re: Tyrant...What is the boards impression of the new FX show?

Just watched. Great ending, Jamal is awesome

Last night was an improvement. Bassam is moving along the arc that was obvious from the beginning, but it's still entertaining. Nothing really has changed since they were children. I was even starting to feel some sympathy for Jamal, who seems to understand himself fairly well, but then he blew it at the end.

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I was even starting to feel some sympathy for Jamal, who seems to understand himself fairly well, but then he blew it at the end.

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What was that sh*t about??? I didn't even understand why he killed her.

Also Bassam killing that dude came as somewhat of a surprise. Guess he's in it for the long haul

I knew going in that this show would be about mild mannered pediatrician turning into a tyrant but JAM! They kinda moving this along fast huh? Season 1 ends with the end of Jamal and Bassan as the president? I'd hate to see Jamal go because he is very entertaining.

My thoughts on the information provided and the preview next week left me feeling that Bassan doesn't want to be the president but manipulate Jamal, after all he has been doing that by "advising" him since he showed up. When Bassan spoke with that aid that told him that it was his uncle Tarik that bombed his own base to justify gassing the town, and that his father had no choice but to deal with what had been done, combined with the ending where Bassan says that "Jamal cannot rule" (something along those lines) told me that just as his father wanted peace, and his uncle wanted war that they both "ruled" together to balance each other out. So likewise he now sees that Jamal cannot rule without Bassan.

Also when he asked for those names of those that thought Jamal cannot rule, my mind immediately jumped that he wanted them dead bc they'd be the ones on the outside knowing that Bassan is manipulating Jamal. But now based upon what the preview showed that he "can't stand to betray" Jamal, and that those people have dreaded the day that Jamal would one day lead, has me second guessing myself. Thought it'd be more natural to still have him rule from the shadows instead as the president himself.

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Jamal is awesome

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If attacking dying old men from behind and killing women is awesome then he's awesome.
Without the assumed power of his position he’d be a sniveling puss

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He did have the conversation with his wife about the people he's killed

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Yea I saw that part. She's an intriguing character because we really don't know what her motives are. She does like being in the limelight though. And if this were a real Arab country, her throat would've been slit many years ago for the way she talks back to Jamal

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meant he's an awesome character.

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I agree he’s the most complex character on the show. He’s a leader who defers t5o a younger brother and a strongman who preys on the weak. I think he killed the prostitute, not for what she discovered about him, but rather for what he discovered about himself. Killing her allowed him to continue deceiving himself.

i want to bang jennifer flanigan so bad she's so hot to me.


WTF Jamal should have tore that shite up lol

The wife is such a horrible actress