Asa serves up lunch for her on-the-job beau. Elsewhere, Mike attempts to inform his parents of his new job with Reza, and MJ and Reza encounter each other for the first time since their showdown.Free Download Video Shahs of Sunset 22th July 2012 Episode On ABC Family Tv Online Tv Live Streaming Video. Online Watch Shahs of Sunset Full Episode Watch Stream HD Video on Internet TV."Shahs of Sunset" follows a group of friends who are trying to juggle their active social lives and up-and-coming careers while balancing the demands of their families and traditions. These passionate socialites are fervent on the dating and party scene, but seeking approval from their family they face pressures to settle down and marry within the community. From outings on Rodeo Drive to traditional Persian feasts at home, this series celebrates the unique lifestyle of a group of friends who have worked hard for what they have and are not afraid to flaunt it.
Close your eyes and 90% of this new reality show about six young Persian-Americans is indistinguishable from any other reality show about any six young Americans who have an above-average amount of money and a fondness for themselves.
Reza, GG, MJ, Asa, Mike and Sammy hail from the Iranian families the Islamic revolution was dismantling, so those families fled to America and regrouped in, uh, Beverly Hills.
Okay, several say they had to leave most of their possessions behind and their starter homes in Beverly Hills were low-end.
Still, this isn’t Ellis Island revisited. These are folks who arrived here with something. And to their credit, most of them went to work to secure and add to it.
This was easier for some than others, and what makes “Shahs of Sunset” interesting as a TV show is the diversity within the group.
Asa, for instance, is the outsider. She didn’t hang out with the others in high school, she says, and she still seems to be on the periphery now.
She remains a target for GG, who has “princess” stamped all over and who considers style, looks and fashion to be her ticket.
GG has little use for those who don’t share her priorities or taste, and she becomes petulant when she doesn’t get the person or thing to which she feels entitled.
This show is not a positive look on the Persian Americans in Los Angeles, California. They fled persecution, wars, and death in Iran to settle in Beverly Hills. Many of the cast mates are friends from Beverly Hills High School. Let's fact it, they're not normal in the first place.
While I can only imagine the possible outrage from this show's existence, I find it interesting that Ryan Seacrest is in charge of production. Usually it's soul-less Andy Cohen but not this time. Hopefully unlike Cohen, Seacrest doesn't have painful reunion shows to watch. Anyway, the three women and three men have a balance.
Reza is a Persian American homosexual real estate agent and his office mate and best friend is MJ, a Persian American woman. Asa is a Persian American woman and an artist who is probably my favorite. She's more concerned about her art rather than the others' opinions. Sammy and Mike are both Persian American and Jewish men in the show.
Both men are interested in women not Persian nor Jewish. While this show is an interesting look into another culture and often a foreign land which is Los Angeles, the show does try to explain Persians who are really Iranians but they don't go by that. Anyway, this show has some moments but I'll watch this train wreck. It's not as bad as the housewives shows.