becoming even more.
Don't lose sight of who we are now because she brings out the child in you.
We have a beautiful life ahead of us, right?
-[Charles] Come here. -[giggles]
[both chuckle]
-Howdy. -Hey.
[chuckles]
[Nas] Baby girl.
I've wanted you since the first time I met you.
Sorry, I just… I can't.
Whoa.
Hey. You know where to find me.
Okay.
[Thando] Sorry.
[door opens]
[sighs]
Hey! Gyver, MacGyver, we meet again.
What are you up to, bro?
I thought you'd be taking a bath by now.
Gone to look for some ice.
What's up with you?
Me? I was just with City Girl.
-Mmm. -But I'm done now.
That was quick.
You know me, I have magical hands.
A man who wears many hats.
See you tomorrow.
[chuckles] MacGyver.
[panting]
Friend I-- Oh.
-Mmm. Mm-mmm. -[Riri] Oh? Oh. Oh.
[muffled]
Thando! Don't you have doors? Knock, man!
I'm sorry. I-I just really, really need to speak to Riri.
I need to speak to Riri?
-Who must leave? -[Thando] Please, Bheki.
Bheki, baby, you said you want to go swim, right?
-Nah. No, man. -Baby.
No, man. No, man, No, man. No.
-Thando. -Uh, hmm?
Thando, here. Not here.
-Here. -[stammers] Yeah.
And, baby, please swim in the shallow end, okay?
Don't tell me what to do.
Oh, okay.
[Thando] I hate him.
I hate him because
first he decides that he's going to marry a complete stranger.
Okay, fine.
And then he wants to put on this whole big brother act
where he's all supportive and shit.
And okay, fine. And then earlier on today at the beach,
for a moment, friend, he was Charles.
Like, my Charles.
And I almost told him that I love him.
Because…
Because I love him.
And I love him
and only him.
[Riri] Finally.
[chuckles] Goodness!
What am I gonna do?
Then tell him how you feel about him.
Friend. The night before his wedding? Who does that?
[scoffs] You seem to forget who you are, Thando.
[sighs] Friend…
I can't ruin this for him. And I won't.
Okay? Because he loves her.
Well, from maid of honour to the best man,
I really think you have to be honest and tell him how you feel.
[sighs]
From the best man,
I can't do that to him.
[inhales sharply]
[exhales]
What am I gonna do?
[Charles] Without you,
my life would be miserable.
Nah.
You made me eat prawns.
Even though I don't like them,
but I'll-I'll eat them, uh, I'll eat them for you.
No ways.
This is rubbish.
[exhales]
I never thought true love exists until I met you.
Every time I look at you,
I can't deny that it's always been
and always will be you.
You make me feel like I can do anything and be anyone.
You make me brave.
You are my free.
-[Thando] Hey. -[grunts]
What's wrong? Are you okay?
Thando.
Okay. Please tell me that idiot didn't touch you because I swear to God
if he touched you, the things that I wanna do to him--
No, I actually wish.
I wish because that would have been a better-case scenario.
But…
You know, I actually wanted him to?
I did, but…
I couldn't do it.
Because…
[sobbing] Because all I could think about
is how I'm losing the one thing in my life…
Fuck.
[Charles] Whoa, Thando.
Thando. Thando!
You're getting married tomorrow. Okay?
You're getting married.
That's a real thing that's happening right now.
So you're crying 'cause I'm getting married?
I… [stammers]
I… I want…
What, what? What do you want?
-[Thando sighs] -What do you… What do you want?
Tell me what you want, whatever it is, tell me, I'll do it.
You want me to walk away?
-I'll do it. -[breathing heavily]
You want me?
You want us?
What do you want?
You want me to come close to you and breathe you in?
Do you want me to kiss you?
What do you want?
You're a coward.
And I'm not gonna make that decision for you.
[sobs]
[sniffles] Okay.
No, Thando…
[sombre music plays]
[in Xhosa] ♪ I watched you walk away ♪
♪ What is there left to say? ♪
♪ The silence was louder Than words we used to say ♪
♪ The weight of good-bye Too heavy to hold ♪
♪ Even this house is not a home ♪
♪ Now I'm falling apart ♪
♪ Piece by piece ♪
-[in English] Greetings. -[Nas] Hello.
[in Xhosa] ♪ I keep getting lost in What we could have been ♪
♪ So maybe for now I could just pretend ♪
♪ Like we never met So that there would be no end ♪
[in English] Here you go.
[intercom chiming]
[airport personnel on PA] Your attention…
[speaks indistinctly]
[in Xhosa] ♪ And if I could go back ♪
♪ I would've just stayed away ♪
-[vocalises, in English] Look at you. -[Riri giggles]
-Come to this Zulu boy. -Baby. [giggles]
[Bheki] Mmm.
[in Xhosa] ♪ But now it's just me ♪
♪ Now I'm falling apart ♪
♪ Piece by piece ♪
♪ I keep getting lost in What we could have been ♪
♪ So maybe for now I could just pretend ♪
[in English] Wait.
Don't come out, please.
I'm a coward.
I've never really been brave, you know.
And being with you, you know,
you made me see and do things that I never thought I would.
And you said if we weren't honest, we'd never make it.
I can't marry you.
Not because I'm scared, no. That would be another lie.
I've always known what I wanted.
I was just too afraid to go after it.
But I'm done being a coward.
I'm sorry, Rea.
I really am.
You don't deserve this.
