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7de Laan Latest Episode Review and Teaser for 5 July 2018

Rickus’ jealousy grew deeper while a surprise team stole the Quiz Night crown

The latest episode of 7de Laan saw Rickus’s jealousy over Willem and Chris’ friendship deepen. Meanwhile, Jacob’s quiz team excelled at pop culture questions leading them to a surprise victory.

Episode overview

Vanessa and Bonita promised to be loyal to one another as a means to combat Xander’s cruelty.

Willem and Amorey made peace with each other’s faults and promised to work on their communication.

Matrone and Hilda prepared their respective teams for the quiz night.

Vanessa and Justin agreed to remain friends for the time being. Justin offered to stay far away from her and Karmen, but Vanessa refused to let Xander ruin their closeness.

Rickus turned down an offer from Chris to play a round of golf. However, when Rickus found out that Willem would be going in his place, he grew jealous.

Marko set up for the quiz night. Both Matrone and Hilda’s teams streamed in beaming with confidence. That is until Matrone discovered that there would be a third competing team – Jacob’s side made up of Olivia, Nozi, Ben and Aggie.

Jacob’s team trailed behind on the score board until the last round of questions. They aced the final round of popular culture questions and took the win with a point to spare.

Justin confronted Bonita about her past evil doings against Vanessa. Bonita dismissed him quickly though.

Later, Vince was caught in the crossfire between Justin and Xander who argued in Beleef.

Vanessa tried to re-introduce Karmen to Bonita, but the little girl was afraid and ran back to her bedroom.

You can watch the full episode below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b5RG_wG_q0

Technical analysis

The tone of this episode was fun and familiar as the character situations presented were typical of the 7de Laan brand. While majority of the action was centred around the jovial quiz night storyline, the inclusion of darker tones admitted by Bonita, Xander and Justin balanced out the sweetness. Although this formula may be dated, it still works well for this show in particular.

Teaser for 5 July 2018

Rickus feels neglected by Chris. Vanessa is starting to second guess herself.

Tarryn Jameson
t.jameson@politicalanalysis.co.za