Tyrant (2014– )
TV Series - 60 min - Action | Drama | Thriller
Series tells the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.
Creator: Gideon Raff
Stars: Adam Rayner, Jennifer Finnigan, Ashraf Barhom |
Storyline
Barry Al-Fayeed has been living in the United States for twenty years, during which time he got married to Molly Olson, and had two children (Sammy and Emma), with both Molly and he working as physicians, Barry as a pediatrician, in Pasadena. This life belies the fact that at age sixteen, he, under his given name Bassan, escaped his family life in the middle eastern country of Abbudin, where the Al-Fayeeds have been the dictatorial rulers for generations, often of violent and repressive regimes which he could not morally tolerate. He has not been back to Abbudin since. On the urging of his mother, Barry decides to go back to Abbudin with Molly and family in tow. He may find that leaving Abbudin this second time around is more difficult as he gets ensconced in the troubles the Al-Fayeeds are facing in general in continuing to rule the country as a repressive dictatorship. The longer Barry stays, the more it in turn affects the only life of democratic freedom Molly, Sammy and Emma have ... Written by Huggo
