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Chad is a delightful cringe-fest. Pedrad, who developed and wrote the series, stars as a 14-year-old Iranian American boy named Chad Amani. Raised by his single mother Naz (Saba Homayoon), Chad craves a male parental figure in his life. He also loves to routinely put himself in tricky situations and insert himself in conversations in order to be liked by his classmates. The show’s awkward humor is enough to make you wince, especially in how it triggers memories of high school, but
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As seen in this exclusive clip from the show’s third episode, “Ikrimah Breakup,” Chad walks in on his mother and her boyfriend Ikrimah (Phillip Mullings Jr.) during an intimate moment. He doesn’t mind, though. Chad doesn’t even realize what he’s interrupting because he’s overjoyed by the fact that the macho Ikrimah might just be his new father. Chad takes the awkward moment a step further by getting into bed with them and hugging Ikrimah, sweat be da