[pensive upbeat music playing]
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[drum beats]
[melodious music playing]
[female voice] Christmas.
All around the world, it's the most wonderful time of the year.
- ["Feeling" by Ladipoe playing] - But in Lagos,
it's even more wonderful because we go big!
[hooting]
My friend move, now! Ah-ah!
[tires screeching]
[female voice] You can mess with a few things on the Christmas list.
I want a pink dress.
Go and collect money from your mummy.
[female voice] But, you see, when it comes to that Christmas dress,
we don't play.
[in Yoruba] You're here for your Christmas clothes?
- [in English] She is the one oh. - Bye.
- Okay.
["Feeling" by Ladipoe playing]
[female voice] You see, in Lagos, we don't have a white Christmas. Oh no!
It's giving fun in the sun,
the biggest weddings, beach parties, and the wildest Afrobeats concerts.
It's giving Detty December.
["Feeling" by Ladipoe continues]
[hawkers chatter in Yoruba]
- [hawker] See popcorn! Buy my popcorn. - [cars honking]
- Buy chicken. - Ah-ah!
[in Pidgin] Take this thing away!
- [English] You don't like this one? - [in Pidgin] Take this thing away!
- Fiyinfoluwa. - [in Pidgin] It's big oh.
- [in Pidgin] I'll beat you. Get away! - [in Yoruba] What is with the chicken?
[hawker in Pidgin] Why are you misbehaving?
[in English] Ma... Mum, can you imagine?
[in Yoruba] I don't know who sent you to be driving convertible in Lagos.
- Is the sun not killing you? - [in English] Mummy, I like it like that.
Mummy, it's like everybody is doing their Christmas shopping in traffic.
[tuts]
[in Yoruba] Mummy Fiyin, where are you?
[in English] If I tell you, you wouldn't believe me.
[lively music playing]
[in Yoruba] You know what? Come to the shop.
[in English] Yes, come to the shop!
[in Yoruba] I'll show you the latest fabric.
[in English] The newly arrived fabrics.
[in Yoruba] You'll love them.
You remember the Swiss fabric I sold you the last time?
Didn't you like them?
[in English] Yes, come to the shop. [gasps]
Mister man, what are you doing?
- You don't know how to drive? - You don't know how to drive?
Do you know who my Madam is?
- We will deal with you in this Calabar. - Who am I? O Clement!
Who am I, huh?
Did you see the kind of car that you hit?
[in Yoruba] Can't you see the car that hit you? Are you blind?
[in English] It's a Rolls Royce.
[Clement in Pidgin] Madam, he is the one who hit it.
[lively music playing]
Gbemisola Odetunde.
Zach Dolor.
Chief Engineer Zachariah Dolor.
[lively music continues]
So you ended up in his private jet?
[scoffs]
[in Yoruba] How can I fly commercial when there is a private jet?
- [Fiyin laughs] - Huh?
Mummy, you still like enjoyment.
[in English] I could honestly get used to this.
Fiyin, I'll call you back.
[in Yoruba] I'll call you back.
Gbemi the bee.
[hawker in Yoruba] Oh, my! My chicken!
My chicken has run away!
[male driver] Guy, move!
[hawker] Popcorn, one thousand.
[cars honking]
- [street sounds] - [vehicle honking]
["Buga" by Kizz Daniel playing]
Madam, you cannot park here.
[in Pidgin] Chairman, what's up?
- Madam, you... - [in Pidgin] You know what's up.
- Ivie! - Fiyin, baby!
[in English] Oh my Goodness!
Look at you! The fashion is fashioning.
The melanin is melanining.
- I'm fabulous every day, darling. - [in Pidgin] Your confidence is striking!
- Is this the new car? - [in English] Well...
Oh, wow!
Where should we put these? In the boot?
Oh no. Over there.
And the flight from America has landed.
I'll go to get him in a few minutes.
- Mr. Aminu, you're a sure guy. - [Ivie] You're a sure guy.
You know me. I'm the man for airport VIP protocol.
When Beyoncé came to this country, it was me.
- When Lupita came... - I know.
[in Pidgin] When Cardi B came, it was you.
- Precisely! - So I'm rolling like Cardi B and Queen B.
Trust your cousin, the most connected babe in Lagos.
- Fiyinfoluwa Odetunde! - [laughs]
- The one and only. - [Fiyin groans]
Wow! Eh?
Five minutes in Lagos and you're already causing commotion.
[in Pidgin] Girl, I'm not even about that life.
[in English] Please. I came for the sun, the concerts, the parties.
Aw, but you're in the city of love.
Love? More like the city of breakfast and heartbreak.
[in Pidgin] Oh please!
[in English] No stress. Just enjoyment.
This your aura is giving doom and gloom.
[in Pidgin] Eh? What happened?
[in English] Have you given up on love?
I would've thought you would've given up on love
after everything you've been through.
On the contrary, I happen to know who the love of my life is.
- Wait. - And I'm going to tell him this Christmas.
What? Who?
- Elo! - Are you mad?
Madly in love with my best friend? Yes.
Oh, this is a recipe for disaster!
That best friend thing is the biggest romance scam in the world!
- It never works! - We're the exception to the rule, honey.
We exemplify the unity of agape and romantic love.
That lightning in a bottle, once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.
- English! - Books will be written about our love
because...
[Elo] Lagos!
Your prince has arrived!
- [Fiyin] Elo! - Oh my God.
Filo's back baby!
I hope you guys have grown out of that childish...
What? This?
- Fiyin-to-the... - Elo...
- Hey! Hey! Hey! Filo! - Hey! Hey! Hey! Filo!
- It's so cringe! - Let's go! Let's go!
I'm so ready for the wildest Christmas!
It's about to be a crazy December.
Detty December!
[afrobeat music playing]
- Gbems Gbems. - [Gbemi chuckles] Zach.
- Gbems the Bee. - Zach...
- You're the only one that calls me that. - I know.
It's because you're the bee that stung my heart.
- Ah, Zach. - Yes.
[in Yoruba] You're a bad boy. And you have a sweet tongue.
- [in English] You have lines, though. - Yes.
And corny ones too.
[in Pidgin] But remember it was the corny lines that made you fall for me.
But wait. Didn't I just hear about your third divorce in City People?
[in Pidgin] You've been keeping tabs.
[in English] It means that you're still in love with me.
- Don't flatter yourself oh, Zach. - You still love me, Gbems the Bee.
I have a friend.
Oh, friends are good.
I have plenty friends. [laughs]
- Zach. - Yes?
I have a man friend.
- [Zach] Oh, okay. - Yes, I do.
Gbemi,
how many years now have you been a widow?
Maybe like 20.
And you are still not married.
So who's been keeping tabs now?
Of course... Of course, I'm keeping tabs.
Because you are the one that got away and keep getting away.
- Me? - When...
[in Pidgin] I messed up.
[in English] I know that it was my fault, but...
[in Pidgin] This man friend that you speak of...
[in English] I don't see a ring on your finger, Gbemi.
- Zach... - So he can't be serious.
[in Ika] Please allow me to be engaged to you.
- [in Yoruba] What's that? - [English] You know how you girls say it,
"Let me put a ring on it."
- Good. - Oh, Zach.
My beans and rice.
- [in Yoruba] Leave me alone. - I won't leave you alone.
Just leave me alone.
- I won't. - You're really charming with words.
[in English] I know, but let me love you.
- [in Yoruba] Why? - [in Ika] Let me love you.
Meaning?
[in English] Leave me, Zach.
