With plenty of burning questions carrying over from the season 3 finale did Jamal really die?
Will Bassam act on his attraction to Daliyah?
Might Ahmed step up to fill his fathers empty seat of power?
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So much drama, amiright?
Lets jump in, shall we?
Still sounds so strange, he says with a deep breath.
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After all, its been a crazy two weeks since his brother was nearly killed by his daughter-in-law.
(You read that right: Jamal isnt dead!
Hes just on the brink.)
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Maybe this in command thing will be easier than he thought?
Also, that tied-back bun?
I risked my life to bring my husband to justice, Leila says.
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even dip into her La Mer eye cream.
NEXT: Reason No.
34,284,387,627 why pashminas are a wardrobe essential
Ladies, you never know when a pashmina might come in handy.
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But, enough style advice: In this scene, Bassam proposes forming a truth and dignity commission.
I dont trust anyone else the way I trust you, he tells her.
Now, this is how you make modesty that is, covered from wrist to ankle look drop-dead chic.
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So why the glam?
Its here that Molly gets her first real look at the gorgeous Bedouin who saved her husbands life.
(Shes not how I pictured her, she tells Bassam.
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Not desert worn.)
Daliyah is passionate, beautiful and yup, a possible rival for Bassams affection.
He WILL need her cooperation, she warns him, or his experiment wont work.
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She wants a position in his cabinet, and a guarantee of safety and power for Ahmed.
I want to be foreign secretary.
The first woman foreign secretary of an Arab nation.
Shes wearing this buttery confection when her butler informs her he went ahead and axed her daughter-in-law.
She takes the news fairly calmly at first, and then bursts in tears surprised, much?
It needs a real election, he says.
And that cannot happen if I run.
Cue Leila and Ahmed quarreling about the timing of his political future and her own aspirations.
There is no difference between what I do for myself and do for you, Leila tells her son.
I am tired of apologizing and sometimes thinking I might be more than a wife and a mother.
But will she ever accomplish her goals of being more than a subservient secondary?
Though she doesnt know it yet, her husband is alive, though barely.
Is there a chance that Jamal could recover?
Oh, one last thing!
Did I mention were introduced to Chris Noths character this episode?
