Tyrant: Season 1, Episode 4 “Sins of the Father” (C+)
This show is not moving quickly at the moment, seemingly stalled as Bassam tries to slow the dictatorial efforts of his brother and to help ease the severity of his responses as much as possible. With no reference to the public hanging that occurred last week, this was all about how Jamal and his government were going to crack down in anticipation of the reaction to the anniversary of a brutal event in the history of the Al Fayeed family and their country. Maybe it’s that all of this is too cut-and-dry, with Bassam advocating for a more moderate way of dealing with political protest and Jamal and his top advisors underlining the necessity of keeping the public calm and in line by instilling fear in them. Bassam’s strongest point of the hour was about not avoiding violence because it’s wrong but rather because it doesn’t work. The rest of the episode wasn’t much more enticing or enthralling, featuring no plot or character development whatsoever for Molly and little for Emma, and instead spotlighting Sammy, who has already had more than enough time to shine. Painting Abdul as his father’s son makes sense even though it seems out of character for him, and Sammy definitely needs to take a moment to comprehend where he is and what the implications would be if someone were to discover his predilections, and how much worse they would be for the man he’s into since he doesn’t have the benefit of being an Al Fayeed.
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