Looks like Auntie Gbemi is hot on the market.
I love that she never remarried,
just causing a little heartbreak here and there. My mentor.
[in Yoruba] You don't need mentorship.
You're a pro at serving breakfast left, right, centre.
[in English] The game is the game, girl.
Serve it or get served. Keep your heart on ice.
Ivie,
if you don't let yourself love, you're gonna end up alone.
- And what's wrong with being alone? - Have you seen the stats
on accomplished unmarried women in their 40s and 50s?
They're thriving, love.
Marriage can be beautiful, Ivie.
I want what my parents had before my dad...
You know.
Before he died.
They were best friends...
The love of each other's lives.
Speaking of marriage...
I have some news.
[squeals] My God, what's all this?
Oh, Elo! Is this really happening? You and Fi...
Oh, Elo, it's gorgeous. It must have cost a fortune.
It's exactly what Yagazie would want.
[tires screeching]
- Yaga what? - Jesus, Fiyin, you almost killed us.
You never said you were dating anyone.
Let alone serious enough to actually get engaged to the person!
Breathe, Fiyin. Breathe.
We've been dating for eight months now, but I've known her for a few years.
Eight months?
[Nonso in Igbo] Elo! Elo, keep coming.
[in Igbo] Hey! Agatha, your son is back.
[classic upbeats playing]
Agatha!
[in Igbo] Agatha, our son is back!
[singing in Igbo] Praise, praise! Glory!
- [in Igbo] I'm back. - Oh my son.
- [in Igbo] How are you? - I'm fine.
- [in English] How was your trip? - It was long.
Why didn't he say something before?
Eight months?
What the hell?
Elozonam, look at your biceps and your chest.
- You are so manly. - I've been working out.
Aha! You've been working out.
Since you are home now,
I'll be working out with you every day.
Okay, okay.
Mummy!
My Fiyin!
That's my girl. How are you?
[in Igbo] Oh my son!
My dear son.
My son, who I'm proud of.
His mother's pride.
- Welcome. - Thank you, Mum.
[in English] You're welcome.
[soft music playing]
Did that just happen?
I thought he was about to propose to you!
I was like, "Oh wow, at least it's a two-way delusion!"
Who the hell is Yagazie? Huh?
I'm messaging him to send her IG.
[in Pidgin] Get off the road. Ah-ah!
- [man] C'mon, move that way! - Fuck you!
- [in English] Oh wow! - What?
- Fiyin, she's proper fit. - What? Let me see.
- Let me see! - Keep your eyes on the road, my friend!
Look, it doesn't even matter anyway.
Eight months... Huh!
Secret relationship?
Elo isn't proposing to that girl.
[in Yoruba] No way! Impossible!
[in English] I mean, his parents haven't even met her.
Right?
Uncle Nonso would have asked me, right?
Look, Elo has been through so much.
He's just confused. That's it.
He's the love of my life and I'm getting him back.
- Fiyin, this is... - Cause if you don't fight for your love...
[both] What kind of love do you have?
[Ivie] Touché.
[tires screeching]
I think we're gonna need to get a driver
because this whole rough rider whipping excursion you're doing, ain't it.
Message him to bring her tonight.
Operation destroy Elo's relationship has already begun.
Oh, we're in full swing!
[door opens]
[R&B music playing]
[in Pidgin] Your food is burning.
Hm?
- Ladi, your food is burning. - [in Pidgin] What?
[chuckles] Ladi!
God.
The sun today is crazy.
And the traffic?
[sighs] I hope it's cold enough.
If you like, don't drink it.
You want to give me hot water in this sun.
Huh, this girl. Ladi!
So...
Would you date me now or you still want to play hard to get?
C'mon, go your way. Didn't you come here to make delivery?
Were you focused when your food almost got burnt?
- Go. - Yeah.
- You throwing me out? - Go.
- Should I leave? - [doorbell]
C'mon, get going.
- That bell has saved you. - Go!
[ecstatic music playing]
If you won't have lunch with me,
at least come for my birthday party this evening.
Before you even think of saying no, let me tell you.
Bonike, Bode, Hamid, Toyin.
All of them will be there.
- Wow! - It's like a reunion of sorts.
- [sighs] Really? - Yes.
- How long has it been, 35 years? - 39.
- [Gbemi laughs] - Don't try to reduce your age.
That's your mum's fella's Rolls Royce, innit?
- Wow! - That, actually, is my mum's fella.
Live your life, sis!
This is what these men deserve, a little gbas gbos competition.
Let me hear!
You know you didn't have to drop me at home.
[in Pidgin] How will I know where I'll be picking you from later?
Zach, you're relentless.
[in English] Of course. [chuckles]
[in Pidgin] That's how I became a billionaire?
[in English] It's from refusing to take no for an answer.
Well, you're going to have to take this no.
Why?
That's my friend.
That small boy?
Hm, he's not bad.
He's a fine boy.
Now I'm even more excited.
- Why? - Because I love competition.
Oh, gosh, Zach!
This small boy, huh?
- Yes. - [in Pidgin] That's why you're jittery?
- Auntie! - Ivie!
It's so good to see you, Auntie.
Auntie, I need all the deets.
Who's the RR guy?
How about this tall glass of dark chocolate giving...
I'm the one that asked them to open gate for Uncle Toye!
- I didn't know Mummy will... - Ladi, shut up.
Uncle Toye!
- Have you been waiting long? - Not at all.
I arrived just in time to see this...
[Gbemi laughs]
[in Yoruba] My love.
[Toye] My love, this is for you.
[Gbemi in English] Aw, you got me my favourite.
You know I'll never come empty-handed.
- You look great. - Thank you.
[both groans]
Steamy!
[Fiyin clears throat]
[Toye] So...
Who's the money-miss-road guy?
Well, that's an old friend of mine...
- Old friend? - That I met at the airport.
[lively music]
Elozonam, there's a delivery for you.
Elozonam is already ordering for things.
He just came into Lagos today.
Merry Christmas, sir.
- Same to you. - Yes, sir. Okay.
- Yeah. - Mmh!
- Let me get that. - Thank you.
It's a surprise.
- Here. - [in Igbo] He said it's a surprise.
For you.
Boss man, all this for me?
Merry Christmas.
[in Igbo] My December is made.
Clear the road, I'm gone.
- [Agatha] What's that? - Don't ruin the surprise.
Mum, Dad...
I want to bring someone home for dinner.
Who?
A friend?
Uh...
She's a little bit more than a friend.
She's my girlfriend.
I want to propose.
[singing In Igbo] Good things! Good things have reached us
Good things! Good things! We're looking for good things
Good things have reached us
- Propose? - Mum, you'll love her.
And I want to bring her and her sister to come meet you all.
[singing in Igbo] Good things! We're looking for good things
Good things! Good things! We're looking for good things
Good things! Good things! Good things have reached us
[in English] Yeah!
[upbeat music]
[crowd chatters]
[upbeat music continues]
Where are they?
You'll miss out on all this glorious food worrying about a man.
Not a man... Elo.
Even Elo can't compete with this small chops. What?
I'm having a party in my mouth right now.
Oh my God! I'm so sorry. I wasn't...
Fiyin?
- Nasir. - Nasir? Same Nasir...
Babe?
Excuse my manners. Meet my girlfriend, Aisha.
Aisha, meet Fiyin...
- And... - I'm Ivie, her cousin.
Oh, you're the famous Ivie.
- Babe, I think I need a drink. - It's alright.
You guys have a wonderful evening.
