S5/E916

Dan tells Ota that he is the last person he expects to see. He asks if Dan expects him to be in solitary forever. Dan asks how solitary was? He says it was as he expected. Dan cooks up an excuse and runs away from there.
Sheila and Fred discuss Danni. He is going to see Brenda and Sheila asks if he is going to discuss Danni with her? He tells her that he will. Sometimes, these young people need an older person to put things in perspective for them. Cosmo asks if he is still coming to the market with Sheila? She tells him no. his task is to ensure that her husband takes his drugs. He tells her that he is not a child. He can take care of himself. She hugs him and gives him a peck and calls him a charming old Cupid. He tells her that he knows that she fell for his charms!
Dan meets Masters in the workshop and he checks the accounts and finds it satisfactory. He sends Sunday off on an errand but he tells him that there is a problem. Safari in the next cell refused to organize his cell mates to enable him run the errand he was sent on the last time. Masters asks him to bring Safari to him tomorrow. As he leaves, Masters informs Dan that his friend Ota has been released from solitary. Dan tells him that he has a cordial relationship with Ota. As Dan tries to leave, he asks whether Dan is leaving so early? Dan tells him he will be back when it is time to share the goods to the customers.
Chuks and Ene relax on their sofa as they watch a program on TV. Chuks says that is the kind of house he wants but Ene says she does not even want a very big house. He asks her to keep her negative thoughts to herself. He will get them a big house and she can stay in one or two rooms if that is what she wants. Her phone rings and Aunty Nkechi tells her that Chuks must apologize to Uncle T. Chuks tells him that he will not allow any other man to push him around in his house. Ene is leaving for the market and checks the brown envelope but it has only N500 in it. She snatches it and leaves in annoyance.
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Dan tells Sankey and Ahmed that he is now a member of Alhaji Abubakar’s gang. They are impressed and he tells them that it has not been a walk in the park. They still ask him for solid information especially on Angela to enable them help him and his friend. He tells them that they may have to swap places with him to see how easy it is. He has some information; Masters is an emperor in the prison with all the prisoners under him. They tell him they know already but they still need to get solid information from him and time is ticking for them all.
Chuks complain to Soji that it is poverty that is making Ene’s people insult him. He calls Erastus and tells him that they need to meet at Ziggy’s. Soji warns him about being in a hurry to make money. He tells Soji that there is money to be made and when he hammers, he will buy a big house and when Ene’s people come to see him and they fill a form at the security gate, they will think twice before coming to disturb him. Soji tells him to go at his own pace and that for every big man, there is a bigger man. He wishes Soji a safe trip and runs along.
Dan is reading in his cell and Ota comes to meet him. He tells Dan that he has been to the warden’s and the warden asked him to put all his belongings in a box and swallow the key as his release will not happen soon. Dan tells him it is one of those things. He asks if Dan planted that key on him? Dan tells him to leave his cell if he has nothing to say to him. He asks what Dan has been doing with Masters? This is not the Dan he used to know. Dan asks him to leave.
Chuks meets Erastus and Erastus tell him that he needs capital. He says that he does not have money to invest. As they were speaking, someone calls Erastus and Erastus tells him to pay back the N4.5 million when he can and stop dodging him. He drops and tells Chuks that he can achieve anything he wants. Chuks tells him that he needs to crawl before he can walk. He tells him that his mum said that he walked at 5 months. He tells Chuks that he can do anything he wants if he believes including flying. Chuks asks him to lend him the money but he claims that he just spent N3 million on clearing his state-of-the-art car. Chuks asks if he also deals in cars? He tells Chuks that he is involved in quite a number of things. He however is not liquid now to lend him the money. He leaves but not before admonishing Chuks not to let a few hundred thousands to stand between him and his dreams.
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Fred and Brenda are in Brenda’s house when Kwame comes out and greets Fred warmly. Brenda asks where he is going to? He says he is going to get something to hydrate himself. Fred expresses delight at the way he expresses himself. Brenda says Fred is in a cheery mood. He asks what Brenda thinks of Kwame and Danni? Brenda says there is nothing to it. Kwame is besotted and will soon get over it. Fred asks if she does not want Kwame happy? She says it is not with a tree-hugging adventurer. Fred tells him that about his seeing Danni crying her heart out and Kwame changing his ways. Kwame who has been listening behind them looks on.
Chuks meets TTK to ask for a loan. She tells him no. He pushes and she tells him that the bar has no money for his hair-brained schemes. He says it is time like these that he misses his uncle. She is ashamed that he only thinks about his uncle when he needs money. He tells her that he has a list of those he will be nice to when he makes it and she is not one of them. She asks him to close the door before him when he leaves.
Masters hands out to a prisoner and tells him it is for free. He will however have him do a task for him before the end of the week. 47 tells Masters that he saw Dan discussing with Ota. Masters warns him against telling him his opinions about anything. Dan tells him to out-source his recruitment when he leaves the prison and he tells Dan that it is the confinement that limits his choices. As Dan wants to walk away, he asks what Dan was discussing with Ota? Dan says it was general prison conditions. He asks Masters for a game of chess if they are through.
Kwame visits the Ade-Williams ad asks after Danni. Freddy tells him that she is not around. He sits down and Freddy asks if he is going to wait for her? He can get him a cup of tea if he needs something to drink or better still get him Danni’s project to keep himself busy. He likes that and Freddy goes to get it.
Ene asks Chuks to come out with it. He tells her that he needs a couple of hundreds of thousands to meet his investment needs. He will need to sell the tiara he bought her. Ene burst into tears and tells him that he indeed no longer wants their marriage. Her ring is missing and now he wants to sell the only sign of their love. She accuses him of wanting to collect his dowry back. He holds her and tells her that it is not like that. She continues to cry and he promises that he will never sell the tiara. As soon as she extracts that promise, she stops crying and walks away from him. Chuks looks on like a man that has just been duped.
Freddy comes downstairs with CDs of Dani’s project and plays it back on his laptop. He starts off with Kwame’s garbage bath. Kwame’s face changes as he sees himself in those conditions.

