Jackson Heights

Season 1 follows the lives of overseas Pakistanis living in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of New York City in Queens. It is directed by Mehreen Jabbar, written by Vasay Chaudhry and produced by Humayun Saeed and Shehzad Nasib. The serial features an ensemble cast including Marina Khan, Adeel Hussain, Aamina Sheikh, Noman Ejaz, Ali Kazmi, Adnan Jaffar, Naghma Begam and Neelofar Abbasi. The English cast are: Monsoon Bissell, Theo van Golen, and Alma Mooz Nunez. It aired in India on Zindagi on 1 September 2015. It ended its run on 24 October 2015 and was a hit in India too. The plot of the serial revolves around six expatriates working in Jackson Heights in New York City.

• Ep 1

  1.Episode 1

  19-09-201440m

  The story revolves around six Pakistanis living in Jackson Heights a suburb in Queens, New York.

• Ep 2

  2.Episode 2

  26-09-201440m

  Salma (Aamina Sheikh) works very hard at Haseena Beauty Salon. The owner of the salon Aalia (Meher Jaffri) is a good friend of Salma. Salma stays with her mother-in-law and step da...

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• Ep 3

  3.Episode 3

  03-10-201440m

  Later in the series is it revealed that Salma's husband Sikandar (Ali Kazmi) is a convict doing his time in prison and has been released early due to good behaviour. Sikandar is ab...

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• Ep 4

  4.Episode 4

  10-10-201440m

  Imran Bhatti (Noman Ejaz) is a cab driver with a heart of gold. All the other cabbies of the neighbourhood admire and respect Bhatti very much. Bhatti came to New York fifteen year...

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• Ep 5

  5.Episode 5

  17-10-201440m

  Bhatti has told everyone in his family that he owns a cab company in the US. His ailing mother lives in Pakistan with his older brother and sister-in-law who treat her badly.

• Ep 6

  6.Episode 6

  24-10-201440m

  Bhatti is married to an American woman Kathy as part of a citizenship deal. Kathy is mean and rude towards Bhatti. Kathy's daughter Isabella (Alma Moos Nunez) shares this attitude...

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• Ep 7

  7.Episode 7

  31-10-201440m

  Salma meets Bhatti once when she rides his cab and is really annoyed with his over friendly and talkative behaviour. He later helps her when a bunch of goons are chasing and even t...

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• Ep 8

  8.Episode 8

  07-11-201440m

  Also staying with Bhatti's mother is Jamshed (Adeel Hussain), the son of Bhatti's only dead sister who has completed his graduation. Jamshed has a girlfriend Asma who is his next d...

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• Ep 9

  9.Episode 9

  14-11-201440m

  Michelle (Marina Khan) is a Pakistani Christian who runs a restaurant in Jackson Heights. She has an icy cold attitude towards all Desis. The cabbies of the neighbourhood visit her...

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• Ep 10

  10.Episode 10

  21-11-201440m

  Michelle's only surviving family is her sister Maria who stays in London. Michelle's close friend and confidant is Rizwan (Adnan Jaffar), a banker from India. Rizwan is in love wit...

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• Ep 11

  11.Episode 11

  28-11-201440m

  Jamshed travels to New york only to realize how tough it is to survive there. He finds out that Bhatti is only a cab driver and does not own a cab company. Due to his tourist visa...

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• Ep 12

  12.Episode 12

  05-12-201440m

  Slowly Michelle starts liking Jamshed and hires him as a waiter at the restaurant. Jamshed shows promise at work and gets into Michelle's good books much to the dismay of her other...

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• Ep 13

  13.Episode 13

  12-12-201440m

  Sikandar with his cousin Kash gambles at a local casino and loses and ows a sum of $25000 to the owner who are part of money laundering Mafia. Salma loves and cares about Iman dear...

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• Ep 14

  14.Episode 14

  19-12-201440m

  Cathy spots Bhatti with Salma a few times and suspects they are having an affair. Kash also catches them walking in the park and tells Sikandar and his mom that Salma is cheating o...

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• Ep 15

  15.Episode 15

  26-12-201440m

  Salma takes him to the hospital and takes care of him and to pay off the hospital bills she is forced to sell her jewellery. She also informs Bhatti about the $25000 debt Sikander...

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• Ep 16

  16.Episode 16

  02-01-201540m

  While Salma tells Sikandar that she plans to divorce him and marry Bhatti once he recovers from his injury, she also tells him how Bhatti has settled dues with the casino Mafia. Si...

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• Ep 17

  17.Episode 17

  09-01-201540m

  Jamshed later proposes to Michelle and she accepts. Bhatti is very unhappy with this development but Jamshed insults him and sends him away.

• Ep 18

  18.Episode 18

  16-01-201540m

  Jamshed starts pushing Michelle for getting married, not even allowing her to inform Maria. Michelle when tells Rizwan about this, he is heartbroken and starts suspecting that Jams...

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• Ep 19

  19.Episode 19

  23-01-201540m

  He tries to warn Michelle but she does not believe him. Jamshed also makes her think that Rizwan is doing this because he is jealous of him since he is still in love with Michelle....

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• Ep 20

  20.Episode 20

  30-01-201540m

  Jamshed then starts to fake a friendship with Rizwan. Rizwan starts following Jamshed and learns that he is regularly visiting a lawyer. He understands that Jamshed is marrying Mic...

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• Ep 21

  21.Episode 21

  06-02-201540m

  He tells Maria about the upcoming wedding and Michelle requests Jamshed to postpone it so that her sister can be a part of it. Jamshed gets agitated by this and thinks Rizwan has p...

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• Ep 22

  22.Episode 22

  13-02-201540m

  Meanwhile, in Pakistan, Bhatti's mother becomes more and more sick and his brother does not get her treated. She starts crying and asking Bhatti to come back to Pakistan.

• Ep 23

  23.Episode 23

  20-02-201540m

  Bhatti reaches Pakistan but his mom is still comatose. He sees that his brother and his wife only care about the house and money and do not care about their mother. Bhatti's mother...

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• Ep 24

  24.Episode 24

  27-02-201540m

  He informs Jamshed but he refuses to go to Pakistan saying he is getting married in three weeks so he cannot fly. Bhatti heartbroken flies to Pakistan but Salma does not join him....

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• Ep 25

  25.Episode 25

  06-03-201540m

  Bhatti who has already divorced Kathy and decided to marry Salma tells his mom that he will come and bring her daughter-in-law with him. Salma tells him about how Emaan has asked h...

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• Ep 26

  26.Episode 26

  13-03-201540m

  On the day of Jamshed and Michelle's wedding, Jamshed's lawyer calls him and threatens him asking for more money. When he goes to meet him he tells him that Rizwan has paid him dou...

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• Ep 27

  27.Episode 27

  20-03-201540m

  Salma goes to meet Bhatti at his office and he gets really happy to see her. Michelle asks Jamshed to come and see her. She informs him that she is moving to London and hands him...

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