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Passerby

2025 · 1 season

A slow-burning family saga that mixes bitter scheming with dark humour, keeping you hooked on who will outmaneuver whom.

Genres
Drama
Overview
A gripping drama about family, ambition, and deception. Aaber seeks to claim his late brother Jan’s inheritance, clashing with Jan’s widow Sabah, who guards a secret. Aaber teams up with Zainab, a mother plotting to reclaim her son, while Ayoub and his wife Habiba face a custody battle against their scheming half-sister Hind. Mixing dark comedy and intense drama, the series explores whether innocence can overcome greed or if self-interest will triumph.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • greed
    • deception
    • betrayal
    • ambition
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour4
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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