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Edser + Beautiful

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Edser + The Dinosaur Suitcase

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EDSER + HOLIDAY

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Art of the silent conversation

#married

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Eda Bolat. It sounds very nice.

                            - Serkan Bolat

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Sen Çal Kapımı - Serkan & Eda in episode 24

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Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year

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After the last episode of SCK, I refuse to believe we are getting anything other than a secret engagement between Eda & Serkan this week. Can you imagine? The two of them pretending they dislike each other at work for the sake of grandma, both of them getting jealous of each other with other people even though it is just for show & sneaking around to be together....🔥🔥🔥❤️😍.

I like the way you think!  

Agreed, I always like to put these things in gambling terms, and with this I’d put money on the show going this scenario rather than Eda refusing his proposal and that sending us into a totally depressing retread of one of them sacrificing their relationship. I’m thinking 80/20 in favor of secret engagement. Also, objectively it seems to me like the best direction for the show to go. 

Other places I was reading a lot of doom and gloom speculation about this, about how that’s what ep 24 was setting up, but I disagree. In 24, Eda was defiant with Babaanne, while Serkan was confident in their ability to work as a team in make sure she didn’t get what she wants, which Serkan very helpfully outlined for us (to exact revenge on Serkan for his father, bankrupt Serkan and break them up). True, Eda did have some moments of wavering, she apologized to Serkan for the trouble he was facing because of her, and she worried he would get tired of her, but in the end I think while Babaanne’s move getting Serkan arrested will spook Eda pretty badly, instead of it leading to giving up Serkan all together, I think the result will be to keep things secret and double down on their efforts to fight her.  

Despite not being back together, in 24 Eda wasn’t keeping anything with Serkan under wraps. When the masses descended on Serkan’s house the morning after she spent the night, neither Serkan nor Eda seemed to care who knew she stayed there. Worry over that was all Ayfer, Melo and Fifi. Both even offered reproves when people tried to cover up for them, Serkan with Fifi and Eda with Melo. Then at the party the whole reason Babaanne sent her plan into action is because she saw their intimacy. So to me it makes natural sense that the reaction will be to rethink the loud and proud strategy and go stealthier. 

Now I think it’s possible she either rejects or doesn’t answer the proposal we see in the fragman, which I ass-u-me is early in the episode, but I think that will be resolved and we’ll see them as a united front very soon. 

Also, in a larger sense, the symmetry of starting the show with these two fooling everyone with a fake engagement, and then bookending the series with them fooling everyone with a real engagement is very poetic. 

I WANT IT!!!!

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I'm sure others will ask this but what are you thoughts on the episode of SCK?? I love your in-depth analysis lol. I personally loved it!!! Also can I just say that the edser/hanker chemistry is off the charts lol. If this was the first episode I watched ever, without subtitles, their scenes would be a giant neon sign that says "THESE CHARACTERS ARE MADLY IN LOVE!!!". Eda was beyond cute/in love/adorable in this episode with serkan, girl has got it bad and I wish she didn't have her stupid grandmother and these insecurities in the way ahhh. I really love the Ayfer/Aydan duo, they're fun when they're together and Ayfer wasn't annoying like the last few EPs. Also, Balca can go choke lol, I'm so glad Serkan didn't fall for her trap for him to stay over!! He was like nah come to the party (my girl is waiting!!!). Was serkan about to tell Eda that he had to stop by her house? He seemed really nervous. ANYWAYS, I love EdSer and am going to go watch their scenes 1000x before next week 😭🥰

Thank you! I love Edser too!!!!  Like you, I enjoyed this episode, though it was despite some of the narrative issues (that I posted about here.) There were good, meaty Edser scenes, which is why I watch this show. Once again I'll start with the non-Eda/Serkan thoughts and then get to the feelsy stuff at the end.

