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?
the show is great but the end left me surprized and wanting closure please bring it back
do not cancel please bring it back the end left me hanging I want more please.Galema
Pease bring back the show! Do not cancel.
Do not cancel
Terrific show! Please bring it back.
Yes, Iam disappointed was there was no closure. The networks hope that someone watches their shows. Good or bad, the shows always have a disappointed fan base when it ends. Finish what you start networks, plan a month or two ahead and give it an ending!
I am unbelievably disappointed. A great show with terrific direction and acting. Never missed a show.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE bring this show back!!! I absolutely loved it and was devastated when I heard it was cancelled!
Please bring it back
I am shocked this series was cancelled – Please bring it back – Yhanks
We knew once they killed off Jamal – they killed off the show. It really spiraled downward after that; actually became boring, so we left it.
I think this was a great series and should not be cancelled.
I use to like the series but felt it became boring since Jamal was killed off. Adam Rayner was not much of a lead actor. I disliked the love interest outside of his marriage.
I loved Tyrant, but they made a huge mistake killing off “Jamal”. Like him or not , his acting was excellent, and he was the star of the show. Adam Rayner was never star material. The writers really messed up on this one……could have been a great show!!
No I liked the show I was just looking for it on tv and could not find it. Sad now that I had to look it up on the internet to find out. It’s canceled.