Mid 2024 I was intrigued by the first 20 Episodes, the lead actor & Mehmet Ozge’s acting of course. The first 10 Episodes were with English subtitles but as usual the standard practice by TRT is to abolish subtitles as soon as they garnered public interest. Without subtitles I don’t fully comprehend the abundant fairy tale conversations. At Episode 30 I still cannot make out exactly how everyone is related to each other. A big community trapped in a small ancient village with Mystic stories & a board game. A very different drama, a tangled web ... it tires you out or you simply lose interest.
Feride does not have a place in Aziz’s world. He does not have an ounce of trust nor faith in her. He has more faith & trust in Nehir. Feride is not intelligent enough to see it.
I am getting bored. It’s just the Cagdar & Tahsin family. Aziz still has his engagement ring on. Sultan finds the vagabond Firat entertaining? Hasibe & Neher. This series starts great but it’s getting winding ... no wonder it didn’t get past 40 episodes.
Aziz didn’t believe that Feride is worthy of him. Not sharing his brazen plan with Feride is enough proof apart from never sharing his life stories. He has never shared anything of importance with her. She wasn’t good enough for that. The only thing he’s shared were his smile, dreamy looks & sweet nothings. He didn’t think she has enough intellect to be his equal or to be trusted. Period.
Feride don’t even have the dignity to resign from the job. I hate how it portrays badly on the less fortunate. Aziz wasn’t forthcoming with his bizarre plans, he kept her out of it. She should have some pride & get out of the environment so as not to let herself be belittled at, being humiliated, being made fun of.
I just commended this series at the end of Episode 20. Now into the 40th minute, regretted it. Is this still Turkish drama or Indian? Too far away from reality. Beginning to understand why it dwindles down in viewership. Hard to digest such unrealistic storyline unless it’s sci-fi, a leap into the future, fairy tale, horror or crime drama. Certainly not for a village multi generational family story.
This is a stand out 👏 series. Congratulations to the Director and Writer! My first watching Kadir. He is an A-Star Actor! I wish Turkish A-Star Movie stars will have a clause in their contracts that will include “the use of English subtitles in their movies”. A-Star movie Actors & Actresses have a huge foreign audience! As The English language is spoken worldwide it is not too much to ask!
40:00 Why do they always cast Police Commissioners as idiotic or plain stupid? Feride’s father does nothing to improve his circumstances. All he does is stare at the pendant, eat, sleep, repeat day in day out 😂. Aziz was supposed to be heading the company yet all employees continued to act & comply to Kareem’s instruction without updating Aziz & Aziz continues to trust Kareem with the running of the company. Voila 🎉
Really hope this series is translated in English or has English subtitles. The ottoman board game shown here is originally from India with similar moral/religious lessons and today it has become a simple board game called snakes and ladders. This show would become a hit in india with English subtitles
