The essential episodes of Deli Boys
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Deli Boys — each pick states its reason.
- 01
After their Baba's sudden death, brothers Raj and Mir realize their family's deli empire is actually a criminal front. Their survival depends on Lucky Auntie, who does something totally messed up but also kind of awesome.
- 02
Raj and Mir set out to find half-dead Hamza in the Forgotten Bottom, but they are idiots and nepo babies. Meanwhile, Lucky fights chauvinist Ahmad for Dark DarCo's throne, and Agent Mercer struggles to crack the FBI’s boys' club.
- 03
As Lucky, Mir, and Ahmad work to revive a smuggling operation, Ahmad's racism surfaces and Drexel’s business program gets a bad rap. Raj learns professionalism from the "Murderwalla," while Agent Mercer picks up an unexpected ally.
- 04
A Philly gangster gives the crew 24 hours to unload coke and pay his vig—but demands a hostage. Lucky screams disturbing things at Raj after he scares off the cocaine mixer, while Bushra holds Mir’s nuts to the fire.
- 05
It’s Chickie Lasagna's epic "Big Game" party, and the Pennsylvania "Football Birds" are playing. But the gang is too busy trying to expand their turf and discovering that Chickie's daughter Gigi is a hot psycho. Mercer witnesses a beatdown.
- 06
Hamza's British cousins hop across the pond on a lark, drive on the wrong side of the road, and kidnap Lucky at GMT for a wee Brexit with tea and crumpets, Stonehenge, O levels, and a Jack Russell terrier. The boys follow Raj's third eye.
- 07
The boys learn the value of work-life balance. Raj and his shaman/lover smoke a fat rosin donut en route to deliver drugs to his fiancé/business partner at West Philly Pakora Palace. Meanwhile, Mercer and Simpson finally get on the same page.
- 08
Mercer and Simpson close in on the sticky, chewy, nutty center of the Dar crime ring. Raj rides a scooter. Mir channels his inner tech bro. Lucky pulls a fast one. Ahmad finally gets to pull down the pull-down gate outside the ABC Deli.
- 09
On the first day of Mir and Bushra's pyari pyari shaadi, the Peruvians want their money—and it's threatening Mir's ability to be a fab dullah. Raj is acting super weird, the boys might tiff (no tiffin), and a mystery finally unravels.
- 10
Philly PD Sergeant Angelo F. Testicola fights to protect his very important crime scene despite interference from Mercer, Simpson, Raj, Mir, Lucky, Ahmad, Seema, Bushra, Chickie, Chickie's date, and Corey—the only white guy at the wedding.
- 11
Drowning in dirty cash, the Dars scramble to launder their stash before Philly's worst criminals sniff it out. Enter Max Sugar, casino king and money launderer who agrees to help and rolls the dice on Lucky.
- 12
DarCo's laundering cash at Sugar Palace, Lucky's in a situationship with Max, Mir's chasing Baba's golf course dreams, and Raj thirsts for revenge on Ahmad. With messy feelings and fresh money, what could possibly go wrong?
- 13
Raj lands in jail and goes viral for his mugshot thanks to his wife Nandika. Meanwhile, Lucky gets entangled in a love triangle when Max hires her ex as Raj's lawyer.
- 14
Max cons Lucky into couples therapy. Mir and Raj play detective on Ahmad's murder, grilling Maalik Ali and his wife Aisha while Mir doubles down on the golf course hustle.
- 15
The boys scramble to exonerate Raj by chasing down the truth while Mir hustles his golf pitch. Max gets cornered by Chadwater, screws up big, and Lucky catches him red-handed. Will they or won't they kill each other?
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