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This is JJ.

As-salaam Alaykum.

Wa-alaykum Salaamu.

It's Muslim father's duty,

to find a husband for his daughter.

- What? - What?

JJ is a friend of the family,

very good prospects,

you could go on a series of dates,

with a chaperone.

Very Islamic.

The Chaperone is here,

enough of this glossy glossy.

Have you ever realized you wanted something,

but you only realize you wanted it

after you saw someone else had it?

I'd like to ask for her hand.

Mr. Hamudi.

Call me dad.

This thing with JJ,

I just didn't think it was going to get so serious so fast.

Rayyan, the thing is--

Amaar, stop.

JJ asked me to marry him.

He did?

Uh-huh.

What did you say?

I said yes.

Amaar, Amaar, are you okay?

Of course I'm okay.

I'm thrilled.

You look stunned.

No, not at all.

My stunned face is very similar to my thrilled face.

Oh Shady Creek.

Oh Yes, it is the champagne of non-alcoholic champagnes.

Do bed bugs actually bit like that?

I thought that was just an expression.

Yeah, Like Fleabag motel.

Also apparently quite real.

That settles it JJ,

that place was fine for a few weeks,

but we are getting you out of that motel.

Where will he live?

He can move in here,

after he's been deloused, of course.

But actually Yasir, I hope this doesn't sound weird,

but I feel that Rayyan and I shouldn't sleep

under the same roof until we're married.

Just when I thought, I could not love this man anymore,

he goes and says something like that.

A toast, Sarah and I have long dreamed of the day

when our lovely flower,

would meet someone with whom to spend the rest of her life.

Oh here come the tears.

Mum's a bit of a cry girl?

No, it's for him.

Look away.

You know, just yesterday I was so upset with you,

and now I can't even remember why.

And I promise not to do one more thing

to ruin this wedding for you my lovely flower.

I thought I was your lovely flower?

My life is but a boundless garden.

Oh my.

She does know business.

I don't want this.

I'm her Imam and a friend, Duncan.

The only appropriate reaction is happiness.

What's the inappropriate reaction?

See interesting, I would have thrown the baseball.

I'm dying to say something,

but I know I can't.

I feel like I'm being tested.

You are, this is just one of life's little

curve balls' buddy.

Think of it as an opportunity for growth.

I'm growing depressed.

Okay.

You're not ready to deal with this engagement yet, fine.

The best thing you could possibly do right now

is to completely avoid all contact with Rayyan and... JJ.

Hey guys, I hope I'm not interrupting.

We were just talking baseball.

All right listen, Amaar I hate to bother you,

but I need a huge favor.

What's up?

My motel has a little, well, everything problem.

No worries, there's another motel 25 miles away.

Duncan, can I borrow your car?

Well, actually I was hoping I could crash with you

for a few days.

Just until I find something a little more permanent.

I'm not sure, Duncan runs the building

and it might violate the terms of my lease.

Do we even have a lease?

Sure you can stay with me.

Thanks, that's a huge help.

I'll pop by later with my stuff.

Thank you.

Yeah, Pop on by later with all your stuff,

it's going to be another one of life's little curve balls.

I think that was more like getting beaned by the pitch.

Hey big fellow, come here often?

Yasir.

Mayor, that was funny.

Oh yeah, funny, funny joke.

I don't pick up men in bookstores.

Buying some literature?

Oh yes, Sarah's book club pick.

She's hosting tomorrow.

Tomorrow? You must be a fast reader.

I can read the jacket as fast as the next girl, you?

Caught red handed.

Wedding planner, Yasir you mean?

Yes, our little Rayyan is officially engaged.

Oh, how wonderful.

That's great.

And here I thought you dying on me.

Well, there's no going back there, you know what I meant?

Always lovely to see you.

You too.

Hello pet jarnals?

If only I told Rayyan how I felt about her sooner.

Now she's getting married and game over.

Marriage is anything but game over,

if anything, it is the beginning.

