Comedian Mo Amer is back with the highly anticipated second season of his Netflix series Mo, which expertly (and sometimes painfully) straddles the line between comedy and tragedy.
Executive produced by Amer and Ramy Youssef, Mo follows a Palestinian man seeking asylum in the United States with his family after growing up in Houston, Texas. Being an undocumented citizen makes working a steady job difficult, which means Mo Najjar is often driven to selling counterfeit Yeezys out of his trunk and becoming a bouncer/DJ at a strip club. But he’s kept steady by his family and his longtime girlfriend Maria, who his mother doesn’t approve of.
Season 2 takes the series to new heights when Mo finds himself trapped in Mexico without a passport to get him back across the border. With his family’s asylum case now at risk, Mo will stop at nothing to ensure his family is
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