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lejos OT

This is a reposting of a comment I made on the previous page. It’s for Dondi, mainly, and I’m not sure she saw it.

Dondi,

After you gave the translation of the Turkish opening theme, I went back and watched it. It was much more impactante knowing the sad words. I also noticed the fascinating juxtaposition of the photography in the opening credits. Pictures were upside down to one another, and large spaces separated people and places. Things felt upside down, inside out, off kilter. I felt off-balance just looking at the beautiful but inside-out seeming images. I wonder if that is intended to show Alya’s impressions or maybe the inside-out feeling of the location or the whole story. It is fascinating to watch ( and listen to).

The version we see in Spanish leaves out this effect in the opening credits.

Babachita
 

lejos

Just a quickie.

Ugur is BSC. He wants Alya to leave with him. Sada keeps daring him to shoot her. [Could we be that lucky?] Was there ever a doubt? Cihan arrives and shoots the gun out of Ugur’s hand. But he escapes.

Hasan is banished for helping Sada find Ugur. Cihan doesn’t give Sada enough of a tongue lashing to suit me. And, yes, it’s all Alya’s fault. Sada also starts in on kicking Fiko out. Cihan says she stays.

Mine calls, pretending to just ask how Cihan is. He puts it on speaker for Alya to hear. He tells her to stop calling.’

Fiko asks Alya about how Boran died. She also has been trying to remember Halis’s surname. [I love how they’ve softened her makeup. She arrived looking SO cheap.]

Nare tells Alya about she and Sahin seeing each other. Alya smiles and says she'll help. Nare rides to the hospital with Alya. Of course, the gargoyle asks where they’re going. Demir is upset because his guys can’t find Ugur.

Ozkan calls Sada when Nare won’t pick up. Then, of course, he sees her leave the hospital in a taxi, follows, and sees her meeting Sahin. We get a moment’s joy for these two as they embrace. Ozkan calls Sada, who shows up with some henchies. She says Nare is going with Ozkan. She slaps Nare and behaves like a fishwife. Nare leaves with Sahin.

Sada calls Cihan. Sahin takes Nare to his konak, and we get some more fishwife behavior, this time from Fidan. Sada comes to Sahin’s place and orders everyone around. She’s having the door broken down when Cihan arrives. I enjoy this show, but Sadakat’s outrageous behavior and Cihan intervening are wearing on me. For some reason Demir and Zerrin show up.

Inside, Cihan tells Sahin and Nare he’s working on her divorce, and Nare is convinced to return to Hell, aka the place where Sada rules. Ecmel rags on Sahin, saying over his dead body. [Please let it happen, writers.]

We get a nice cultural moment for Deniz’s circumcision ceremony. Alya and Cihan have a moment. She even holds his hand. But Mine shows up. Cihan keeps telling her to leave. She says something about his forcing Alya to marry him. And someday he’ll come to her.

We get some group photos. Sada insists on one with just she, Cihan and Deniz. She won’t be in the same photo as Fiko, but Cihan has one taken with Fiko and the rest of the family.

Mine meets with her gyno. She wants her pregnancy kept a secret. If I grasped what she wants, she is holding on to find out the sex. It must be a boy, she says. And, I suppose, if it’s a girl, she’ll abort since she asked about the timing for that being safe.

Ugur shows up at Mine’s. She bandages his hand. He asks her to get him out of the country. If she does, he’ll give her a key to his hospital locker where, I assume, he’s got something stashed about Boran’s parentage.
 

OT
Howdy from the Alamo City CarayCaray Family. Congratulations to the Indiana Hoosiers Football Team on winning their 1st National Championship.

 

Lejos

Thank you so much novelera!

How did Ugur get away? It’s not like the henchies to not be able to catch him up.

Mine showing up was just plain weird. Cihan has treated her abominably but no means no. I don’t get in TNs how characters pursue others who are not only uninterested but actually hostile.

Maggie
 

lejos

Thanks for the quickie, novelera. Loved the asides. I also love your gargoyle description for Sada. Nare was warned to stay away from Sahin. What made them think they could get away with this?

Babachita, thanks for reposting your comment. I noticed this about the original opening, too. The opening we get gives a totally different impression especially since it’s paired with “Me Está Doliendo”. They are trying to push a love story as the main theme. There’s so much more to this dizi.

We got seriously shortchanged again. They left out 95% of the circumcision storyline. My Friday recap mentioned that there was a commotion over Deniz not being circumcised. It was interesting because we saw the difference between secular and traditional/religious. Alya thought that she could get away with bringing Deniz to the hospital for a quick procedure. Not so. Cihan had to explain to her later. Add Sada into the mix and you get the picture. Ay, what a scandal.

Later in the episode, Deniz came running into Alya’s bedroom in a panic. He overheard the staff discussing the prep for the sünnet düğünü and he got scared. He locked himself in Cihan’s side of the bedroom and refused to come out. Cihan coaxed him to open the door so they could have a man-to-man talk. The boy asked Cihan if he was circumcised and if all the other males at the konak were too. Cihan said yes and told him it is an important event in their religion and tradition. And the deal was sealed when Cihan told him he would ride a horse and he’d see Firfir.

They cut Deniz getting dressed and leaving the konak. Firfir was waiting outside and Deniz sat on him for a few photos. Then Cihan put him on a big horse and there was a procession through the village with a drummer leading the way and all the guests following and clapping to the beat. They passed by the mass sünnet held for the other boys.

We didn’t see any of the party at the Albora konak. Food, music, dancing. Cihan persuaded Alya to get up and dance with him. They danced the Reyhani (Mardin folk dance) in the center of a circle. If you saw Hercai, ReyMir did this dance at their wedding. It was nice to see Cihan and Alya smiling for once. Didn't last long.

 

Lejos

Oh wow, Dondi, we got ripped off! I would love to have seen all this. Also, I couldn’t imagine that a little boy wouldn’t be scared.

I hope he did the horse sitting before the procedure!

Maggie
 

lejos

Dondi, thanks for filling in what Telemundo didn't think important about the circumcision celebration. The conversation (was it Friday?) about the Alboras sponsoring some sort of mass circumcision sent me once again to the internet. My son, decades ago, was circumcised in the operating room right after he was born. I can't remember for sure, but I don't think they even asked me. It was automatic. And this was also before you looked at the kid before birth in images. I knew he was a boy when the gyno called that out right as he appeared. Somehow, the quote for his birth included a line item of an extra charge should the child be born male. Fortunately, his father had terrific employer paid health insurance, so we paid nada.

But what I read said that, in Turkey, the boys are usually circumcised between the ages of 6 and 11. If that's true, why would Sadakat be outraged that a boy who is 5 hasn't had it done? I think it may be not as prevalent here in the U.S. as it used to be. The man who was my boss in the 90's and his wife did not have their sons circumcised.
 

Lejos

Novelera, thank you. You didn't miss a beat . There are a lot of rinse and repeat moments in this show. Character responses are pretty predictable . I am wondering what the end result of this show is going to be . I can't see any HEAs unless all the star crossed lovers leave this land that time forgot . Susan