Babaanne's introduction did not disappoint. The actress has the right energy for the role. I guess we now know why Eda has been adamant about cutting her out of her life, Babaanne is next level controlling and vindictive. We'll have to see how she develops and what her endgame motives are. Does she want her revenge more than she wants her granddaughter and daughter in her life? Or does she think if she wins and arranges everything including an advantageous marriage for Eda, Eda will eventually go along and decide it's awesome and reconciliation will come about that way? *evil laugh* She doesn’t know her granddaughter at all if she thinks that’s a possibility. 

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I enjoyed her non-Balca scenes, especially when she was going toe-to-toe with Eda. That scene in Serkan's old upstairs office was intense, both actresses really brought it and kudos to Eda staying true to her defiant character. No one pushes her around. Prepare yourselves to see her waver a bit, I'm sure it's quite jarring to see your loved one in jail and know that he's there because of you, but she'll get to the point of fighting beside him. I have no doubt.

It was nice to see Ayfer protecting Aydan and Seyfi, it made for some great comedy and it was a good change after all of Ayfer's annoying, unrelenting negativity in general and about the Bolats. We'll see what happens between the two now that they appear to be vying for Chef Alexander's attention. Nesilhan just cracks me up when she's portraying Aydan play acting, the stilted voice she takes on is always hilarious to me, like when Ayfer was introducing "Aisun" to Serkan.  As we move forward, though, I want to see some badass Aydan. She  was introduced to us as a force of nature, so I hope we see that woman, a woman who will go to the mat for her son and Eda, emerge at some point. No hiding from Babaanne long term. Everyone needs to gear up to fight!

Peril and Engin got married! Their scene at home was really well done and gave me a bit better insight into them and why they might work. The only thing I was disappointed about here was that Serkan was not their witness. He counts them as some of his only friends and they didn't call him? Come on, show!  They could have easily structured the ep to have him get the call while there was chaos at his loft that morning and it would have been the perfect excuse for him to grab Eda and head to the wedding leaving the moms and Babaane to Chef Alexander.  It wouldn't have changed anything about the episode because Eda still could have gone to do her thing after the wedding and everything else would have been the same, except it all would have had a bit more heart. Missed opportunity there. 

I've decided that Ferit is a catch. At the beginning of the show he was just so naïve, that he seemed foolish, but he's really turned into a sweet, upstanding man. You hold on to him, Ceren. The irony in his relationship with Serkan is just outstanding to me, because ALL of this started because Serkan was willing to upend his own life (and Selin, Ferit and Eda's) will the sole goal of keeping Ferit out of his business, and now here we are 24 episodes later, Selin is long gone, Eda is the love of his life, and Ferit has turned into a solid, trust-worthy business partner and friend who is putting Babaanne in her place on the first day. Love to see it. 

Balca, that snake just gets more unhinged as we go along. Good GAWD. WTF is wrong with her? Her eventual comeuppance better be big. I'm really to the point that I can't enjoy any scene that she's in, it's just too maddening, because neither Serkan nor Eda are taking her seriously enough. Which I realize they don't know what we know, but dang I hope Serkan is finally connecting the dots because her behavior is not normal. As Eda says, who gives a gift like that to their boss? Who calls their new boss instead of the police when there's an intruder in the house?  By now he should be able to figure out she's manipulating him.  

Also how was she not daunted when she called and Eda was there?  What did she think would happen when he came to get the gift when he had Eda to get home to? On top of everything else she's shameless and delusional.  As for the gift, that was creepy AF. Did she seriously think that her boss, who she's known a week, would be romanced by that?  Or any man for that matter? Did Selin give her the impression he was so arrogant that this would be the perfect thing for him? As much as I want less of her on screen, I would like to know the thought process behind that embarrassing monstrosity. Because it was not a savvy move. But the good news is that no one was more creeped out by it than Serkan Bolat. It seemed to really unsettle him, which it should. It was nice to see Eda getting over her jealousy, perhaps that came with her decision to try and move forward. Before she was in this state of flux, deep-down wanting Serkan to be hers, but not being able to admit that and feeling an outside threat during that confusion. 

