For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

A group of Persian refugees fleeing the Iranian Revolution of 1979 arrive in California and embrace or define the American Dream. They drink their faces off, have petty squabbles, cover themselves in jewels and gold, have extensive plastic surgery and the totally mad and open gay guy, must be the envy of every gay person in Iran; I think they kill people there, but if I'm wrong, I know they don't accept a gay lifestyle. This is the best way for America to overthrow Iran; show how much fun it is to be Western and free.I only see this series when traveling and in hotels or motels with cable and always look forward to seeing their antics. I'm not clear on where their money comes from as they don't seem to work, so I presume they were fortunate enough to load up their coffers before fleeing Iran. I don't think this show costs a lot to produce ---perhaps that's where their money is from?---- so I suspect it will have a long run and we'll be blessed to watch the cast grow old and die over the coming years. Having lived 20 + years in southern California, I can see this format being adapted to a wide range of transplants that make America so culturally diverse; Israeli's of Fairfax, Russian Oligarchs of Rodeo Drive, Chinese of Monterrey Park, Japanese of Palos Verdes, Koreans of Cypress, MS-13 of MacArthur Park....it's endless, but it will take a lot to top the Shahs of Sunset

I have seen bad but this is by far one of the worst shows I have ever seen, You have Reza talking about jerking off, and using terms like pussy when he went to the coffee shop. He needs to lighten up with his language. And no I am no pastor, but I would think it would be nice to turn the TV on and not have to stand guard over it wile Reza is on so any young kids watching will not ask whats jerking off? And has no problem using F**K at all wile he is on! I don't have a problem with the rest of the cast, I haven't figured out yet what the show is all about, One stabbing the other in the back and talking behind another person's back! But to go to another country and start screaming come on Rabbi's and see your gay Rabbi's is about on the top of the list of disrespect for the country they were in!Overall this show is about a 1 poor taste, poor planing, and down right poor cast!

Watching an episode, I just had the misfortune of seeing Asa trying to sell "Diamond Water" to a businessman/promoter using real diamonds in the water!. The look on his face said it all, and I didn't think he was taking her seriously. She kept insisting on the idea however, firmly believing that is was a great idea, adding real diamonds with water to create a pure water and "Infusing the water with positive energy just by being in the room with the water? What? Who does she think she is? Jesus? Real Diamonds are harmful/fatal to humans if swallowed you silly girl. I notice she now has a website trying to sell it for US$35.88 a liter! WTF?? Hopefully no one will be stupid enough to buy it unless they have a death wish. Surely there must be some watchdog in the USA that prevents this sort of thing from happening?Unbelievable that someone so intelligent (she graduated from UCLA with undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Philosophy), could be so stupid.

I have just finished watching season 2 episode 4. Is this show for real? Are those people really like that? This season is without a doubt, worse than the first. How disappointing.I am incredibly grateful that I am not them, not any of them, not for any reason. I have a great amount of compassion for MJ, I hope GG goes to rehab asap - if this mess is, in fact reality and not fiction for the cameras. I would rather eat my own faeces, than watch another episode of this adult-child, tantrum-throwing, name-calling, money-grubbing, delusional, sleazy, vomit-inducing, disrespectful cast of self-important humans.This gets a -10 from me. Unless you're sadomasochistic, give it a miss.Again, -10.