Earth paging, Fiyin, are you still alive?
I haven't seen him since we broke up.
That's rough.
Did she have a ring on?
Who? The Aisha girl? I dunno, I wasn't checking for one.
Five years...
He breaks up with me after five years
and has the audacity to move on before me.
- Do you still love him? - No!
- I don't know. - Ah!
Actually, no, I do know. I don't love him.
- I'm in love with Elo... - Fiyin!
[upbeat music swells]
Yagazie! You're even more stunning in person.
Thank you.
We've heard so much about you.
You're both really pretty.
Elo said you're both friendly and cool, but I think he may have underestimated
- just how friendly. - [Fiyin snorts]
[Fiyin clears throat]
Yeah, we're just really... Really excited to meet you.
[slurps]
Yagazie, how did you guys meet?
What did you find attractive about that big head?
Wait, what do you do?
That's a lot of questions.
I'll start with the last one. I'm an epidemiologist.
Epidiologist?
Epidemiologist.
I basically study the outbreak of diseases.
She's being modest. See,
she worked with the team that brought the first vaccine
to Africa during the pandemic.
She's an actual hero.
Stop.
Epidemiologist one,
Fiyinfuoluwa zero.
[slurps]
["African Style" by Bright Chimezie playing]
Good evening, ma'am.
Good evening.
Enjoy your evening.
Thank you.
["African Style" by Bright Chimezie continues]
[indistinct chatter]
- Oh! Hi, how are you? - I am good. Good to see you.
Hey, Gbemisco!
Deyo.
- Is this you? - Yes, it's me.
- So good to see you. - Guess who else is here?
- Who? - Bukky.
- Chiamaka. - Really?
- Lovet. - Lovet is here?
- Lovet! - Girls, look who I found.
[all cheering]
Gbemisco!
[all cheering happily]
- Hey, Bukky Bukky! - Well...
- Gbemi! - Bukky, Bukky!
You look exactly the same.
- You have not changed. - Exactly.
You look gorgeous.
- Oh, you have joined the league? - Lovet!
What?
The League of Dr. Onwu's clients.
Ah, no! Please.
Don't mind her, she thinks everyone has had a face lift like her.
Facelift.
Botox, tummy tuck.
In fact, I'm so proud of it, unlike some people,
who have upped the girls and they claim it's exercise.
Lovet!
- What? - You're still rascals.
- [man on mic] Ladies and gentlemen... - Rascals!
- [in Yoruba] You didn't change. - The celebrant!
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday, happy birthday Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday, Happy birthday ♪
♪ Happy birthday ♪
♪ To you ♪
[violin playing]
[in English] Can you imagine?
Only Zach will have a peacock at his party.
And black angels and the belly dancers.
Hello, ladies!
Can I borrow my Gbemi from this your witches coven for a second?
- Come on. - Witches?
- Witches coven. - Witches indeed.
- I'm speechless. - Did he say that?
No, I didn't hear it.
See how they are laughing? Like witches.
Enjoying my money.
[man on mic] Everybody now!
And one, and two, and three, and four!
["Nwa Baby" by Flavour Nabania playing]
- Elo, do you remember? - Of course, I remember.
At your 13th birthday.
Get up and dance.
["Nwa Baby" by Flavour Nabania continues]
[guitar solo]
[man on mic] Give it up for Byron and the band!
[Fiyin laughs]
I can't believe I still remember that.
It's been what? 15 years!
I haven't danced like that in a long time.
I know, but you deserve to. So allow yourself.
[man talking on mic]
[Afrobeat music]
Alright!
Need to take a leak.
You two, fall in love with each other while I'm gone.
Please?
[Afrobeat music continues]
Why do you think it never worked out between you two?
He told you that?
We tell each other everything.
I see that.
The timing just never seemed to be right.
Elo has talked about you since I've known him.
He obviously really cares about you.
And it looks like he's crazy about you.
Yeah.
So, how's long distance going?
We've actually only been long distance for three months.
I moved back to Lagos three months ago.
And I've just gotten into the PhD program at Johns Hopkins,
so I'm off again in a few months.
- The Johns Hopkins? - There's only one.
Oh wow! That's...
That's really impressive.
[Fiyin chuckles]
We've talked about Elo moving back to Baltimore with me.
I mean, he works remotely most of the time, anyway.
Wow!
Yagazie, you've officially snatched my best friend away, haven't you?
Hopefully, we can be friends too.
I'm sure Elo would love that.
Yeah.
[sighs]
[sentimental music]
Bro, something strong.
You were great up there.
Thank you.
So, which "I just got back" are you?
- American? - Wrong! English.
- British. - I can hear it now.
I like London.
- Have you been? - No.
But I had this uncle that used to live there.
We used to call him Daddy London.
- Of course. - Yeah, he was a musician.
An amazing guitarist.
- He taught you how to play? - He did.
And he played for some really famous people,
like Elton John.
- Elton John? - Elton John.
- The Beatles. - The Beatles?
- I swear. - Really? Are you sure, guy?
Actually, you know, Daddy London could pull your leg
like he's pulling the strings of his guitar, so...
I'm not too sure.
You know, I give it to him. It's a great story.
He inspired me.
My dream...
My dream is to travel the world with the greatest musicians.
You know, if I can just play for Beyoncé one time.
One time.
Well, with the way you played tonight, I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
[seductive, soft music playing]
I like you.
Ivie.
Ajani.
[seductive, soft music continues]
[Zach in Pidgin] See this your vintage dress.
[in English] Red dress.
As you were leaving your house this evening, you had one intention...
No, no.
I came here to wish my childhood...
- Childhood friend? - Yes.
[in Pidgin] Is that how you see me? The man you almost married.
That was a million years ago, Zach.
[in English] A million years and four proposals
and you still refused, Gbemisola.
Proposing to me after every divorce.
That doesn't make it up to me, Zach.
Those marriages...
They were all rebounds.
Gbemisola,
you are the real deal.
Uh-huh.
[romantic music playing]
Zach!
[sighs]
I'll keep proposing to you.
I'll keep proposing to you until you say yes.
[in Pidgin] Anywhere I see you I'll propose.
[soft music playing]
Zach.
Gbemisola.
[in English] I love you.
I always will.
I have to go.
Wait, don't go, wait.
Gbemisola!
Wait.
[soft upbeats playing]
[sighs]
[sad violin music]
Elozonam,
what are you doing?
Daddy, please.
We need this.
[sighs]
It's been a while.
I know.
But this can be a start.
[Nonso sighs]
[violin upbeats continues]
What on earth is going on here?
How dare you?
What do you think you are doing?
- Mummy, please. - Take it down.
Take everything down. Get it all down! Get it all...
Down! Get it down! [in Igbo] Take it down!
Nonso.
- [in Igbo] Please. - [in English] Instead of you to...
You joined him.
[in Igbo] You both want me dead.
[in Igbo] Forgive me, please.
[in Igbo] Come.
I didn't...
I didn't mean to hurt her.
[sad music playing]
[loud city noises]
I was so uncomfortable.
They've been best friends since they were kids.
That sounds messy.
I wouldn't let my man have a female friend talk, less of best friend.
Sis, that's toxic.
Toxic, but there would be no confusion.
Anyway, he's the one who should be worried about someone else bagging you.
Have you forgotten the daughter of whom you are?
Sister of Caroline Okoro.
Daughter of Chibuzo and Agnes Okoro.
Grand Daughter of Chibundu.
And great-granddaughter of the first medical doctor in Igbo land.
