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Y'know, I couldn't quite place my finger on it before, but after watching the show's intro last night, it's like an Arabic version of the videotape from The Ring. You watch it, and then seven days later, Barry's family shows up where you live and makes you contemplate suicide.
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I enjoyed last night's episode. Jamal is acting like the alpha he is, and I hope that Bassam comes out and acts similarly. I really want Tariq to die a gruesome death. I am sure a military coup is in the future,
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Jul 30, 2014 14:17
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The uncle reminds me of Strax from Doctor Who in always suggesting using violence to solve every problem.
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Jul 30, 2014 17:45
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Is Jamal's new galpal the American ambassador's wife?
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Jul 30, 2014 18:56
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Haha they've totally written the kids out of the show. This is great. 
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Jul 30, 2014 20:33
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Xoidanor posted:Haha they've totally written the kids out of the show. This is great. I expect the son being gay will come up again (if just to be used to blackmail/hurt barry), and they'll probably get some more scenes, but yeah I'm satisfied with them being a minor issue. That said the brothers basically deserves a palace coup at this point by Tariq, you don't repeatedly piss on the guy with all the guns.
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Jul 31, 2014 01:01
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I swear Jamal is like a character transported out of some other more interesting, better written show. He's just far and away more entertaining and complex than anyone else and it's awesome to have episodes that are pretty much entirely focused around him. It's really a shame about basically everyone else.
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Jul 31, 2014 09:56
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Jamal is cool because he's like "gently caress it, I'm going to wear my black jumpsuit all the time now".
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Jul 31, 2014 12:51
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I love how Jamal was all "gently caress it, can't beat me in an election if you're *dead* old man" and the preview reveals that the old man survived. I was actually kind of hoping for the old man to choke to death and die in the bathroom and some controversy over Jamal being blamed for killing him in the bathroom, but that probably would have been to subtle. Also, Moran Atias keeps reminding me of Monica Belluci when she talks. I cracked up at the delivery of "I'm so happy for the both of you."
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Jul 31, 2014 15:28
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I completely caught up with the show -- I'm not quite sure why. Not seeing the kids for like three episodes was pretty great though.
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Aug 4, 2014 21:19
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I expected that Tariq was the one that bombed the barracks. I did not expect that it was also Tariq that gassed the sheik.
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Aug 6, 2014 03:31
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I guess being comically oblivious runs in Molly's family. E: Yeah right Barry, like public intoxication laws apply to you. Baronash fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Aug 6, 2014 |
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Aug 6, 2014 03:32
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Does anybody else think Alexander Siddig would have been perfect as Barry?
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Aug 6, 2014 04:07
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So now Barry's come around to murdering people and planning a coup against his brother? 
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Aug 6, 2014 04:59
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Paul Kersey posted:Does anybody else think Alexander Siddig would have been perfect as Barry? He probably didn't want to water down his phenomenal performance in Syriana by bothering with this bullshit.
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Aug 6, 2014 06:17
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Paul Kersey posted:Does anybody else think Alexander Siddig would have been perfect as Barry? He was too busy getting a sweet role on Game of Thrones.
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Aug 6, 2014 06:18
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poo poo just got real.
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Aug 6, 2014 07:09
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i'm having impure thoughts about Jamal's wife, hot drat.
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Aug 6, 2014 08:08
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I really like how the show developed, but why did they have to introduce "slutty, alternative, crazy sister-in-law"? I had hoped the first time we see the kids again is when uncle Tariq holds them hostage to prevent Bassam from making peace. I just fear that Jamal will go for her now that his whore/girlfriend (was she a whore? how did a blonde 20 something get into that country?) is dead.
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Aug 6, 2014 10:42
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GaussianCopula posted:I really like how the show developed, but why did they have to introduce "slutty, alternative, crazy sister-in-law"? Can't wait to see how much trouble she gets in to! Maybe she'll become Jamal's In-Palace White gently caress Buddy! Oh the drama!
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Aug 6, 2014 17:39
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Why did he kill his whore/gently caress buddy/whatever? I guess I wasn't paying enough attention to figure that out. He was giving her that dumb necklace he made and asking her to go to the Maldives, then he killed her. Also I hope new sister dies soon.
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Crusty Nutsack posted:Why did he kill his whore/gently caress buddy/whatever? I guess I wasn't paying enough attention to figure that out. He was giving her that dumb necklace he made and asking her to go to the Maldives, then he killed her. He changed his mind when he realized he had been bailed out.
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Xoidanor posted:He changed his mind when he realized he had been bailed out. Couldn't he just have said "yeah nevermind no Maldives?" I guess that wouldn't have been tyranty enough.
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Aug 6, 2014 17:58
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Probably didn't want her around after her seeing him show weakness.
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Aug 6, 2014 18:03
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GaussianCopula posted:I really like how the show developed, but why did they have to introduce "slutty, alternative, crazy sister-in-law"? The Middle East needed a lite version of Janice Soprano.
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Crusty Nutsack posted:Why did he kill his whore/gently caress buddy/whatever? I guess I wasn't paying enough attention to figure that out. He was giving her that dumb necklace he made and asking her to go to the Maldives, then he killed her. He told her he didn't want to be President and wanted her to run away with him. Which was fine until circumstances changed and he didn't have to go anywhere and holy poo poo this lady can't know these things I was thinking. Kill
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Dead Snoopy posted:The Middle East needed a lite version of Janice Soprano.
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Aug 6, 2014 20:58
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GaussianCopula posted:I really like how the show developed, but why did they have to introduce "slutty, alternative, crazy sister-in-law"? She has a better agent than the kids' actors so they couldn't cut all her scenes?
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Aug 7, 2014 00:08
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The sister-in-law could turn out alright, but of all the episodes that have aired so far, this seems like the worst one to bring in a new character. It's just strange to watch Barry go through this serious emotional turmoil only to have it tempered by the appearance of the resident family fuckup.
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Aug 7, 2014 00:14
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It didn't help that the sister-in-law was introduced via the annoying kids returning whom we had all hoped had gone away
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Fateo McMurray posted:He told her he didn't want to be President and wanted her to run away with him. Which was fine until circumstances changed and he didn't have to go anywhere and holy poo poo this lady can't know these things I was thinking. Kill Well, she was still wearing his necklace from the last time he says he can remember being truly happy. By killing her while she was wearing the necklace, right after she talked about dreaming of being at the Maldives, he's trying to kill that memory. Because Jamal is literally broken and insane, but he loves Bassam and firmly believed his speech at his dad's funeral ("without family, you are nothing").
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Aug 8, 2014 15:44
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Yeah I'm completely checked out of this show. They're just cycling through meaningless bombshell revelations one after another without bothering to set them up to actually mean anything whatsoever. Oh your dad wasn't responsible for his biggest crime? Glad we gave that 10 minutes to digest between dumb sister in law drama and I'm really totes gonna betray my brother this time! drama.
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Aug 10, 2014 09:59
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They're just trying to wrap up the whole show in the next few episodes
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Aug 12, 2014 06:52
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This show picked the perfect time to air when there is almost nothing else worth watching so I have all this free evening time now
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Aug 12, 2014 13:19
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Has this been picked up for a second season? My roommates and I all enjoy watching it and laughing at the writing.
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Aug 12, 2014 13:36
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"You can hide inside of me" 
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Solice Kirsk posted:Has this been picked up for a second season? My roommates and I all enjoy watching it and laughing at the writing.
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Aug 13, 2014 03:09
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This is the worst show I have ever seen
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Aug 13, 2014 03:33
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You must not watch much tv
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Well its not a very good show.
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