The Bamboo Stalk (2016)
Season 1
Eissa was born to a Kuwaiti father and a Filipino mother, who were secretly married when she worked as a maid. Eventually, he grows up in poverty in the city of Manila, while struggling within himself between two identities and two cultures that are drastically different. Things get more complicated when Kuwait is invaded by Iraq, and Eissa's father dies in the war.
Released June 6, 2016
Episode 45 min
17+
S1E1 - Episode 1
Josephine Mendoza escapes the poverty in the Philippines and flees to Kuwait where she works as a maid. When she meets Rashid, a Kuwaiti aristocrat, they develop feelings for one another.
June 6, 2016, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
While Rashid's mother continually bullies Josephine, Rashid shows her nothing but love and tenderness. Josephine has some good news for Rashid, but his mother's outrage ruins it for them.
June 7, 2016, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Rashid and Josephine return home with a new family member, hoping that it will soften Ghanima's heart. When they are met with anger, Rashid arranges for his wife and newborn child to leave.
June 8, 2016, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
Eissa, now an adult, returns to Kuwait in order to meet his father's family, but he is not welcomed.
June 9, 2016, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
Ghanima refuses to acknowledge Eissa as her grandson, but his aunt Hend and his father's friend Ghassan fight tooth and nail so that Eissa is recognized as Rashid's son
June 10, 2016, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Eissa is welcomed by his aunt Hend and his half-sister when he goes to his father's home, but he is received coldly by his grandmother and his other aunts.
June 11, 2016, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Eissa converts to Islam and plans to study it extensively. Ghanima remains steadfast in her refusal to let him into her house, as Hend discusses the problem of dual nationality on a TV program.
June 12, 2016, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
After an altercation with Ghassan, Ghanima kicks Eissa out, and she falls ill. Hend tries to find where Eissa is.
June 13, 2016, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
Just as he was planning to return to the Philippines, Eissa's grandmother decides to take him in, but he has to pretend to be a new chef at their house.
June 14, 2016, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10
When he feels like a stranger in his grandmother's house, Eissa decides to return to Ghassan's place. In a phone call, he conveys his sense of estrangement to his beloved cousin Mirla.
June 15, 2016, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 11
Ghanima prohibits Eissa from entering his father's study. Hend has a tragic accident. Meanwhile, Noureyya decides not to list Eissa under Al-Tarouf's family name.
June 16, 2016, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 12
Hend decides to finish the paperwork that proves Eissa's paternity. Ghanima asks Eissa to leave when she finds him with his sister.
June 17, 2016, midnight
S1E13 - Episode 13
Just as he is permitted to dine with the family, a guest arrives and Eissa has to leave the table. However, he is welcomed into more social events.
June 18, 2016, midnight
S1E14 - Episode 14
As Ghanima decides to go on a vacation with her grandchildren, some problems arise from having Eissa with them.
June 19, 2016, midnight
S1E15 - Episode 15
Nour comforts her son Oweis and promises that she will ask Ghanima to consider wedding Oweis to Khawla. When Nour discovers that Eissa is a physiotherapist, she tries to convince Ghanima to allow him to help her with therapy, but Ghanima refuses.
June 20, 2016, midnight
S1E16 - Episode 16
Ghanima tries to get close to Eissa and establish a good relationship with him. Meanwhile, both Jaber and Oweis are trying to get Khawla to like them.
June 21, 2016, midnight
S1E17 - Episode 17
Nour is shocked when Jaber confesses that he has feelings for her, but she starts to believe him when he avoids Khawla all day. Nour gifts Eissa a turtle.
June 22, 2016, midnight
S1E18 - Episode 18
Jaber informs Khawla that he is leaving the country, and he is going to marry her when he returns. However, after a fight at home, he storms out and gets into a fatal accident.
June 23, 2016, midnight
S1E19 - Episode 19
Khawla feels tremendous guilt after the accident, and Eissa pulls all the stops to console her. The two sisters, Awatef and Noureyya are now at odds, and so are their children.
June 24, 2016, midnight
S1E20 - Episode 20
Eissa joins the family at the dinner table, to everyone's surprise. When Noureyya lies about him being a servant, Eissa gets upset and Nour tries to console him.
June 25, 2016, midnight
S1E21 - Episode 21
When Eissa is overcome with despair one night, Losaminda tries to comfort him. Nour's jealousy gets Losaminda fired so she tries to commit suicide. Khawla has a mental breakdown when she learns that Jaber is feigning his interest in her when he is actually in love with Nour.
June 26, 2016, midnight
S1E22 - Episode 22
Both Khawla and Losaminda recover. Khawla still holds a grudge against Nour.
June 27, 2016, midnight
S1E23 - Episode 23
The tentative peace between Ghanima and Eissa is disturbed when the former requests the latter of helping Jaber's mother. Eissa is informed that his cousin Mirla disappeared.
June 28, 2016, midnight
S1E24 - Episode 24
Grief settles upon the family when they learn of Rashid Al-Tarouf's martyrdom.
June 29, 2016, midnight
S1E25 - Episode 25
The whole situation changes after Rashid's death. Ghanima sees Eissa as a harbinger of bad luck and wants him out, but Eissa has already decided to leave.
June 30, 2016, midnight
S1E26 - Episode 26
Jaber's mother declares her desire for Jaber to marry Nour. But Nour refuses and declares that she is in love with Eissa. Upset by the declaration, Ghanima blacks out.
July 1, 2016, midnight
S1E27 - Episode 27
Eissa moves out with the help of his aunt Hend, but the problems he left behind still linger in the air.
July 2, 2016, midnight
S1E28 - Episode 28
Mirla comes over from the Philippines to stay and work with Eissa, but Eissa is arrested because he doesn't have the necessary documents.
July 3, 2016, midnight
S1E29 - Episode 29
Eissa has a serious quarrel with Ghassan. Mirla leaves Kuwait, and Eissa decides to follow her soon after some problems occur at his workplace.
July 4, 2016, midnight
S1E30 - Episode 30
Hend defies her mother and marries Ghassan. Khawla returns to her mother's house. Eissa returns to the Philippines where he marries Mirla and becomes a well-known author.
July 5, 2016, midnight
Network: MBC 1
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 1350 min.
Released: June 6, 2016
Last Air Date: July 5, 2016, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 17+
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