- Oh yes! - [Yagazie laughs]
["O Holy Night" playing]
[vicar] Caroline.
Come.
Let's go.
Vicar Adeyemi!
It's such a pleasure to see you in person, ma'am.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you for accepting our invitation.
- Sure. - For the Christmas carol service.
Please, come in.
Come on, let me show you the church.
[Vicar] I can assure you that you're very welcome here.
- [Caroline] Thank you so much. - [vicar] How are you?
[dialling]
Ivie, she's perfect.
And gorgeous and intelligent and...
You know what? She's probably a genius.
And they're going to live happily ever after in Baltimore.
Does anyone live happily in Baltimore?
I'm serious now.
- I think I've lost Elo. - Great.
You can give up on this terrible idea of trying to break them up.
You know, I've always thought of Elo as the great love of my life.
That after we were both done sowing our wild oats,
we would marry each other right before we turned 30.
Yes! So you're not actually in love with Elo,
he's just your backup plan for a husband, innit?
It's more than that now.
We've seen each other through everything.
I always say how I've only ever loved two men in my life,
My dad,
and Elo.
Wow! That's heavy.
I just always thought...
I don't know what I thought, really.
I mean, he has this life in America.
And she's this amazing "epidiologist".
- It's epidemiologist, Fiyin. - You see?
I can't even pronounce it right.
Ah, Fiyinfuoluwa!
I'm here, working at my mum's fabric shop.
I've not even figured what to do with my life yet.
Hey, don't sell yourself short.
Auntie Gbemi is a phenomenal businesswoman,
and training to succeed her is
what intergenerational wealth looks like, okay?
It's fabric, it's not saving the world.
Girl, have you seen the way you perfectly curate Asoebi?
That's art, that's culture. That's a calling.
[in Yoruba] Thank you. Keep teasing me, OK?
I'm being serious, Fiyin.
Yagazie seems amazing,
and she's everything you've said, but that doesn't diminish you.
You're phenomenal, my darling.
[in English] Somewhere deep down, I know that.
It's just... Elo and I have been doing this dance for years.
I just always thought that when the time came,
we would choose each other, you know?
I can't believe I'm about to say this,
but maybe it's not too late.
He hasn't proposed yet.
Maybe you should just be honest, tell him how you feel.
And at least, you won't keep torturing yourself with what-ifs
- for the rest of your life. - [phone vibrating]
Speak of the devil.
Hey, I was just talking about...
Elo, are you okay?
[melancholic music playing]
I'm on my way.
I have to go.
[melancholic music]
She's not ready.
Yeah, but we never talk about what happened,
or even about Ijeoma because we know it'll upset Mum.
We've just been frozen in time.
You haven't gotten a chance to heal as a family.
I get you.
But Elo you also can't force her to be merry just because it's Christmas.
I just...
I just thought if she came down and saw the tree,
the decorations, the ornaments...
Maybe we could talk about her.
Share memories of how things used to be.
- With all of us. - Elo.
Memories can be hard to move on from.
I'm sorry to put a downer on your Christmas.
I'm sure you could be off having fun with Ivie.
There's nowhere else I'd rather be.
Three years.
Just three years.
And they're already getting back to normal.
The last time we celebrated Christmas,
there were four of us.
Now we are three.
What is there to celebrate?
"Count it all joy
whenever you face trials of many kinds."
- James 1:2... - He was cruel when he wrote that.
My darling Ijeoma will no longer come home
to spend Christmas with her mother
just because a mad drunkard man decided to run her over.
Is that what I'm supposed to count as joy?
Do you have a picture of Ijeoma here?
I mean, your favourite picture.
Well, yes, I do.
One where she's happy, smiling...
Or maybe one where you're together.
[somber music playing]
It's not a picture. It's a video.
[vicar] Okay.
[both gasp]
- [Agatha] My God. - [Ijeoma laughs]
- [Ijeoma] Why did you turn back? - [vicar laughs]
I laughed so hard...
Oh, she had such a beautiful laugh.
I used to call it the locomotive engine.
I used to tease her a lot.
But now...
I miss the sound of the laughter in the house.
[sighs]
I used to be confused by the idea of counting it all as joy.
And yes,
It felt like a cruel joke.
But then,
when my younger brother died,
I felt God revealed a new meaning for me.
We're not promised forever with the ones we love.
And so we must not lose hope when they're gone.
We need to find the strength and courage
to hold on to the gift of the time we shared together.
The happiness, the laughter,
the honour of being chosen by God to be their mother,
son, brother, wife...
We have to choose joy,
and hope,
for the people that are left behind.
So, sister Agatha,
it's not an insult to her memory
to celebrate.
It is in fact in honour of her memory
that you must.
[car honking]
- Ooh! - That must be Ajani.
[upbeat music]
That's my date.
Zach!
Mummy Fiyin, you like drama!
- Oh, wait. - That's not Ajani.
So where is he?
[Fiyin cackles]
[in Yoruba] He came with a bike.
[comical music]
Gbemi the bee.
You forgot your purse.
Oh.
- [Toye] Really? - Thank you.
Did she forget these shopping bags to?
Oh no! No.
[in Pidgin] I'm not the man to take vegetables
when going to see a woman.
- [Zach] I come correct. - [in Yoruba] A bouquet of roses!
[in English] I see. I wouldn't expect your kind to appreciate anything
without a logo on it.
Classless!
- Here you go, my dear. - Thank you, darling.
Darling.
[in Pidgin] Gbemi, you know flowers die quickly, right?
It won't last beyond today or tomorrow.
[in English] But Hermès,
forever.
[inaudible whispering]
Zach, I'm sorry. I can't accept...
[in Yoruba] No Gbemi, take them from him. Take it!
[in English] Take the gifts.
Obviously, no one has taught chairman that you can't buy people.
[titters]
- Are you ready? Shall we go? - Yes.
- Let's go, darling. - [mouthing] Thank you.
[in Yoruba] Thank you. Thank you, Chairman.
Small boy.
Yes. Yes, please.
A drag...
I'm the one about to be dragged in this dress.
Can you see? You'd better go and change
before Okada silencer burns your hot legs.
See my life.
- [in Pidgin] Hello. - Hello.
- [in English] Ivie, what's up? - Hi.
Are you ready?
I should probably change...
Yeah, yeah.
[R&B upbeat playing]
[R&B upbeat continues]
Ha, Ladi, your boyfriend has come.
Hey, hey, hey! Ladi, accept his proposal, please.
[in Pidgin] This guy is handsome. He's a fine boy.
- Hah! - [in Pidgin] What's the matter?
He's really handsome! Okay.
[in Pidgin] Please, help me tell her.
I'm leaving. Goodnight.
Goodnight.
Ladi, Ladi!
Ladi!
[in English] Bye-bye, our husband!
[in English] Alright now. Goodnight.
[colleague] Goodnight, our husband!
[R&B music continues]
Do you see how you're enjoying your life?
All those island restaurants with 100,000,
200,000 for spaghetti and lobster.
Are their food as sweet as this?
[coughs]
Are you okay?
Thank you.
So?
What do you do in London?
I work a job that pays the bills.
Nothing as exciting as what you do.
We all do what we need to do to survive.
I'm a delivery guy by day.
Guitarist by night.
I wish I had the courage to do what I love.
And that is...
- I've always wanted to write. - As per books?
- Poems, actually. - Ooh.
- Yeah - So, what's stopping you?
A healthy dose of shame.
I don't want to disgrace myself by begging.