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Masters’s boys descend on a prisoner down and beat him. He screams at them and asks if that is all they’ve got? Masters looks on surprised as they keep pummeling the guy.

Postscript:

Mr. Iyke Okechukwu, Chuks Obi in Tinsel got married to Florence Uwaleke, Ene Obi, his Tinsel wife the traditional way (IN REAL LIFE) on Friday, January 25th, 2013. Here is wishing them a happy married life!

S5/E915

Brenda is at breakfast. Asks John if Kwame is already up before Kwame appears. She tells him he will feel better with some food. He says he is not hungry. She asks if he is ill then? She asks if it is that girl? She joins him & asks what it is but he is not ready to talk. She tells him that no one is worth all this trouble.
Ene is not feeling too well & cannot make it to the office. Chuks looks after her and her uncle visits. He tells them that a toad does not run in the day time without a reason. It is either something is chasing it, or it is chasing something. Ene asks if all is well? He says he came to see Chuks. Chuks tells him that he should have informed them of the visit in advance. He asks if Chuks thinks his wife’s family is not behaving properly? They did not raise their daughter to come and live in a boys quarters.
Kaneng visits Dan. She talks to him in whispers about the need for him to get something quickly. She encourages him to hang on. He tells her about his having to set Ota up to prove his loyalty to Masters. He asks her to try & get to Sankey and Ahmed & explain that it was a set up & get them to put Ota’s name back for early release. Kaneng asks why Masters wants to set Ota up? She thinks they may be able to get some information to indict Masters there but Dan tells her that Ota is harmless to everyone. She will see what she can do. She asks if there is any other thing worrying him but he says he is okay.
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Danni discusses her project with someone on the phone. She apologizes for calling at the wrong hour, hangs up & puts her head on the table crying. Fred comes in and is shocked she is crying. He asks if it has to do with Kwame? He goes ahead to advise her about relationships. She asks if it is always that difficult? He tells her that at this time last year, he thought his marriage was over but today they are quite okay.
Ene’s uncle tells Chuks that they will not keep quiet when things are going wrong. Chuks tells him that there is nothing wrong with them. Ene’s uncle says that Ene’s mum told him how they are always fighting about bank passwords. Chuks is surprised that their private life is discussed. Her uncle says that he has always known that Ene is earning more money than Chuks. Ene’s tells her uncle that there is no problem with that. Chuks takes offense at hat & leaves.
Kaneng tells Dan that she is not sure that Sankey will accept another request. He tells her that they are discussing an innocent man’s life here & not a request for another pillow! She tells him that Fred is concerned about him. He tells her that Fred is concerned about everything he cannot control. She says she is also concerned about the way he looks. He gets annoyed that she discussed him with his brother behind his back & tells her so in very strong terms.
Danni apologizes & Fred tells her to forget the past & move on. She says it may not be that easy. Fred tells her that what he did to Sheila was quite bad but they are still together. He asks her if she cares for the young man? She says yes. He asks if she cares for him? She says yes. He asks what the issue is then? She says that for one thing, she is leaving. He tells her that there are return tickets!
