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Rhythm City in August, 2009:
Monday 3 August 2009Episode 541 Elmarie's brother continues his campaign to make her go home. As the success of Driehoek grows, so do Mpumi's uneasy feelings about her contract.
Miles finally decides to give in to David's demands for a public apology. The money from the downloads pours into Sunay's bank account as she continues to ruthlessly exploit Tshidi and Thula. Two plain-clothes policemen visit Suffocate.
Tuesday 4 August 2009Episode 542 David assures Lu he will drop his legal action against Miles. Mpumi is jealous of the fact that Fats and his boys think the Driehoek girls are so sexy. Wandi has dinner at Lu's house.
Tshidi drops a twist of coke in front of Mamokete, but passes it off as a piece of rubbish. Elmarie's brother has a stand-up confrontation with S'bu.
Wednesday 5 August 2009Episode 543 A scorned Mpumi pressurises Fats into renegotiating the salary for her Driehoek contract. On the day of Sunay's MIA after-party, a drug raid on the Kilowatt Club proves to be fruitful, but not for everyone... Miles meets David and Lu over the dropping of the assault charge and the civil suit.
Thursday 6 August 2009Episode 544 Everyone is stunned to see Tshidi being arrested. King pays her bail and tells her he will make the problem go away. Thula persuades Stone not to tell his parents. Tshidi tells her friends it was a case of mistaken identity.
S'bu offers Mpumi a bonus of double her original fee. Elmarie mentions, playfully, to S'bu that she's never kissed a black guy before and asks him if he'd oblige.
What was meant to be a short kiss becomes passionate - just when Gail walks in.
Friday 7 August 2009Episode 545 Gail arrives at the office, pretending to have just arrived from America. Happy S'bu assumes she is back to give their relationship another go.
Hustle scores another coup when Driehoek is asked to contribute a song to the official 2010 album.
Lu and Wandi receive some very unexpected but welcome news: the singer is carrying twins.
Monday 10 August 2009Episode 546 S'bu is still reeling over Gail's apparent lack of interest in him. Stone corners Tshidi about her arrest. Lu is extremely anxious that David may have taken the ultrasound scans and knows she's pregnant.
Mpumi is muted about the Driehoek 2010 song, even though S'bu is willing to double her fee. King has fixed Tshidi's case docket, which he has "bought". Tshidi is blown away and can't help herself. She starts kissing him passionately.
Tuesday 11 August 2009Episode 547 David secretly returns the sonar scans. When Lu finds them, she feels reassured that her lover couldn't possibly have taken them. Mpumi does some research into the music industry and decides not to accept S'bu's offer for the 2010 song. There is major tension in the Hustle office now Gail is back. David has a dream in which he steals Lu's baby.
Wednesday 12 August 2009Episode 548 Gail sets S'bu straight as to why she has returned - and that return is causing so much disruption she decides to move out of the Vilakazi household. Suffocate inadvertently encourages Fats to be more assertive with S'bu about Mpumi's contract. Lu makes a big decision about with whom she wants to raise her babies.
Thursday 13 August 2009Episode 549 David, plagued by dreams of his baby, confronts a horrified Lu. We learn that King has a special agreement with Sunay. Tshidi, to pay off some of her drug debt, tells her parents King will accept financial help to pay for his law books.
Sunay is contemplating a fling with Siya. Gail tells S'bu she and Smokey are still involved, but then confronts Elmarie with her suspicion that she and S'bu are sleeping together.
Friday 14 August 2009Episode 550 Lu is concerned that David might know about her pregnancy following the revelation of his dream. David has Ronald seek out the one person who might be able to help him understand the meaning of his dreams.
Hustle meets with Driehoek and enlists Elmarie's assistance in persuading her friends to take the deal. Tshidi is glowing following her encounter with King the previous night.
Monday 17 August 2009Episode 551 In the wake of discovering they shared the same dream, guileful David persuades Ziyanda to interpret the visions. Elmarie's decision to leave Hustle seems final.
Stone expresses his outrage over his folks donating money to King. Under pressure from Keke, Wandi sounds out David's feelings for Lu and tries to persuade Lu to go back to him.
Tshidi and Thula come up with an exciting idea. Mamokete receives a call from Charlotte.