So, break your own heart before the world has a chance to.
What? Are you my therapist?
I just think you should do it.
You know, who knows. We can be a poet and guitarist duo.
Like Sonny and Cher.
I'll be John, you'll be Yoko.
[charming music playing]
- Ike and Tina... - You lost me at Ike.
My bad.
I'm just joking.
You took me by surprise.
You're not what I was expecting.
What? You weren't expecting to be falling for a delivery guy
that moonlights as a guitarist?
Who says I'm falling?
Girl, did you see the way you jumped on that Okada?
Ivie,
you're falling.
I like you, Ajani.
You're funny.
You're honest in a city that can be so pretentious.
Your style is kinda clean.
You put it on and whatever.
Don't stop.
- Keep going. - Your head is swelling?
Just a little.
I really like you, Ivie.
[cell phone]
Oh!
It's my guy, Chisom. He's meeting us here with his babe.
[in Pidgin] Brother, what's up?
[in English] You can't miss me. I'm in that red shirt.
- [Chisom] Where are you? - [Ajani] Oh Bro. Bro!
Pull up. We're here.
- Auntie Ivie! - How are you doing?
- It's me, Ladi! - Ladi!
- Imagine seeing you here! - Wow!
- Girll! Oh, hi. - This is a small world.
I remember seeing you at the house.
I saw you, too, with your Okada.
- [Chisom] Small world, man. - [Ajani] I tell you!
- [Ladi] We came to eat amala. - [Ajani] Yeah, join us.
[Toye] Mh! Our song.
Mmh?
- The dodo is going to burn. - Let it burn.
[in Yoruba] Let it burn.
[trumpet music]
- Gbemi. - Hm?
[in English] I'm not going to wait for you forever, you know.
Yeah.
I've been asking you for six months now to marry me.
No answer.
Instead you've just been toying with me with this clown, who's just, I don't know.
I'm not toying with you.
- He's just an old friend. - Old friend. Old friend who wants you.
And if you're being honest, you're enjoying the attention.
I... I'm... It...
What? No, I'm not worried about him.
Not at all.
It's you I'm worried about.
Yeah, I know you love me.
I know you love being with me.
You know what?
I can see us growing old together.
[both laugh]
We're already old.
Exactly! So why waste the little time we have left, huh?
[sighs]
Gbemi.
[in Yoruba] Why are you scared?
[in English] What are you afraid of?
It's just that I've been a woman of my own for so long.
And for the past 20 years, I've been surviving and building a life
- for my daughter and I. - [sighs] Yeah.
I just don't know what it's going to feel like...
- if I... - If you started living for yourself?
Life will always be like this, my love.
Look, I know you've been a superwoman.
You've taken on so much,
but it's time to ease up.
It's time to let someone else take care of you.
It's time to enjoy the simple everyday things of life
like frying plantain, and dancing in the kitchen.
- The dodo is burning! - Oh my God.
[Gbemi laughs]
[upbeat, sensual music]
[upbeat, sensual music continues]
- Auntie Ivie, I can't imagine you here. - Ladi, I still can't believe this is you!
- This dress is fire. - Oh, thank you, auntie.
- I made it myself. - You what?
Mm-hmm! I've been learning work with my auntie that is a tailor.
But the truth is I want to be a fashion designer.
I can see that! Listen, you have to do it!
- I would definitely buy from your line. - Auntie Ivie, thank you.
Why do you keep calling me Auntie? We're probably the same age.
And you just saw me stuff my tongue down that man's throat.
Auntie Ivie.
But do you like him?
He's a good guy.
- What of your own? - Ah, Chisom? He's trying, really.
He's working as a delivery man now, but he wants to own
his own transport business, Chisom and Sons.
[in Yoruba] It's you that will give him the sons, right?
- Auntie Ivie, stop! - [in English] It is well.
I haven't been honest with you about something.
Zach...
Zach and I are not just old friends.
We were engaged.
What?
A long time ago.
Before Fiyin's father.
We had just graduated from Unilag
when he asked me to marry him.
He got a government scholarship and had to move to America.
He asked me to wait for him.
And then he returned two years later, married.
- So he's married? - Not anymore.
He's been divorced three times.
He's divorced three times.
He's often asked me
- to marry him over the years. - Yeah, yeah.
So when he asked me to marry him the other night...
[in Yoruba] No, hold on. I don't understand what you're saying.
[in English] I don't understand.
- You want to marry him? - No!
That's not what I mean.
So, what are you saying?
[in Yoruba] I don't want to lie to you.
- [in English] I want to be honest. - Okay.
I love you, Toye.
Zach...
Zach is... He's just someone I've known for a very long time.
Long time?
Gbemi, listen.
You know,
we are entering into the unknown.
I know. I know it can be hard.
[in Yoruba] But we're not children anymore, so we can't play childish games.
Are you listening to me?
[in English] I'm going to give you some space.
You know where to find me.
You'll always have me.
[in Yoruba] Do you hear me, my love?
My darling joy-giver.
[in English] That will never change.
[kiss]
[Toye sighs]
[sighs]
["Odo" by Asa playing]
["Odo" by Asa continues]
[indistinct conversation]
[Yagazie] When I was little,
I remember my mum used to wake us all up on Christmas morning,
and we'll run down the stairs
and the whole house will be smelling of akara.
[huffs]
- Yeah, akara for Christmas? - Mm-hmm.
- Akara, pap, everything. - I see.
No wonder you're so tall... All those beans.
[sentimental music playing]
If anyone had told me that I'd spend the rest of my life on Christmas
without my mum and dad
I would...
Sometimes, surviving is the hardest.
Feels like every time my mum sees me,
it's just a reminder that Ijay is not here anymore.
[sentimental music playing]
[sobs]
[in Igbo] It's okay.
I'm sorry.
What are you telling me sorry for?
[in Igbo] Grief.
Grief has gotten the better part of me. [sobs]
It's okay.
- We are all mourning. - [whimpers]
[in English] I miss her.
I miss her so much.
[door opens]
[in Yoruba] Fiyinfoluwa, what would I do with you?
[in English] How many times have I told you
- to not leave your bags and your shoes... - Sorry, mummy.
[in Yoruba] Please, don't be upset.
[Fiyin sighs]
- [in English] Fiyin. - Ma.
What would you say if I...
If what?
- If I got married. - [squeals mildly]
- You're getting married? - I didn't say that.
But what if?
To Uncle Toye?
Toye asked me six months ago.
Zach...
Well, he's been asking me ever since your father died.
Mummy!
[in Yoruba] And you didn't tell me? What's the problem?
I didn't tell you because...
I'm still picking up your shoes and your bags all over the house.
And still cooking your breakfast.
And you're still my baby.
And it's been the two of us since your father died.
[in English] Mummy!
I'm not a baby.
[chuckles]
[in Yoruba] "Mummy!" See the way you even said it?
Okay, Gbemisola.
- [in Yoruba] I'll slap you. - [Fiyin laughs] Please, don't be offended.
Mummy...
I want you to be happy.
And if either of those men is going to make you happy,
I need you to stop hiding behind me.
- [in English] I'm not hiding. - You are!
You know what I think?
I think you're scared of having your heart shattered like it did when Daddy died.
- [in Yoruba] But where do I start? - No, don't say that.
Ah-ah. Mummy Fiyin!
You're the strongest woman I know.
But you need to allow yourself to be vulnerable again.
[in Yoruba] Do you hear me?
[chuckles]
- Fiylnfoluwa. - Ma.
