Zach's story is your archetypical rural-urban story: migrated to Nairobi from the village, walking for miles  to fetch water along the river  while cutting through thin paths that cut through tall elephant grass, fetching firewood and reading under a flimsy light source that shook at the slightest hint of wind, even breath.
In the series, Zach flourishes against all these odds. His academics land him a scholarship and fast forward, to a well-paying job as an investment consultant in the city, quite basic if you asked me. Right?
Not yet! You have not heard the core of it.
Zach, the guy around which the show is built gets some good money a nice home and marries the love of his life, Toni (played by Diana Mulwa). Everything seems to be going well until it is not. In an unexpected turn of events, Zach's elder brother, Alphonse, dies. Zach is forced by traditions to inherit his brother's wife, Damaris. Despite Zach's adamant refusal, his mother Fiona (played by Monica Wairimu), being the trustee of a family fortune that run to an upward of 80 million uses this to strong-arm Zach into marrying Damaris (His late brother's wife).
So our guy Zach is stuck with two ladies, talk of a "situationship." From here on out Zach life has become a balancing act. His first wife Toni dislikes Damaris' village ways and on the flip-side Damaris low-key thinks of Toni as proud and arrogant. Zach still doing his balancing act finds himself starting to like Damaris since she is easier and less dramatic compared to Toni her fast wife, here peaceful and chilled nature coupled up with the veneer of many shared village experiences they had growing up together they somewhat formed a tight bond between them. On the other hand, Zach still loves Toni and is not willing to let her go especially given her very entrepreneurial mind that has helped them develop and grow financially. So our guy finds himself with two wives.
On many episodes, the film revolves around the constant clashes between his two wives, a house that has become a boiling pot of oestrogen, jealous and competition at its basest levels. On one episode, Damaris who is broke tries to extort money from Toni, she makes her breakfast first and comes out as too-good-to-be-true and when she finally pops the question Toni runs out crying that Damaris is trying to extort her. Toni then leaves for work leaving Damaris to find a more genius way to get the money. She then uses makeup and pretends to be beaten up by Toni and calls the police on Toni in the hope that the police will help her extort the money from her. Such is the drama that now reigns in Zach's home.
The show that airs on Monday night at KTN from 8:00 p.m is nothing short of a masterpiece, the twist in the plot that led to Zach's 'situationship' is nothing short of pure genius however the flair of the show changed to continuous drama among this two wives, its not a bad thing but it is just not as int as it was at the beginning. The show opens up multiple positions and opportunities for different and varying supporting casts from friends to Zach and friends of his two wives name it, this creates a good pool of actor and in turn, helps build great talent base and exposure. The production quality, the intro and the sound on this show are phenomenal, especially the sound. The locations chosen on this show are also well done; the show is not caged to a room, it allows for the cast to shoot in different locations and therefore breaks the monotony of having an entire show done indoors like many other shows on local TV.
The storyline also promises continuity, in that we do not know what may happen next but we are sure something will happen, which is a good thing. it keeps us on the edge of our sits.
That is My Two Wives for you
How about you start watching this riveting drama series from next Monday? Now that you have all that you need to know!

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