Episode 1
Forty-four-year old Samantha Hugo emerges from prison, determined to reunite with her long-lost children, 24-year-old Miranda, 21-year-old Liam and 11-year-old Caitlyn, but her efforts are unexpectedly sabotaged.
Eight years before, someone is spying on the Hugo family.
Episode 2
Sam is excited to hear Liam is returning from Cape Town, but their encounter has an unexpected outcome.
Sam demands a meeting with Caitlyn, but behind the scenes Megan is a puppet master at work to keep Caitlyn for herself.
Episode 3
When Sam follows Liam into the Jo'burg CBD, she discovers her son is in the clutches of a drug dealer, and she must rely on the skills she learnt in prison to try and save him.
Episode 4
Charlotte and Sam have a huge fight over something Charlotte had given the pesky tabloid journalist, and Jason makes a disturbing declaration.
Sam sees something on the news that turns her world upside down.
Episode 5
Sam is on a mission to uncover the truth behind the news-clip she saw and confronts the three people who are the most likely to have answers.
Liam has a nightmare about something he witnessed as a boy.
Sam gatecrashes her daughter's wedding when she uncovers who benefitted most from Adrian's death.
Episode 6
Sam corners the tabloid journo when she makes the front page with a story that enrages her family.
While Miranda is on honeymoon she is shocked to discover Brian's double life.
Sam drowns her sorrows in a seedy hotel. What about her parole?
Episode 7
Sam must kidnap her daughter from a bully and makes good on an ominous warning she recently gave him.
Lesedi hears her parents in conflict over her dad's involvement in the death of Liam's father.
As Liam works through withdrawal symptoms, his memory about the night of his father's funeral starts to return.
Episode 8
Sam confronts Sifiso, but he is unable to reveal the missing link. Only when she sees the police report, the puzzle pieces fall into place.
Armed with the information she was looking for, Sam asks Bonolo to help her get a 4x4 and a gun.
Meanwhile, Miranda discovers a disturbing secret about someone she has known all her life.
Meg teams up with Brian to get rid of Sam.
Episode 9
Sam finds the proof of what she was looking for, but bringing it back to Jo'burg is easier said than done.
Moreover, back home a deadly surprise is waiting for her.
Episode 10
A family court case takes place in a high-rise hotel in Sandton, bringing a man face to face with his past. Samantha as prosecutor and judge, delivers her sentence.
Meanwhile, Caitlyn is trapped in a smoke-filled room and Sam has déjà vu, remembering her toddler's curtains on fire eight years before.
As Sam rushes to save her daughter, the man she sentenced ends up on the roof, facing a gun in the hand of her outraged, traumatised son.