To Kill a Monkey
Season 1
Created by: Kemi Adetiba
Network: Netflix
Season aired: 2025-07-18
Overview
Efemini, a down-on-his-luck everyman whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with an old friend. Forced by circumstance to suppress his principles and explore a life of cybercrime, he finds himself making ever-greater moral compromises to stay ahead of the consequences of his new choices and broadening tastes.
About This Season
Enticed into the lucrative world of cybercrime, a struggling father faces a moral minefield where every choice leads him to greater compromises.
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Episodes · 8
In The Beginning
Debt-ridden and struggling to support his family in Lagos, Efe bumps into an old friend who offers an alluring – but risky – solution.
Hand of Friendship
Oboz shows Efe his hidden business and offers him a top position. Wary of involvement in anything illegal, Efe searches for other employment.
Four Years Later
After a terrifying incident at a birthday party for Efe's kids, Oboz decides to take revenge against the person responsible.
Pay Your Tax
Efe's daughter Susu remains at risk, while Inspector Mo asks to be lead investigator in a high-profile cybercrime case.
House of Cards
When Efe confronts Oboz, they get into a heated – and public – argument. Inspector Mo continues her investigation into Efe's past.
Pour Petrol on Fire
As the feud with Teacher's gang grows more violent and the police investigation continues, Efe and Oboz struggle to maintain a united front.
A Chilling Ultimatum
Mo faces sanctions after her mishandling of the case, while Oboz contemplates a drastic solution. Teacher gives Efe an impossible ultimatum.
Who Wins at the End?
Under growing pressure from police, gangsters and his own family, Efe must make critical decisions about who to trust and where his loyalties truly lie.
