-[spray paint can shaking] -[spray paint spraying]
[theme music playing]
♪ Okay, okay, okay ♪
♪ Mama K ♪
♪ Yeah, you already know One, two, three, four, let's go ♪
♪ From LSK, you bet it, we don't play ♪
♪ My sisters, my friends gonna slay ♪
♪ And you know we got the power Anything we dreaming is ours ♪
♪ What's coming, what's running, ekse We super don't stay in our lane ♪
♪ We're not playing, we don't play You're gonna know our name ♪
[singing in Chinyanja]
[music ends]
[intriguing music playing]
-[upbeat music playing] -[distant traffic noises]
Ah, ah, ah! A ka young chemist in the byu-byu!
Muntu wanga, I knew you had it in you!
[both laughing]
Shine, sisi!
Ah! The pride, ha! It's too much. Too much!
[laughing]
Ah, mune! Congratulate the competition!
Ah? What? Oh yes. Congrats, Temwe.
-[Mr. Nkwashi] Nice job, Temwe. -Huh? Mr. Nkwashi?
Ha! What? A compliment?
Eh, calm yourself. Don't get used to it, Chiti. [chuckles]
[sighs happily]
Temwe Chiti, we recognize you for your bravery
during the battle of the chemistry.
A vitumbuwa celebration is in order.
Me? Oh no, it's too much.
Just a ka distinction. It was nothing.
[woman] Eh.
My ka noisemaker, how was school?
Eh, Aunty Ble, you are talking to a woman of distinction. [giggles]
Distinction, do you know it?
[Aunty Ble] Distinction in the test?
Iye, your parents will be so happy to hear the news when they call today.
Maweh! A child of distinction!
[sighs in frustration]
-[troubling music playing] -[sighs]
[cheerful music playing]
-Popcorn! -Popcorn!
Popcorn!
-[triplets] Popcorn! Popcorn! Popcorn! -[Zee] Mm-hmm!
Fill your tuma bellies. Sisi needs to go feed the goats.
[triplets] Feed the goats! Feed the goats!
No, no, no, no!
One, Two, Three, come back.
Aweh, aweh, aweh! This popcorn is not for the goats.
-Football, football, football! -[giggling]
[triplets giggling]
[triplets] Go, Zee!
[Zee grunting competitively]
Goal!
Go, Zee!
-[sighs] -[all laughing]
Okay, you tuma people, play-play is over.
I need to feed the goats, do homework, help Mummy with supper...
[gasps] But first, I need to go wee-wee.
[moaning]
[grunts]
-Iwe. No, no. But I need to wee-wee. -[girl giggling]
Hai. No, imwe. It's just the loo. Okay?
-[triplets] Stay, Zee. -[Zee grunting]
-[triplets giggling] -[Zee straining]
[exhales]
Aweh. Sure. Not even a moment alone.
[exhales heavily]
Oh, Click. Thanks for coming to my distinction party.
The snacks in the VIP were delicious!
[call ringing]
[gasps] Mummy! Daddy!
Hello! Mulishani mukwai!
[Mum and Dad] Butemwe!
Parentals! Look at your child.
Look at her victory!
[Mum] What victory?
My test! I...
-[Dad] Ati victory? We... We can't hear! -[Temwe gasps]
-[tablet beeping] -[Temwe grunts angrily]
[groans] Internet shwaa! Load shedding shwi.
[scoffs] Why only when the parentals call?
[sighs] A ka child of distinction alone again.
[melancholy music playing]
[Zee] Muah!
Muah!
Muah! Okay, good night.
Sleep if you don't want mosquitoes to bite you. Hm.
[grunts]
[sighs] Good night.
[triplets] Nighty-night.
[yawns loudly]
[moans tiredly]
-[Misozi] Zee, story-story? -[Zee gasps] What?
-[girls] Story-story! Story-story! -[laughing]
Please. I need to sleep!
[birds chirping]
[rooster crows]
[humorous music playing]
[alarm clock dinging]
[Zee moaning]
-Training. [moaning] -[gasps] Training! [squeals happily]
[upbeat music playing]
Okay.
Uh-uh. Wake up, Zee. Finish the work before you taste the sweet of rest.
[Zee yawning] Yes, Mama K.
[grunting]
[insects chittering]
[yelps]
[grunting]
Yes, T-Mlilo. Excellent hand-eye coordination.
[M-Kozo grunting]
[yelling]
Nice follow-through, M-Kozo.
[K-Bongo grunts in frustration] Eish! Yaba.
K-Bongo, deep breath. Focus.
Eish. [grunts angrily] Tagu!
-K-Bongo? Are you okay? -[K-Bongo sighs, yells]
-I'm fine! -[gasps]
Huh. Pardon me?
[grunts angrily, sighs]
Eh, sisi, I think let's take a walk, huh?
Uh-huh. You must walk.
She who walks through the storms returns with clear skies.
Ha! I'm fine!
-[dramatic music playing] -Gah!
