The Last Round - Season 1

First aired: 1/25/2024 9 episodes

Yehya, post-divorce and diagnosed with Alzheimer's like his father, seizes an unexpected chance from Shabaka to pursue his dream of becoming a professional fighter. Motivated by redemption and a desire to connect with his daughter, he persuades Tambi, to train him for a final fight. Yehya struggles with memory loss striving to preserve recollections amid his challenging circumstances.

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Episodes

1. The Comeback

Aired: 1/25/2024

Yehya, a retired underground fighter and a failed doctor... After his divorce from Noha, he ends up in a modest apartment, working a job he hates, and living with a daughter who’s indifferent to him. Meanwhile, he receives a strange offer from Shabaka to return to fighting, which makes Yehya consult his old coach Tambi about that surprising offer. But Yehia later discovers that he has dementia.

2. The Beginning of the Journey

Aired: 1/25/2024

Yehya decides to train again after learning he has Alzheimer's... which causes Tempy’s return... but after a short period of training, and despite Tempy’s insistence that he’s not ready... Yehya decides to take on a fight, which he loses after suffering a panic attack. He is defeated in front of the committee that selects the fighters for a major tournament being held in Egypt.

3. The First Round

Aired: 1/25/2024

Yahya is depressed after the humiliating defeat he suffered... but his love for the call girl Alya and his dire need for money push him to go back to training… He later discovers that Shabaka has succeeded in using his connections to get him back in the championship... but Yehya fires Tempy from his coaching team.

4. Gain and Loss

Aired: 2/1/2024

Yehya tries to reconcile with Tempi, whose dignity is wounded. He also tries to rebuild his relationship with his daughter after she gets in trouble at school. Finally, he goes out with Alya and meets her daughter for the first time. But in the meantime, his father goes missing.

5. The Pit

Aired: 2/1/2024

Yehya gets notably closer to his daughter, and he confesses his love for Alya as he prepares for the first official match in his life, the result of which surprises Yehya and the whole world...but his father's deteriorating health forces him to move to Nour Aldeen’s house...

6. Anger

Aired: 1/8/2024

Yehya and Farida are now living in Nour Aldeen’s house… His memory is deteriorating and his daughter is angry again at him because of the move… Alya is afraid of assault for the first time after her friend gets assaulted. She complains to Yehya, which only increases his guilt… This makes him confess an old secret to Tambi... Fueled by anger, Tambi goes to Alya and tells her Yehya's secret.

7. Rectifying the Past

Aired: 1/8/2024

Yehya and Alya get into a fight over the secret he’s been hiding from her. Yehya falls into in a state of panic, which turns into anger that fuels his energy in his match against Rafik - the fiercest Egyptian fighter - Yehya takes all his anger out on him.

8. The Final Round - Part 1

Aired: 2/15/2024

Yehya’s ex-wife Noha decides to take Farida to live with her again... This weighs heavily on Yehya who feels very lonely. Unfortunately, Farida finds out about Yehya’s illness which he had kept secret. She insists that he stops fighting.

9. Final Round - Part 2

Aired: 2/15/2024

It’s the awaited fight between Yehya and the fierce Russian fighter Ulyanov... everyone expects that Yahya would lose from the first round... but Yahya no longer cares about winning or losing... he only cares about walking his path all the way.