Network: FX
Episodes: 32 (hour)
Seasons: Three
TV show dates: June 24, 2014 — September 7, 2016
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Adam Rayner, Ashraf Barhom, Moran Atias, Jennifer Finnigan, Anne Winters, Noah Silver, Mehdi Dehbi, Fares Fares, Alice Krige, Salim Daw, and Justin Kirk.
TV show description:
This dramatic series follows the story of an unassuming American family that’s drawn into the inner workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.
Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner) is the youngest son of a war-torn country’s controversial dictator. He returns to his homeland for his nephew’s wedding after a self-imposed 20-year exile in America. Upon his return, Barry is immediately thrown back into the familial and national politics of his youth.
He braces himself to confront the stark realities of his father and older brother Jamal’s (Ashraf Barhom) harsh rule, and finds himself at odds with Jamal’s wife, Leila (Moran Atias). She believes strongly in a firm, unforgiving regime.
Although Barry’s wife Molly (Jennifer Finnigan) struggles to comprehend her husband’s apprehension, Barry is unable and unwilling to make his all-American family understand his unease over returning home.
Emma (Anne Winters), their 17-year-old daughter, adores her father and shares his disdain for the extravagances of her extended family. Meanwhile, their son, 16-year-old Sammy (Noah Silver), revels in the lavish lifestyle that their “royal” status brings. He also dangerously tests cultural divides with his poorly disguised interest in the family’s handsome bodyguard, Abdul (Mehdi Dehbi).
Barry’s only warm memory of his childhood — his boyhood friend Fauzi (Fares Fares) — wants nothing to do with him. Fauzi is now a journalist, whose reports on the abuses of the Al-Fayeed rule resulted in his arrest and torture.
Now, Barry must now confront the life he once fled. With his father’s health in decline, everyone — Jamal, their mother Amira (Alice Krige), their father’s top advisor Yussef (Salim Daw), and even easygoing US diplomat John Tucker (Justin Kirk) — expects him to assume a more active role in both the family and the regime.
Episode #32 — Two Graves
Barry and Molly are on the brink of waging war on the Caliphate. Leila makes a bold political move and braves the possibility of a close betrayal. Barry and Daliyah face a final reckoning in their relationship. The conflict in Abuddin threatens to turn into a bloody civil war.
First aired: September 7, 2016.
What do you think? Do you like the Tyrant TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a fourthseason?
I never type comments out on these things but i am BEYOND FURIOUS THIS SHOW WAS CANCELLED. ROT IN HELL WHOEVER!
I’m shocked and dismayed it was cancelled. Typical dumb move made for political reasons probably. It was a great series and I looked forward to seeing it every week. It was captivating and the actors were just excellent. It also gave us a look into another world where people live and try to survive. This was a very good depiction of what folks over there are going through. Just like tht great series a few years ago, “Muslim in America” this great series was also cancelled for a dumb prejudiced politically correct reason! Blatant ignorance by the folks who made… Read more »
I meant in my last post that I wanted to see Barry and Delia get married …
I agree with Jim too many loose ends .
Please renew our favorite show !!!!
I am very disappointed in the decision to cancel Tyrant. This show was a spectacular drama that kept me on the edge of my seat and made me anxiously await each new season. I’m very unhappy that the decision was made without consideration to the many fans that invested their time and emotions to this well written series. To end it with so many questions remaining on the remaining participants of the show, makes me feel cheated. The wise thing, in my opinion, would have been to either finalize the story in the third season or have a fourth season… Read more »
I am SO sad Tyrant is CX !! It is my favorite summer show and I have watched the first 2 seasons 3 times !!!
I wished more of the main cast had stayed alive tho …it did seem like too many were killed all at once, I loved everyone..
I wanted to watch Sammy recover, and Barry and Lelia get married….
I’m very very sad !!!
Please renew this show and don’t let current events preclude FX from doing so.
Please renew this show! It was such a good show!!!
This is one of the best shows on TV! Why was it cancelled?? Was is done for the sake of political correctness? Have we become too afraid to look at real life now?
Please do not cancel. I look forward to this every week.
Fantastic Show! Really well written and the actors were all very good. I guess it was much too real to air for this politically correct bunch of pussies in Hollywood, Hate to see it go.
My husband and I loved this show and watched it faithfully. So disappointed to hear it has been canceled. Always the best shows get canceled. Please reconsider.
Enjoyed this show it was different why cancel it much better than some series that run for ever
Are you kidding. It was mesmerizing intriguing please renew
Please please bring them back!!!!!!!
Please bring it back! Why ruin a great show? Why don’t viewers get a vote before they cancel shows? Don’t what we want matter?