I saw some criticism of Eda because she was openly mocking and dismissive of Balca. However, while I agree her behavior was a tad immature at times... Balca was totally asking for it.  She's been at the company for mere days and her weird, manipulative, obsessive behavior is totally inappropriate. Also if she didn't take a hint from Eda opening mocking her, Eda picking out her gift from Serkan, Serkan deferring queries about his NYE plans to Eda, Eda being at his house when Balca called, I think we can safely say that Balca in unaffected by any of Eda's behavior, thus Eda isn't hurting anyone. While Balca is over here, claws out, trying to start a war. Balca is the villain here, not Eda for recognizing and making fun of it.

Despite the emotional inconsistencies between Eda and Serkan in this episode, during one scene they were hot, the next, one or the other was cold without rhyme or reason, there were many great conversations. I really enjoyed their conference room scenes in particular. Serkan confident and calming her down, Eda being enraged by Babaanne, but listening to him and letting him calm her down. 

His little Eda Bolat coffee cup gag was priceless, he did succeed in both diverting her and flirting with her in one suave move. Also a nice bit of foreshadowing there, which there was a lot of this episode. Not just this and the bouquet catch, but also every single one of their domestic scenes. 

As I said in this post, the rewrite, or whatever happened this episode, did cause some pretty big emotional inconsistencies from scene to scene. I know most people loved the scenes when Eda went to find Serkan, but it was a little whiplashy for me.  We go from Serkan being calm and collected and happily flirting with her about being Eda Bolat at the office, to a short time later him being moody and standoffish with her at his house? It's understandable that he would be upset at her suggestion that she leave the company, but I would think the man that broke her heart for her own good, would understand why she might think of  leaving in order to get rid of someone who is threatening him! 

It just felt like a weird time for him to hit his threshold with her, especially since this was when they were supposed to be heading to Paris (huge writing fail that there was no "Oh I guess we have to postpone Paris" throwaway line).  However, perhaps that was accelerated for him in the face of a real threat?  Like if it was just another day he's fine with her waffling and their little contract game, but he feels in his bones that this is go time and he needs to find out if she's ready for what's coming?  (Look at me finding reasons for the inconsistencies as I answer this ask, lmao).

Then the shaving scene was interesting. She starts by saying "Leaving was a dumb idea, I'm still here, I'll be by your side," which YAY and seems to me to be a huge step forward for her.... but then he doesn't feel it. Why exactly, didn't he feel it?  So then she transitions to the biggest head scratcher of the episode for me, and I really hope it's a translation fail. She basically references the movie they saw and says,  "If I could erase all memories of you, I would." Um... what? Is she really saying to him she wishes they never met? I sure hope there was some modifier in there, like "bad" memories only or something. It seemed way harsh and inconsistent with their feelings for one another. However, once he starts talking about being a machine before meeting her and his heart being too heavy without her, the dialogue is pretty great. He really bares his soul and she reciprocates with intimacy.  The second half of this scene is absolutely lovely. 

The visit to Aydan's house was interesting.  At some point I'm gonna need Aydan and especially Ayfer to step up when it comes to Babaanne.  Ayfer ran scared the whole episode and it's just not fair of her to leave the burden on Eda. Hopefully, she'll get there. There was a reason Babaanne told Eda not to tell Ayfer about the threats, and threatened harm to Serkan and family if she did so. I'm guessing Ayfer may be better equipped to deal with her mother than was suggested in this episode. The conversation about Eda running from her grandmother as a child and losing the bracelet was very affecting and well done, and thankfully Serkan was out of his sulky mood and in full-on supportive boyfriend mode. Phew, good to have you back, Serkan.

That throne Babaanne brought in was something else. Worth a good laugh. However, I feel like it highlights a few cracks we've already started to see in Babaanne's scary façade. First, there's the one I just talked about, with Babaanne not wanting Ayfer to know what she's up to, so we now know who might be successful in opposing her or might know things that could shut her down.. her daughter. Then this ridiculous throne move had to be her way of unsettling everyone, but as we see that fails with Serkan. He's pretty unflappable when it comes to her nonsense antics. 