[in Yoruba] You're now the one advising me.
[in Yoruba] What do you mean?
- [in English] I hear you. - Okay.
- I hear you. - Okay.
[both laugh]
Auntie, you're here.
Ivie, you're back from your date with the Fuji master, Ayinla...
- Not Ayinla oh. - [Ivie] Auntie, it's Ajani.
And it was lovely. He took me to the shrine.
Shrine?
Ah! Okay. Keep me out of it.
[in Yoruba] I don't know what to do with these kids anymore.
[Ivie and Fiyin giggle]
It really was lovely.
Are you not the one saying, "No romance this holiday.
No stress. Just enjoyment"?
I know, but Ajani is actually really cool.
[in Yoruba] [gasps] That's strange! I've heard you.
Fiyin, do you think I should start writing again?
[in English] I always wondered why you stopped writing.
I really liked your poetry.
You have such a way with words.
My mum always said it was a pipe dream.
She'd be like, "Ah, Ivie, I'm not rich, oh!
- How will you eat?" - [laughs] That sounds like Auntie.
You know, grandma told me something once.
She said,
[in Yoruba] "May we not let what we'll eat stop us from becoming who we'll be."
[in English] Meaning, may we not let what we'll eat
stop us from achieving our dreams.
I never forgot it.
I love that.
- Fiyin! I was just about to come to yours. - Elo, I need to talk...
- I need your help with something. Come on. - [splutters] Okay.
Okay. So, I have this whole idea planned.
I already have it all planned out in my head.
I just need you to help me make it happen.
You know everyone in Lagos.
You want me to plan a surprise proposal for Yagazie?
I want a view, I want music, I want roses, like a million of them.
Look. Look at this.
Look, Elo, you've been through so much these last three years.
You've only been dating her for eight months.
Are you sure this isn't about Ijeoma?
You know, I always thought people were exaggerating
when they said you lose a piece of yourself when you lose someone.
But a part of me died the day Ijay died.
And...
I was lost for what seemed like forever.
But then I met Yagazie.
And it's like...
We were meant to be together. She was meant to be a part of my life.
- She's the one. - [glass clatter]
[Fiyin groans]
- You're bleeding. - Yes.
It's okay. It's just a small cut.
Fiyin, you know I love you.
You're my person.
You always will be.
I'm always gonna be right here.
Like I've been since we were six years old.
[in Igbo] Oh, my!
[in English] Is it Fifi you're now proposing to?
- What? - I'm not complaining.
Auntie, no. Um...
He was actually just asking me for help with the proposal.
Don't mind this young man.
They don't know something good
- even when it's in front of their noses. - Mum! You're supposed to be on my side!
Besides, Fiyin likes Yagazie.
Right?
Mm-hmm.
[melodious music playing]
[Zach] Gbemi the bee!
At last, I can give you
a personal tour of the Dolor Manor.
Gbemi.
[sighs]
[in Pidgin] So you want to leave me and marry that your guy, right?
[splutters] [in English] That small man.
Let's just assume that it's none of your business, Zach.
I came to return the gifts,
and to tell you in person.
Whatever it is...
This thing where we run into each other and rehash a life that...
That could have been, but never was...
It needs to end.
The idea of the two of us... I mean,
being begged for my hand in marriage by the first man who broke my heart.
My bee...
To be...
You know, to be swept into this your fairy-tale life...
Don't get me wrong, Zach. I've...
I've actually thought about what it would feel like
to live this life.
But, Zach, the idea of it is
actually much better than the reality could ever be.
You're not looking for love, Zach.
- I am. - No, you're not.
Not really.
You're looking for the next conquest.
The next trophy and notch on your belt.
[in Ika] Ah, my angel, I swear to God,
you're a very beautiful woman.
Zach! No more sweet talk.
[in Yoruba] We both are too old for that.
[in English] Besides,
I'm nobody's plaything.
Gbemi.
[in English] Gbemi, wait.
[melancholic music playing]
Gbemi.
[melancholic music continues]
[sighs]
Ivie, I lost.
Fiyin, I can't hear you.
He asked me to plan a surprise engagement for her.
[in Yoruba] Me?
You know what, Fiyin?
You need time away from Elo and Yagazie.
Go home, get dressed and come and meet me.
Ayra Starr is performing in an hour.
[in English] Ivie, I'm not in the mood.
I don't want to hear that.
Go home, get changed into something Ayra would be proud of, okay?
See you soon. Love you. Bye.
[sentimental music playing]
[sighs]
[sentimental music continues]
Wow!
Mummy!
I wanted to surprise you.
Thank you.
You like her, don't you?
I do.
She's the one.
Invite her over with her parents. I'll cook and...
Listen, it's just her and her sister.
Her parents died in a car accident seven years ago.
Is that how you got talking?
You were telling her about Ijeoma.
We were both carrying so much pain.
I think we helped each other heal.
Love heals.
In my pain and grief, I must have forgotten that.
I love you, son.
I love you and your dad more than anything in the world.
Merry Christmas.
[sentimental music continues]
[Elo] Merry Christmas.
[Agatha] Merry Christmas.
[sentimental music continues]
So you're done thinking.
- There really wasn't much to think about. - Mmh?
Forgive me, Toye.
I've been a coward.
Do you still have that ring?
[in Yoruba] Mm-hmm. I have the ring.
[in English] But it's your proposal.
So you should have bought your ring to propose to me.
I'm an African woman.
- Hm? - Hm.
We don't propose.
[Toye chuckles]
[in Yoruba] Come here.
[melancholic music playing]
[aggressive hooting]
- [lady 1] Baby, let's go. - [lady 2] Yeah, we got here just on time.
[indistinct chattering]
["Commas" by Ayra Starr]
[crowd chanting] Ayra, we wanna party!
- Ayra, we wanna party! - [Ayra laughs]
[man on mic] Up next is "Rush".
Hurry! She's performing "Rush". You know that's my tune.
- [Fiyin] Okay. - [toilet flushing]
[phone beeps]
- My mum is engaged! - To which one?
Way ahead of you!
[squeals] Mummy, you're engaged?
We should go outside for this gist.
- Do you think... - Toye proposed again and I said yes.
Yes oh. She asked me to propose again.
- What? - He was my fave.
Such a cute teddy bear.
[in Yoruba] Did she just call me a teddy bear?
- [Ivie] Sorry, Uncle! I said cute. - [giggles]
She said cute.
Okay. So, we're getting married on Christmas Day.
- [both squeal] - Sorry, we're not mad just great news.
Mummy, that's literally a week away.
Yes.
So we have one week to plan our wedding.
And by we, I mean you, my darling.
Aw! Mummy, I'm so happy for you.
You deserve everything.
[in Yoruba] Thank you, my darling.
[in a singsong] I love it! We're planning a big fat Naija wedding!
[Ivie squealing]
[female vocalist] ♪ Oh, holy night ♪
♪ The stars are brightly shining ♪
- ♪ It is the night ♪ - [inaudible laughs]
♪ Of our dear ♪
- [inaudible] - ♪ Savior's birth ♪
[inaudible]
♪ Long lay the world ♪
♪ In sin and error pining ♪
♪ Till He appeared ♪
♪ And the soul felt it's worth ♪
- ♪ Thrill of hope ♪ - [band] ♪ Thrill of hope ♪
♪ The weary world rejoices for yonder ♪
♪ A new and glorious morn... ♪
Get a room!
- Go get your own house! - [Toye] Yes!
