Hakam Al Baba
Director
5 Stars Family (1994)
Season 1
The story revolves around the family of Umm Ahmed Bilalish who lives in one of the old Damascene neighborhoods. When Farhan proposes to marry Samar, her mother reluctantly agrees. The events start taking a comic twist when the family wins the lottery and their social status changes.
Released Dec. 10, 1994
Episode 33 min
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Keywords: tmdb.family-dynamics
Production Companies: الشام الدولية للإنتاج السينمائي والتلفزيوني
S1E1 - Bad Luck
Samar falls down the stairs when Farhan arrives while she is cleaning. Umm Khaled (Khaled's mother) brings Sawsan to Umm Ahmed (Ahmed's mother) to help her with childbirth. Samar's mother tells her daughter about what happened to her in the police station.
Dec. 11, 1994, midnight
S1E2 - Bad Reputation
As the mother asks about Farhan, it's revealed that his name is the same as an escaped criminal's, who is also married with kids, and the criminal's wife arrives to ask about her husband. The mother asks Farhan for confirmation that he has no standing sentences.
Dec. 12, 1994, midnight
S1E3 - The First of the Month
Samar suspects that Abu Mahmoud (Mahmoud's father) took her missing necklace. Umm Taysir (Taysir's mother) resorts to fortune-telling to figure out the truth. Ahmed reveals that he is the one who hid the necklace.
Dec. 13, 1994, midnight
S1E4 - Good Deed
When a thief breaks into their house, Ahmed beats him until they all believe him dead. Their neighbor finds out and carries him to his own apartment. The neighbor eventually reveals that the thief is alive and that he stole his phone before fleeing.
Dec. 14, 1994, midnight
S1E5 - Oil Spot
A misunderstanding causes Samar to mistakenly thinks that Farhan is cheating on her and kicks him out. When the truth is revealed, Abu Farhan (Farhan's father) calls him back.
Dec. 15, 1994, midnight
S1E6 - Heavy Guest
The mother has Samar leave a note for Ahmed to buy meat from the market, and another note for Abu Farhan to tell him that she is going to leave the door open for him. The notes get mixed up and Abu Farhan buys the meat.
Dec. 16, 1994, midnight
S1E7 - Misunderstanding
The mother leaves to help deliver a woman. When a guy arrives to ask about her mother, Samar thinks that she was kidnapped. When she grows to suspect that Farhan is working for the gang, she ties him up. The mother returns and clears the misunderstanding.
Dec. 17, 1994, midnight
S1E8 - Good Trip
As the mother takes her three children and her daughter's fiancé Farhan on a trip, Umm Khaled rents out their apartment. Farhan and Ahmed initially believe that the apartment is inhabited by Jin before the truth is revealed.
Dec. 18, 1994, midnight
S1E9 - Rent & Rental
Abu Wasfy (Wasfy's father) brings a foreign student to rent a room in Umm Samar's house. Ahmed suggests that he weds the foreign student to foil Umm Khaled's plans.
Dec. 19, 1994, midnight
S1E10 - Attempted Murder
When the mother falls ill, she undergoes a series of tests. Umm Taysir tells Umm Samar that she only has two months to live. It's revealed that the results Farhan got do not belong to Umm Samar.
Dec. 20, 1994, midnight
S1E11 - Counter Advertisment
A TV crew uses the window of Umm Ahmed's apartment. When the director offers the mother the chance to star in a series, she asks Farhan to postpone his wedding for a month.
Dec. 21, 1994, midnight
S1E12 - Free Trade
Umm Taysir introduces Umm Ahmed to Ghalib, who promises to invest their money for a share of the interest. Ahmed pursues his dream of being an actor. It turns out that Ghalib is a swindler who escaped with their money.
Dec. 22, 1994, midnight
S1E13 - Specifications Change
As Umm Ahmed travels, the landlord examines the apartment on Umm Khaled's advice after convincing him that Umm Ahmed is planning some renovations. Umm Taysir tells Umm Ahmed of the ruckus that happened in her absence.
Dec. 23, 1994, midnight
S1E14 - Import and Export
Umm Ahmed tells Umm Taysir that she found Ghalib and brought back some of the money he took from them. Umm Ahmed starts trading in imported clothes. She returns home to find Farhan in the house.
Dec. 24, 1994, midnight
S1E15 - Women's War
It's revealed that Umm Khaled is the one who exposed Umm Ahmed's smuggling of clothes. As tensions rise between Umm Ahmed and Umm Khaled, it escalates into an all-out war, and the neighbors try to reconcile the two.
