Rant: Season 2 Finale [spoilers, obviously]

The finale was a terrible decision by the writers. He would not have killed the Sheikh. He's constantly telling Ynon "I'm not leaving without Layla I'm not leaving without Layla." Then, Ynon, casually tells him "You know the father has to go, right?" And Amiel is at it poisoning the Sheikh's tea-- knowing that there's no way his wife will be cool with him killing her father.

It just made no sense. There is no possible way Amiel would've killed the Sheikh. I just started shaking my head at that point. Even more than when they determine that the only possible person who can drop off a package to Room 336 is Nurit, Uri's girlfriend, a woman, alone in Syria, who has NO espionage experience at all-- she was even carrying her Israeli wallet; if anyone had done a search on her, that's the first thing they'd find.

And, in Season 3, if it's later determined he's actually a double (triple?) agent, and he's working for Children of Jihad-- it still doesn't make sense. If the goal is to get him close to the Prime Minister or something, he could do that just as well if he hadn't killed the Sheikh. (Plus, he'd have his wife with him in Israel.)

We can rack up this ending in the pantheon of Bad Series Endings, after The Sopranos finale and before the Lost finale.

Special Bonus Inconsistency: How the hell does [Jamal's son - Forget his name] go from lunging for the telephone to rat Amiel/Ynon out to giving Ynon a ride on his Moped (and -not- betraying him)? And, afterwards, complying fully with everything Amiel asked for, during the escape? Had Amiel been coaching all that time to be an Israeli traitor? If so, then why the phone lunge? If not, just how does Jamal's son leap into his treason, willfully helping an Israeli commando, who is a complete stranger and hasn't built up any trust at all? Uh, plus, Jamal's son doesn't seem broken up about the Sheikh's poisoning at all, not a bit. And, in Israel, Jamal's son is a smiling immigrant, with hair neatly combed, signalling how he's already making the adjustment; if anything, he's be more resistant to leaving and to acclimation than Layla, since he's an adolescent.