Caray, Caray!

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Re-posting my late in the day comment from Page 1:

Just making it under the wire until the page changes. Thanks so much, Niecie, for the short and sweet recap. It can be brief and well done, as I've said here more than once.

Yep, I have a feeling Serap will not take kindly to her father's warming to Bedri. In the first place, anyone with an ounce of intelligence can see what a loser he is. Also regarding Serap, she's still not a model of mental health in spite of having a husband who adores her. She took a lot of satisfaction in her new husband shooting Hulya's sharpshooter. She's still kind of a twisted sister.

I don't remember Hulya burning that guy, but her crimes are mounted so high that I'm not surprised it slipped out of my memory bank.

Yes, the way the scene was presented, Aslan gave Hulya a chance to fess up and get maybe a partial forgiveness. But she still thought she could tough it out. After all, Aslan (to the fury of many of us here) has forgiven, moved back in, overlooked, etc. etc. SO many times. I'd like to see Aslan make a visit to his disgusting father-in-law.

I was disappointed they didn't show what was mentioned, Serap moving Melek's mother and child...somewhere. Did they say Bulgaria? And Aslan planned to intercept Serap's plans. FREE LEYLA!!!
 

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I will put something up tonight, probably not lengthy
 

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Niecie, thanks VERY much for your very helpful mini-cap!
 

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Yesterday: We are family and family sticks together no matter what.

Today: Drop dead, family.

All their coming together, Hulu’s and Nedret especially, seemed to crumble once Asian woke up. Maybe someone should shoot him again?

What are the chances Hulu’s wasn’t the one to set up the medical lie about Devin’s fertility, and was instead conspiring with Ergun about something else? 10%? She’s seemed surprised about that, but is also a big ole liar so hard to tell. Still not sure Nedret can be trusted. And yes Novelera- WHAT ABOUT LEYLA??

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#53 - Part 1 of 2

Shocked by Aslan’s metaphorical cutting of his umbilical cord, Hulya rises from the dining table and collapses. Conveniently she breaks her fall on a cushy sofa before landing on the floor. She’s given an MRI, but only Devin thinks something could be wrong with her. The rest assume a bid for pity.

Devin takes the wheel and drives Aslan to the couples therapist she mentioned last episode. He behaves like a jackass. Is this supposed to demonstrate he’s a real man?

Nedret is frantic because Bedri didn’t come home. He’s still crashed on Ilyas’ sofa. Ilyas picks up Bedri’s phone and tells her to come there.

Finally the check Ibo gave Hulya shows up, the one he got from Ilyas for betraying his nephew. Whether it was signed by Ilyas and endorsed by Ibo or Ibo deposited it and wrote his own, we don’t know. It looks like it cleared the bank because Hulya comes home with a suitcase she tells Ceylin is full of money. While en route with the check Cagri tells her the house in the country will be auctioned tomorrow. She has to make a deposit to show collateral.

Spitting fire Nedret comes to Ilyas’ new place. He tells her Bedri needs to sleep in his father’s house at least once.

Turgut tells Aslan they’ll leave for Edirne tomorrow to rescue Melek’s mother and daughter before Serap gets her into Bulgaria. Mr. Google tells me Edirne is 157 miles from Istanbul and, indeed, near Bulgaria.

Nedret sticks Ilyas’ knife into the DNA test. He gives her one day to tell Bedri, or he’ll do so.

Oh boy! Devin comes to see her rotten father. She gives him her recent fertility test and he realizes she knows. She tells him her hopes for a child began to live the same day her father died to her. She yells what we’re all thinking: How could he be so evil and bad as to do this to his own child? He shushes her. Guess Hulya’s money didn’t thicken the walls in his clinic. He has the gall to say he did it for her own good, getting her away from her mafia husband. Just then some officials from the medical board arrive to say his license is suspended. They show a report showing the things he’s accused of. Devin, on the way out: Hasta nunca, papá
 

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#53 - Part 2 of 2

I’m nervous about Aslan assuring Devin AND Leyla over the phone that he’ll have Turgut rescue Melek’s mother and daughter.

