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"CASILLAS"
I'll be posting my super-short recap of this evening's episode sometime tomorrow morning.

 

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

*Annoying Laura tries pathetically to scold Crazy Victor over something.

*Crazy Victor walks up to Annoying Laura & dares her to kill him, which obviously fails.

*Annoying Laura's daughter walks in on the two irritating characters & Crazy Victor tells some fake cover story.

*Leo watches the video of him killing one of the prison punks.

*Lizzie doing Lizzie things.

*The special diet of the Hothead Cousins Diana & Ismael LOL.


 

lejos

I can post a recap this afternoon.

 

novelera
lejos

Do we have a volunteer to recap tonight's episode?
Monday, December 15, 2025 at 8:33:36 PM EST
 

lejos
#35 part 1

Slight rewind. Sada tells Alya, divorce my son for the umpteenth time.

Alya shows up at Mine’s with a bottle of wine and an orchid.

Cihan’s operation is raided. Who’s the snitch?

Alya compliments Mine on her home and the table she’s set for her visit. Mine is glad Alya accepted the invitation and starts with the questions right away. How’s life in the konak? Fine, Alya replies. No complaints except for the stairs. There are a lot.

Mine says she admires Alya. She’s brave. You married your husband’s brother. I know you did it for your son. Alya snarks, did you look this up on social media? Mine laughs. We had discussed this. Anyway, this is a small place, everyone knows everything, and you’re an Albora. She asks, why would a modern, educated woman agree to this kind of marriage?

It has nothing to do with education, Alya replies, I’m a mother and I’d do anything for my son. Mine responds, even put up with Sadakat’s tyranny? Alya admits Sada is difficult, but she also feels lucky. Although he’s tough on the outside, Cihan has been very kind and understanding with her. He’s been supportive. [Love this, Alya thinks Mine is just Cihan’s spy. Ha, is Mine turning green?]

Alya turns the tables and asks Mine if she has someone special. Mine says yes. It’s trouble. They care for each other very much. But he is married and has a child. It’s not meant to be. Alya calls her considerate. [?] Mine says she has no choice but to wait for him. [is it just me, or is Mine looking increasingly creepier?]

Cihan returns to the konak and there’s Sada. Right off the bat she accuses Alya of snitching. She left the konak last night. Cihan says it wasn’t her, but he doesn’t tell Sada where Alya went. Sada warns him to find the traitor, or he will lose power.

Cihan enters the bedroom and Alya snarks that Cihan looks like he’s been busted. She’s surprised to find out that it’s true. Would she have turned him in if he told her the location? He doesn’t think so. She says she does not approve of his shady business dealings. He says he never asked her to approve. He just thinks she wouldn’t have betrayed him.

I don’t like that you do this, Alya tells him, but it’s your life. He replies, can we talk about my obligations later? Obligations? She answers, one of them is to marry me, right? He tells her not to think about that. She can’t ignore it.
He asks her about her visit to Mine. She says it was nothing much. She came home early. But Mine put out a good spread. She was an excellent hostess and has a lovely house. We had a great talk. Mine wants to do it again and I accepted.

Cihan asks her to leave so he can change clothes. She tells him he doesn’t look well. His eyes are red. He says he’s okay, just tired. She goes. He coughs. I guess he’s going to be sick.

Alya’s safe is stuck. Cihan fixes it. She takes the passports out and decides to keep them in a drawer instead. She tells him, you told me if I tried to leave again, we’d see if I could pull it off. I want to see what happens.

Cihan shows up at Mine’s. He wants to know why she didn’t answer his call last night. Don’t play games, he says, what was Alya doing here? You’re the only one playing, she replies, if we have a relationship, just be open about it so I don’t have to play. He tells her to stay out of his business.

All I’m asking is to for you to be honest with me, Mine says, weren’t you the one who said this marriage wasn’t real? Like with Zeyda. You swore you didn’t have feelings for Alya, but that’s not true. He denies it. She asks, are you lying to me or yourself? You can’t accept it because Alya was your brother’s wife.