Tuesday 18 August 2009Episode 552 Elmarie breaks the news to the Driehoek girls that she's leaving. Thula and Tshidi pitch their new idea to Sunay, whose only concern is that she is going to be the host and not a contestant. She, in turn, pitches the concept to Siya. Keke accuses Wandi of holding a torch for Lu. Lu collapses in terrible pain.
Wednesday 19 August 2009Episode 553 The crisis builds with Lu's babies and Wandi staying at Lu's side, despite Keke's concerns. Siya agrees to help turn Tshidi's idea into an official proposal for a broadcaster. Mpumi spills the beans to Driehoek about the plans for the second album.
Gerry arrives to take Elmarie home. Charlotte arrives at the Khuse home. David rushes to the hospital and Wandi discovers he knows about Lu's pregnancy - but not that she is expecting twins.
Thursday 20 August 2009Episode 554 Lu gets into quite a state when the doctor finally explains the exact nature of her medical condition. Tshidi discovers her mother's brooch is worth quite a bit of money.
Siya and Sunay conspire to hide Tshidi and Thula's involvement with the TV competition. Elmarie decides to stay at Hustle and confronts Gail about whether she still has feelings for S'bu. Fats and Mpumi's deal with Hustle is officially dead.
Friday 21 August 2009Episode 555 Lu's condition worsens. She is alone when she has to make the decision of whether to sacrifice the life of one of her unborn babies so that the other may live.
Mamokete endorses Tshidi's relationship with King and, to his amusement, invites him to dinner. Ziyanda accuses David of being responsible for the attack on her.
Driehoek decides Hustle isn't needed for them to make their mark on the entertainment industry.
Monday 24 August 2009Episode 556 Keke gives Wandi an ultimatum, so the DJ grasps the nettle and tells Lu she won't be able to be at her side tomorrow, the day scheduled for the operation. Ziyanda tells David his only hope of saving the lives of his children is to give up his evil ways.
Siya and Sunay pitch Tshidi's idea for a TV series to Zondi, without telling Tshidi or Thula what they're doing. The pitch goes so well they decide to celebrate - in bed. S'bu and Gail decide to be friends, only. Gail swears Elmarie to silence.
Tuesday 25 August 2009Episode 557 At the last minute - without telling Keke - Wandi goes to Lu before she's taken into surgery.
Driehoek decides it is capable of doing the 2010 song without Hustle. Miles says, mysteriously, that there is a way to solve all of Hustle's problems with the trio.
Siya tells Thula and Tshidi there's an outside chance the broadcaster might be interested. He asks Thula to make the pilot video.
Wednesday 26 August 2009Episode 558 Lu wakes up after the successful removal of one of her twins to find Wandi beside her bed. Ziyanda cautions David that he can never say a word about what he knows to Lu.
Elmarie resigns from Hustle in a huff over how both she and the Driehoek girls have been treated. Miles is hatching a plot to sell Driehoek to Redemption. Keke finally breaks up with Wandi. Thula resigns from the club in order to pursue the making of the pilot video.
Thursday 27 August 2009Episode 559 Wandi thinks Lu should find out the paternity of her child. It's the day King is coming to dinner at the Khuses. Elmarie announces she is the new manager of Driehoek, and Miles realises that this could work to Hustle's advantage. Fats wins the opportunity of a lifetime via a radio competition.
Friday 28 August 2009Episode 560Wandi forges Lu's signature and hands in the request for a DNA test. Wandi lies to Keke: she has told Lu about their relationship. Miles continues to frustrate S'bu and Gail with his plans to record two versions of the 2010 song - neither of which, he tells them, will ever see the light of day.
Fats invites Mpumi to join him on a holiday in Durban, making no mention of the prize he's won, so she thinks he's paying for it all himself. When she tells the girls, they jump to the conclusion Fats is planning to propose.
Monday 31 August 2009Episode 561 Lu finally leaves the hospital to return home where Wandi is forced to confront Lu about her pathological avoidance of the paternity issue.
Following a brilliant recording session with Mpumi, S'bu still can't fathom the logic behind Miles' plan, but they meet with Driehoek and Elmarie to give them the disappointing news they won't be pursuing the 2010 song with them anymore.
Sunay and Siya continue to conspire to leave Tshidi and Thula behind once the TV show finds a home. Fats and Mpumi leave for Durban.
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