Then Babaanne singles out Balca as her ally, which on one hand, it was astute of her to figure out who was the outsider, ripe for the picking, but she straight up choose the wack job, who let's face it, is not going to be all that competent of a foot soldier for her, because she has no allies and she's not in anyone's confidence. Plus she made that critical error with the present being so off-putting to Serkan. Balca might be able to cause problems, but she can’t get Serkan to transfer his affection for Eda onto her, so her usefulness here is limited. Babanne needed to try and fool someone like Melo, Ferit or Leyla. Prey on the nice ones who might try to be accommodating just so everyone gets along. 

Anyway, I loved the Edser scenes in the office, he brought her lemon water! My heart.  And I loved the meeting with the inner circle. Serkan has a plan! Of course our boy does, he wouldn't be Serkan Bolat if he didn't. It's always fun to see how much they all trust him to lead them through these tough times. He will once again emerge victorious. It just may take some time on this one

Note Blaca wasn't invited to that meeting, someone already can sense she can't be trusted. In the meeting later with Babaanne, I loved how Eda was sitting next to Serkan at the head of the table, totally squared off against her grandmother. That blocking was not by accident. It showed them facing her. On the same side. Together. United. That's what we call foreshadowing and that's how they're ultimately going to defeat her. Together. 

It's interesting to me that earlier in the day when Eda tells him maybe she should leave the company he gets upset, but when she shows up at his house and straight up says they can't be together, he's completely calm and is his normal confident self, talking her into staying the night with his usual ease. I'm thinking her manic rambling about him getting tired of her and her grandmother separating them was just too obvious of an emotional spiral after an exhausting day (that lasted 47 years and multiple wardrobe changes) so he didn't take any of it to heart.

As for the reason she needed a place to stay, WTF is Ayfer doing letting Babaanne stay in their home??  Kick her out for the love of God. I don't mind, since it gave us this fabulous sleepover, but come on woman, at one time you were strong enough to remove your niece from her which could not have been easy, where is your backbone now? Find it. Fast. 

LOVED LOVED LOVED every second of domestic Edser. How cute are they? Serkan wheeling her dinosaur suitcase was so adorable. And how cute is it that he bought hot chocolate for her? And THEN, THEN when they went to look at the stars? My heart melted clean out of my chest when he said, "I'm already looking at the most beautiful star."  Remember in 13 when he asked her, "How are you real?" and she basically told him to be careful or she'd get spoiled and expect that kind of romance all the time? Well apparently the romantic robot has an endless capacity to generate heart-stopping one-liners so she really needn't have worried. 

Eda's phone call with the girls was another whiplash moment for me. So wait... all episode her trepidation has been around her grandmother interfering or Serkan getting tired of her, but now she's back to wondering if he can change? Ne? And she isn't articulating what she wants him to change, or talking to him about change at all, only asking her friends if they think it's possible?? The change thing made perfect sense to me in eps 20-22, because she was coming off of his lie that broke her heart, but now I can't figure out what she wants from him. I think this is another casualty of whatever writing changes happened in this episode. I really hope the writers pull it together and figure out what the character's headspace is and stick with it. It's one thing to yo-yo from episode to episode, but to yo-yo scene to scene is too much. 

I know that they're trying to create suspense for whether she would meet him to ring in the New Year, and start fresh, but there are much more elegant ways to do this than constant retread conversations that don't make sense in context with the scenes that came before. Honestly, this episode had a LOT of wonderful scenes and humor and heartfelt moments, but it also felt like a franken-episode,  like if different writers were assigned different scenes and then they assembled the episode without going back to smooth out the tone and emotions.

