Blood & Water- Season 2, A Review

The truth will surface.

Blood & Water Season 1 Review.

The second season of Blood & Water picks up a few weeks after the first ended, with Puleng (Amamkele Qamata) having revealed to Fiks (Khosi Ngema) that she suspects they are sisters. Fiks is yet to reapond to the bombshell and is still trying to process everything before she makes a move. Puleng is eager to submit a DNA test and confirm everything legally but Fiks is less than eager, not wanting her entire family world to blow up. In response, Fiks takes out a restraining order against Puleng, wanting to forget any of it ever happened. Puleng however is more determined than ever and continues hunting for proof.

Meanwhile new student at Parkhurst High Sam (Leroy Siyafa) creates drama when he becomes interested in Fiks, who is more than happy to take her mind off everything that is happening. KB (Thabang Molaba) feels like Pukeng is hiding something from him whilst also trying to build up his music career. Reece (Greteli Fincham) begins a lucrative drug business to help save her addicted Mother which becomes complicated when others begin to get involved. Chris (Arno Greef) and Wendy (Natasha Thahane) are forced to team up on a school project, creating friction and Wade (Dillon Windvogel) becomes conflicted over helping Puleng or spending time with new girlfriend Tahira (Mekaila Mathys).

I love how drama filled this show is and watching season 2 made me realise how much I’d missed the storylines. The baby kidnapping ring and mystery of Fiks’ identity makes for such a gripping watch and it’s the kimd of mystery that gets better and better with every episode. Puleng really is giving it her all, interviewing suspects, tracking down evidence and sending off DNA tests all within school hours, she makes a brilliant investigator. I just love the writing in this series, it easily matches up with other teen drama greats such as Elite and Pretty Little Liars.

It was so satisying to finally get the truth behind the Phume mystery, even though we’re only on the second season it feels like we’ve waiting forever. To finally get an official confirmation felt so good, it was a well earned reveal for both Puleng and the audience. With the reveal obviously came a lot more questions (which I hope we get answers to) but it was nice to learn the truth that Puleng has heen searching for, it just felt so satisfying.

Sam and Janet (Zikhona Sodlaka) were both great additions to the cast and I liked how they played into the main mystery. As the school counsellor Janet had the ability to really connect to Puleng and Fils, making it easier for her to manipulate them when needed. It was made clear that she knew more than she was letting on and I really enjoyed watching her interactions with the students, knowing that she was up to something but not knowing exactly what.

I liked how we went a lot deeper into character’s home lives this season, in particular Chris and Reece. Reece was pretty much a mystery in the first season and we knew next to nothing about her so I liked learning more about her family and how she isn’t as rich as she seems, it made me like her character a lot more. Chris was also made to be a lot more sympathetic with the reveal that his parents are never around, it certianly explains a lot, and I liked how we got to learn more about these characters.

In the midst of all of the drama surrounding Puleng and Fiks, I really enjoyed the school dance storyline and how we got some comedy among the mystery. Seeing Wendy and Chris forced to work together was hilarious and we also got the tie in to Reece’s drug dealing problems. A lot of Blood & Water’s selling point rests on the missing sister storyline but these characters are still high school kids so it’s nice that they still get to be high school kids. It was refreshing to just see the cast have fun planning the dance, seeing Chris and Wendy clash and getting to see the pay off at the end.

Overall I really enjoyed the second season of Blood & Water. I really had forgotten how much I love this show, it’s so packed with drama and intriuge, a real teen drama great. I loved finally getting some answers to the central mystery (as well as many more questions) and I enjoyed the ongoing storylines. Character development was also great this season and we got some interesting new additions to the cast. A massivsly enjoyable season, I really hope the show gets renewed.