You deserve better than this.
Better than me.
[Rea] You're not the only one who's made decisions.
[sighs] I don't need you to choose me, Charles.
I've already chosen myself.
I hope she makes you a better man.
[sighs]
[Riri] Wow, baby.
There goes my dream of being a maid of honour.
And look at how beautiful this set-up is. Hmm?
I would've been busy being the maid of honour. You see?
[sucks teeth] Maid of honour.
Maid of honour.
-Ah, this whole thing is nonsense. -Maid of honour.
Nonsense.
This whole thing is a waste of time.
I warned this boy. I warned him. He didn't listen.
I told him the ancestors would not approve of this whole thing.
Now look, he's ruined all of my plans.
All my plans, Riri. Huh?
These people were supposed to get married.
And then Rea takes the "booket…"
-It's a bouquet, baby. -That one.
-Don't correct me when I'm speaking. -Okay.
She would take the bouquet,
throw it over her shoulder, and then you would have caught it.
After you've caught it, and then I was gonna propose.
-After proposing, then I… -Hold on.
Uh…
You were going to propose?
-Yeah, but now they've ruined all my-- -Today?
Yes, today. Yes, but…
You can propose right now.
Right now?
Uh-huh.
Okay. Okay.
-[exhales] -[Bheki chuckles]
[Riri clears throat]
Riri.
My reinforcement.
-My Rebecca. -[whispering] Baby.
The one in the bible…
-not the gospel singer. -[laughs]
[chuckles]
Please.
Make me the happiest man.
Join me and make my ancestors happy,
the Ndabas, the Mwelases, the Mthiyanes.
Be my wife.
Yeah? Yeah.
-[chuckles] -Yes.
Okay. There we go.
-Baby. -Okay.
-[gasps, shrieks] -[chuckles]
[sobs, gasps]
-Baby. -Do you like it?
-I love it so much. Baby, look at it. -Uh-huh.
-A rock for my rock. -Wow. It's so big, baby.
[both laugh]
-Ululate. -[shrieks]
[both ululate, laugh]
♪ If we're just friends Why does my heart race? ♪
♪ If it's not love Then why do I feel safe? ♪
[patient grunts]
Oh!
I'm just slightly concerned because one, two, three…
You haven't even filled this in yet.
I mean, this is what we're dealing with here.
Four, five, six, seven.
I don't do romance.
If you find the right person…
who says it has to end?
[exhales]
[phone buzzes]
[in Zulu] ♪ When you think of being happy You don't think of me ♪
[in English] ♪ I guess you found you're free ♪
[phone chimes]
[groans]
[scoffs]
♪ I can hold my own I've never needed no one ♪
♪ I've accepted it's me and myself alone ♪
♪ So I wish you the best And I meant that from my soul ♪
You don't answer your phone anymore.
Um, I…
-What are you… What are you doing here? -I've tried calling.
A lot.
Are you ignoring me?
Yes.
Oh, right. Well, hard now, because here I am.
You are. Is--
And I'm also just a girl standing on your doorstep,
swallowing her pride and asking you to come to work.
-Please. -Mel, I handed in leave, actually.
I, uh… Parents are away, Riri's gone. I just--
Yeah, you just really need to come to work.
It's an emergency.
-Like tonight? -No. No, no.
I drove all the way here to find out if you were available two weeks from now.
-Now? -Yes, tonight.
Like I said, it's an emergency.
[stammers, sighs] Okay--
Okay. Um, I guess I could use the distraction.
You could also use a shower.
[smacks lips] But we move. Yeah.
Oh, okay. Um…
Are you…
-I would think it's probably best. Yeah. -Okay. Yeah.
[stammers]
[rhythmic beeping]
-[doctor speaks indistinctly on PA] -[phone buzzes]
[Mel] Surprise!
[both chuckle]
-Yeah! -[chuckles]
-[exhales, gasps] -[chuckles]
-Friend. -Hmm?
No, no, no.
Are you seriously cue-carding me now in my own hospital?
Well, that went to the dogs.
[Thando] You're supposed to be in Plett…
eating prawns and getting married.
It turns out running towards the wrong person
doesn't magically make them the right one.
Okay, so you're here because?
[whispering] Charles, I can't do this.
[Charles] Look, I'm here because I finally decided to be brave.
And to admit what you and I have always known about us.
You're the worst best man ever.
You're infuriating. You're impulsive. You run when things get real.
I mean, you're willing to break your own heart
as long as you don't seem vulnerable.
But you are the most extraordinary person I've ever met.
You make me believe in love.
I don't want perfect.
I want messy, complicated, loud, real, you.
I want you.
And you were right about one thing.
It's so easy to write about someone you love.
And I love you, Thando Mokoena.
But… [sighs]
But you're
-leaving Rea for me-- -[Charles] No, no, no, no.
I left her for me.
Well, she left for her, and I left…
Listen.
I came back for you. Okay? You.
You're the only person I need in my life.
I choose you.
If… If you'll have me.
But how…
How do we know it'll work?
If it fails or falls apart then…
it is what it is.
I'm willing to risk it all with you.
I love you, Thando.
"Love" love.
Like, real love.
You know, get married and have babies kind of love.
[sniffles]
You wanna have babies with me?
I wanna have lots of babies with you.
[sobbing] I love you too.
I love you so much.
[all cheer]
Charlie! [laughs]
Whoo!
[Thando] I love you.
["O Nketsang" playing]
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[all cheering]
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