Ene blames her uncle for making Chuks stay away from the house. Her uncle tells her not to worry that Chuks will be back. He is more bothered by Chuks making her the bread winner. Ene tells hi. That it is not true. She reminds him of Chuks’s fashion business bu he asks if the business is in the house? he is at home when his mates are out there controlling warehouses. He asks Ene who puts money in the brown envelope he heard they keep in the house? She says that two of them put money there for their use. Chuks comes back & tells them that he forgot something. As he picks up the brown envelope, Ene’s uncle shouts at him to hold it there!
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Freddy peeps into the study & asks if he can come in? Danni says he can. He comes in & gives her a cup of tea. She is happy that he knew just what she wanted. He asks whether they can talk? She says she is in a hurry. They will talk when she is back. She scurries out & Freddy settles down to browse through her laptop.
Ene’s uncle tells Chuks that if he talks now, they will say that he talks too much. He accuses Chuks of coming to take money from his wife. Ene says it is not true. Chuks tells the man to lay off him. He should return the bride price if they want to. He is tired of being threatened. He tells the man that he will talk if they continue to disturb him. Uncle Tony asks him to go ahead. Chuks tells him that he is aware that the whole family contributed money for his wedding! Ene’s uncle tells her that she and her aunt have been talking too much. Chuks tells him to leave his wife out of it. He leaves & comes back to get the bag he brought for Ene. Chuks & Ene burst out laughing when he left!
Salewa is waiting in the sitting room when TTK comes out. She asks if TTk is on her way out? she says yes & wonders why she asks? She says that she wants to follow her out & drop off on the way. She wants to see her father. TTK tells her that she will not be able to see him now. He is going thru some stuff now & it’s nothing she can get into now. She asks her to give it some weeks.
Phillip appears at Ziggy’s Bar. He orders a drink & sees Kwame at a table & joins him. He calls him lover boy & asks why Kwame did not tell him that she is his family friend? He would not have thrown her out. He asks if Kwame actually went to Fred to ask to date Danni? He accuses Kwame of deceiving Fred into thinking he is now a gentleman. It was all he could do to keep a straight face. Kwame is not interested & he asks him to make it easy for him by rising up to the tease! He asks after the call Kwame made to him in Ghana & Kwame says it was a waste of time, some moment of insanity. Phillip thinks it is possible Kwame realized that he was being stupid. Kwame tells him that he has some apologizing to do. Phillip asks if he is drunk on that one glass? Kwame asks how Ghana went? Phillip imitates a Ghanaian accent and says that the place is fine but it was all work work work.
Chuks gives Ene a massage. Se enjoys it& when she starts laughing, he asks if she is tickled? She says that she loved the look on her Uncle T’s face when he told him off. She asks what they will do if Uncle T call his bluff & returns the bride price? Chuks thinks he will not do that. Ene tells him that the man will tells the story as if Chuks is the one that started it all. Chuks tells her that it may be better for her as he is not rich enough to keep her. She tries to stop him but he continues. She stops him by planting a kiss on his face.
Masters asks how Dan is getting along in his new accountant’s role? He says he is coming up to speed. He notices some people hanging around & gets up so that they an attend to customers. 47 takes over the seat & collects money from the customers as he dispenses the drugs. The money goes to Dan! He argues with one of the customers & the next one trips over Dan’s leg & that gets him a slap from one of the boys. Dan stops them & 47 hails him for learning fast. 47 gets up with his loot & Ota comes around to greet Dan but Dan jumps when he sees him!

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