That leads us to Serkan discovering Eda in the bath. What do we think was going through his mind there? lmao. He looked exceptionally pleased and he did the jokey flirty thing, taking a mental picture, but then when she comes downstairs in her jammies, he has gone into stone-cold work robot mode. I suppose the best I can guess is that he knew she was confused, he knew he had convinced her to stay under the guise it would be platonic and the "last time." 

He's always been a gentleman with her. So perhaps he felt compelled, for her sake, to keep it in that place, but seeing her in the bath send him into overdrive and the only thing he could do is throw himself into work to make sure the situation didn't go any further before she was fully ready? That's my best attempt at explaining it.  Still she was flirting hardcore with him when she came downstairs, it feels like that was the moment he's been waiting for since episode 19, and he let it sail by.  Ah well, at some point soon both their engines will be revving at the same time and we’ll finally get to the sexy times. 

The next morning was 100% adorable. Serkan Bolat serving breakfast in bed. I swoon!  What a sweetheart, because I'm pretty certain that Serkan does NOT like crumbs in his bed so this was a big gesture. And you could see how much she appreciated it, despite teasing him about the portion size. Eda, that breakfast would have been just fine by me, but if the girl has a big appetite, so be it.

Also, Edacim, it would be a lot easier to buy your "confusion" if you hadn't brought him a heartfelt gift that would have taken a good while, like weeks, to procure and then sketched in it for him!!!!  She had to have been planning that for some time.  Anyway, a very sweet gift and one of those moments where actions speak louder than words. We all want to hear Eda say the words "I Love You," but she just said it very loudly here in the form of this gift. Even if she wasn't fully aware she was saying it. It's obvious where her heart is, she just has to give herself permission to follow it.

This ep also brought the funny when half the cast of characters barged in on Edser’s little love nest. Good for both Eda and Serkan for refusing to be a part of the subterfuge for Babaanne. I'm hopeful we're going into a secret relationship/engagement storyline, but at this point I like that neither were cowing to her. Eda is an adult and it's nobody's business but her own where she stays the night! 

It cracks me up that Eda and Serkan were discombobulated by the intrusion, had the silent #married conversation, and headed upstairs together. Mostly because they are the two in the dark, what are they going to figure out by going upstairs alone? What they really needed was to talk to any of the other people to find out what in the hell was happening. Not that I blame them for wanting to escape that scene together. However, what was beautiful was their connection in these scenes. They were functioning as partners, as each other's person, as the one each turns to when they need support (or escape).  And that's really saying something since they were in a room full of the people they're both closest too.

Finally, I'm glad they spoiled the final scene in the fragman, because I would have been too stressed watching Balca's psychotic efforts in keeping Serkan away from the party, and Eda, if I hadn't known he would make it.  As it was, it  was too much to watch. They've done absolutely nothing to make her even a little sympathetic. I feel zero empathy for her, I don't understand why she's willing to take these risks. No man is worth it, girl! Especially not a man you just decided you wanted because of his initials!  The character needs to serve her purpose and go. Soon.

As for Serkan making it in time, THANK GOODNESS. I don't think Eda could have handled being stood up again. Even taking her call was a mistake. That's why we have voicemail, Serkan. And clearly he should have called the police on his way. I sincerely hope that he finds out the break-in was a fake and that's what makes him realize what level of crazy he's dealing with. I assume, because he didn't know what else to do, he left Balca in his home and that's what he wanted to tell Eda right before the police arrived. I shudder to think what damage she might do there alone. Installing a hidden mic or camera for Babaanne? Going through his things? Planting more items. Ew. If that spec is right the place will need to be fumigated.  

Serkan's gift was, of course, perfection. Talk about love in gift form, and did you notice that one of the charms was an "E" and one was an "S"? A sweet, heart-felt detail and a nice little nod to which initials really matter on this show.  Interestingly, after a full episode of inner turmoil, once Serkan arrived, Eda seemed to be all-in. She was bubbly and happy to see him and definitely acting like he was her date. And then the hug! Finally! They've obviously been physically close in recent post-break up episodes, for example elevator, pottery, dancing, skating, but what a relief to finally have this pure, intentional display of affection from her to him. Also a cheek kiss! This show, I swear it makes me grateful for the most chaste of moments.

