List of Desperate Housewives Africa episodes

It begins with the shocking suicide of Rume Bello (Mary Alice Young); a beautiful housewife, known for her warmth and generosity. In death, Rume delves into the lives of the friends she left behind – commenting from her now elevated perspective. Her intimate circle of friends who are confused by her death, are introduced. Tari Gambadia (Susan Mayer) – a divorced, single-mother looking for love; Funke Lawal (Lynette Scavo) a corporate high-achiever turned stay-at-home mum of four children who create a huge scene at Rume Bello's wake seriously embarrassing her; Ese De Souza (Bree Van de Kamp), a devout and perfectly groomed housewife and mother of two teenagers – who is dealing with the outcome of her family's rejection of her façade and standards; Kiki Obi (Gabrielle Solis), ex Nollywood actress and trophy wife – whose marriage to a rising movie financier Chuka Obi (Carlos Solis) fails to satisfy her deepest needs, and she turns to her personal trainer, Tai Etim (John Rowland) to alleviate her boredom.

The ladies on Hibiscus Lane try to understand what could have led their friend to commit suicide – especially after finding a disturbing blackmail note in her belongings. Kiki continues her dangerous affair with her personal trainer and almost gets caught by her husband.

The ladies agree to host a dinner in honour of their friend Rume.

After Mrs Benson discovers that Tari is interested in Larry, she realises that Tari burnt Rhetta's house down, and blackmails her, forcing Tari to subsidise her bills in exchange for keeping her secret; Chuka suspects Kiki is having an affair but jumps to the wrong conclusion about the culprit; Funke struggles with giving her kids medication for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), while Ese struggles with Leo's (Andrew) difficult behaviour when Kay moves out.

A break-in in the Estate leads to more vigilance and awareness by the residents. They don’t realise the intruder lives closer than they think; Tari accepts the offer of a date from Estate Head of Security Patrick Esosa (Officer Rick Thompson), when Larry appears aloof and distant towards her, in an attempt to provoke him to jealousy. He has other things on his mind.

The housewives talk about the sudden absence of Akin, who is revealed later to be in a mental care unit. Mama Obi continues her investigation into Kiki's ‘extra-curricular’ activities. Kiki, knowing Mama Obi's gambling problem, manipulates her so she can spend some time with Tai. Father Ajayi discusses Kay's suggestion to spice up their sex life, much to Ese's annoyance.

A dressed-up and very attractive Tari is disappointed and embarrassed when Larry has to cancel their first proper date because a very sexy guest called Francesca (Kendra) comes over to stay; Mama Obi discovers that Kiki is seeing Tai, and is determined to get proof. Funke becomes increasingly addicted to and dependent on her children's ADD medication, and sabotages Shina's promotion; Kiki is unhappy and jealous about the sudden competition for the attention of her personal trainer, Tai.

In the aftermath of Mama Obi's (Mama Solis) 'Hit and Run', the residents of Hibiscus Lane evaluate their lives. Kay (Rex Van De Kamp) and Ese on discovering that Leo's (Andrew) drink-driving put Mama Obi in a coma, take the damaged car to a rough area of Lagos to get it fixed and conceal evidence of Leo's crime; Meanwhile, Tari becomes suspicious about Larry's real reason for being on the Lane when she discovers a bag of money concealed in his kitchen cupboard.

Challenged by a nurse's dedication and compassion as she cares for Kiki's comatose mother-in-law, Kiki discovers the next big dream in her life. She decides to organise a fashion show with the women on the Estate, to raise money for people who can't afford medical care; Kay and a frustrated Ese try to provoke some remorse in a seemingly sociopathic Leo.

Faith Radcliffe the society mum, reveals her alter ego as a high-class prostitute, and Ese finds out Kay is one of her customers following Kay's heart attack. Kiki tries to deal with her new cash-strapped financial status with Chuka in jail. While Tari and Larry try to plan a romantic date together, they discover that Aisha has been harbouring the missing Akin (Zach Young) all along, much to Tari's disappointment.

Larry tells Tari that he loves her but she is short of words. Danladi reveals that Halima has left him, and gets invited for Aisha's birthday out of sympathy. He brings Rhetta as his date; she later confesses to Tari that she had a fling with Danladi while they were married. Danladi tries to win Tari back, but she realises that she loves Larry after all. Ese is "emotionally blackmailed" by her children to nurse Kay back to health. Ese begins a flirty dalliance with the local pharmacist, Lekan Phillips (George Williams) much to Kay's chagrin. Leo accuses her of being heartless, and Ese lets it slip that Kay cheated.

When Shina's father Adeolu (Rodney Scavo) comes to visit the Lawal's – Funke confronts her in-law when she discovers that he's a serial cheat and a chauvinist; Tai's parents persuade and threaten Kiki to convince Tai to change his mind about his sudden decision to start his own business; Tai in turn surprises Kiki by proposing marriage, which she declines; Deji works hard to convince Tari there isn’t any mystery surrounding Rume's death.

Mama Obi finally awakens from her coma, but dies tragically while trying to reveal Kiki's affair with Tai to Chuka. Kiki takes objection to Chuka giving his mother an expensive funeral. However, she is later offered a settlement by the hospital for negligence on their part. Funke befriends a deaf woman named Labake Harris (Alisa Stevens) whose daughter attends Park Royal Academy with her children, but is infuriated by her husband, Deinde (Dennis Stevens), who takes advantage of her disability to insult her behind her back. Leo's behaviour worsens to the degree that Ese and Kay contemplate sending him to Ese's disciplinarian aunt for a while.

Funke and cranky Mrs. Liz Okorie start an uneasy relationship after she collapses on the lane from a suspected heart attack. Liz Okorie however becomes more attached to Funke than she’d like, and Funke starts to regret her intervention. Ese and Leo continue to have difficulty after he returns from Aunty May. At Ese's suggestion, Leo sees their pastor to whom Leo reveals his aversion for his mother.

Kiki organises a ‘going away’ party for Chuka who in actuality is going to prison. But she explodes in anger when she discovers that she became pregnant after her birth control pills had been tampered with. Lekan Philips returns and attempts to woo Ese away from Kay, while Ese remains oblivious to Lekan's suspicious agenda. Funke's nemesis, Amarachi returns and is working closely with Shina. A jealous and threatened Funke turns to Rhetta for advice.