Episodes: Series - Imarat El Hadj Lakhdar 2 - 2008

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The Hajj suffers from the high electricity bill, especially since it was high in Ramadan. As he tries to convince the collector that he does not have the money, the collector goes up with him to the building and finds a coin that stops electricity consumption, which subjects him to legal punishment.

Employees from the Roads and Bridges Department measure the area around the building to build a highway and demolish the building. The Hajj finds that all residents agreed to build the road in exchange for financial compensation and accuses them of greed, but the administration cancels the construction.

As Farida wants to buy a necklace, Hanan tells her that she'll bring it to her in exchange for a bribe, but Farida pretends that she doesn't have the money. As the Hajj's son facilitates people's affairs in a firm in exchange for bribes, the Hajj gets angry, considering this as exploitation.

As the Hajj decides to make his building the most beautiful one in the neighborhood, he asks the residents not to air their clothes on the windows from the outside, not even the covers, because they give an ugly view. He also agrees with them to put the satellite dishes on the roof.

Nisreen, the Hajj's daughter, goes to a fortune-teller to cast a spell on her husband so that he agrees to her requests. The fortune-teller gives her a talisman which makes him clean and cook. As Amin goes to the fortune-teller, he gives him a herb that causes him to quarrel with his wife.

As a neighbor wants to borrow a sum of money from the Hajj, the latter is surprised because the man owns a car and an apartment. Nisreen wants to lend her neighbor clothes, but the Hajj gets angry, refuses, and also discovers that his son gave the television to his friend, so he tells him off.

Hajj Lakhdar tells his son-in-law that a man's strength lies in carrying the household necessities basket, so his son-in-law buys canned vegetables, fruits, sweets, and meat, while his son brings everything in the basket, but his son-in-law wins because he bought only what is important.

Saeed quarrels with his wife, so he decides to marry El Dawiya. When Farida tells her, she goes to quarrel with her and tells her father, the Hajj, who brings them together and tells him that this is not characteristic of a man and that he should return to his wife.

As Omar's cousin comes from France and wants to construct buildings in the area, everyone is getting closer to him. The residents give the money and jewelry they own to Omar’s cousin in order to reserve the apartments, but the man defrauds them, takes everything, and runs away.

Hajj Lakhdar gathers the young people at the building to play football, and he is the referee. As Amin plays well, a player of a famous club sees them and asks them to play against his team, while the television broadcasts the match, but unfortunately, the building's team loses.

As the Hajj goes to an administrative institution, he finds the receptionist's son sitting at the desk. When his father comes back, he hits him because he ate all the bananas. When he enters an employee’s office, he finds him closing it, so he goes to another one, only to find the employee cooking.

As the Hajj learns that his two sons illegally immigrated to Italy by boat after they stole the money from him, he asks the owner of the boat to take him to where he took his two sons, and the maritime border guards find his two sons, after which he brings them back to Algeria and reprimands them.

Mabrouk goes to Hajj Lakhdar’s house to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage, and he agrees, especially since she is getting older. The Hajj prepares himself for the day of the marriage agreement, asks his two sons to prepare everything, gives them money, and invites his friend, El Tawati.

Sufyan hits a sheikh with his motorcycle, so he brings him home and hosts him for breakfast. As the sheikh starts asking for food and calls his wife, daughter, and son to come, the Hajj gets angry because of the sheikh's many requests. The police come to summon Sufyan to come to the police station.

Every day, a man comes early in the morning in front of the Hajj's building to sell sweet potatoes, which irritates him. The Hajj and his neighbor go to the market and learn that the price of sweet potatoes is very low compared to that at which the man sells it, so he beats him.

A team from the Statistics Department conducts research with the residents about the style of living, so the Hajj tells them that people have drifted away from each other because of technology, while the women say that they cook delicious food and talk to each other after lunch.

Omar rebels against the situation in the area, so the residents of the building gather and go to the square and shout their demands, whereupon the Hajj gets upset and asks him to stop, and his wife also gets angry with him.

As a young genius man rents an apartment in the building, he tries to invent something, but he doesn't find anyone to support him, so he grieves and tells the Hajj that he'll leave the apartment because he doesn't have money to pay the rent, but the Hajj refuses and asks him to work and not despair.

Sufyan, Hajj Lakhdar's son, agrees to rent an apartment for an Arabic language teacher, who'll set up a private tutoring project. The Hajj discovers the matter, gets angry, tells Omar he doesn't want to tarnish the reputation of his building, and also warns him to take care of his teenage daughter.

This episode features footage from all episodes that are regarded to be among the most beautiful scenes that have garnered the viewers' acclaim.

The two sons of the Hajj quarrel. When the Hajj comes, his daughter tells him what happened, and he reconciles and reprimands them. The Hajj learns that his neighbor Muhammad wants to put his mother in a nursing home, so he admonishes him and patches things up between him and his mother.

A clinic opens in Hajj Lakhdar's building, where Sufyan and his friend work, while his daughter also works as a secretary. As several accidents occur involving medical errors, the Hajj gets angry and asks doctors to pay attention because people's lives rely on them.

As a young man, who is a friend of Lutfi's, the Hajj's son, sells cigarettes in front of the building, a resident gets angry and quarrels with him. Farida asks Fatima for forgiveness after she quarreled with her and gives her some sweets. Lutfi tries to deceive one of the neighbors, who beats him.