Dec. 25, 1994, midnight
S1E16 - The Groom of Negligence
The mother believes that Samer's mother wants to wed Samar to Samer. When Samar runs away, the mother thinks that Farhan kidnapped her. Awad eventually tells her that Samar is in Umm Taysir's apartment. Abu Erfan (Erfan's father) wants to wed Umm Ahmed.
Dec. 26, 1994, midnight
S1E17 - Difficult Birth
Umm Ahmed refuses to wed Abu Erfan. Abu Erfan brings a gun and gives another to Farhan for them to resolve their dispute. Umm Ahmed goes to deliver a pregnant woman whose childbirth becomes difficult.
Dec. 27, 1994, midnight
S1E18 - Not to Blame
The landlord proposes to Umm Ahmed and offers to waive the rent if she agrees. Abu Wasfy proposes to Umm Ahmed too and asks her to partner up with him to buy the building from the landlord. Another suitor, Abu Mahmoud, arrives to propose to her.
Dec. 28, 1994, midnight
S1E19 - Nuisance report
When Umm Ahmed considers becoming the neighborhood's chief, Umm Taysir asks to be her assistant. Umm Ahmed gathers the neighbors to discuss the problems facing the neighborhood, but the police show up to investigate a noise complaint.
Dec. 29, 1994, midnight
S1E20 - Mother of the bride
Umm Ahmed tells Umm Taysir that she doesn't want to stick to the date of Samar's wedding to Farhan. Umm Taysir comes up with the idea for a project. On Samar's wedding day, the police inform the family that Umm Ahmed is a beggar.
Dec. 30, 1994, midnight
S1E21 - Marriage of convenience
When Abu Wasfy renews his proposal to Umm Ahmed, Samar and Farhan grow upset and try to get him to hate her. As he brings the marriage officiant to wed her, the police arrive to arrest him.
Dec. 31, 1994, midnight
S1E22 - Vine Leaves Meal
Ahmed brings a client's car home to take Awad and her son to the doctor. Awad returns to claim that they got in an accident, but she's covering up the fact that the car was towed by the police. Ahmed gets fired.
Jan. 1, 1995, midnight
S1E23 - Lottery ticket
Umm Ahmed's treatment of Farhan changes after he starts providing for the house. But when Ahmed wins the lottery, she resumes her ill-treatment of him, only to discover that Farhan bought half the lottery ticket from Ahmed.
Jan. 2, 1995, midnight
S1E24 - False Report
Farhan and Mohamed plot to fake a kidnapping to get Ahmed to give Farhan the lottery money. When Farhan returns home to find Mohamed missing, Umm Ahmed refuses to believe that it was all a plot and calls the police on him.
Jan. 3, 1995, midnight
S1E25 - Day thieves
When everyone finds out about the lottery money, both the landlord and Abu Wasfy arrive to ask for an answer to their proposals and propose the ideas for some projects.
Jan. 4, 1995, midnight
S1E26 - Old Buildings
Ahmed thinks about going to Egypt to wed Mervat Amin, and convinces Khaled to accompany him to wed Soheir Ramzy. Umm Ahmed asks Abu Wasfy to mediate with the landlord to buy the house, but he sells it to Zaky Aluminum.
Jan. 5, 1995, midnight
S1E27 - Novi Feathers
Umm Ahmed offers Umm Khaled a job as her secretary. Ahmed gets the director to film scenes between him and Samar that resemble scenes from an Egyptian film. Umm Ahmed gets the director to film her while she works.
Jan. 6, 1995, midnight
S1E28 - Supermarket
Umm Ahmed looks for a suitable location to open a super market. The distributors arrive to show her their merchandise.
Jan. 7, 1995, midnight
S1E29 - Business Lunch
Umm Ahmed invites Zaky Aluminium over to discuss a business venture. Samar teaches Umm Ahmed etiquette. On Umm Ahmed's request, Abu Wasfy gathers the neighborhood's children to train him on how to welcome Zaky.
Jan. 8, 1995, midnight
S1E30 - Um Ahmad Tours
Umm Ahmed opens a company that she names 'Ahmed Tours'. When Abu Wasfy informs her that the new buses have arrived, she sells her furniture in preparation for her move to her new apartment. Umm Ahmed asks Farhan and Samar to wed.
Jan. 9, 1995, midnight
Episode Runtime: 33 min.
Season Runtime: 33 min.
Released: Dec. 10, 1994
Last Air Date: Jan. 9, 1995, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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