Season 2 • Episode 20
LatestAsfur is an Israeli television series, which is broadcast on the channel HOT3. Its title, which literally means "bird" in Arabic, is the main protagonist's "good luck bird" – his late grandfather believed that its arrival symbolized a positive turn of events. Hot had already started working on two additional seasons even before the television pilot was aired. Season two began airing on October 17, 2011. Savyon and Amir sold the format to John Wells in October 2011. The adaptation, named "Hard Up", will air on FOX.
Writing
Savyon and Amir's razor-sharp dialogue about being broke
Acting
Chemistry so real you'll believe these disasters are friends
Production
Turns a crumbling mansion into a character itself
Creators
Guy Amir, Hanan Savyon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gal Gadot appears in season 1 before her Fast & Furious breakthrough—she plays a model named Kika who briefly dates Itzik.
The 'asfur' superstition reflects Mizrahi Jewish folklore; the show became a sleeper hit partly because it centered working-class Israeli experiences rarely seen on prestige TV.
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