Ali Elbaz

Ali Elbaz is a character in *Good Times, Bad Times*. He made his debut in the third season and was last seen in the fifth season, taking a break within the fourth season.

Being a refugee, Ali had little money to spend as he and his sister Nora lived in a tiny shelter. When he meets Megan Cox, she takes care of them and gets Ali a job and a place to stay at Above The Pub. Ali develops himself as a better person and eventually dates Megan. When his sister Nora gets kidnapped by Senior Brown, the father of her deceased boyfriend Victor Brown, he travels abroad to find her. With no luck, he returns to Moredyke to see Megan being in a relationship with Samir Jones. The two know this is the best for them and continue as close friends until Megan leaves Moredyke with her father. She dies in a plane crash which causes Ali to lose his mind and attempt suicide as he lost both Nora and Megan. He's saved by Abby Middleton and decides to follow Senior Brown, wanting to find his sister back.

Ali was friends with Abby Middleton, Jimmy Bandit, Joseph Murray, Roxy Wood and Samir Jones. He was best friends with Megan Cox, who he dated also, and his sister Nora Elbaz. Ali didn't like Nora's boyfriend Victor Brown and had a rivalry with Senior Brown and Saiph Brown.

## Background

Ali is a refugee from Morocco as he, his sister and his parents came to the country to start a new life. Because of his parents being forced to return to Morocco, Ali and his sister Nora were sent to a shelter in Moredyke. Ali is a very childish but friendly and adventurous guy who has no bad bone inside him and loves to see every part of the world.

## Storyline

### Season 3

Ali arrives at Moredyke alongside his sister, Nora Elbaz, looking for a new and better life. He meets Megan Cox and Joseph Murray who are assigned to them to help them finding a place to live and a job to start a stable life. Ali is assigned to Joseph, but is left alone at the pub as Joseph doesn't show up. Megan finds out about this and decides to help out both Nora and Ali on her own. Ali finds a job as an engineer, the thing he knows the most about.

He spends more time with Megan and the two seem to really like each other. While Ali sees his sister less because she's busy with her work, Ali dates Megan and the two start a relationship. The two eventually do a double-date with Nora and her boyfriend, Victor Brown. This is the first and last time Ali sees his brother-in-law to be as Victor rapes Nora and gets killed by a henchman of Nora's boss, Arabella Dixon.

Ali knows that his sister is in trouble. She's talked by the father of Victor, Senior Brown. Ali tries to help her out, together with Megan, especially after finding out that Nora's pregnant. Ali has a confrontation with Senior, moments before he successfully kidnaps her abroad. Ali is too late to save her and feels terrible to realize that his sister is gone, getting comfort from Megan.

### Season 4

Not managing to deal with his life now his sister got kidnapped abroad by Senior Brown, Ali tried to look for clues alongside Megan to find Nora. Without much luck, Ali could only find one way to move on and that was to by searching for her abroad. Knowing that Senior owns a company in Russia, Ali booked one ticket to Russia to find his sister, leaving Megan and his friends behind him in Moredyke.

Ali comes back after awhile only to find out that Megan's now in a relationship with Samir Jones. Ali can't hold it against Megan that she continued with her life and suggests to stay friends from now on, despite Megan ending her relationship with Samir. Ali reveals that he traveled to various countries but didn't succeed in finding his sister.

### Season 5

Ali gets closer to Megan again and the two become extremely close friends. When Megan receives mysterious letters, Ali is worried it could be a creep. When Alan Cox arrives at Moredyke, he mistakes him for a predator and knocks him out. When he learns that Alan is Megan's father, he feels terrible. Megan makes the decision to leave Moredyke with her father, having Ali disliking the idea. When Ali finds out that Megan died in a plane crash, he goes nutts and doesn't think straight anymore. He gets comforted by Abby Middleton and the two, alongside Jimmy Bandit, come up with the idea to organize a woke for Megan and her father.

The passing of Megan causes Ali to become sick in his head. When Nina Evans applies for a room at Above The Pub, taking Megan's old room, he flips at her. He gets calmed down by Abby and after a while he gets to apologize to Nina and accepts her. Ali gets fired at his job as a engineer and applies at RoJo. He gets the job as Rob Armine and John Armine like Ali, however, Ali comes late, slips a lot and makes many mistakes. Ali decides to sign off later on.

With no job, losing Megan and Nora and having no future anymore, Ali attempts to commit suicide. Just in time, Abby prevents him from doing so. Ali has lost his mind for real now and needs to do something. Abby comes with the idea to bring back Senior Brown to town to get some answers. They force Saiph Brown to bring Senior to Moredyke, which works, however Senior doesn't give them anything. Ali decides to pack his stuff and follow Senior to wherever he goes to, hoping to find Nora finally.