I meant game over for me.

Oh, yes indeed.

For you, it is most definitely game over.

No question.

Thanks.

Hey, what did you mean when you said, huh?

Don't you like being married?

Oh, of course I like being married.

My wife, not so much.

It was one of the things we argued about.

What didn't she like about it?

Little things, I left my towels on the floor,

I would not help out enough around the kitchen,

I would not let her eat raisin toast--

Wait, wait.

What's wrong with raisin toast.

What is right about it?

My point is, only when you live with someone,

do they reveal their true selves.

If people knew more about each other beforehand,

they might never get married at all.

There you go.

Moved in.

Now you just relax,

do what comes naturally.

Let your hair down.

Put your feet up.

Eat raisin toast.

Oh, you have raisin toast?

No.

What did you get?

Lovely dresses.

Fantastic arrangement.

Hey.

Hey, how was the bookstore?

Fine. Oh, I ran into the mayor.

I'm not surprised,

she seems to go there a lot.

Hey, you didn't say anything about Rayyan's engagement,

did you?

Of coarse not.

Thank goodness.

Thank goodness as if I'd tell the Mayor.

You told the mayor.

Of coarse I told the mayor, is that bad?

Dad, this is huge for her.

Most of her friend's daughters are already married,

and now she can gloat.

You can't spoil this for her.

I thought you would have said gloating is un-islamic.

As a Muslim, that's true.

As a woman, I'm with mom.

Should I track down the Mayor?

I think you should build a time machine,

go back and not blurb.

Or you could track down the Mayor.

As-salaam Alaykum.

Hey, Wa-alaykum Salaam.

What have been up to?

Watching TV,

lying around,

letting your guard down?

What's that smell?

Oh, it's pine and maple fruits.

Oh, very thoughtful.

Is that your jacket?

No, that's yours.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah, of course, I'm just tired.

I'm gonna take a shower.

Oh, listen I'm sorry, I used up all the hot water.

You did?

Yeah, but I've been boiling some pots on the stove,

and I've been pouring them into the tub bath.

Hope that's okay.

Better than okay.

Perfect.

I need to talk to you.

About what happened in the bookstore.

What did you see?

Nothing happened.

I have known that man for years.

I mean what I said about Rayyan getting married.

Oh yeah, that nice.

Wanna call it off?

No, nothing like that.

Just promise me you won't tell Sarah

that I told you when she tells you.

So she doesn't know that I told,

before she gets the tell.

I don't follow.

- Just play dump. - Fine.

Oh, and you didn't tell anyone else,

not even Sarah's friends,

any one all?

Oh, let's see, I was just Fatima's,

I may have told someone there.

Excuse me everyone.

Congratulations.

Congratulation Yasir,

I am so excited for Rayyan.

What wonderful news,

I can't wait to congratulate Sarah at book club.

Excuse me.

You not going anywhere.

Please everyone, Listen, this is very important,

you must promise me, not to say anything to Sarah

about our daughter's engagement,

until she brings it up, please.

What happens at Fatima's stays at Fatima's.

If you ask you ask politely.

Catchy.

Wait, did anyone who heard the news leave before I arrived?

Fred Topper was here.

Fred Topper?

Where did he go?

The radio station.

As-salaam Alaykum.

Wa-alaykum Salaam.

I wondered where you disappear to.

You know me, I love a good gazebo.

Is that smoke cigarette I smell?

Yeah, teenagers.

I don't see any teenagers.

Oh, they ran away.

They were pretty fast for a bunch of smokers,

they give up that one after dinner cigarette,

I'm going to though.

I really am.

Does Rayyan know about this?

No. And please, whatever you do, don't say anything,

can you imagine how she'd react?

Yes I can.

It's Fred Topper here with another bullet nerve (scoffs).

that'll knock your socks off. - Mr Topper.

There's very exciting

little bit of news-- - Mr Topper.

Just received this very exciting little bit of news.