Aslan meets with Seyfi, the guy with the burned face. Someone said Hulya did it. Can anyone refresh my memory? Aslan wants the guy to go ask Bedri what he plans with Ilyas once “this one” is over. He wants a video of Bedri’s response. We don’t see if the guy agrees.

As we predicted, Serap wakes Bedri and looks at him like something to scrape off the bottom of her shoe.

Hulya brings home the money, kind of snarling at Ceylin. [Ceylin, what? You sat at that dinner table and heard what she did to your brother’s wife (and also to your brother) and you’re all perky, Hi Mom?]

Hulya is seething about Nedret being behind the big reveal to Devin about the fake test, so she goes to confront her. She asks her if she’s Devin’s hada madrina (fairy godmother). To once again show how twisted Hulya’s mind is, when Nedret asks how she could do that to her son, the reply is that Devin has harmed Aslan. Nedret gets right in her face and tells her she’ll suffocate him with her love, and then he'll leave.

Bedri has come home in a nasty mood. Nedret tries to talk to him, but Hulya butts in. She tells him that Nedret was thrown out of her home. She was a rather stupid girl who fell in love. And the man she loved wasn’t your father. The guy she loved abandoned her. Her father forced her to marry your father. When he leaves Hulya more or less says tit for tat about getting sons to turn against their mothers. Nedret leans in and says she’ll kill Hulya herself.

Yagmur gives Aslan some keys.

Aslan and Devin fly to Urla (338 miles from Istanbul). They try for the mile high club but are busted by the stewardess. When they arrive at a nicely furnished house, wine already set out, Aslan tells her it’s their new home. [Why do I wonder if this is the house Hulya wanted to buy at auction?]
 

"VENGANZA" HIGHLIGHTS DISCUSSION
Kat in SC: Looking forward to seeing your recap of last night's episode.
 

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Thanks, Niecie, for the Wednesday highlights. Always love a Godfather reference. Frankie Five Angels.

Ibo got off too easy. Did anyone ever find out what he did to Serap? Ibo told Aslan to take care of Hulya. Yes, Aslan, “take care” of her, once and for all!

Thanks for the Thursday recap, novelera.

novelera, you asked: “Aslan meets with Seyfi, the guy with the burned face. Someone said Hulya did it. Can anyone refresh my memory?” After the Soykans relocated to Seher’s house, Nedret had Bedri’s guys deliver ratty old furniture there. The men taunted Hulya and streamed it so Nedret and Bedri could see. Hulya retaliated by finding flammable liquid and she doused the furniture. She also splashed one of the men—must have been Seyri. When Hulya threw the lighter, she set both the furniture and Seyri on fire. She picked up the streaming phone so Nedret and Bedri could see. They were horrified.

I don’t think the AsDev escape from Hulya will last very long.

To be honest, AsDev has become a bit boring for me. Aslan is irritating. I think it’s partly the way Kıvo plays him. I’m more interested in the other characters and their relationships: Nedret-Bedri-Ilyas; Serap-Cihan; Elif-Eko. The battle between Hulya and Nedret. They keep editing Asuman-Turgut scenes. And it’s terrible that Leyla seems to be an afterthought.

I haven’t had time to check back to the original episodes lately. There must have been some ridiculous edits.

For the record, we are in the middle of Turkish episode 22 out of 30.

 

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Novelera, thank you for providing every detail for us .

I guess Yagmur is a real estate agent now , so I suppose the keys she handed As were the keys to the new house .

I find it interesting that despite all the dark drama and death and violence Devin has been exposed to, this episode had her giggling as she seduced Asian into trying to join the mile high club and then squealing like a teen as he showed her their new house. Susan

 

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Does creepy Bedri use motor oil.on his hair? It doesn't even look like real hair ...more like rubber .
I don't see lot of HEAs in this dark drama , and still, I can't stop watching .
Susan
 

Venganza #51 part 1

So we open with Elisa once again telling the family about Francisco. She says she's tired, going to bed and they will talk more in the morning.

