Tyrant

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Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 24, 2014
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 156 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 119 out of 156
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 156
  3. Negative: 22 out of 156
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  1. Ravens1294
    Jul 30, 2014
    4
    I thought this show was going to be really good, but I've been disappointed. Each episode has been too similar to one another. Jamaal is clearly the best character with his brother, but the show could be so much better. I've given up on the show.
  2. khoibd12
    Apr 28, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The show started off fantastically but by the end it simply felt like midway through the show, the writers cut out so much potential. In the beginning, the show introduced a range of very interesting characters with much potential. Bassam's son is in-the-closet and hooks up with another in-the-closet gay character. The two come from entirely different cultures and it would've been so interesting if the show went into life as a gay man in a conservative, religious, autocratic regime. But they just cut the storyline off with a one night stand and you never hear about them again, except for the son being in the background. Also, Bassam's journalist friend and his daughter are revolutionaries separated by a generational gap. The show could've gone much more in detail about them, their relationship, their pasts, but relayed them to the side and in effect stopped short of developing two characters with such potential.
    Bassam's daughter seemed at least somewhat socially aware when she made comments about hungry people in Abu-Dean and suppression of human rights, but they only have her as a background character. There's so much potential there. Have her befriend a local or get involved in local politics. The entire family has no reason to even be in the plot. They're literally just existing but not playing much of a role in the plot. Nobody cares about them because their potential either hasn't been utilized or has been cut short.
    That's my main problem with the show. Such a diverse cast with so many potential stories to be told in this very interesting setting, but the writers don't use them. If they just wanted the story to focus on Bassam, that's fine, but when you introduce these kickass characters and make us believe that they're going to be main characters, but then you never mention them again, it just disappoints me.
    That said, the plot and setting are beautiful. There are plot twists and the political/social commentary is astounding. It's truly an intriguing plot. I just wish they gave it their 100%    … Expand

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#34 Most Discussed TV Season of 2014
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#21 Most Shared TV Season of 2014

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Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 33
  3. Negative: 5 out of 33
  1. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Jun 30, 2014
    67
    It’s brutal, violent and graphic. And it’s a story we’ve seen before.
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  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Andrew Romano
    Jun 25, 2014
    40
    The case [ordon and Raff] make on Tyrant isn't particularly convincing, or even all that entertaining. The details are too generic. The conflicts are too simplistic. Abbudin is too unreal.
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  3. Zap2it (Inside the Box)
    Reviewed by: Terri Schwartz
    Jun 24, 2014
    50
    The new FX drama from "Homeland" and "24" executive producer Howard Gordon balances family with politics in a show that constantly questions what the right choice is when torn between the two, but oftentimes finds itself bogged down in soap opera-style drama that distracts from the greater, more ambitious story that it's trying to tell.
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