Ramy
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As season three ofRamywinds down, the drama and devastation are ramping up.
Thelast episodeleft us with the death of poor Boomer, and now Ramy is dealing with the consequences.
Farouk is back in America, trying desperately to come home with some news of success.
Naseems ignorance goes even further when he starts freaking out and asking if the guy has AIDS.
At one point in the conversation, Naseem shouts, Im not gay!
as if the man he found on a sugar-baby app is going to believe that.
After the man leaves, Naseem finds him on Instagram, and it turns out hes friends with Dena.
So now Naseem is ultraparanoid.
Dogs are haram anyway, says Naseem.
And now were with Ramy, who, like his dad and uncle, is not okay.
Boomer was meant to be his teacher.
Zainabs father told Ramy that if he could be more like Boomer, hed be on the right path.
After work, Ramy goes to a Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting.
And then he found a teacher Zainabs father but that didnt work out either, as we know.
He tells the group his parents arent happy.
Religion is making it only worse.
His parents say they believe in God, but theyre just anxious about God, and so is he.
I fucked up Palestine, you know?
Like, thats on me.
Thats what it feels like.
In the past, he always made himself out to be a victim.
This episode really shows Ramys growth over the past few years.
Hes finally realizing hes made some pretty bad mistakes has hurt a lot of people.
It feels as though hes ready to take accountability.
Meanwhile, Naseem is still spiraling.
He gets to Farouk and Maysas house and immediately rips the Ring camera off the door.
Then he goes inside and puts a blanket over the TV and starts shouting for Dena.
Farouk and Maysa come downstairs and tell him theyre about to meet Dena for dinner at Peking Palace.
After some nonsensical back-and-forth bickering with Naseem, the whole family goes to dinner.
Ramy arrives late after his meeting and doesnt eat, but he insists on paying.
Farouk is trying to show he can afford the check and feed his family.
And Ramy is on a perpetual mission to prove to himself and everyone else hes a good person.
But then things really escalate when Naseem pulls a gun and threatens to kill Ramy.
Shoot me, Ramy says, instigating his uncle.
Its a shocking moment in which we see Ramy really doesnt care if he dies.
He has nothing to lose anymore, as his life has really just hit rock bottom.
Finally, though, Naseem puts the gun down and demands that Dena go talk to him outside.
Am I like a hostage right now?
Go, therapy, she says to Dena.
Outside, Naseem is losing it.
He tells Dena, who is very confused at this point, that her friend Azam is a liar.
They didnt even have sex, and he was just a sugar baby.
It doesnt stop, it doesnt stop, he says.
It pesters inside of me.
I dont know what it is.
Its not me, but it controls all of me.
Throughout the series, Naseem is mainly comic relief.
Laith Nakli is very convincing as Naseem.
Hes great at switching from the comic to the serious in the blink of an eye.
In the final scene of the episode, Ramy visits Dennis in jail to break the news about Boomer.
Before Dennis was arrested last season, Boomer was everything to him.
Now he wears a taqiya, an Islamic skullcap, and has a full beard.
He joined the brotherhood not the Muslim Brotherhood, just a brotherhood of Muslims.
Dogs are haram, he pantomimes when Ramy tells him the news.
Ramy is shocked Dennis doesnt care since Boomer once meant so much to him.
(I was shocked, too!)
Dennis then asks whats going on with Zainab and the little one.
Apparently, Zainab has been visiting with the baby, which Ramy knows nothing about.
This episode seems to have been all about honesty, and the secrets are spilling.
I cant wait to see how the finale brings everything together.
Arab countries often have a stray-dog problem because no one wants to deal with them.
But the idea that dogs themselves are haram is nonsense.
Dogs are not haram, and both my Muslim parents have dogs.
Unfortunately, its a common misinterpretation of a random rule, soRamydefinitely got that aspect of the culture right.
He quickly adds, No, I didnt fuck my dog.
One person goes, Thank God.
Maysa, though, says its 40 divided by 7 because of dog years, of course.
At dinner, Shadi asks Farouk about the girl he life coached because shes been giving Farouk rave reviews.
But Farouk says he cant share her business.
Nice to see hes sticking to his promise of confidentiality.
