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* CanadaEh: Mo's brother-in-law Bob is Canadian and is an affable guy, even when Mo's sister is distant. When Mo's nephew Osama has an off day at a baseball game, Mo blames his Canadian genetics. And when Bob tells Mo off for going on the field, Bob apologizes immediately and Mo proudly notes that Bob actually showed some strength.
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* CourteousCanadian: Mo's brother-in-law Bob is Canadian and is an affable guy, even when Mo's sister is distant. When Mo's nephew Osama has an off day at a baseball game, Mo blames his Canadian genetics. And when Bob tells Mo off for going on the field, Bob apologizes immediately and Mo proudly notes that Bob actually showed some strength.
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Amer stars as Mohammed "Mo" Najjar, a Palestinian-born refugee waiting for his family's asylum case to be processed. In the meantime he has his mother Yusra (Creator/FarahBsieso), brother Sameer (Creator/OmarElba) to support, as well as a serious girlfriend, Maria (Creator/TeresaRuiz), a talented auto mechanic. The show balances illegal work, immigration concerns, Houston crime, and family/relationship drama in Mo's life.
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Amer stars as Mohammed "Mo" Najjar, a Palestinian-born refugee waiting for his family's asylum case to be processed. In the meantime he has his mother Yusra (Creator/FarahBsieso), (Creator/FarahBsieso) and brother Sameer (Creator/OmarElba) to support, as well as a serious girlfriend, Maria (Creator/TeresaRuiz), who is a talented auto mechanic. The show balances illegal work, immigration concerns, Houston crime, and family/relationship drama in Mo's life.
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''Mo'' is a dramedy seroes created by Creator/MohammedAmer and Creator/RamyYoussef, who had previously worked together on ''Series/{{Ramy}}'', and directed by Creator/SlickNaim. It is loosely based on Amer's experiences growing up as a Palestinian refugee in Houston, Texas.
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''Mo'' is a dramedy seroes series created by Creator/MohammedAmer and Creator/RamyYoussef, who had previously worked together on ''Series/{{Ramy}}'', and directed by Creator/SlickNaim. It is loosely based on Amer's experiences growing up as a Palestinian refugee in Houston, Texas.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Sameer's boss Damon might be rude and dismissive towards him, but even he knows better than to call the cops on a refugee on the spectrum after Sameer basically [[StealingFromTheTill steals from the till]].
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* HopeSpot: After a grueling process to even get in the door of the asylum hearing (and needing to relive all that they went through in preparation), the Najjars are met with a sympathetic judge who speaks fondly of their deceased patriarch, to their elation...only for him to recuse himself because he knew Mustafa personally. The court date will have to be rescheduled ''again''.
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* CitizenshipMarriage:
** Mo's friend Hameed marries an American woman primarily to gain a green card. He pointedly does so in a cowboy suit and extols her bottle-blonde hair.
** It's repeatedly asked, even by Maria herself, why Mo doesn't just marry his girlfriend Maria and get a green card when his asylum case is giving him so much grief.
** Mo's friend Hameed marries an American woman primarily to gain a green card. He pointedly does so in a cowboy suit and extols her bottle-blonde hair.
** It's repeatedly asked, even by Maria herself, why Mo doesn't just marry his girlfriend Maria and get a green card when his asylum case is giving him so much grief.
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* CanadaEh: Mo's brother-in-law Bob is Canadian and is an affable guy, even when Mo's sister is distant. When Mo's nephew Osama has an off day at a baseball game, Mo blames his Canadian genetics. And when Bob tells Mo off for going on the field, Bob apologizes immediately and Mo proudly notes that Bob actually showed some strength.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: It's a point of contention that Mo's Muslim Palestinian family doesn't exactly approve of his girlfriend Maria, a Catholic Mexican, even though [[CitizenshipMarriage a marriage would actually help their immigration case]]. Mo claims that such a union would still get less flak than his sister Nadia's marriage to a white Canadian because Arabs and Hispanics at least share some culture.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: It's a point of contention that Mo's Muslim Palestinian family doesn't exactly approve of his girlfriend Maria, a Catholic Mexican, even though [[CitizenshipMarriage a marriage would actually help their immigration case]]. Mo claims that such a union would still get less flak than his sister Nadia's marriage to a white Canadian (which got her semi-estranged from the family) because Arabs and Hispanics at least share some culture.
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''Mo'' is a dramedy seroes created by Creator/MohammedAmer and Creator/RamyYoussef, who had previously worked together on ''Series/{{Ramy}}'', and directed by Creator/SlickNaim. It is loosely based on Amer's experiences growing up as a Palestinian refugee in Houston, Texas.
Amer stars as Mohammed "Mo" Najjar, a Palestinian-born refugee waiting for his family's asylum case to be processed. In the meantime he has his mother Yusra (Creator/FarahBsieso), brother Sameer (Creator/OmarElba) to support, as well as a serious girlfriend, Maria (Creator/TeresaRuiz), a talented auto mechanic. The show balances illegal work, immigration concerns, Houston crime, and family/relationship drama in Mo's life.
The show's eight-episode first season premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on August 24, 2022. It has been renewed for a final second season.
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!!Tropes:
* BackAlleyDoctor: Due to his illegal work activity during his pending asylum case, Mo refuses medical attention when he is shot at a grocery and goes to Chien, a tattoo artist, who patches him up and sends him home with some drugs. Chien's tendency to do this bites him in the ass when he does something similar for a diabetic thug, whose leg then needs to be amputated.