♪ On your knees ♪
♪ Oh hear ♪
- ♪ The angels' voices ♪ - ♪ Hear the angels' voices ♪
♪ Oh night ♪
♪ Divine, oh night ♪
♪ When Christ was born ♪
- ♪ Oh night ♪ - [band] ♪ Oh night ♪
- ♪ Divine ♪ - ♪ Night ♪
♪ Oh night ♪
- ♪ Oh night divine ♪ - ♪ 'Twas a holy, 'twas a holy ♪
- ♪ Hey ♪ - ♪ 'Twas a holy, the night ♪
[band] ♪ That Christ was born, holy ♪
- ♪ Hey ♪ - ♪ 'Twas a holy night, 'twas a holy ♪
- [drums] - [band] ♪ The night when Christ was born ♪
[soloist crescendos] ♪ The king of kings ♪
- ♪ Lay lost in lonely manger ♪ - ♪ Lord of thrones ♪
♪ In all our trials ♪
- ♪ Born to be a prince - ♪ Oh fall on your knees ♪
- ♪ Oh hear the angels' voices ♪ - ♪ Hear the angels' voices ♪
- ♪ Oh night ♪ - ♪ Night ♪
♪ Divine! Oh night ♪
♪ Oh night divine ♪
♪ Oh night divine! ♪
[crowd clapping and cheering]
♪ Oh night ♪
- [man in crowd] Glory! Glory! - [Crowd cheering]
- ♪ Oh night divine ♪ - ♪ 'Twas a holy! 'Twas a holy night ♪
- ♪ Yeah! Oh Oh yeah! ♪ - ♪ 'Twas a holy! 'Twas a holy night ♪
[guitar solo]
- ♪ 'Twas a holy! 'Twas a holy night ♪ - ♪ Holy! ♪
- ♪ Holy Night ♪ - ♪ 'Twas a holy! 'Twas a holy night ♪
- ♪ What a holy! ♪
- [Chisom] You. See how you set me up. - Father Christmas, you're doing well.
[children] Merry Christmas!
Hey, Ivie.
- You were wonderful up there. - Thank you.
- Hey, Ivie! Fiyin! - Fiyin.
- Let's go. - Let's go. We're running late.
Looks like we're holding up the bride. You're still coming, right?
I'm not sure. It's Christmas day.
Please come. Please.
I'm so late. Yeah.
Yes, you serve the hors d'oeuvres as soon as the guests arrive in the hall.
- Put it in my room, please. - Fiyin.
I need the bride for 30 minutes.
Yes. Then you serve dinner as soon as the bride and groom arrive.
- Fiyin, I need to get your interview. - Not now, please. Please.
[Fiyin] 30 minutes. We got 30 minutes, guys.
Why are you outside?
- She sent us out. - Yeah.
Ah-ah! Mummy Fiyin, you're going to be late.
[Gbemi] They'll wait.
[in Yoruba] You're not even ready.
Am I the bride?
- [in English] We met at the... - Ikoyi club.
[sigh]
- He went to play tennis. - You...
You went to swim.
[both] It was love at first sight.
- He really was the big love of your life. - Mmh!
The biggest.
You know I often wonder if Elo is the big love of my life.
You love Elo like that?
I think so.
But he's going to propose to Yagazie.
Oh.
Oh, honey.
You do know that...
If he is the one,
you wouldn't have to wonder.
You'd know.
Come.
[sighs deeply]
[soft and slow piano tune playing]
♪ My sweet potato, I wanna tell you My mind I wanna tell you my mind oh ♪
♪ I no understand, I dey see well well But them say love is blind oh ♪
♪ You see as you dey so You're the love of my life ♪
♪ The love of my life ♪
♪ I cannot deny oh ♪
♪ I wanna make you my wife Wanna make you my wife oh ♪
♪ See, I never thought That I'd find someone like you ♪
- [sexy whistle] - ♪ That would capture my heart ♪
♪ And there's nothing I can do ♪
♪ I used to brag to my friends That I'd always be a player ♪
♪ But since I set my eyes on you ♪
♪ Omo you've made me fall in love ♪
- Please take care of her. - I promise.
♪ My friends dey ask me say eh ♪
♪ Oh boy what's the matter? Me I dey tell them say ♪
♪ You dey make my head scatter ♪
♪ I used to lie to myself ♪
♪ That I'll always be a player ♪
♪ But since I set my eyes on you ♪
♪ I'm in love ♪
♪ We suppose marry 'Cause you don make me fall in love oh ♪
♪ Fall in love oh ♪
♪ Fall in love ♪
♪ You don make me fall in love ♪
♪ I'm in love ♪
♪ Baby, you've made made me fall ♪
♪ I'm in love, I'm in love ♪
♪ You don make me fall in love ♪
♪ I'm in love! I'm in love with you ♪
This is everything.
They look so beautiful together.
[vicar] Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today
to join together this two people.
[singing in Yoruba]
- [whistling] - [lively drumbeats playing]
You look fantastic.
[Fiyin sings along]
Wow, this is a lot!
Well, I told Fiyin to plan our wedding and I guess
she planned her own dream wedding. [laughs]
- Indeed. - [laughing]
[lively music continues]
You'd make such a beautiful Igbo bride.
- I would, wouldn't I? - [Elo] Mm-hmm.
I even have my dance moves on lock.
- Oh yeah? Show me. - Mm-hmm.
[Ivie sings along]
- Auntie Fiyin! - What?
- Hors d'oeuvre. - [Fiyin, Ivie] What?
What is hors d'oeuvre?
- The hors d'oeuvre? - Yes, I know. It got in an accident.
- What did you say? - It had an accident.
Okay, come!
[comical music playing]
What happened?
[in French accent] He said to me, "No problem."
I sent the Hors d'oeuvre ahead of me
and they're supposed to be here maintenant
I just called my assistant
and she has informed me that they got into an accident.
[in Yoruba] Accident, how?
Okay. Can't we just send somebody to go get them?
No. They spilled all over the floor.
And before I could salvage anything...
How do you call these area boys?
They appeared and ate everything off the floor.
To the party.
C'est fini! [groans]
- Area boys ate... - Imagine everyone eating from the floor.
[in Yoruba] Auntie Flyin, what do we do?
I don't know.
See, can't you just make another batch? Right?
- [comic tune plays] - It took two days to prep the ingredients.
And one day to handcraft the hors d'oeuvres.
I cannot just make magic.
This is not small chops.
Small chops! Why can't we just make small chops?
[groans] Putain!
- [scoffs] Sorry. - Sorry.
Auntie Fiyin, I know a woman who makes small chops.
[in Yoruba] I know if we call her, she can come.
Are you sure she can get here in time? It's Christmas Day.
[in English] I know somebody that can bring her here quickly.
- [people cheering] - [afrobeat music playing]
[cheering continues]
[fireworks whistling]
[Chisom] Really? So, where is your sister?
[woman] Hey!
[in Pidgin] Won't you go find them there? [laughs]
[in English] Hey, my man. [chuckles]
- [in Pidgin] How's it going? - I am hungry, my guy.
- My guy, eat. Eat. - I got to.
[Chisom in English] Come, so...
[in Pidgin] Shouldn't you be at that party?
[in Pidgin] Is she looking for my type?
[in English] By this time next week, she'll be back in the UK.
She won't even remember me at all.
[in English] Why are you talking like this?
- Don't you know who you are? - [phone ringing]
Hello, Ladi, what's up?
Mmh?
I'll do it for you. No problem.
I'll do it for you.
- What's up? - Bro.
