last year i watched half of this but i couldn’t get into it. then i rewatched it just now. i thought, oh maybeee this would be like schitt’s creek situation where i hated my first watch experience and devoured every second of it in second watch. but sadly that’s not the case with ramy. i love ramy as a performer, i love his stand up comedy, i love his joke delivery. anything he says, making me laugh. and i appreciate ramy as a character bc i get the idea of “idk what kind of muslim i am or what kind of muslim i wanted to be” as he navigating his life everyday. i truly resonate with that bc yeah ofc there’s this guilt of being in conservative family and carry that with you throughout ur adulthood life. especially when his dad says “thank god you’re not gay” feels like i wanna kms. i love the sentiment of him take a break to visit his grandpa, before it all go down to hill lmao (incestuous cousin situation). i think my problem with the show is solely based on how quiet it is. some of the scenes and dialogues are so funny but idk how it just feels really flat on line delivery. and then i thought, ofc, this is also brings out sentiment of ramy, bc there’s a whole space of him figuring things out and all that but i think it doesn’t feel like it reach it’s full potential be it drama or comedy. and it feels like a wasted potential of a great ensemble (hiam abbass!) so i think best ideas deserves best scripts. oh! not only hiam and ramy directed it, this also co-directed by christopher storer aka the bear creator? huh? i still can’t wait for another hiam and ramy collab tho bc they’re my fav duo although they didn’t share that many scenes together.