[gasps]
[all gasp]
-[crash] -[all wince]
[Chomps bleating]
Sisi. Girl. Walk. Now.
Hmm.
Okay, back to training.
Za-Mpezi, super shots. Let's go, let's go!
-[snoring] -[curious music playing]
Ah-ah-ah. And then?
[T-Mlilo] Hmm.
-[whip snaps] -Ah! One, Two, Three!
[laughing] Three, two, one. Wake up, mune.
Alo, are we working here?
Huh? I never stop working.
Do you know the triplets? "Pop-pop! Play-play! Story-story!"
No time for homework, no time for chores,
no Zs for Zee.
Eh, mune, this girl studies the chemistry,
fights the Internet to talk to her parents, pow-pow-pow,
she tucks herself into bed,
and then she brings the fire to the training room.
[scoffs] I'm so sorry.
I can't even pee solo.
My guy, you are balling. Easy life.
[scoffs] Ati easy life?
Try sharing your distinction with a Click poster, mune,
because the Internet is keeping you away from your parentals.
Ati easy.
-So, the mula hurts, huh? The mula... -Uh-uh!
-This is what you want to do? -Oh, okay.
-I have hard days! -Okay!
[arguing indistinctly]
[Mama K] Girls, girls!
The juice of the orange was bitter on the tongue,
but the sweetness of the guava revealed the truth.
[both] Huh?
Uh, doing what, Gogo?
The Zee must be the Tee,
and the Tee, the Zee.
Try it for a day.
[both] Oh! Life swap!
The Tee will out-Zee the Zee.
[laughs] No matter how many Zs you get,
you will never out-Zee the Zee with your Tee-ness.
[ominous music playing]
[Bad Magz] Who do these girls answer to?
Who wears the ring?
Sir.
Ms. Prudent. Did Alley Gator locate more Zambinite?
No, he's still searching, sir.
-Then why are you bothering me? -You have a visitor, sir.
But I can tell her to go away.
Hmm. No.
[sighs heavily]
[sighs]
[inhales deeply]
Good morning, Mr. Magedzee.
Thank you for seeing me. I know this is very abrupt.
Good morning, Ms. Wamunyima. Don't worry.
Palibe vuto. It's an unexpected delight.
Our honorable mayor has been telling everyone
you've forgotten about Lusaka and your promise to end load shedding.
My apologies.
I haven't stayed in touch as often as I should have.
But rest assured, the work has been ongoing.
Please come and see.
[magical music playing]
[gasps] Is this really possible?
Yes, the new Lusaka will always shine brightly, I promise.
I haven't forgotten the commitment I made to the people
and to you.
[screen blipping]
I'm so sorry, Ms. Wamunyima,
it appears that some extremely urgent information is coming through.
Can we continue our conversation another time?
Of course. Just call the office.
Goodbye, Mr. Magedzee.
Goodbye.
[blipping continues]
The ring.
A name.
"Kumbukani Cha-ponda." And with an address.
[upbeat music playing]
Look, I'm fine.
All I have to do is adjust my bow and arrows...
-[Monde] Mm-hmm. -...push study time two hours earlier...
-Okay. -...get a full eight hours of sleep,
and I'll be fine. It's nothing.
See?
Sisi, talk to me.
[sighs] I'm sorry. I... I don't know what's wrong with me.
I can't focus at school, I can't focus in training,
and I just yelled at Mama K.
Eh, eh, eh, eh. I think I know something that can help.
[sighs heavily] Okay. Kamba we.
[intriguing music playing]
Come on.
[inhales deeply] Silence. Fullu-fullu.
Peace.
Mbwe-we. Ah! This life swap will be easy zoona.
-[upbeat music playing through phone] -[laughing]
[triplets] Twirl, Tee! Twirl, Tee! Twirl!
Little mwe-mwez. My very own fan club!
Little mwe-mwez, thank you!
[triplets] Twirl me, Tee! Twirl me, Tee!
Okay, okay. But before play-play, we need chow-chow.
There, there, and there.
[gasps] Food to the left, food to the right,
food all day and into the night.
Chwe-chwe-chwe! [sighs] This is the easy life.
[triplets laughing]
Mmm!
Aunty Ble, are you joining? I can't finish all this vitumbuwa alone.
[Aunty Ble] Ah-ah, no. It's all for you.
And that's just the ka starter.
[gasping in delight]
Thank you, Aunty Ble!
Hm! Ah, you! You, I'm going to enjoy you all by myself.
[Temwe squealing excitedly, sighs] So fresh.
Ah! Put you on the fire. Tuma butter, tuma salt.
Mmm!
[grunting]
[grunts, cries out]
You want to be so difficult!
[grunting, yelps]
[stomach grumbling]
Mm, mune, I'm trying.
[girl] Work time.
[triplets] Feed the goats!
-Huh? But... Feed the goats? -Feed the goats! Feed the goats!
What about feeding Tee?
[triplets] No! Mbuzi! Mbuzi!
-[grunting] -[triplets laughing]
Is this the real life of Zee?
