Deli Boys
"Clean in the front. Dirty in the back."
Overview
When their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba's secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
Deli Boys explores the friction between pampered lives and the sudden, harsh realities of a criminal underworld. The dynamic between the brothers provides the emotional anchor, shifting from personal grief over their father to the professional demands of maintaining an illicit empire. It treats the transformation of their convenience store inheritance with a grounded tone that balances heavy dramatic stakes against the absurdities of their new situation.
Asif Ali carries much of the screen time, positioning the brothers as outsiders navigating a world they were never meant to inherit. The series leans into the specific Pakistani American experience to frame how the siblings reconcile their past with the shadowy business their father hid in plain sight. It keeps the focus on the strain of brotherhood when money, family legacy, and criminal secrets collide in the backroom of a shop.
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- First Aired
- March 06, 2025
- Status
- Returning Series
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 31