As I said in another ask, I think the, "Will you be my girlfriend?" was in Serkan's head. We didn't see him say it, she didn't respond and the audio was hollow like it was a thought or memory or dream. However, what I can't answer is why we heard that. Why put it in there? We know he wants them to get back together, so that line doesn't inform the audience of anything they don't already know. So maybe proposal foreshadowing?  On the other hand, there is the line earlier in the episode that was voice over added after the fact (when Edser are in the small conf room and Serkan says he’s going home) so maybe they added the audio after the scene for some reason? I don’t know with this episode anything is possible. 

Then, of course, Babaanne ruins their moment with her evil plan. Next episode will she be sitting on her throne stroking a hairless cat Because it feel like Babaanne may like a bit of evil aura to surround her. Anyway, next stop... jail! I'm honestly excited to see how the next ep plays out. We're going to go through some things, so prepare your soul, but I honestly think we may end the ep in a better place. (new cliffhanger notwithstanding) We shall see. 

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the summary for this episode was so much more off than the others.. it does really make me wonder if whoever wrote it just watched the first and last 2 minutes of the episode lol. the "shaken trust" is resolved within 1 dialogue of serkan saying he trusts her more than anyone and then leads into a scene of him calming her down with that "eda bolat" coffee cup (which had me smiling like an idiot) it's not like the fragmans aren't already confusing.. lets add in an inaccurate summary too! lmao

Yep, yep, yep, and I’m fascinated by this whole thing, so I'm going to use your ask to go through some of the oddness of this episode. Perhaps its not the person who wrote the episode description’s fault, maybe things changed??

Either something happened during the shooting of this episode necessitating change on the fly, or TPTB decided some things were not working and needed changing or the writers got hella sloppy. With how tight the shooting timelines are for these episodes, I'm surprised things don’t happen more often. If one thing goes wrong, it could trigger a chain reaction that turns an episode on its head.  

Inconsistencies from day one of the episode narrative: (this is all one day)

Team finds out they won the tender, Eda and Serkan were planning to head to Paris, Babaanne shows up (NO CHRISTMAS TREE AT ARTLIFE)

By the by, as far as I could tell, neither the tender nor Paris are mentioned in this episode which seems like a writing issue.

Eda and Serkan go to regroup, have coffee, Serkan goes home (for unknown reasons) and Eda confronts gran. (one key note here, the line where Serkan tells Eda he's going home, Kerem is not on screen and it sounds different, like a voice over added later. Ergo, this line was not part of the scene when they filmed it. Voice over of Serkan telling her he was going home was added after they filmed that scene)

Eda goes to Serkan's. Even though he was planning to be headed to Paris at this time, he randomly decided he needs a noon shave during a crisis at his company?? If he was planning to go to Paris with Eda wouldn’t he have been fully groomed for the day?

Serkan suddenly goes sulky and standoffish, even though he was thrilled about going to Paris about an hour ago and here Eda is in his bathroom saying they'll take on Gran together while shaving him. Another reason I think things were changed from original script, the mood doesn't match how they left things in the office, where he was teasing her about being "Eda Bolat." Was this scene originally conceived for a scenario where he didn’t trust her and she was trying to get his attention?

Eda and Serkan call Aydan/Ayfer and head to Aydans (heart to heart about nightmares and bracelets)

Eda and Serkan decide to stop and try on his new suit?? Randomly?  What was the point of this other than to have Eda straighten his tie which could have been done anywhere? (random and brief use of a location shoot, was more originally supposed to happen at that location?)