 

lejos
#35 part 2

Cihan tells her to be quiet. Mine reminds him she saw Boran’s video. He told you to marry Alya because he knew you wouldn’t touch her. He repeats—be quiet. She won’t. I’ll look you in the eyes and tell you the truth. It might help you. I know you. Your conscience is holding you back. You’d regret it and so would Alya.

Cihan warns her to stay away from Alya or she’ll be sorry. What will you do, she asks, have me killed? Leave me? End things? If you plan to dump me, I’d rather you killed me. He says that’s stupid. Isn’t that how you see me, she asks. Because I’m the only one willing to die for you. The one who attended your wedding with the hope of one last chance. I believed when you said it wasn’t me, you just couldn’t fall in love again. I risked everything when Alya was hurt because you asked. I believed you when you said you’d never forget what I did. You’re right, that makes me stupid. But at least I’m honest. I did this because I love you and you’ve always known that. You’re not honest. She asks him to leave.

Ugur stops Alya in the hallway. They are headed to the staff meeting. A flu epidemic has come. The chief is looking for volunteers to go to the border. Alya says she’ll volunteer. He says he can’t go because he has surgeries scheduled.

Nedim is furious about this latest raid. There’s a traitor in our midst! You promised you’d handle it! Where’s the merch? Ecmel’s people are getting everything! Cihan says nothing. Nedim and his people leave.

Cihan asks if his people managed to escape the raid. Yes, everyone got away. Cihan says, let’s keep a close eye on them at every moment. Hasan asks about the shipments. Cihan says we’ll pause them until we find the traitor. Halis says this situation will benefit Ecmel and Demir.

Nedim calls Demir. Demir says, bad luck about losing your merch, Dad. Nedim’s not happy that his son is working with Ecmel. You should have thought twice about working with Cihan, Demir replies. Now you will learn to be a man of character and stop being so weak. Nedim demands to know who is working with Ecmel. Who is the traitor? Of course, Demir’s not telling. He hangs up.

Demir tells Ecmel, our spy is the best. He’s doing great and giving us results. You’re going to make a lot of money when I give you your share. Ecmel is anxious to escape. Demir says it will happen during his examination today.
Ecmel’s family comes to visit and they run into Demir. Demir tells Sahin they have to talk about Ecmel. Demir gives Zerrin a look—how are you? She walks away and he watches her walk. She feels his eyes on her and turns around. She’s creeped out. So am I.

Nare comes to the hospital and finds out that Alya is leaving for the border because of the epidemic. Nare is worried for her. Alya says, I’m a doctor and people need help. Besides, I hardly have any patients here thanks to your mother. I’ll be more useful there. Alya asks why Nare has come. She says she wants to thank Sahin for helping Zerrin. Nare asks Alya if Cihan knows about her volunteering. Alya points out that Cihan will find out when his men report to him.

Cihan’s man calls and tells him about Alya. Cihan calls Alya. They argue. He’s worried about her going to the border, it’s dangerous. She says don’t worry, Deniz and our passports are at the konak, she’s not escaping. He’s not joking, this is dangerous. She says she won’t be staying long. She’ll be back later in the afternoon. Cihan worries, what will you do if they close the highway? Looks like he’s going after her.

 

lejos
#35 part 3

Nare rushes to catch Sahin before he gets in an elevator. Too late. She takes the stairs to where he gets off. Sahin exits the building and there’s Demir, motioning for him to follow. Nare follows Sahin. She hides around a corner and listens in on the convo.

Demir says, your father’s getting tests, but the person in charge is my guy. When they take your father, he will leave with you. Take the corridor and when you get to storage closet 3, stay there. Everyone’s going to think your father escaped but you’ll be hiding there a while. Sahin asks, how long? Demir’s not sure yet. Maybe a few days. We’ll see. Nare runs off. She goes to find closet 3.