[in Pidgin] We're going to that party, my man.
[in Pidgin] Let's go. Don't even bother. We'll go.
[in Pidgin] I don't know what's...
[in Pidgin] Ladi called me to say...
["Egwu" by Chike ft. Mohbad playing]
Mmh!
Thanks for coming to the rescue.
A wedding without small chops is an atrocity.
That's what I said!
So, London girl.
Can you dance?
Oh.
Okay.
Can you keep up?
["Egwu" by Chike ft. Mohbad continues]
[in Pidgin] So, after saving the day, you can't even kiss me.
[huffs] Guy, my bride price is more expensive than small chops oh.
Really? [mouths] You're very expensive, Ladi.
Of course.
["Egwu" by Chike ft. Mohbad continues]
One second.
You know she's not leaving you, right?
But she is.
And I'm happy for her.
I am.
They're perfect together.
But I just can't shake the feeling that I'm all alone now.
Ivie is going back to London.
Heck, even Ladi will probably marry that guy.
And then you.
You're leaving me too.
[melancholic music playing]
Fiyin,
I'll never leave you.
You're my best friend.
See, that's just it, though.
Elo, I've been trying to tell you since you landed.
I don't just want be your best friend.
Elo, I love you.
I think I've loved you since we were five years old
and you used to let me eat your school lunch.
So, no.
I don't just want to be your best friend,
I want to be the woman you want to spend the rest of your life with.
Fiyin, like...
[glass clatter]
Yaga...
Yagazie!
Babe...
[Yagazie heaves]
Babe, I know this sounds cliché, but that was not what you think.
You're saying I didn't see Fiyin kiss you?
- Yes, she did, but I didn't... - But nothing Elo.
Since you arrived, Fiyin has all but screamed at the top of her lungs
that she's in love with you and wants to fight for you.
But you've acted oblivious to it.
And I didn't want to be the insecure girlfriend.
I'm not going to put myself in this situation,
wondering if I'm your transition
till you realize you've been in love with your best friend all along.
I'm not.
Just leave me out of it.
That was a messed up thing to do.
[Elo] Babe...
Babe, please. Babe.
[melancholic music darkens]
Elo, I'm so sorry.
You're so fucking selfish.
[sentimental music playing]
For years, I was in love with you.
And I told you.
But you chose Nasir, and even though it broke me,
I still managed to remain your friend. Your friend!
Through all the years, you were dating that jackass.
So what? He breaks up with you and you realize you're in love with me?
- Elo, it's not like that. I... - No. No, you...
You need to figure out how to be happy on your own.
Because I'm not your life raft.
And while I love you,
it's Yagazie I want to spend the rest of my life with.
Somehow, you managed to mess that up.
[yells] Where's my fucking car?
[engine revving]
[sentimental music crescendos]
[music fades]
I really messed things up, didn't I?
Yeah, you did.
I don't even know what to do.
Put on your big girl pants and fix it.
But how?
They both hate me right now.
- Well, you have to go and see Yagazie. - Huh?
- She'll kill me. - [chuckles]
- She'd be well within her right. - Hey...
You have to make this right, Fiyin.
Elo deserves that much.
But you are the one that told me to be honest with him about my feelings.
I didn't ask you to kiss him,
and in front of his girlfriend, no less.
I was moving with the spirit.
I cast and bind that spirit.
And Elo?
You have to go and see Elo first.
[sighs]
[Fiyin] Elo.
Please.
Why are you wasting your time?
They've already been paid, so...
Elo, please give me a chance to make this right.
She won't even talk to me.
I don't know how you plan to make this right.
I've taken her name to my voodoo man.
Elo, I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry, too.
I said some really cruel things that I didn't mean. I...
I was just angry.
- I deserved it. - No, you didn't.
If this was years ago, I would've been the one trying to stop your wedding.
- So you're lucky. - [Fiyin laughs]
Our friendship...
Our story has been so long and complex.
Everyone's been telling us were supposed to be together since we were kids.
I just thought we would end up together after we were done
- sowing our wild oats, alright? - That's what I said.
[Elo sighs]
[sentimental music playing]
But I fell in love, Fiyin.
I see that now.
And I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I didn't give us a chance to mourn the dream of us,
of what could have been.
Can I ask you a question?
Why did you keep Yagazie a secret from me?
I mean, it hurt to just find out like that in the car.
If I'm being honest,
I knew what me and Yagazie had was special from the jump.
A part of me wanted to protect that.
I just wanted us to be able to figure each other out
without anyone's thoughts or voices in my head.
You know.
You really do love her.
Well, yeah. That's why I wanna marry her.
Give me a chance to make this right.
Mmh?
Your sister said I could find you here.
You're the last person I want to see.
Yagazie, I'm sorry.
Look, you have no reason to listen to me, but please.
- For Elo. - [Yagazie scoffs]
Well, sit then.
There's no excuse for what I did.
It's just... I've just been going through the worst year.
My boyfriend ended our five-year relationship
a few months ago and...
I think that instead of taking the time to heal,
I just wanted to feel chosen by somebody.
By my best friend.
And so when Elo said that he wanted to propose to you...
Wait, Elo wants to propose?
Yeah.
We've actually been planning it since he arrived.
And you still kissed him!
Yagazie, I'm sorry.
Look, Elo is crazy in love with you.
He told me how you saved each other after your parents and his sister.
It's you he loves.
It's you he wants to be his wife.
It's you he wants to spend the rest his life with.
And so if you could just look past the actions of his crazy deluded friend...
- Yeah, you're a little crazy. - [chuckles]
If you can somehow figure out a way to forgive me...
[sighs]
[gentle music playing]
Do you think she's still gonna come?
I'm sure she will.
I think.
I was really convincing.
Yeah, but what if she forgives you and not me?
- Another angle... - [Elo] Ivie!
Sorry, I'm just joking.
Of course she's gonna... Oh, there she is.
[sighs]
Let love write you another story
that twists and turns towards an undeniable truth.
It was always you.
It was always your own heart,
beating itself loose from the cage of your own fears.
In the wilderness of your searching,
answer the call of the butterflies in your belly.
They have always known
how one end
blooms into a glorious beginning.
[violin continues playing]
Yagazie,
- I love you. - I love you too.
Will you marry me?
Yes.
[violin continues playing]
- You don't have to cry. - No, I won't.
["O Come All Ye Faithful" instrumentals playing]
[Toye laughs]
Morning!
[in Yoruba] My wife.
[vicar] New Year's Eve.
[inaudible chatters]
[vicar] It means different things to each of us.
[vicar] But for all of us,
[vicar] it's a chance for new beginnings,
[vicar] new hope,
[vicar] a clean slate from which to start again.
["O Come All Ye Faithful" continues]
So when that ten-second countdown begins,
I want you to look back at all the things in your life that you're grateful for.
And then look forward to all the opportunities
that life has given you to start again.
Ten...
[all] Nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two...
- [cheering] - One. Happy New Year!
[vicar] Happy New Year!
- [in Igbo] My sweet mother. - [congregant] Happy New Year!
[Ivie exclaims]
Happy New Year, London girl.
Happy New Year, Lagos boy.
[upbeat music]
So,
am I going to see you again?
Maybe if you come to play in London.
Maybe.
- [Elo] Fiyin-to-the... - [Fiyin] Elo...
- Fiyin to the... - Elo!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Filos!
Still so cringe.
Hey, it's 2025, people!
[all] It's 2025!
Happy New Year, Fiyinfoluwa.
[afrobeat music plays]