Francisco shows up at Fernanda's hotel door in a rage. Typical Fernanda she claims she planned to tell the truth but when she saw the way Eugenio stated at her she feared for her life and changed what she planned to say. (Francisco if you fall for her story again I'll throw in the towel! Who else wants to recap this idiotic galan. Perhaps it will turn to an Ana only recaps in the future!)

Ok, Claudia is at the exotic dancer club ( is that what pole dancer clubs are called, strip club has topless right? I have no first hand knowledge so I'm clueless.). But she is heading insults on Miguel and Rafita. Is this her form of therapy to break Miguel's spell over her? Rafita says, look Miguel didn't really hurt you, not a scar to be seen! She says she isn't sleeping with any clients. Rafita and Miguel say what about us. Miguel caresses her face and Bingo, "no me toques" appears as a line.

Tania calls Mirna, it is done!

Gabriel is playing the snob. Francisco was the gardener. Sebastian points out, was. Now he is our associate whether you like it or not. And he is richer than you.

Back to Francisco chewing Fernanda out. No more lies. She says if you were in my shoes. He cuts her off, right is right and you are wrong. You need to tell the truth, and also the truth about Monica She says we can move far away. Nope, we are going nowhere. He may have told her they are finished, but not sure. I didn't come this far to stay with my arms crossed (yo no llegue hasta aqui para quedarme cruzado de brazos). Is there a better interpretation for the crossed arms. I finally looked it up since it is an oft used phrase).

Ok, Claudia's going to the club now makes sense. She isn't sleeping with anyone, solely working as a waitress. She is doing it to protect Erika and Fermin. They threatened to harm them, but Claudia says if they do anything to her family she will kill them. BTW Ana contracted syphilis she tells them. Looks like maybe they want Erika to work there too, but Miguel says that shi has sailed. The important thing is to gain access to the del Pinot estate, hell win Claudia back.

Dr. Phil (Mirna) tells Tania she is going to regret what she has done. Go see a good psychiatrist. Funny, Fernanda did worse but she hardly counseled her to get professional help.

Sebastian returns home to Monica who is in tears worried sick he tells her Alonso wasn't there. He wants her to bring charges against him and let the law deal with him.

Ninette and Brenda share a nightcap ( tea or something). Mma wants to hear all about her new love interest, Brenda merely says miracles do happen.

So Adelberto wants to buy out the del Pinot shares. Gabriel tells his dad who says never. Gabriel says it will all come back to them eventually ( per the Brenda marriage and killing her parents.)

Fernanda tells Francisco all she wants is for them to be together and form a family. He says never. She then threatens to kill herself and let it be on his conscience. Yay, he walks away from her. I guess I can continue recapping.

Elisa and Ana have an argument because Ana lied to her about Francisco. Ana tells her she lied for his sake because he asked her to. Elisa questions her loyalty. Ana says her loyalty is to him because he rescued her, otherwise she would still be drugged and helpless and forgotten in that clinic. Ana tells Elisa her place is with Roberto. Also, Francisco no longer loves her.
Francisco vents to Marcelo as we see Fernanda lighting a match. Those match lighting scenes have been absent for a while, I guess because she felt happy and loved by Emilio. Francisco says if Fernanda' doesn't tell Monica, he will.




 

Venganza #51 part 2

Sebastian tells Monica about Emilio being Francisco. He will work tomorrow but the 2 of them will have a nice dinner out to celebrate her birthday. She doesn't see how she can celebrate after what happened. He tells her she was the victim.

Panning around the clean but seedy hotel room ( it even has an old boxy 25 inch tv) to a passed out Alonso with blood on the sheets. He wakes up looks under the sheets and sees what happened and starts crying. Looks like he calls his dad who says he's on his way, send me the address.

