TYRANT Episode 2x04 "A House Built on Sand"

TYRANT
Air Date: Tuesday, July 07, 2015
Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on FX
Episode Title: (#204) "A House Built on Sand"

"A House Built on Sand"

Barry adapts to his new identity and becomes involved in the life of the village. Amira introduces a highly decorated war hero to Jamal -- a son he never knew he had. Ihab and Samira's plans to flee the country are thwarted when they decide to renew their fight by joining violent extremists intent on invading Abuddin.

Written by Addison McQuigg & Cassie Pappas; directed by Alex Zakrzewski.

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This was a very good ep, liked all of it.
1 good new twist of jamal learning he has another son.
2nd twist, the kid has to go back to get his 100 mil !
and strangely the rebels attack the woman leaving ???

T5000 wrote:

This was a very good ep, liked all of it.
1 good new twist of jamal learning he has another son.
2nd twist, the kid has to go back to get his 100 mil !
and strangely the rebels attack the woman leaving  ???

Yeah, it was a pretty well done ep. Obviously the new son already left again? Why introduce him then at all?
Ihab and (even more) his girlfriend probably have made an alliance with the devil now. Those who you call "rebels" are not just opposition within Abudin, but (like in real life) foreign fanatics, who want to install a Caliphate State (IS).
So it wasn't about attacking the leaving woman in particular. They just had the bad luck to be at the wrong place (in police/military vehicles of the government) at the wrong time (just when Ihab and his new terrorist friends marched back into Abudin). Of course the IS would attack any government vehicle in sight and they killed the drivers (police or soldiers) without showing any glimmer of mercy. As in real life in Syria/Iraq they might keep the women alive as hostages for now or plan to sell them as slaves.
By introducing the Caliphate State (IS) the showrunners obviously want to enter a new level of escalation. Thinking of how Jamal's uncle also is handling things I expect a lot of more violence, which may force Barry to leave his hideout and enter the stage again.