Ramy boss breaks down season 2 finale and teases what's in store for season 3
Ramy season two spoilers follow.
Ramy creator and star Ramy Youssef has opened up about the recent season two ending, and where it leaves things for next season.
The acclaimed Hulu TV series, which follows a first-generation American Muslim, ended its latest outing with the titular character getting married.
However, Ramy's world came crashing down when he revealed to his new wife Zainab (MaameYaa Boafo) that he hooked up with his cousin Amani (Rosaline Elbay) the night before the wedding.
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Youssef has now revealed that he wanted to put the character "in a place where no-one saves him from his ego", and that he needs to deal with it.
"It just needed to happen that he would be alone in that sense and have to really reckon with who he actually is," he told Entertainment Weekly. "With the show, I always talk about there's who you want to be, who you actually are, and who you think you are.
"By the end of the finale, it's the first time that Ramy is really faced with who he actually is, and actually sees that in a real way. He literally has nowhere to run. There's nowhere left to hide, there's no-one to go to.
"It's not in this relationship that he was trying to get refuge with Zainab, it's not with his sheikh who will take him on as a student no matter how flawed he is, it's not with running back to his cousin, it's not with anyone. He's in this place that he never thought he'd be in."
Youssef also suggested his actions could have consequences on his family, continuing: "It's going to open them up to conversations that they haven't had before, so I'm excited about what the ripple of it will mean.
"Ramy will really be dealing with who he is in a much clearer way than we've ever seen, and having to understand what his actual connection to his faith is. It's almost like Ramy's been using his faith as a crutch, and I'm ready to see him deconstruct that and connect in more genuine ways.
"Ramy could love Amani, but he'd have to take apart a bunch of things to understand that he really does love her – and it's the same thing with his faith. He's still doing this egocentric performance of it. He really does mean well, and I will never take that away from him, but he needs to realise that that's not enough."
Ramy airs on Hulu in the US and Starz Play in the UK.
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