Caray, Caray!

"CASILLAS"
Looks like half of the cast from "SENOR" is on this Spin-off.

Where is Ritula ?
 

casillas

Rutila is missing along with Aurelio, presumed to be kidnapped. Ismael and Diana are looking for both of them.

 

Lejos

The homes are amazing. I’m loving the architecture and how they are the same color as the hillsides they’re built into.

Maggie
 

"CASILLAS"
Howdy from the Alamo City CarayCaray Family. Here's my super-short recap of last night's episode.

*General Cifuentes is one sneaky expletive & power-hungry. Wondering if he's plotting to take down La Presidenta ?

*Cifuentes' lackeys torturing Cabo LOL.

*Tata gives Slick-Haired Glasses Dude the slap as one greeting.

*Finally see Laura from I presume Costa Rica.

*Alfaro working as an auctioneer ? LOL. Psycho Jaime trying buy one of the Casillas family mansions.

*Wondering whatever happened to Castillo & Dahlia ?
 

lejos

Demir cuts off the car of the escaping Alya. He drives off with Alya and Denis, all but twirling his moustache to demonstrate his villainy. And, yep, Izzet has moved solidly into the “sucks” column since Demir said he was paid for bringing Alya and Denis to him.

As we expected, the phone Cihan gave Deniz is the key. The boy calls Cihan and Cihan can track them. Alya is a she-wolf and fights Demir well enough for Deniz to get away. He’s then tracked and found by Cihan, who entrust him to Kaya then goes after Alya.

Demir has taken Alya to a house we later learn he built for Seyda. Demir says that the heir of the Alboras is valuable. Cihan explains for Viewerville and Alya that the feud began because Demir’s uncle killed Cihan’s father. After this a truce was declared. Boran would not be killed for killing said uncle, and the Baybars could move guns through Albora territory for 5 years. Oh, and by the way, Cihan had to marry the daughter of the man Boran killed. That was Seyda, the woman Demir loved. Cihan says that she killed herself one year later. He tells Demir he did NOT kill her.

Of course, Cihan grabs Demir’s gun. Demir isn’t killed. Alya insists he not be killed. And, of course, we need a vengeful guy to keep cropping up from time to time.

Alya doesn’t admit Nare helped her but, of course, these medieval folks don’t believe her. [Everyone constantly carries Deniz as if he were a baby.]

Sadakat doesn’t want Alya to set foot in the house. She tells Cihan that she’d try to leave with the boy again. Also, she’s a widow and can’t stay in a house with so many men. Her solution is for Alya to marry Cihan in order to stay. [Wow! This woman has ordered her son once before to enter into a loveless marriage. Looks like she did the same with Nare.]

After Alya runs upstairs Cihan and Sadakat have one of those conversations where he loses every time. Sadakat says she feels like shooting Alya between the eyes because she doesn’t wear a hijab as a married woman. [What? Nare hasn’t been shown wearing one, IIRC, except at Boran’s funeral.]

Kaya has found some camera videos of Nare and Alya looking like they’re plotting. Nare then calls out her brothers for going along with marrying someone they don’t love, mentioning that Kaya won’t be able to be with Zerrin either. Nare gets the “Ottoman slap” [Thanks, Babachita!]

Ozkan shows up firing a gun at the sky and demanding his wife come out. Nare comes out all packed and ready to go. Sahin steps in front and asks her not to go with him. Nare turns to her mother and asks what the difference is whether she’s struck by Ozkan or her mother.

Sahin goes after Ozkan, but Nare intervenes. She’s accidentally thrown to the ground and promptly begins to miscarry.

Alya tells the doctor at the hospital that she’s a gynecologist and enters. The door is shut to everyone else. Nare tells Alya she wishes she had Alya’s courage. The doctor comes out to say that the bleeding was stopped, but los calambres (the cramping) continue. She’s still at risk of losing the baby. Nare doesn't want to see her mother.

Mine introduces herself to Alya. Alya returns to the mansion and one of the servants brings her bags all packed. Alya discovers only her passport is in her handbag. Cihan allows Alya to see Deniz. The child wants to stay in Turkey, and his mother’s panic frightens him. So, he doesn’t say he wants to leave with her. Looks like they’re going with ”lejos de ti” as Cihan tells her she needs to fly to Istanbul and then to Canada.
 

lejos

I am enjoying this one and will continue. But I am definitely hoping for more recappers or even insightful comments.
 

lejos

Thank you for the summary, Novelera.

I was very surprised when Sadakat wanted Alya and Cihan to marry. That mother is so controlling and negative. I wonder what her own courtship was like. Perhaps hers was an arranged marriage. I think Sadakat doesn’t like Cihan “visiting” Mine, so perhaps she wants Cihan off the market.

