Kan Cicekleri 211 It's All About The Mom

 Quick synopsis: A date night. Some stolen moments. Sabiha faints.

Dilan is sure now that Sabiha is her biological mother. Still doesn't make what she put the lovebirds through any less real. In fact, it makes things worse. Dilan is Dilan of course, so she tries to put herself in Sabiha's shoes, to understand. She and Gul rehash things in an effort to make sense of it all. And beyond that, there's forgiving for herself and that's one thing, but for what happened to Baran, not so much.

Cevriye's cousin Yasmin is a bit of a pill. 

Dilan wants to tell Baran the news, but says it's "hella hard". That made me laugh. 

Kader made Firat take the necklace back. Outing their secret now is not a good idea. Or maybe if she knew he had the right  to...As in he and Gul are practically family...

Poor Firat. Can't catch a break or a cuddle.

Baran is being supportive and not pushy. They will have a night out, he says. 

Havin is worried about Sabiha and tells Dilan so. 

Cevdet is pretty good natured about Yasmin descending on them.

The Karaboys talk in idioms. Then they have the kind of happy family jovial joking with Dilan they've all dreamed about: Dad up and around, a newly married couple, a younger brother entering the family's business.*

The new Demir restaurant looks a lot like the old one.

Harun and Yasmin complain about each other to Cevriye and Cevdet respectively.

The lovers are cheeky and flirty. There's lots of calling each other by their full names. They ride a bike through town, Dilan sitting in front while Baran does the work. It's very date-night in here. He even replies, "thank you" when Dilan says, "I love you", like she did when he first said it. Goof.

Did Sabiha get a perm?

Cevahir drops by. He isn't very moved by her wavy hair. Oh Wait! He was in jail! This is not good. He wants to know who ratted him out. He makes threats, fishing for info, hoping she'll crack. 

His hair is very stand-up-ish today. Judging by the hair, everyone is riled up.

Sbiha doesn't crack. She is worried that Baran knows her mom secret though.

Dilan is wrestling with how to tell him exactly that. Ahmet finds her sitting under a tree. He's very Zen today: Look to Nature; remind yourself where you get your strength. Those who love you won't want to see you suffer.

His hair is pretty normal.

Azade is glad Hasan gets a reprieve and can stay. She and Baran differ on what it means to be a Karabey though. (Duh.) Hasan will mess up again and his grace period extends only until then.

As if on cue...

He complains to Kader and sends her back to do a bunch of work for his snacking pleasure.

Kudret is right there though with a message of "you're not off the hook'. And a "shut your pie hole". I know I've said it before, but that man's scowl is fierce.

Sabiha and Dilan have a private chat. She confirms that Baran doesn't know yet.

But he's coming through the garden and sees them. 

Sabiha doesn't mention her fear of Cevahir finding out Dilan is her daughter. But all the stress and not eating catches up with her. She faints dead away.

Dilan looks around for help and sees Baran.

Yelling at the tv:

* I suspect this banter is the kind of life Baran always dreamed about when he pictured getting married. And Dilan has all this new family, all these new men in her life, a part of a larger, stable family. It must be what they both would wish for, when they were able to think of themselves and their fondest dreams. That's what this little bit of silliness with the four of them feels like anyway.

Culturisms:

There's this crazy fountain outside near the gazebo. Hasan washes up in it. Just like a quick face splash, but...is that what it's for? Or is that just to show again how uncouth Hasan is?

Kan Cicekleri 210 Dilan Knows

Quick synopsis: Baran's edict. Sabiha spills. A couple of revelations.

Dilan sees Sabiha's half of the medallion. She remembers what Seyit told her. Shows Sabiha the 1/2 that she wears. Baran is done with his phone call and is now very concerned with what is happening. They both put their halves away right quick. Neither seems inclined to divulge the news just yet. All he knows is that Sabiha upset Dilan. Again. And he's not having it.

Also, he's in blue. It looks good. Bit like a sailor.

He knows something is wrong but Dilan won't say what. He has observed that whenever she and Sabiha are together, she comes away unbalanced, a little off kilter. What upsets her, upsets him. Ever the bulldog, is our Baran.

Azade interrupts Kader from talking to Gul about the very expensive necklace.

Dilan is reeling. She can't quite believe this woman has her mom's necklace. She pulls out the photo. The necklaces are the same. The woman could be Sabiha. She's still disbelieving.

Kudret wants the anomosity between Baran and Firat resolved. In typical Baba-Kudret fashion, he talks them up, calling them brave, able to do what the past couldn't, be the hope for the family's future. And of course, both of them are changed by the women tehy love. Who are friends already. Who led the way for them. 