Fred, please don't tell them about Rayyan's engagement,

half of the town already knows,

and it's my fault.

They can hear me, can't they?

Yeah, Yeah.

By the way Yasir, thanks for the heads up there,

but I don't cover that kind of small town crap.

This is a serious show.

Hard enough.

Oh dear.

Don't you have some feet to wash or something.

Now then let's talk pie, shall we?

Apparently, some of your so called liberals,

want to change the pie eating contest,

to pumpkin--

Well, maybe nobody heard.

Whenever you're playing,

we gonna make sure you sharpen up your chop.

Well it's because as the old saying goes,

"There's no pie, like a pie you eat really fast."

I'm sure Dad will make it up to you somehow.

Oh, he should have built that time machine.

As-salaam Alaykum.

Wa-alaykum Salaam.

No JJ?

We're not conjoined twins Amaar.

I wanna apologize, for being a lot of it the other day.

Oh that's okay.

This whole thing has been a bit of a whirlwind.

Yeah.

So, how's JJ as a roomy?

Oh good, good roomy.

Easy to live with,

cleans up after himself.

What do you think of smoking?

Sorry?

Yesterday I caught one of the teens

from the mosque smoking,

I didn't want to be too hard on him.

I disagree, be hard.

I'm with Fatima,

I am very tough on my patients who smoke.

And what if he just hides it?

And lies?

That's even worse.

Who is this kid?

Oh, please don't be angry at me, darling.

Please, we can go into the city,

see a play,

you love life theater.

No, thank you.

A holiday then, someplace warm.

Oh. It's plenty warm here.

Jewelry, some perfume, socks.

Socks?

Just tell me what it is you want.

That was a no to the socks, right?

Yasir, you just don't understand.

I do understand my love,

I do understand.

You wanted to gloat,

I ruined it.

You think this is about gloating?

Okay, it's a little bit about gloating,

but it's much more than that.

Yasir, this is the most wonderful news a mother

could ever share with the world,

and now that news is yesterday's news.

I'm not even that angry, I'm more sad.

Oh no, not sad, anything but sad.

Please be angry at me Darling, please.

So you told her about JJ smoking?

Well, I told her I was talking about somebody else,

but I was tempted to.

Amaar.

Did you just tsk-tsk me?

Its more of tat tat.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

Usually, I know the right thing to do,

but right now everything is so cloudy.

In Islam, you're supposed to warn someone off a bad match.

Well, smoking doesn't make JJ bad.

Probably makes him smell bad,

that's not really the same thing.

Yeah, but on the other hand,

he is sort of being dishonest.

Well, you could help him quit smoking,

that way he wouldn't be lying,

and you wouldn't be back-biting.

Yeah.

I guess that is a simple solution.

Do you have a more complicated one I could reject?

Sorry.

Tell me something.

When you use to do something to make your wife really sad,

what would you do to make it up to her?

Did Amaar tell you about the raisin toast?

That was private.

All she wanted to do was share her news,

and because of me now the whole town knows.

What do you mean the whole town knows?

Have you spoken to every single person in town?

Baber, don't be so literal,

it's a figure of speech.

The whole town knows.

Wait, the whole town can't possibly know.

There must be someone, someone.

Where are you going?

Baber Sidik, you're a genius.

Tell me something I don't know.

You have mustard in your shirt.

Pamela, how are you.

Is so nice to see you again.

Oh, you've already heard.

Kathy, Kathy, Oh, you've heard as well, yeah.

Yasir, I heard about Rayyan, congratulations.

Ah, how goes to batting average.

Swinging for the fences,

found a book on quitting smoking,

I'm going to give to JJ.

You know they have everything in that bookstore.

Yeah, I don't go there anymore.

I keep running into the mayor for some reason.

What is that incredible aroma?

Smells like it's coming from your loft.

Smells like...

Stuffed grape leaves with a red pepper sauce,

and Baba Ganoush.

You made us dinner?

I didn't even know you could cook.