Breakfast with Gabriel, Roberto, Elisa and Ana. I'm getting a bit tired of Ana pushing the Roberto/Elisa marriage. She says that a Francisco relationship is a no go because Roberto is her husband.Elisa tells Ana to quit putting words in her mouth. Alfredo arrives and needs Gabriel to go with him now.

Sebastian arrives at Francisco and Marcelo's place to get the full story as Elisa was in shock last night and didn't say much.

Roberto needs chemo. He'll go on his own and move back to his apartment. Elisa will hire a nurse for him. Ana jumps in that is unacceptable. Elisa says, gee since you are so worried about him she should go and take care of him.

Monica goes to talk to Tania. She tells her she told Sebastian what happened to her by Alonso. He went to look for Alonso at his home but he wasn't there. Tania says he's lucky. He would have killed him. Monica says he promised not to as long as she turned him in.

Alonso, still lying in bed, tells his dad what happened. His life is over he wants to die. Gabriel can hardly keep the smile off his face.

Tania tells Monica she hasn't spoken with Elisa in a while. They are at odds because she realized she still loves Alonso and has reconciled with him. Monica can't believe it!

Sebastian cancels the invite to Marcelo and Francisco for Monica's birthday party. She isn't in the mood to celebrate.

At chemo Roberto tries to plead his case with Elisa some more. Nobody loves you as much as I do. Francisco left you stranded for ten years without any contact. She tells him they are caput. Their relationship isn't worth it, are you satisfied.

Gabriel and Alfredo discuss what happened to Alonso. The hotel cameras are non existent. What about the bar they were at. Alfredo then talks to Elisa in the hospital corridor and she is shocked and wonders who could have done it. Meanwhile Gabriel is taunting Alonso. His new name is eunuch Alonso. BTW, I'm perfectly fine now. You have nothing to offer Brenda anymore. Alonso weeps.

Mirna in the store, asks Tania what did you do with the goods. Tania says they are in the sea, fish food. Tania has been calling him all day ( keeping up her lover act) but he hasn't answered. Mirna, that poor man. Tania, poor man, no; he got what he deserved.

Marcelo and Francisco are at the the del Pinot's office asking for Alfredo. Paty says Papa had to take care of an emergency. Papa? Oh I mean Alfredo. BTW Paty, you used to be chubby etc. a lot has changed in 10 years. I'm Francisco! Marcelo, we always called her Paty Sonsa ( silly Paty)

Looks like Rafita is going to blackmail Gabriel for more money, or work....

Claudia is back at maid duty with the help of Fermin. Wonder what happened to the new maid.

Alonso gets no sympathy from Sebastian either.

Fernanda tells Monica the story of her birth and disappearance. I'm your mother.


 

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Thanks VERY much, novelera, for stepping up to do this recap, your second of the week. I'm very grateful to you, since I still find this dizi quite confusing. Your recap helped clarify some of the things that confused me, and it was a pleasure to read, with phrases like "Aslan’s metaphorical cutting of his umbilical cord" and Aslan and Devin "try for the mile high club."

Wow, I agree, Aslan really acted like a jackass at the meeting with the couples therapist. Then again, Devin should have known better than to take him by surprise and against his will to the session.

I expected that Hulya would go berserk when she was put into the MRI.
I even felt a bit uncomfortable watching her sliding in.

Yikes, I'm not sure how I missed this, but I have no memory of Ilyas giving Ibo a check for betraying Ibo's nephew. And apparently it was a LARGE check.

And while I'm confessing confusions, I should mention that I'm not sure which house is "the house in the country." Is it the house everyone moved to after Aslan burned down the family's main house? But why would the house they moved to after the fire be auctioned off? Wasn't it somehow co-owned by Hulya and Nedret?