Eda and Serkan go back to the office  (STILL NO CHRISTMAS TREE AT ARTLIFE)

Eda, Serkan, Engin convo about throne, Eda convo with Ceren, Serkan convinced Eda to call Grandma, Babaanne coming in 2 hours

Serkan's trusted circle meeting, Balca enters with Secret Santa. Lemon water. Serkan decided he needs to buy gifts for the team, Edser go shopping. Again strange choice midday, in the middle of a crisis when Babanne is expected shortly

When they return, EDA HAS A NEW OUTFIT and there is a giant CHRISTMAS TREE at ArtLife. Who put up the tree in the last 60-90 minutes? Why did Eda change her clothes while out on a quick and busy shopping trip?

End of day, Eda shows up at Serkans with suitcase, Serkan convinces her to stay. Balca calls with gift. Did she have that bust made in the 4-6 hours since she devised (and manipulated) the Secret Santa exchange? In all seriousness how could she have even had that commission in the short time she's known him?? Is there someplace that sells premade Serkan Bolat busts? lmao

Serkan returns finds Eda in the tub, it must short circuit him because he goes downstairs into robot work mode and doesn't notice any Eda flirting for the rest of the night. Odd mood again. 

Something happened here ya'll. Either on set they accidentally shot a bunch of scenes with Eda in the wrong outfit and then tried to make it make sense. Or they weren't able to get a location or couldn't get an actor and hacked scenes together, perhaps combined two days into one. Or, which is seeming most likely to me, there's a reason that the description of the episode doesn't match what we saw. Perhaps there were original scenes that were shot where Serkan doesn't believe Eda and she has to follow him and convince him even though he won't listen, but they realized it didn't work and reshot things? But at least part of that shaving scene was from what they originally shot and that's why Serkan's mood doesn't match? 

Or maybe the reason Ayse is leaving is that she's burnt out and this is just messy, exhausted writing that makes very little sense.  I don't know, if she's really gotten this sloppy, maybe it's good she's taking a break?

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed watching it and individually the Edser scene were terrific, but the way the episode was glued together was very haphazard indeed.

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I am so darn excited for this next episode of SCK because it finally feels like Eda & Serkan will make real progress towards reconciliation. With Grandma there causing problems it is time for them to lay it all out and figure out how to move forward together. So happy to see that Eda goes after Serkan when he initially refuses to believe she knew nothing about the secret partner being her grandmother. My heart hurts thinking about him doubting her but she has always been insistent that Efe could be trusted. She has never listened to Serkan’s distrust of Efe. Always assumes it is just Serkan being jealous and that she knows best. Time to own up to that mistake and apologize girl! I really want them to talk through everything and then choose each other even though it is not going to be an easy road ahead. Honestly even if Eda has to agree to marry someone else & whatever else her grandmother wants to get Serkan out of jail and to get her away from Artlife, I am here for it as long as she makes it clear to him that she choose him & did it so they can figure out a plan together to get rid of Grandma.

Pretty much all of this.

When you put together the trailers and the summary, it does feel like they’re going to make significant progress this episode. I think my dream of sexy times this ep is probably dead, but that’s okay, I can handle it if they at least move forward.  Plus we’re assured of some intimacy just from the fragman scenes. I just can’t figure out the order of scenes, which is fine, surprises in the actual ep are good. 

I’m not too worried about his doubting her, I don’t think it will last very long. Just long enough for Babaanne and Balca to see them being tense with each other in the office and to think they’re at odds. Of course, Babaanne being the secret partner will shock all of them. Since Eda has been working for Efe and the partner for weeks, it’s not crazy for his mind to immediately question her involvement. And you’re very right that Eda never gave enough weight to his concerns about Efe, even after the roof thing and the Selin blackmail thing which were both neon flashing signs that dude had some nefarious ulterior motives. It will go a long way if Eda admits to him she was wrong about Efe. 

Honestly, I’m also very much looking forward to whatever Eda might say to convince him that she would never do that to him.  That could bring about some heartfelt utterances. 

Also, yes, please, on them talking everything through.  I have high hopes for the conversation in the fragman that seemingly takes place at Aydan’s house. It looks important and emotional.

