The Writer

Yes, this entire series may (or may not) be an exact replica of an American or European soap, perhaps even copied line by line as well as shot by shot ...

it's also full of script flaws and plot errors here and there ... actings, although mostly great, do also degrade once a while in some cases ... but the whole work is so finely directed and professionally videographed and above all, the well stated social commentary is so deep yet so plainly conveyed that I have nothing to say but for i am highly impressed!

yes, i already knew Lebanon is a secular country with very charming people and I was also well aware that the movie industry of Lebanon is a well established one with a decades-long history before I started watching ... but still, as the movie went on, I found myself more and more attached to the events and stories of each one of the many characters that all happen to be imperfect human beings yet everyone is quite understandable!

a huge kudos to all people involved in creating such a truly nice job indeed!

I'll keep it simple You can easily watch this series and enjoy it, it's not a bad choice at all, good acting, interesting murder-mystery kind of story and great imagery with an artistic type of direction (cool concept).

But i think the only real problem is that the storyline is slow, i don't know why Arabic series in general always try to hit 30 episodes, it's becoming a tradition.

So this is the only negative thing otherwise it's almost great, no need for harsh reviews, it's unfair.

Just a side note, The director, the writer, the lead male actor and the fictional detective character, are Syrians not Lebanese.

I'm very happy that the Arab entertainment has found itself in filming, a mixture between Lebanese and Syrian cast. It's very well shot, although there would've been more space to play with the cinematography, but so far so good, i hope we move forward with that.

I have to say there are highly preformed actors and actresses, but I don't feel like they're taking the story seriously. I'm very surprised and really want to question why Mr. Bassel Khayat A.K.A. lead actor Yunis Jibran, (a well known actor) has really preformed differently, when his character was so strong in other roles such as "Al Ekhwa" (The Brothers, an Arabic series) and many others like it. I'm not sure why he preformed his acting in this way, as I have no doubt that he is an amazing actor with years and years of experience and degrees.

I really hope we keep seeing more of new Arab series on Netflix.

Some of these reviews are pretty harsh and kind of unfair. I'm a student of the Arabic language. This series is actually awesome for exposure to Levantine dialect and culture. Give it a chance.

A whodunnit turned into a long soap opera Arab fiction tempo style, these series would have been better ten episodes short, since some of them get sluggish and become burdensome to watch. Nevertheless it has got elaborated characters, rich dialogues with added poetry, original literary resources ( i. e, when the writer dreams on), and smart turn of events to make things fit.