The background to the Baybar/Albora feud is interesting. So, how far into the five years of contraband crossing their land are they?

I’d like to know more about Demir’s beloved/Cihan’s wife, Seyda. Was it really a suicide? It seems to me Cihan must have fallen in love as a young man, but all we know about is Mine. She is a widow, so she might not be the one.

It seems like she and Alya might get along, but not if sparks continue with Cihan.

Novelera, I can comment but not recap. If you want me to do it regularly on a given day, that works.

I wish we had more viewers. This tale is a good one with so much to learn about Midyat, customs, etc. I agree with Kat. The buildings are lovely!

The Ottoman slap was mentioned awhile back in reference to another dizi. Might have been by Dondi!

Babachita
 

lejos

Oops! Maggie, I attributed your comment about the architecture to Kat! My mistake!

Babachita
 

Lejos

Novelera - your recap is a hoot! So many great lines! And I appreciated the story details because I’m a bit befuddled by the feud and all these people marrying the wrong people and being in love with others

Maggie
 

lejos

Thanks for the recap, novelera. I’m going to continue watching, too. I can get a Friday recap up over the weekend after I do my scheduled one for KPA on the daytime page.

Maggie, those mansions (konak, singular; konaklar, plural) are very impressive. They are made of yellow limestone. If you travel to Mardin, you can book a room in one converted to a hotel.

The Ottoman slap (Osmanlı tokadı) is a fighting technique that was used by the Janissaries. It’s said to cause serious injury or death if it’s done right. It’s an open-handed strike with the straight arm swinging from the shoulder. Sometimes the term is used in a figurative sense. In KPA, when Omer found out that Pelin slapped Arda, he said “she gave you the Ottoman slap, my friend”. Litteral and figurative reference.

Ayla spoke a lot of truth to power in the last episode. To Sadakat: “What century is this? What kind of thinking is this? This world no longer exists.” Then to Cihan in the bedroom: “I know she’s conservative, these are her customs and traditions, but how can you be so ignorant at your age? Why don’t you confront her?”

Nare got her licks in too and got slapped for it.

I think it’s hard to break free from such strong traditions and customs (abuse, oppression) without support or resources. You can see Nare and Cihan struggle with this.

Sadakat doesn’t want Cihan to marry Alya. She only said that because she knew Alya wouldn’t want to marry and would leave the konak, giving her more control over Deniz. But I’m thinking that further down the line, #ChiAl (ship name) will marry.

 

lejos

Novelera,
I could do long comments/summaries for Tuesday episodes to publish late Tuesday or Wednesdays.

Babachita

 

Lejos

If it's good I'll watch it and catch up today. I started the first episode but got sleepy. It's in my library so I'll persevere. I finished all the current Bahar episodes so that isn't pulling me away.
 

lejos

Babachita, thanks! Your long summaries are always very well written and enjoyable. I've seen us get by on other dizis with just detailed comments.
 

lejos

Novelera,
They may be long summaries or medium length comments depending on what’s going on in my life on a given week.

But now Tuesdays are covered.

Babachita
 

Lejos

I'm caught up. I'm confused about the family dynamics. I missed or slept through Nare being hit by her husband. I'm really surprised the mother doesn't send her home with the husband given the culture. Would Aliya have any recourse with the Canadian embassy getting her son back? I don't see how they have the right to him. Was Sadakat the one that gave Deniz the gun
I'm assuming Aliya shooting Cihan is the leverage they have for keeping Deniz (why are they changing his name to Cihan too, isn't one enough, or did I mix up the name they are calling him?) Another week and I'll probably know the characters names and can at least discuss the episode. I'm not usually a fan of Mafia type shows but, here I am....

I would think the 5 years is up Maggie as Boran? was in Canada 8 years, right? The child is at least 5.
 

lejos

I'm still on the fence about which day to recap. I used to avoid Wednesdays because I attended Advanced Spanish that night. I finally stopped for the first time in many, many years. Our teacher was seeming to get more irritating and long-winded. We attended so WE could speak Spanish, not listen to him go down rabbit holes on obscure grammatical constructions.

Every other Thursday I have book club, one on Zoom through the Friends of the Library connection and the other in person and for 32 years with that group! Oh the changes we've seen! We've lost 4 of us, a fair number of divorces, adoptions, becoming widows, moving into assisted living.

So, I'm leaning toward Wednesday. Monday is my spinning (cycling) class. Our instructor is Turkish American, and we've had some laughs about dizi plots. He doesn't watch them, but his wife does. Part of his playlist for the class is often Turkish songs.