Give me an emotional talk that puts them on the right path and then them working together to defeat grandma and I’ll be happy. (But at some point they have to have sex again, right?) 

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Did you watch the new SCK episode yet?

Hello! Yes, I’ve seen it. So much good Eda and Serkan in that episode. It felt like finally having quality time with them. Even though the uncertainty of their relationship was hanging over them, they were both prioritizing the other over the distractions, acting as a unit, and enjoying being together. Lovely. 

The episode had some interesting structural... challenges. LOL. One day lasted like 5 years with multiple, random wardrobe changes and set dressings. Something must have happened with the shooting schedule or something because no professional writer would structure things like that. (I hope!) I’m putting together my thoughts on the episode and going more into that, but the heart was there and that’s all I really care about. 

On another note, I am laughing because there was such an uproar (not here really, but on twitter and IG) because of this from the summary: “However, Semiha, the paternal grandmother of the secret partner, shakes Serkan’s trust. Serkan immediately leaves the company, Eda chases after him and tries to tell him that she did not know the identity of the secret partner until that minute. Serkan does not listen. Eda does not give up. She goes after Serkan.”

Most of us thought that would be really overblown and misleading and the trust issue would just be a small part at the start of the episode, but even I didn’t call the entire thing being just plain WRONG.

WTF? Is the English translation just that bad, OR does the person who writes the description not read the script? (The episodes are done so late, the promo people probably don’t get access to them prior to writing the description, so they have to go off a script or maybe from dailies?) Or did the script change that much? 

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I just read your post about the inconsistencies and it had me laughing lol. I watched the episode with heart eyes for EdSer and enjoyed their scenes but def thought something was off. For sure the one thing that stood out immediately while watching was when Eda was saying goodnight, she was being so flirty and he was so moody?? What??? Def 2 different moods going throughout the day that didn't mesh with one another lol. I do wonder what happened, and I feel like your theory about them changing the "not trusting" thing makes sense. Also, the timeline has always bothered me but I can ignore it but when it's obvious you're going from summer to end of the yr but still saying something only happened last week or 2 weeks ago, it's messy. Thinking back it's funny how fast the tree went up and gifts were bought 😂😂 I still love it all!!!! Hahaha it's been a balm to the soul for 2020

It’s been a balm for my soul too! I love it and I don’t really care about the ridiculous timeline, that’s something I’m willing to suspend disbelieve on, partly because I think that how short of a time that Serkan and Eda have actually known one another is a romantic part of their story. 

I suppose, though, that the timeline is a causality of each episode always starting at the exact moment the last one ended. Most times I really like that device, but it does make it harder for the narrative to show the passage of time. Also they write and shoot things so quickly, I don’t know that there is anyone going through and making sure things match up and make sense. Maybe there are no continuity experts. 

With the obvious changes and weirdness this last episode, and with the creator  leaving, I do wonder if there was some internal drama going on. Anil did a live yesterday, and I can’t be sure because I’m relying on random translations, but when asked about the ratings and the future of the show he was positive, but said something about them getting back on track when the writing straightened out. (If anyone has a better translation of what he said let me know), 

If he did say something like that, that’s pretty telling. While I don’t fully understand how things happen in Turkey, I do understand how they happen in Hollywood and backstage shakeups are common on shows. We just saw a huge one this hiatus on one of my other shows, when the creator/showrunner of Roswell New Mexico was unceremoniously fired, and I was a huge The West Wing fan back in the day when no less a writer than Aaron Sorkin was shown the door on his highly rated, award-winning creation at the end of season 4. Just saying, if he can get ousted, anyone can.  Maybe it was the creator’s decision to leave, or maybe there were other issues, and we saw the manifestation of that in episode 24. (On a side note, it’s stressful for the actors and crew under normal conditions, but under these conditions when they’re working all the time and doing it only a week out from air, if there were issues in the writer’s room that’s got to put even more strain on them. All to say, please be kind to them on social media!)