I'm self-taught, I'm still learning.

But I figured Rayyan will appreciate a husband

who knows his way around the kitchen.

Don't you think?

Appreciate it?

She will love it.

I know this might sound corny,

but sometimes I think about being married to Rayyan,

and doing nice things for her, making our house at home.

I just can't believe no one stopped her up

before I did.

Yeah, you are a lucky, lucky man.

Hey, what you got there?

Some book.

Would you excuse me,

I forgot something at the office.

As-salaam Alaykum.

Wa-alaykum Salaam.

What are you doing after dinner?

Watching my mom and her friends talk about a book

that sounds horrible.

Do you have a better option?

Joe.

Joe, Joe.

Joe.

Yasir, what the hell you doing,

I couldn't run you over.

That's why I was waving my arms.

Sometimes I like to drive with my eyes closed.

Why?

Kicks?

Let me ask you this.

Have you heard of any news from town,

or anything...

With these things on, I can't hear a thing.

And besides people don't really talk to me.

Joe, would you come with me please?

Well, that was an excellent meal.

Thank you, Chief.

Do you have to be somewhere?

No. Why?

You just keep looking at your watch.

Oh no, I just can't help it.

It's such a nice...

Are you going to smoke or?

I don't know.

Maybe I'm okay.

You're kidding, after meal?

All that rich tobacco flavor.

Or maybe one.

Okay JJ, no wait.

I have to tell you something.

Oh man, that's Rayyan behind you.

As-salaam Alaykum.

Wa-alaykum Salaam.

Rayyan, What a surprise?

Surprise, what do you mean?

You told me to meet you here at...

Do I smell smoke?

Teenagers.

Crazy teenagers.

What's going on?

Rayyan I can explain it.

No, I can.

It was me, I was smoking.

Amaar, are you nuts?

When I was a lawyer,

I use to sometimes smoke,

and lately I've been having cravings.

- Amaar, you don't have to-- - I know, I don't.

But I'm stopping.

Good, I mean, I know you're only human,

but really I'm surprised.

Excuse me, it's the clinic.

Hello.

You really didn't have to do that.

I know, but you really do have to quit.

Either that, or you got to come clean with her.

You're right.

You're a good guy Amaar, you know that?

Yeah. Thanks.

So, Ann which character did you find most interesting.

Wow, how do you choose, so many characters?

Well, what did you think of the nurse?

Oh, slap the nurse.

So courageous.

She murdered six patients.

Well that takes a kind of courage.

- Yasir, what are you doing? - My Darling,

I know I have upset you,

I'm here to make amends.

Joe, Joe.

Oh look, Joe, you brought Joe into my home.

You don't understand.

He doesn't know.

Oh Yasir, for the love of--

Go on.

Fine.

Joe, we wanted to tell you our big news,

our daughter Rayyan recently got engaged.

I'm so touched that you would tell me that,

and now I'm happy for the both of you.

Congratulations.

Oh Joe.

Don't you two get me started.

You're reading "The Patient and The Partridge"?

I love that book.

Joe's in, you're out.

Oh, thank God.

Anyone needs me, I'll be at O'Malley's.

Knock, knock.

Hi.

what are you doing?

I'm packing.

I can see that, where are you going?

I'm going back to Toronto.

Amaar, what's going on?

Do you know what I did tonight?

I set up JJ, so Rayyan could catch him smoking.

You did, what happened?

Couldn't go through with it.

She smelled a cigarette,

so I covered for him, I told her it was me.

Hey, there you go buddy,

hit a home run, you knocked one out of the park.

Knocked one out of the park?

I was this close to...

I don't know who I am anymore, Duncan.

I'm not acting like a friend or an Imam.

This whole Rayyan thing has gotten me all turned around.

As long as I feel like this,

I'm no good to myself.

And I, sure as hell, I'm no good to this community.

Amaar wait.

This is crazy.

What do you want me to tell everyone?

Tell them I struck out.