Here Come the Habibs!
It's a second migration for the Habib family, first it was Lebanon to Australia, now Lakemba to Vaucluse. But not everyone is happy to see them, and soon the Habibs find themselves in conflict with their new next door neighbours. The O'Neills are Vaucluse royalty - old money and proud of it. They're extremely uncomfortable with goats and chickens, shisha pipes and people of Mediterranean appearance, but the Habibs can't understand what all the fuss is about. One family want to stay, the other family want them gone. Here Come The Habibs brings a fresh comic perspective to multicultural Australia.
- 2016-2017
- 2 seasons
- Comedy
It's a second migration for the Habib family, first it was Lebanon to Australia, now Lakemba to Vaucluse. But not everyone is happy to see them, and soon the Habibs find themselves in conflict with their new next door neighbours. The O'Neills are Vaucluse royalty - old money and proud of it. They're extremely uncomfortable with goats and chickens, shisha pipes and people of Mediterranean appearance, but the Habibs can't understand what all the fuss is about. One family want to stay, the other family want them gone. Here Come The Habibs brings a fresh comic perspective to multicultural Australia.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
Lockdown
The O'Neill business empire, Bonza Biscuits, has been beleaguered by "Anzaclava-gate", which leaves Jack (Darren Gilshenan) and wife Olivia (Helen Dallimore) unable to pay rent to their all-time rivals, the Habibs, who purchased their home, much to the annoyance of Olivia. In episode one, Toufic (Sam Alhaje) has returned from Lebanon, where he hiked the Chouf Mountains like his father, and has finally become a man. The O'Neills, after many late rent payments, are minutes away from departing on their New York trip to reignite Bonza Biscuits when a suspected Ebola outbreak ruins their plans and keeps both families quarantined in the Habibs' home for 21 days. Meanwhile, love is still in the air for Elias (Tyler De Nawi) and Maddie (Georgia Flood), with both too scared to tell their respective parents of their blossoming relationship, because they're always at war. Throughout the series, Toufic (Sam Alhaje) puts his brains before his looks, continuing to come up with more crazy ideas to grab the attention of everyday Aussies and turn into the celebrity he knows he deserves to be. The Fundertakers is one new idea he concocts with Jahesh (Rob Shehadie) - putting the fun back into funerals - along with Wog-a-Long, an ethnic rent-a-friend service. In this series, Here Come the Habibs will also see a kidney failure diagnosis, marriage proposals, a documentary on racism, and even the possibility of a truce.
Episode 2
Go Back to Where You Came From
Fou Fou and Olivia join forces to drive out their unwelcome new neighbour, a Chinese-American movie star. Layla casts her family in star roles in her school video project on racism.
Episode 3
The Fundertakers
Fou Fou bribes the O'Neills into hosting a Lebanese funeral in their house. Toufic launches his new funeral business, The Fundertakers, with disastrous results. Layla and Maddie steal Fou Fou's V8 for a burnout competition.
Episode 4
Middle East Side Story
Mariam and Jack risk their marriages to perform in the multicultural musical 'Middle East Side Story'. Olivia plays dirty to stop Layla from becoming school captain at Rosemount Ladies' College.
Episode 5
The Kidney
A beach picnic turns into a riot when Fou Fou and Olivia come to blows and are arrested. Maddie's talented new boyfriend, Kanye, runs rings around Elias. But is he too good to be true?
Episode 6
The Beach
A beach picnic turns into a riot when Fou Fou and Olivia come to blows and are arrested. Maddie's talented new boyfriend, Kanye, runs rings around Elias. But is he too good to be true?
Episode 7
The Girl from Lebanon
Elias falls in love with a beautiful Lebanese visitor, Yasmine, but Layla suspects she's a gold digger. Olivia runs for election with the Racial Harmony Party, and Fou Fou vows to thwart her.
Episode 8
Leb Wedding
It's a backyard wedding war between when Madison and Kanye decide get married the same day as Elias and Yasmine. But who will live happily ever after?