New show written and produced by some of the people behind Homeland (Gideon Raff, Howard Gordon). First season will be 10 episodes.
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The main character Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed is from the fictional country of Baladi. He has been living in self-selected exile in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years. While the show is filmed throughout various cities in Israel such as Kfar Saba, Petakh Tikva, and Tel Aviv, [5] the fictional Arab country of "Baladi" is deliberately compiled from mixed elements of a few different actual countries, in order not appear to simulate a particular nation or situation. The producers of the series have also said that no particular sects or clans will be named while relating details. Executive producer Howard Gordon stated, "We do want to stay away from reality and yet hew to it as long as sort of it feels emotionally correct and culturally correct. I think we’re going to try to stay away from names as much as possible."
Gotta say the show is growing on me. Liked the different pace of that last episode and even the "family issues" were actually pretty intense this time around. Also, really, really liked Sheikh Rashid, or rather the way he was portrayed by Mohammed Bakri. He's got a powerful voice and real charisma - something you don't see on TV all that often. If they can keep it up, Tyrant may actually turn out to be one of my favourites this year.
I feel the same about this show. It started kinda weak but definitely had potential and ep 5-6 were great, just watched both. Jamal is the character that keeps me watching this, tho the acting of that actor seem to be over the top sometimes you just cant deny that he did great job portraying that madman who changes his mood from peacefull to killing mode in the blink of an eye.
Well, the 7th one was even more powerful Very, very good stuff. Jamal is just friggin fantastic. Adam Rayner, on the other hand, feels like a miscast, which is one of the very few problems I have with the show. Bassam is not badly written, his role in the story is quite intense, but on the screen he just often comes off... kinda bland Possibly because of direct comparision with his on-screen brother. The other character I'm not overly fond of is Jamal's wife. There's just too much emphasis on her view on the country and Al-Fayeed's role in it, which makes her seem two dimmensional. All in all, though, it's a very good show. I can't wait to see how they close the season in three eps.
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but other than that it was good.
a princess and the thief of Bagdad 
Possibly because of direct comparision with his on-screen brother. The other character I'm not overly fond of is Jamal's wife. There's just too much emphasis on her view on the country and Al-Fayeed's role in it, which makes her seem two dimmensional. All in all, though, it's a very good show. I can't wait to see how they close the season in three eps.
