Baghdad's central follows the story of Inspector Khafaji, who is on Iraqi police inspector who has been summarily fired.

Like all of the Iraqi police officers after the U.

S invasion, do you think there will be war?

The heart of the show is this family and this family that's been disbanded.

He lost his wife to cancer.

He lost his eldest son due to war.

So have, as first shows up at the Green Zone checkpoint with his daughter Maruge, Maruge has a very serious illness.

I mean, she really does need dialysis badly.

I would work for them for us, long as it takes to make you well.

So he sends his other daughter to live with her aunt, uncle and she goes missing.

And that's where we start our story.

I'm not that father.

God, I know you're not her father.

I am her father.

In accepting the job toe work for Temple into work within the Green Zone.

He's really kind of put in a between a rock and a hard place.

I was really excited to see that it was a perspective that I had never seen before.

Seeing the American perspective of the Iraq war, I've seen the British perspective, the Iraq war.

But we really haven't seen it from the Iraqis.

It's an opportunity to tell a story that's been certain extent suppressed to share in an exciting, thrilling way on something like this, which is deeply political.

It's all about what you don't see.

It's all of our hidden currents.

And so you have all these perspectives coming together telling this great, compelling story with the really surprising and exciting plot.

It's a father finding his daughters and reconnecting, and that theme is something I think that everybody can relate.

Thio.

I've heard enough of Gloria.

Sarah.

I say, Let them come.

The Americans.

My name is Willie is a writer, and I play messenger federal Khafaji about that Central.

My father used to work under Saddam's regime, and he was in the Mahabharata like Secret Service on Dhe.

He basically had a very difficult life in terms of what was happening in the effects of the war.

Politically, but also personally.

He's living at home with his two daughters, one of which is ill, and she's needs dialysis and then the other daughter goes missing.

And that's where we start the story.

It will mean change.

I don't need to change.

The relationship he has with Maruge is very interesting.

Maruge has a very serious illness.

I mean, she really does need dialysis badly.

He's really kind of put in a between a rock and a hard place in terms of accepting this position to work within the Green Zone, because that means his daughter gets treatment that's urgently needed.

I need men like you, Inspector, Are Iraq's future.

Lafarge's relationship with so son is a very loving relationship, but it's a it's a relationship.

Where the communication isn't is easy season her his strengths, but he also sees in her his flaws and passion.

The temper, but also the courage is really a beautiful thing that he sees in soaps, and it makes him proud.

But at the same time it also scares him.

She's young and impressionable.

What is this free around?

Show me look inside yourself.

It's a father finding his daughters and reconnecting, and that theme is something I think that everybody can relate to.

Love of country, love of family and where those two kind of conflict with each other and where they contradict each other and where her father is such a character.

Where people can relate to is he really does choose the human choice.

And he chooses something based on common humanity of everybody.

So I am Corey Stoll and I play Captain John Perotti of the U.

S.

Military police.

True story.

It's my boys that stand guard over Baghdad's 100 police station.

And it's my boys would do with all the shit that comes through the door thief.

He is just about doing a job in keeping his men safe and is really not interested in anything more ideological or idealistic Beyond that, Inspector FRG, meet captain for OD.

Military police.

Pleasure is where my character first meets Khafaji.

He's completely dismissive of the idea of of bringing back Iraqi inspectors.

I'm going to go through this charade pretending that you're involved here.

How do you want?

Do you know the bullshit?

This will become an Iraqi Police led the investigation.

Captain John Brody, who is very skeptical of Khafaji, slowly realizes pathology is the decide to be on the horse to bet on.

They team up in a surprising way.

Everybody out, everybody.

Ah, a lot of the journey for Perotti throughout the series is one of letting go of his real black and white view of how to do his job on dhe.

Accepting Khafaji on your way, Inspector, we'll be needing my help to talk to the driver Brody and Temple, played by Bernie Carvel.

It's a great relationship because they they really represent their sides to a T fuck off already.

Oh, that's fuck off, Captain Parole.

They really have such a delicious mutual contempt every time the two are in a room together that cannot help but tear each other down.

You think he's a dick too, right?

What do you think?

A temple asshole, Dick.

My character represents the Americans out of this story.

Temples Character represents the British side of the story.

Frank, Your man here is spending the day with me.

Specter for Ji has work to do for me.

Yes.

No.

At his desk here I am believing we're on the same team, but nobody has the whole story.

And it takes these perspectives to really get a clear sense of of what this world is.

Are you sure you want to do this, mooch?

You're feeling well enough.

Baba Yes.

For the 10th and last time stops trusting.

My name is Jelena Man, and I'm playing the role of Maruge.

Back that Central.

You look beautiful today.

I'm worried he can see that, too.

Of course you can see he's not blind.

Urge is the personification of bravery.

She's a brave girl, you know.

She is suffering from kidney failure and at no point that she used that to gain sympathy.

You don't have to stay, but I want to stay.

They have food you've got south in the older sister who tends to be kind of more the rebellious off nature.

She's more extroverted.

And then you've got the FRG who's just our father?

Do you think there will be war?

I hope not.

Not until Rouge is the more introvert.

It's just more of the reader.

She's more of the quiet one.

But the relationship between a mirage in her father is is one off intrigue, right?

Things are quite flipped with these two.

You're supposed to be fasting.

I'll make just half a cup.

We see that dynamic.

You know.

Khafaji comes to her with all his worries and he tells the things that, you know, usually dads would kind of try and safeguard their kids from.

So really, it's a flip.

She is the kind of the mother.

Or somehow stay away from the Balkan.

They will see you with your teeth, the imam or the Americans.

She's this 18 year old that's filled with an old soul that's filled with so much wisdom.

Waken Go back If you wave come this far Some rouge is your selfless soldier in this.

She's the underdog.

She's the person that grows on you.

She really does on.

She teaches you a lot about human nature and humanity.