Ramy
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The characters of Mo and Ahmed are emotionally unsound.
Do not attempt this at home.
Was that disclaimer a joke?
Turns out, it was a little bit of both.
Mo has come to Ahmeds office for a second opinion about his diet and health.
The wife is extremely grateful to Ahmed more grateful than he could possibly know.
This isnt the first timeRamyhas delved into the topic of multiple wives.
Mo, upon learning of what happened, tells Ahmed he has to do it.
God is finally giving him the kid he wants.
Youre struggling at two?
Mo says, adding Its a legitimate solution.
Like a poop transplant.
Fair warning: The poop-transplant discourse isnt ending anytime soon.
At least hes honest.
(Is he, though?)
Muslim men are at war, she says.
We lost our men to porn, white women, general colonized thinking.
Ahmed says he isnt at war with anybody.
The conversation felt a little odd.
Yasmeena, first of all, was too calm, too understanding.
You got tits, ass, camel toe.
Im just trying to exercise.
Im sorry that we dont dress to accommodate your hormones, Dena says to him.
He then drops the news that Ahmed is getting a second wife, and Dena is angry now.
Even Hakeem grows frustrated with Ahmeds indecision.
He slowly sneaks out of the bathroom and begins opening drawers and cabinets in the kitchen.
Have you lost your fucking mind?
At home, Ahmed starts freaking out, mumbling, Fuck Joe Rogan.
Fuck Joe Rogan, until Yasmeena walks in to find him mid-breakdown.
He tells her he doesnt want another wife.
He wants a child with her, and he wants to know the real reason she doesnt want one.
All very legitimate reasons.
Im telling you from my gut, he says.
And he didnt even need a poop transplant!
Although I wish he would throw the Tupperware poop away ASAP.
Ahmed and Yasmeena start hooking up but not before Yasmeena tells him to go get a condom.
Thats not necessarily a bad thing.
Mo and Ahmed can certainly carry an episode on their own, and their characters are compelling and funny.
But its also an episode that can be skipped without losing much.
Is Mo about to get himself a Saudi wife?
I dont need money.
I cringed and so did Dena.
Its so weird, she says.
Youre our age but you think like my uncle.
This is actually an argument Ive had with my family members, too.
I always hated going to the mosque growing up because the men-in1-front, women-in-back rule bothered me so much.
But maybe that will change as the younger generation takes over.
Hopefully there are more people like Dena than Mo.
Steves theories are really just a different version of God one he refers to as the controller.
Steve tells Ahmed that heshouldget a second wife because its his chance to do something exciting.
And he tells Mo that his cholesterol is high because the controller is sending him a warning.