Me, peeing in peace? Alone?
Ha! [exclaims gleefully]
I have never.
Eh, Click, don't tell Temwe, but I like that ka last track of yours.
♪ Oh, please be mine, my heart divine ♪
♪ Be my only girl ♪
[laughing]
[humming]
[exclaims, chuckles]
Welee, around the world!
Did you see that, One... Two... Three.
[deflated music plays]
Oh yeah. Right. No triplets in the Temwe life.
Mmm. So, Click, I guess it's just you and me.
-[upbeat music playing] -[corn rattling]
[triplets] We're hungry. Food now!
Eh-eh-eh. Calm down. It's almost ready.
Ah!
Mm, mm-hmm. [laughs nervously]
Big sisi Temwe,
what flavor popcorn is this?
Smoke?
Charcoal?
Burnt?
Ati burnt? This is a masterpiece.
Five-star meal, fine-fine cooking.
[coughing]
[sighs] This Zee life be hard. [sighs]
[mysterious music playing]
[Mama K] Comrade, you must be careful.
My tuma plants were almost choked by Smoke.
[Chi] That Smoke? Are you sure?
[Mama K] I'm not.
But if it is that Smoke, then no one is safe.
I will be careful.
Thank you, comrade.
-[metal clattering] -[Mama K gasps]
Smoke never rises without a fire. I've got to go.
-[phone beeps] -[suspenseful music playing]
[metal scraping]
[bleats]
Chomps. Iwe, was that my dinner?
[suspenseful music continues]
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.
Good. But it needs a little more chili.
Now, this is more like it.
I know you are there. State your business.
Where is the woman?
Let me "see."
[laughing]
Well, I can't actually see.
You see? [laughing]
I know this is her land. Where is Kumbukani?
I don't understand, Monde. What's happening to me?
Think back. When did this all start?
I... I don't know. Okay?
I think you do know, Komana.
I... I guess it started after...
after we were captured in the mine.
Uh-huh. Exactly.
Yes, I still think about that day.
It was really scary, ka?
We were all really scared. But how are you feeling now?
Actually, much better.
Uh-huh!
Casting on stitches always helps me line up my worries.
With the channelization comes the peace.
[exhales deeply]
Thank you, Monde. [chuckles]
I wonder if Temwe and Zee have found this kind of peace. [laughs]
[triplets] Story! Story! Story!
Story-story? No. Sleep-sleep.
[sighs] No wonder Zee is so tired.
[grunts]
[grunting]
Hmm. Mm.
Ha! [kissing]
Hmm. [grunts]
[sighs] Night!
[groans, snoring]
-[triplets] Story-story! -[Temwe gasps]
What? How did you...
No!
We can do story-story.
Zee taught us.
[triplets] Panali! Panali!
There was a little kalulu named Temwe.
Little?
There was a big kalulu called Temwe.
[yawns]
Go on.
And she had a big, big garden of maize.
[moaning restfully]
Good night, One, Two, and Three.
[kisses]
-[tablet vibrating] -Hm?
[tablet beeps]
Oh, Mr. and Mrs. Chiti, is that you? It's... it's me, Zee.
[Dad] Ah, Zee, finally meeting you face-to-face.
So nice to have someone, somebody, people, parents, to talk to.
[Mum] Where is our Butemwe?
Eh, well, we swapped lives for a day. Long story.
[Dad] Oh!
Tell us all about it.
Okay, so...
-[ominous music playing] -[Bad Magz] Where is Kumbukani?
I told you, I don't know who that is.
-[Bad Magz] And now? -[Chi groans]
What do you have to say?
That was my favorite plate.
[Bad Magz grunts]
[chuckles] Lucky aim for a blind man.
[grunts]
[both grunting]
[Bad Magz crying out]
The ring. [groans]
[panting] What kind of a blind man are you?
[shouts, grunts]
Just wait and you'll see.
[Bad Magz yells]
[Chi panting]
[Bad Magz panting]
[grunts]
[grunting continues]
Moto. Auto engage. Lion's den.
[panting]
[yells furiously]
[electronic beeping]
Huh?
[monitor beeping]
[menacingly] Yes!
[ominous music playing]
[Dad] Ati what? A perfect score on her chemistry test?
She never ceases to impress me.
[Zee and Dad laughing]
Mr. Nkwashi even...
[gasps] Oh wait, I think Temwe would love to tell you that part of the story.
[Mum] Hopefully tomorrow. I miss my kama spitfire.
Oh, I know she misses you both too.
[Mum sighs] Thank you for being there for her, Zee.
[tablet beeping lost signal]
Eh. Sorry? What... What did you say?
-[Mum speaks indistinctly] -"Good life"?
-[indistinct speaking through tablet] -Uh, what?
[sighs]
[groans]
[snoring]
[door opens, closes]
[snores, moans]
Story-story.
The juice of the orange was bitter on the tongue.
But the sweetness of the guava revealed the truth.
[both sigh happily]
[upbeat rhythmic music playing]
[music ends]