Fatal Seduction

Dark Desire (TV series) the year 2000 is a Mexican thriller drama, Alma (Maite Perroni) is a law school professor. She is married to Leonardo (Jorge Poza), a judge who has kept much from her. They are parents of Zoe (Regina Pavón). In this context, Darío (Alejandro Speitzer) and Esteban (Erik Hayser), a police officer, also come into play.

Good actor and actress Fatal Seduction is a South African drama television series is great. Professor Nandi Mahlati is no longer comfortable in her marriage to respected judge Leonard Mahlati, who blames her for her child's miscarriage. Also, she thinks Leonard is cheating on her with his assistant Ameera. Together with her friend Brenda Grootboom, Nandi takes a weekend trip away from home. There the women meet the young Jacob Tau, who is spending the night with Nandi. It is a unique experience for her, she returns to her husband and daughter Zinhle. A little later, Jacob shows up at a university lecture given by Nandi. She tries to suppress her feelings and passion, but begins a secret and passionate affair with Jacob. Over time, Nandi realizes that her husband is not having an affair, but is just making preparations for the wedding day. She ends the affair with Jacob. However, he reacts aggressively and turns up at her family's house to apply for an internship with Leonard.

Apart from being a copy of another show, this show is quite interesting; with a promising story line this show does keep you intrigued to the very end. The acting is not so good but the story is interesting. A good watch if you are bored and want to watch something suspenseful. This show has its good moments but at a certain point it seems getting a bit stretched to its climax. Ending episodes are slow and a bit boring where the end can easily be anticipated. Watch this show for its story and nothing else. Acting is not good but the story is interesting. Since it has only one season so it can be watched in just one day.

If you're a fan of erotic stories my best advise is a go watch DARK DESIRE. WHY? Because this story is a South African rip off from the Spanish series. Basically speaking the creative department and the Head writers were so lazy that they copied each scene and even the character names from the Spanish series.

The actors are nice. However the story is not authentic from South Africa.

Having watched other series from Mzansi I can tell you this is totally shameless and lazy copying of OSCURO DESEO (dark desire).

If you don't want rip off TV shows stay away from this show. The show has not even gone deep to research on real issues.

I give it 1 out of 10 because there's no 0 otherwise I'd have given it quickly without thinking twice.

DO NOT WATCH IT. I RECOMMEND BLOOD AND WATER another well researched show from the same country.

It is quite clear after having watched the first few episodes that there is a bright future for African productions. The creators, producers, and production designers have done an awesome job in showing us some of the most beautiful locations of South Africa. And this is how a country, or a region should be portrayed for the entire globe to see. What impressed me the most was the series' cinematography, which surprisingly is comparable to many successful Hollywood movies, and shows. The story is delicately brought out, the presentation creative, and the actor's performances, many of which showcase Africa's talent, will make the average viewers curious enough to discover what Africa has to bring to the table. As far as critics go, I believe they are being a bit tough on this. After all, Fatal Seduction is directly inspired by Dark Desire, a Mexican erotic thriller that has according to critics missed the mark for two consecutive seasons. If this South African production turned out to be a masterpiece, it would have been an astounding and outstanding project. So, watch this for what it truly is; that is, a ateamy series, a complete, comprehensive and beautifully told story, pure entertainment, the portrayal of black culture, and most importantly the revelation of what most love stories have gone and continues to go through since the beginning of time.

This series won't win any prizes apart from maybe for the juicy love scenes. And there are lots of those. The acting is hammy, the pace slow and the plot & twists are not amazing. You could probably skip the first episode and still know exactly what is going on, it's that straight forward. But I did enjoy it as a sort of guilty pleasure and binged it in an evening. There are some amazing scenes of Cape Town and I liked the short episodes, and watching stunning looking characters make a soap-opera type mess of their lives. The end of season cliffhanger is not bad. Will it bring me back for more? Probably!