Skin Deep
GENRE Adult crime telenovela. TONE Provocative, compelling, gritty drama.
Locations
Series set in KZ
Mbatha Family
Family owns a clinic and a funeral parlour.
Bheki - Father
Father is a doctor. Started a clinic and a funeral palour
Parents
MaNgwabe - Mother
mangwabe worships her husband, believing he can do no wrong, and often refuses to acknowledge his flaws, even when pointed out by others.
Siblings
Vusi - Oldest Child
Brother left family to go to JHB as a surgeon. Was drinking on the job - someone died and he is on suspension.
Lunga - 2nd Brother
Second oldest - stayed behind to run the funeral parlour
Gabasile
Runs the local tavern called the Why Not - is the black sheep of the family.
Buhle - Youngest
Works with the father and gets killed early in the series.
Clinic
Funeral Parlour
Why Not
Social Community Center
Criminal Syndicate
Law Enforcment
External pressure
Community
Ayanda - Female Police Officer
Love interest - Brother 1 Investigation the murder of Sister 2 as well as the criminal syndicate.
Langa
Teenage son of brother 1
Kamo - Buhle's new husband
Kamo is an investigative reporter. He gets murdered along with Buhle.
Norma - Receptionist
C Storylines
We will follow C Storylines through the Parlour. - Think SIX FEET UNDER. - See link below.
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Jali Family
Thandeka - Wife of Lunga
Victor - Father
Parents
Siblings
Olwethu - Younger sister
Bab Mabizela
Owned the Why Not and sold to Gabisile. The bar has been his life and he stayed on after selling to as a manager.
Maxwell
Becomes a love interest of Thandeka.
Nhlanhla - assistant
John - 17
Eldest child of Lunga and Thandeka. At the age where he's being drawn into the family business and its secrets.
Mary - 14
Younger daughter of Lunga and Thandeka.
Children
Family Feud
Growing tension and suspicion between the Jali and Mbatha families after Kamo and Buhle's murders. Jalis begin to suspect Mbatha family involvement.