I was delighted that Devin confronted her father, and the scene ended not only with Devin's "Hasta nunca, papa" but also the arrival of the authorities accusing her father of all kinds of dishonesty. I also enjoyed your saying "He shushes her. Guess Hulya’s money didn’t thicken the walls in his clinic."

Yes, Serap already doesn't like Bedri. Wait until she finds out that he's her step-brother. (For that matter, wait until Bedri finds out.)

Again, many thanks!
 

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Gracias, Novelera. Thanks for noting "Conveniently she breaks her fall on a cushy sofa before landing on the floor." Hulya almost had me fooled.

Yep, Aslan was a complete a$$ at the surprise couples therapy session. But I confess I laughed when the therapist asked "What do you do?" and Aslan replied "I'm a mafia member." Devin, embarrassed, tried to smooth this away, "Oh, he owns a marina." When Aslan tried to give the therapist too much detail, the therapist begs off, "Uh, stop, technically I'd have to report such information to the authorities." Aslan feigns hurt feelings because he's being marginalized in therapy because of his profession. I laughed, but this makes me wonder if Aslan will be happy when/if he achieves cleaning up the business.

I'm puzzled about how Aslan and Devin can move out and so far away without Leyla's kids. Maybe this is a weekend/holiday place?

Juanita, I think the house Hulya is buying is their original one that Aslan set afire.

 

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Juanita, Cihan gave Ibo the check. Iskoc and Turgut showed Aslan the video.

Yes, Niecie, the bank is auctioning off the land where the Soykan estate was. In Turkish they referred to it as “çiftlik ev” translated to English as “farmhouse” and Aslan burned the house down.

“I'm puzzled about how Aslan and Devin can move out and so far away without Leyla's kids.” Aslan plans on freeing Leyla asap. Maybe they won’t make the move until then. But I don’t expect AsDev to stay in Urfa anyway.

My Friday recap will be up on Saturday.

 

SED VENG 1/7/25

KAT S.C...

You ARE BEING HEARD..!..I AM with you all the way...!!!
I really Appreciate you too ...!..we are just recouping from the holidays..

YES. Hospital scene..too darn funny... Ms. Fermented is not maternal. She is poison. A monster that births / eats her child…Eugenio ..gotta -love-him…I gotta -give-it-to-his funky-asszz…Dude is laying up in the hospital, just chillaxing.. When he tells Miss. Freak-a-zoid: Ms.Fermented that he plans to leave Monia some big bucks.!!.. she looked sick…, did she turn green...!!..loved it!NO OFFENSE But is Ms.Fernada a man?? Those claws and hands are strange...

Ms.Mirna is cosigning lots of B.S.. and for what??. They both are gonna kill her in the end…OMG!!... plus Mirna...Ms.Goody Two shoes... HAD ABORTIONS FOR EUGENIO…! well-well!!... Mirna darn well knew not to have any kids for that psycho… or did she..???!!



HEADS-UP...warning:::Rants coming…!! because .. the way this show handles Recovery is EFFED-UP and dangerous...
..Ana ,you have V.D... from whom/how many…lowdown- STINKY SLIMY funky-asszz-JAILBIRDS…nasty,-real nasty...!.
..SINGLES??!! how long did she have VD…??..plus wasn’t she contagious with those open blisters…?? nasty....I hate these writers ..they give poor VD.. representation...
. PLUS….. if Ana is [LONG-TERM] infected with neglected manifestations….ain’t Miquel and Rafi ……. ozzing as well. ?...blisters and shingles/ sores........... isn’t that advance stage ?... Raffy the skankasszz pig rapist must have sold sell her the worst lowdown- scummy- junkie- freaks /JAILBIRDS and other SWARMY PIGS with johnson that were a inch from falling off..!!I. Poor Ana ..they deserve to die!! YES..Ana has a love interest. BUT, he strikes me as goofy..Ana ..why did you reveal infromation that is for you and your OB/GYN only!!???
YES. Alonso abt to get the chop?!!..at first ..I found Tania story line stupid, but now I am beginning to enjoy it..