As someone who is all about being financially independent, especially a lady, this is why The Smart Money Woman should be your next go-to series.
With its second season blessing our screen recently, The Smart Money Woman written by Arese Ugwu tells the story of five friends and how they navigate their financial struggles, having to cope with their romantic relationships, investments, immediate family and the pressure that the society puts on them as women.
Five characters Zuri, Tami, Lara, Adesuwa and Ladun, embodied by prominent actresses, Osas Ighodaro, Ini Dima-Okojie, Toni Tones, Kemi “Lala” Akindoju and Eno Ebenezer. These characters portray how well a woman should be in control of her life.
Working in prominent industries in the workforce, they find themselves setting the standard. Apart from making money and learning how best to spend it, there is a strong bond, a display of friendship and the iconic “women supporting women.”
In season one of this series, we see these women failing seriously, falling apart, and succumbing to the pressures of their addictions, family and relationships but with the romantic relationship thriving between Zuri and Tsola a character played by Eso Dike, there arose a significant change of taking charge and that meant cutting down on acquiring liabilities but investing in assets.
They sure picked themselves up, but life always has a way of putting trouble at their doorsteps.
With season 2, Ladun is gone to Canada, and we only get to know about her in the conversations that the others have.
Now, apart from financial stability, the women seek different things. For Lara, it is good health for her mother whom she eventually loses, and she loses her job also. It felt like she hit rock bottom having herself back in the labour market but with the help of friends, she is pulled up.
For Adesuwa, it is paying off the debt incurred by her estranged husband and even though she might have thought that they would reconcile, she realises later that she deserves more than he gives her and seeks a divorce.
For Tami, since her dad had decided not to fund her fashion business requesting that she make use of her academic certificate instead of chasing her hobby, she seeks other opportunities to get funds and make a name for her fashion brand globally. She also gets down to defining her relationship with Bobby which for me is long overdue.
Zuri’s mother is made to believe that some spiritual forces are the ones stopping her daughter from settling down not knowing that it's work. Her mum would go to any extent to pay a particular spiritual leader to intercede on her behalf while Zuri struggles with work, her ex’s family and holding her relationship with Tsola together.
The happy ending is seeing Tsola pop the long-awaited question to Zuri and the series ends with the ring sitting pretty on her finger as her friends admire it.
If there is one thing that stood out for me in season two, it is the idea that getting rich isn't a solo journey and that it can be accomplished with other people.
Here is where I say, watch, enjoy and tune in for other movie reviews.
Author: Adedoyin Ann Adedeji
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