Talk it out, Karaboys, he insists. 

Firat just wants to feel like a real Kara-boy. Baran says he can't be one, and then go behind their backs.. That's the opposite of being a Karabey.

(Better not tell them about the wedding, eh?)

They are only stronger together. His play for power could have lost them all their power.

Sabiha is bummed. Dilan knows and she saw only disappointment in her face. Maybe it would be better to say that Esra gave it to her.

Cevahir was apprehended for smuggling! However, it may serve only to make him more dangerous than to keep him locked up. Implication? Keeping Dilan's secret has become more complicated.

Baran has called a fmaily meeting. Hasan is pouting. Everyone overlooks it. Baran's announcement is that he sent Seyit and Hanife away to protect them. Azade protests. And it's kind of a big deal that the head of the family was interrupted. Also, the Demir's who stayed--they're off limits too. Hasan committed the betrayal; Baran is the conscience of the family. Hasan stays, but:

He never speaks to the Demirs

He leaves Dilan the hell alone

His profits from the family company go to the orphanage from now on.

Even Firat, is like, sorry dude, nothing I can do. Hasan only becomes more resolved in his villainy.

Dilan is convinced that Sabiha is playing a trick with the medallion. She overhears Cihan and Baran discussing Sabiha's dubious past and change in names. She wants to tell them her suspicion but that old haunting feeling that he'll somehow get hurt again stops her. 

Instead she pays a visit to Sabhia while Baran is at the office. Her intention is thwart any plan Sabiha has, but then she sees the box of similar mementos, the matching pieces to her own.

I don't believe it; Sabiha omes clean! She was going to deny it, save Dilan's unblemished idea of her mom, but she spills it all.

Suddenly faced with the possibility that this isn't a ploy, that Sabiha is really her mom, all the awful things she did to her make no sense.

Of course, she didn't know it at the time. And she lamented kind of a lot when she realized. Enough that I started skipping those parts. (Sorry Sabiha.)

But apparently that apprehension was warranted. Cause Dilan is not having it. Sabiha tried to kill her. Baran too! She still considers her mom dead.

I feel for them both. It's an O. Henry twist for sure.

Gul and Firat are able to steal more moments together. Firat continues to be darn cute in the face of her fears. #loveytoad.

Baran is wondering how many more times she's going to do this to herself, and he'll find her devasatated outside Sabiha's house. 

That's a fair quesiton.
Also fair, her pointing out that he's yelling at her. Again.

He's just trying to protect her! is his excuse.

B, lemme introduce you to someone named Tamlin. Take a different approach, bruh.

Oh geez. Then he goes and brings up the months she was gone. The terrible time after. So he's not entirely misguided with his crankiness.

She relents. She'll share, but she she needs time. Don't be mad.

A milstone for sure.

Turgut (who shot Baran) is being watched; his capture is imminent.

Cihan breaks the news to them that Cevahir is in custody for smuggling. It's high profile, all over the news. And they just signed the deal with him.

(Oooh, was this Cevahir's plan all along? He's smug enough to plan it, get out of it eventually, but not before bringing trouble down on the Karabey name.)

Dilan confides in Gul, which I love, but before Baran, which could be weird. I mean, they tight now, right? She just needed time, right?

Well, there is the whole she-wanted-Baran-dead part, and Gul knew Sabiha was forcing her to break his heart. So I guess it makes sense that would test the waters with Gul first.

Oh! But who should walk up just then? Mommy Dearest.

If Baran sees her, he is going to lose it. Added to that, she is talking to Sabiha again, and before confiding in him.

They spent a looong time on Cevriye's cousin finding the house (she's coming for a visit) but now it makes sense: Harun, of all people, saves her from getting run over. It's very heroic.

Baran does see them. 

Aaaaand,,,just watches from a distance. He finally approaches, frowny but slow, coming up next to Dilan, instead of inserting himself between them. 

Why is she here? She's worried about Dilan.

She shouldn't be. She has no claim on their time, is not family. And there it is. This woman has no right to worry.

Who gets to worry about you is a big deal.

Kader has Gul's necklace. And she's mad. It's really expensive. Where'd she get it? 

Firat comes in. "I gave it to her," with echoes.

Sabiha leaves and Cihan reveals some surprising news: Sabiha--the one they have been researching--died. The Sabiha who just left is using a dead woman's identity. Baran gets echoes too when he asks, "Who is this Sabiha?"

Culturisms: I love that there's still just random dogs everywhere.

Teaser 211:

Baran says they need a night out. Blink. Blink. 

Plus, there's more easy husband type smooches when they part ways now.