Cihan shows up at the volunteer site. He says he’s from Yonca and he passes the first check point. He’s given a mask. He gets inside and says he’s from Yonca, looking for a staff member. The woman at the desk asks his name. Some local men hear him say Cihan Albora, and they rush to him. One goes to kiss Cihan’s hand. No physical contact allowed and Cihan wouldn’t allow it anyway.

Cihan says he’s looking for Dr. Alya, his wife. He spots her in the next room. A man asks, your wife is a doctor? Yes. She came to help us? Yes. God bless you, and her. Cihan’s response to all: estağfirullah.

Cihan approaches Alya and takes of his mask. She hisses at him to put it back on. They start arguing. He says it’s dangerous here. She asks, then why are you here? He could have sent his men. He says he didn’t because they’d get sick. She notes that he doesn’t look well and tells him to go sit. Of course, he doesn’t. He follows her into the room.

What if you get sick, Cihan asks. She says she can’t think about that right now. She asks him to leave. He starts to help out.

Nare thinks about what she heard. What should she do? What will she do?
Cihan continues to help. Alya watches him. Is she smiling behind her mask? Anyway, someone tells Ayla it’s time to leave. Cihan starts coughing. He looks terrible. She scolds him, she told him yesterday, but he didn’t listen. She takes his temp. He has a fever. There’s some cute back and forth about being in the smuggling business.

Word comes that the highway’s been closed. Guess they’re not leaving. He told her so.

Alya brings Cihan to a bed. She starts an IV. He can finally take off the mask. She asks, should I take your shoes off? He smiles and does it himself but tells her, you did it once before. She jokes, if I had left and abandoned you here… I can’t imagine what your mother would say. He laughs, you want an answer?

He asks her, where will you sleep? She says she’ll find a spot. He says if he wasn’t sick, they would leave. She says he’s delirious and she starts laughing.

Muzzafer brings news to Sada that Alya went to the border to help with the epidemic and Cihan went to get her. Now he’s sick. Sada wants to head there immediately. Muzzafer says it’s not possible, the highway is closed. Sada fumes, Alya is always causing problems. If anything happens to my son this time, I will kill you, Alya.

And we are out.

I didn’t have time to give much detail or check the original. There were several instances of ChiAl repartee in this episode. They are getting more and more comfortable with each other. Ozan and Sinem have good chemistry.

 

casillas

Thanks for the super short recap, Steve.

The story that Victor told Santita was based on what happened to him all these years we thought he was dead. Getting lost, being abandoned by his family, rescued by a general who lied to him. He tried to whitewash it a bit but it was still very inappropriate for a toddler's nighttime bed story.

He really said it for Laura's benefit. She wasn't going to listen to his explanation. Let's see what Laura does now.

The Hothead Cousins are more annoying to me than Laura. When I think about it, most of these characters are annoying.

I miss Cabo.

 

OT – language learning again

Susan, I was so excited to see that you have told us your language learning story. Thank you!! And I was already excited to read Novelera’s. I really really want to talk about all this – so interesting, so much to think about! – but here I am chomping through my holiday to-do list so I don’t have the time right now. Drat. I mean, the holiday stuff is fun, but it doesn’t allow time for much else.

But I will be commenting about all this soon. Now I’m going to read the recap!


 

Lejos

Dondi- you’ve done it again! I thought I’d caught everything that went on but I see I missed some bits. So glad you’re on the job!

Yes, Mine does seem to be getting creepier or at least not so wide-eyed and wounded as she seemed before. I really liked her direct talk to Cihan, calling it like it is.

Still thinking why o why Mine do you want a guy who’s so chilly to you? Yes he’s handsome and masculine etc but what use is all that to you if he’s not handing himself over to you?

Are those the only masks a medical group has? Just the flimsy paper ones that don’t cover completely?

I wonder who the spy is.

Maggie