If you liked Homeland, you will like Tehran

One thing completely horseshit about these secret agents from one country infiltrates another country hoping not to get caught is the language factor. Unless you've spoken the language from a young age and/or have an ear for mimicry, within a minute of you opening your mouth, both the goodies and the baddies will know that you ain't one of them, that you're a "foreigner". And not only that, they can usually tell where you're from by the way in which you speak their language.

Yeah, I’m good, bro.

“If you liked Homeland, we have something derivative of it”

Any full frontal?

r1 The Mossad agent was born in Tehran and all of the local agents (save Glenn Close in Season 2) are Persian. No r4.

Oh, Persian??

*interest intensifies*

Sia Alipour

Nope.

Apple TV+ is for the rich people

Three months free because my guy got a new iPhone. We won't be subscribing, but this show impressed me.

Darius, so adorable

Season 1 was great, but the acting went downhill in the second season.

I enjoyed Tehran despite the ongoing incongruity of Glenn Close? In this? Really?

I'm so tired of anything middle east. They are draining.

^ No joy comes out from that region. It's a hamster wheel of whining and kvetching and fighting. It never ends, never rests.

Spoken like two people who have no idea what the fuck they're talking about...

OK -- I enjoyed the first season, even if the pace was a bit too frenetic for me to really appreciate all the nuances.

But Season 2 "jumped the shark" for me **spoiler alert** when, after all the brouhaha of the process of smuggling the young couple out, Tamar urged Milad to leave without her and then they both decided to stay. WTF?? What kind of a nut would stay in the country after all that? That just blew the whole thing for me. That both of them would choose to stay was patently ridiculous. I tried to keep watching, but it seems eye-rolling excruciatingly painful after that.

I'm very disappointed.

[quote] The Mossad agent was born in Tehran

R5 Might work. If the agent worked very hard to lose her Israeli accent in Farsi.

You need to suspend belief a lot, but it's pretty exciting. And some of the Iranians are to die for. It's too bad none of us can travel safely to Iran because it seems to be full of hot men. Then again, they filmed it in Greece.

Tehran is 'better than nothing,' but I miss having a great thriller series to look forward to about the Middle East.

OP, if you like these shows, you will love FAUDA. Be sure to watch in the original Israeli with the subtitles, not the one dubbed in English!

[quote] I miss having a great thriller series to look forward to about the Middle East.

If you haven't seen Le Bureau des Legendes (The Bureau), one of the best non-local series accurately depicting Middle East realities and definitely worth a look. Five seasons, all available for free streaming online. With English subs, if you don't understand French. The first three seasons center on the Middle East, last two on Russia.

Yep r20, binged all three seasons of Fauda in about three weeks and want more! Thanks r21!

Watching sweaty Lior Raz is not exactly a hard day at the office.

Omg, r12, what is that picture holy shit

HAHAHAHAHAHA

R19, your last two sentences made me laugh audibly.

Middle East Realities would be a good band name

All Israeli shows have an extraordinary amount of male eye candy.

The last episode is something of a metaphor for Glenn's career (and no, it does not involve a resurrection scene).

Sia Alipour wears lots of unbuttoned designer shirts. and works out in the gym he owns.

Castigating!

More Sia.

How does it compare to The Bureau, the best show of this genre, of all time?

The Bureau is a much, much better show. Tehran borders on the ridiculous in nearly every episode.

Not like us!

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Thanks for suggesting The Bureau, can't wait to start watching!

Tehran might be ridiculous at times but you have to admit it's entertaining... perfect after a long day at work.

You will really love The Bureau. I first heard about it here, and watched it all the way through twice in short order. The second season is largely set in Iran and it's probably the strongest season of the whole series.

If you liked cleavage, you will like the buttcrack!

Homeland was Women’s Programming and thus, quite lame.