Die Sonkring
Season 1
TV-G
Drama series about a woman who seems to bring tragedy and misfortune to those close to her. At the end of their matric year, three school friends - Maryna, Karen and Dina - visit a fortuneteller. What starts as good fun takes an ominous turn when the seer fortells tragedy in all three their lives - and all caused by Maryna, "the dark one". While Dina doesn't hold much stock to the prophecy, it threatens to ruin Maryna's friendship with Karen. In the years that follow, it indeed seems that misfortune surrounds Maryna as her and her friends' lives are beset by accidents, suicide, betrayal, revenge and even murder. There is also a good dose political intrigue as Maryna's husband (Karen's former fiancé Neil MacDonald) gets involved with the influential and corrupt steel magnate Alwyn Dressler. In the second series, Maryna goes to jail after taking revenge on Dressler for Neil's death. Will she ever escape the fortune teller's prophecy and will she find love and happiness?
Where to Watch Die Sonkring • Season 1
15 Episodes
- Episode 1E1
Episode 1Three high school friends visit a fortuneteller. There's Karen Hattingh, from a well-off family; Dina, whose father works for the railways; and Maryna du Plessis, whose father is their unreasonably strict maths teacher. The fortuneteller warns Dina and Karen of the "dark woman" who will bring sorrow to their lives. When it's Maryna's turn to see her, the seer recognises the young girl as the very same "dark woman" and tells Maryna that her life will be full of misfortune and tragedy. The prophecy upsets Karen a great deall - Episode 14E14
Episode 14Neil and Maryna have been blissfully married for three years - but the foretuneteller's words still have to claim its last victim. Maryna's father is released and moves in with them. Neil goes to Cape Town, where Karen tries to seduce him. She doesn't succeed, but manages to plant fake evidence of an "affair" between her and Neil in his luggage.