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?
This is one of the best shows on fx. Please bring it back. This shows has a lot of interested fans.
I loved this show. Pissed it has been canceled. Starting to think I should not invest in any new shows. Have more than enough to watch and tired of getting vested in shows that get pulled!
I’m soooo of mad..that was the best show on cable…Dfp5w
Would like to see another season,enjoyed the program, cast were excellent
Enjoyed the show and sorry it was cancelled. At least some finality to the show before cancelling.
The Tv series the tyrant is one of the best shows on tv the acting is superb I am disappointed that this show has been cancelled I hope the people who make these decisions will reconsider and putt this great show back on the air
Loved the show, great character actors. Show is much like what is happening in the east right now Very current. Would love to hear you will be producing series 4.We were originally told of the program by our nephew who just returned from Afghanistan.
After watching the finale of Season 3 it seemed like the viewers got cut off at the knees. So much left unfinished. Barry going to war, his wife becoming pregnant, there son in surgery survive it never walk. Than there is his sister-in-law swearing in as president and Barry’s girlfriend in prision getting so many twitter his and US keeping an eye on her.
Please bring Season 4 to finish storyline don’t leave us all guessing.
This was a great TV series.
Please go Season 4 it is a great show real life workings. Wonderful actors make characters real and you believe it is niw.
WHY IN THE WORLD ARE THEY CANCELLING “TYRANT” OUT??IT’S MY VERY FAVORITE TV SERIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING TYRANT EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 10PM(EASTERN TIME). I HAVE WATCHED THE SHOW EVER SINCE IT STARTED WITHOUT MISSING AN EPISODE. IT
IS, IN MY OPINION, IN VERY BAD TASTE TO CANCELL THIS WONDERFUL TV SHOW… THANK YOU. PLEASE DON’T CANCELL THIS SHOW…
AGH!!! This series is unlike most that are still being aired, in that it gets better and better with every season! It should not be cancelled! The fact that the main character is not perfect is one of the things that make it worth watching!!
Please don’t cancel the show it just gets better and better I love learning about the culture and what’s going on in that part of the world this is quite educational
This was an amazing show with a gripping plot and mesmerizing story! This show should be renewed!
OMG!! This was a great show!! This is one of the shows that should NEVER has been cancelled! The plot was gripping and the story was mesmerizing! Why do they do this to good shows??
Great show. Looked forward to it every week. Should be picked up by another channel!
tyrant is one hell of a series. whoever is cancelling this series, should never be allowed to do anything n tv