8 Stars Family Season 1, Episode 5: Vertical Development

1

The Reality

As Maysoun's father refuses to wed her to Nabil, the duo devises a plan to convince their parents and they get married. Maysoun and Nabil's relationship worsens due to the clashes between their fathers.

2

Black Point

Ajaj is arrested for theft, and after he's released, everyone treats him like a thief, and he becomes a regular at the lineups for criminals at the police stations.

3

Ritu, God Bless

One of Ribal's friends asks to mediate for his son to get a job, so Ribal turns to his son-in-law Nadim, who refuses to help, so Afra decides to threaten to kick him out of the house to force him to agree.

4

Guests of Honor

Nabil gets a job working at the animal sanctuary, so Ribal and the rest try to use it to their advantage.

5

Vertical Development

Nabil submits a project to organize the city, demolish the violating houses, and compensate the owners with new houses in a residential city, after which he discovers that Ajaj has exploited the matter and put his name on the lists of those who received compensation for apartments.

6

Ajaj Summer

As Ajaj goes crazy, Haifa turns to her family in an attempt to get him out of his condition. After Ajaj recovers, Ribal soon suffers from the same condition.

7

Necessity Is the Mother of Invention

Abu Ghosn offers his shop for sale to Ribal and Afra, and the family devises a plan to turn it into a chicken restaurant, but the plan soon fails.

8

Guaranteed Messages

When Ajaj receives a letter for Haifa in her absence, the letter causes him to suspect that she's cheating on him. But she soon proves to him that he was wrong to mistrust her. As Haifa receives a letter for Ajaj in his absence, she confirms that he is cheating.

9

Gasoline Prayer

When Afra decides to buy a minibus and work on it, the family members object to the matter, fearing for their reputation. As Afra becomes famous for her work as a driver, she decides to announce the reason for her work to prove that women can do all jobs.

10

Certificates of Appreciation

Afra and Ribal's family decide to file a complaint to the neighborhood due to the dumping of garbage in front of their house. As the neighborhood launches an initiative to solve the crisis, Afra quickly spoils things.

11

Snowball

Ajaj asks Nabil for a loan to buy new shoes, while Abu Ghosn borrows money from Afra; Afra and Nabil decide to evade them.

12

Scapegoat

Haifa is harassed by Adham, who seeks to get close to her despite her being a married woman, so the family turns to Adham's father to put an end to it.

13

One Man's Loss Is Another Man's Gain

As Maysoun gets a chance to work in Dr. Wassef's clinic, the family tries to take advantage of it to the fullest, but soon someone other than Maysoun is chosen for the job.

14

Pickled Cucumbers

As Afra gets sick, the doctor tells her about the possibility of her pregnancy. Maysoun and the rest of the family try to divide the inheritance equally among them for fear of their new brother. Afra discovers she had a false pregnancy and her illness was due to eating a lot of pickled cucumbers.

15

The Golden Fish

Maysoun and Nabil find gold inside a fish, so the family decides to sell their gold to have enough money to buy all the fish in the restaurant, only for Abu Shehab to report them to the police due to the state's entitlement to the gold, and they get arrested.

16

Wanted

The house of the Afra family is under threat by the attack of many thieves and criminals. Abu Ghosn investigates the matter and discovers that the gang has lost drugs hidden in the houses that Nabil approved of demolishing and they want revenge.

17

Doctor by Forgery

As Maysoun succeeds in cheating in her medical studies and opens her own clinic, her cheating soon causes all of her patients' conditions to deteriorate.

18

The Black Bag

When a customer loses his bag in Ribal's restaurant, Ribal decides to keep it until he finds him. As Ribal refuses Afra's attempts to open the bag and take what's in it, he asks everyone to wait for its owner. After 20 years, Ribal is unable to find the owner of the bag.

19

Pushover

Nadim's desire to move out of the family home causes conflicts with Naziha. As Nadim's attempts to remove his manager and take over his position fail, he ends up staying with Naziha's family.

20

Message from Underwater

As Ribal goes through a psychological crisis due to his children's disrespect for him and his belief that Afra does not love him, he decides to leave the house and stay with Abu Shehab and send mails to the family so that they feel his worth.

21

Circle of Fear

As Abu Ghosn is looking for Ajaj to arrest him after he is accused of a crime, Ajaj hides in the family home for fear of imprisonment.

22

Failed Scenarios

Ajaj's plan to sneak into Afra and Ribal's room and rob them fails after Afraa wakes up, and soon Ajaj and Haifa are exposed to the same plan by Maysoun and her plan fails.

23

The Deal of a Lifetime

Abu Shehab offers Nabil the deal of a lifetime to take over the management of an engineering project for a major investor, only for Nabil to fall victim to the investor's fraud.

24

Amazing Phenomena

As Afra dreams about the winning numbers of the New Year's prize draw, she succeeds in buying the card with the same numbers. Ajaj discovers that the New Year's drawing ended two days ago.

25

The Fall of Dollars

Afra and Ribal convince Abu Ghosn to sell his apartment in the housing project in exchange for a commission, but their plan soon fails and the ministry finds out.

26

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Nabil uses his relationship with Nadim and Abu Ghosn to circumvent the law and win bids and tenders. The police arrest Nadim and Abu Ghosn after discovering the scheme.

27

It's Done

Nabil's father decides to invest in the family's restaurant and obtain two-thirds of the restaurant for a year. As the two parties enter into a dispute, Nabil is forced by his father to divorce Maysoun, and Afra eventually agrees to sell the restaurant to him.