Before Tomorrow Comes

Nancy's mother prays for a wealthy son-in-law to rescue her daughter from the poverty she endured as a wife. Jidenna cares for his brother Lotanna who uses a wheelchair after a brain injury and vents to him about a woman who ghosted him for six months then accused him of ignoring her. Lost on a Lagos street Jidenna asks Nancy for directions and they exchange numbers. Nancy tells her mother about the stranger but her mother condemns the match because Jidenna was on foot and threatens to drive him away with hot water. The mother instantly reverses course when Jidenna arrives in a Lexus and welcomes him as her future in-law and plots to kill a chicken in his honour. Nancy and Jidena discover they both studied engineering and share a deep connection. The mother pushes for immediate marriage and gifts Nancy a catapult pant for their date and overwhelms the couple with prayers. Jidenna proposes and Nancy accepts. When the mother visits their home, she is awestruck by the wealth but turns critical and insults Lotanna as a limited liability and accuses Nancy of acting like a housemaid by caring for him. Meanwhile Lotanna's caregiver Nonye secretly attends classes, and Nancy convinces Jidena to cover for her. Latunde and Naya manage a romance complicated by Latunde's disability. A nurse in a pink uniform is accused of faking love for Lotanna for money leading to a confrontation where she defends her feelings with a diary chronicling their story. Nancy's mother distressed by the household dynamics suffers a medical emergency and collapses clutching her chest. As Lotanna struggles to call for help he moves his paralyzed hand in a breakthrough witnessed by the family. In the aftermath Nancy's mother apologizes to Lotanna for her cruel words and acknowledges her past wounds projected onto him. The nurse's accuser a woman in an orange dress confesses she manipulated the situation and begs forgiveness.