* BigFancyHouse: Shila and Glen own a $6M Texas [=McMansion=], which features bathrooms in every corner, a pool, and a zoo.
* DescentIntoAddiction: Chien gives Mo some lean (a mixture of prescription codeine-containing cough syrup and soda) to help with the pain while working on his bullet wound. Mo then becomes addicted to the stuff, despite being aware of its dangers.
* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: In addition to English, Mo is also fluent in Arabic and Spanish, and will often use one of the latter two languages to hide sensitive information from another party.
* TheIllegal: Variation. As a refugee with an in-progress asylum case, Mo can legally be in the United States. What he can't do, however, is ''work'', which is why he works for sketchy places or independently sells counterfeit luxury goods.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: It's a point of contention that Mo's Muslim Palestinian family doesn't exactly approve of his girlfriend Maria, a Catholic Mexican, even though [[CitizenshipMarriage a marriage would actually help their immigration case]]. Mo claims that such a union would still get less flak than his sister Nadia's marriage to a white Canadian because Arabs and Hispanics at least share some culture.
* MiddleEasternTerrorists: Alluded to when Mo's white farmer employer, Buddy, watches him put some GPS trackers together and comment that it's like he's assembling a bomb. Mo asks if it's because he's Arab, and asks if he would think the same of Mo's Hispanic coworker. Buddy says that Manuel would never put together a bomb.
* ProtagonistTitle: The show is titled ''Mo'', its protagonist's nickname.
* SpoiledSweet: Deconstructed with Shila, Maria's pretty college friend who has now married a rich white man. They view themselves as philanthropists who want to give back to the community, but Maria throws Shila's "generosity" back in her face as condescension, and says that she has always been like this towards Maria, who is a lower-class Mexican woman.
* TactfulTranslation: Subverted. In Arabic, Yusra disparages how their new immigration attorney, Lizzie, wears shoes in the house and goes barefoot in the couch. In English, Mo claims that she's complimenting Lizzie, but Mo's autistic brother Sameer bluntly tells Lizzie what Yusra was really saying.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Najjars ''love'' olive oil, especially because Yusra's homemade one is so good. Mo even carries a bottle around everywhere.
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''Mo'' is a dramedy seroes created by Creator/MohammedAmer and Creator/RamyYoussef, who had previously worked together on ''Series/{{Ramy}}'', and directed by Creator/SlickNaim. It is loosely based on Amer's experiences growing up as a Palestinian refugee in Houston, Texas.
Amer stars as Mohammed "Mo" Najjar, a Palestinian-born refugee waiting for his family's asylum case to be processed. In the meantime he has his mother Yusra (Creator/FarahBsieso), brother Sameer (Creator/OmarElba) to support, as well as a serious girlfriend, Maria (Creator/TeresaRuiz), a talented auto mechanic. The show balances illegal work, immigration concerns, Houston crime, and family/relationship drama in Mo's life.
The show's eight-episode first season premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on August 24, 2022. It has been renewed for a final second season.
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!!Tropes:
* BackAlleyDoctor: Due to his illegal work activity during his pending asylum case, Mo refuses medical attention when he is shot at a grocery and goes to Chien, a tattoo artist, who patches him up and sends him home with some drugs. Chien's tendency to do this bites him in the ass when he does something similar for a diabetic thug, whose leg then needs to be amputated.
* BigFancyHouse: Shila and Glen own a $6M Texas [=McMansion=], which features bathrooms in every corner, a pool, and a zoo.
* DescentIntoAddiction: Chien gives Mo some lean (a mixture of prescription codeine-containing cough syrup and soda) to help with the pain while working on his bullet wound. Mo then becomes addicted to the stuff, despite being aware of its dangers.
* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: In addition to English, Mo is also fluent in Arabic and Spanish, and will often use one of the latter two languages to hide sensitive information from another party.
* TheIllegal: Variation. As a refugee with an in-progress asylum case, Mo can legally be in the United States. What he can't do, however, is ''work'', which is why he works for sketchy places or independently sells counterfeit luxury goods.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: It's a point of contention that Mo's Muslim Palestinian family doesn't exactly approve of his girlfriend Maria, a Catholic Mexican, even though [[CitizenshipMarriage a marriage would actually help their immigration case]]. Mo claims that such a union would still get less flak than his sister Nadia's marriage to a white Canadian because Arabs and Hispanics at least share some culture.
* MiddleEasternTerrorists: Alluded to when Mo's white farmer employer, Buddy, watches him put some GPS trackers together and comment that it's like he's assembling a bomb. Mo asks if it's because he's Arab, and asks if he would think the same of Mo's Hispanic coworker. Buddy says that Manuel would never put together a bomb.
* ProtagonistTitle: The show is titled ''Mo'', its protagonist's nickname.
* SpoiledSweet: Deconstructed with Shila, Maria's pretty college friend who has now married a rich white man. They view themselves as philanthropists who want to give back to the community, but Maria throws Shila's "generosity" back in her face as condescension, and says that she has always been like this towards Maria, who is a lower-class Mexican woman.
* TactfulTranslation: Subverted. In Arabic, Yusra disparages how their new immigration attorney, Lizzie, wears shoes in the house and goes barefoot in the couch. In English, Mo claims that she's complimenting Lizzie, but Mo's autistic brother Sameer bluntly tells Lizzie what Yusra was really saying.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The Najjars ''love'' olive oil, especially because Yusra's homemade one is so good. Mo even carries a bottle around everywhere.
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