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He goes to parties.
He searches for meaning.
Its a burdenRamyshouldnt have to carry.
Part of what makesRamywork so well is that its rooted in intensely personal experiences for Ramy.
This is most apparent in the fourth episode, Strawberries, far and away the highlight of the season.
Its not enough to just put a Muslim man onscreen and show us his family.
These episodes succeed to varying degrees.
The episode about Ramys sister Dena (played by May Calamawy) is underbaked.
The episode about Ramys mother, Maysa, though, is remarkable.
Denas story simply stops, unable to reach an ending.
But its open-endedness feels like an eloquent, self-aware, irreducible shrug thats just how life goes.
It, too, is reminiscent ofTransparents best, most deliberately opaque moments.
