Beirut's tangled love lives take center stage in From The End, a half-hour Lebanese drama built entirely around the fallout of one marriage under strain.
What is From The End about?
Ward and his wife Yasmine appear, on the surface, to have settled into married life, yet the show opens on the exact moment that surface starts to crack. Their son's serious medical condition pulls at both of them from a different angle, forcing decisions neither is prepared to make alone, while old resentments resurface under the pressure. Complicating the picture further is Tara, a woman already married to Hany, whose feelings for Ward refuse to stay buried. Across its half-hour episodes, the series moves between these three households, tracking how a private crisis in one marriage ripples outward and reshapes the people orbiting it. Rather than building toward a single twist, the show is more interested in the slow accumulation of small choices — a phone call not returned, a hospital visit missed — that push each character further from where they started.
About the cast
Rita Hayek leads an ensemble that includes Moatasem al-Nahar, Cynthia Samuel and Badih Abou Chakra, familiar names in Lebanese television who bring a lived-in quality to a story that spends most of its time in kitchens, hospital corridors and cars rather than anywhere more dramatic. The cast's chemistry carries scenes that could otherwise feel static, letting silences do as much work as dialogue.
Context & significance
From The End arrived in 2020 as part of a wave of Lebanese-produced dramas aimed squarely at Arabic-speaking audiences across the region, a genre that has grown steadily alongside Turkish and Egyptian imports. Its short, forty-minute episode length is typical of the format, built for nightly viewing rather than long binge sessions, and its focus on marriage, infidelity and family obligation places it comfortably within the melodrama tradition that dominates the space.
Watching From The End on Ktime
The series streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles both available, letting viewers choose whichever fits their household. Watching requires only a free K-Time account login, and the platform's Farsi-first interface makes browsing and switching between audio options straightforward for Persian-speaking audiences.