Kan Cicekleri episode 156

 An Impossible Deadline

Quick synopsis: Sabiha wants details of the Karabey Co. launch. Dilan and Baran accompany Kudret to a doctor's appointment. Dilan receives an impossible deadline.

We've seen that Kader believes her when Azade tells her Dilan left, and stayed away all that time, willingly. But now, she asks Dilan point blank, "Is this true?" And what can Dilan do? She has to say 'yes'. But Gul--lord love her--doesn't look convinced. Keep sleuthing, Gul. You're onto something. Kader's admonishment cuts deep though. It comes from a place of concern for Baran, which Dilan completely understands. There's nothing worse than seeing your own despicable actions through the eyes of someone you trust, and completely agreeing with them.

Baran is brooding; enter Ahmet. He makes great points about not being able to harbor hatred for the one you love and wanting to cover up that resented spark of love with anger, but the advice doesn't hit the mark the way it usually does. This insight still only speaks to Baran's feelings. Most times, the lovely thing about Ahmet is that his words help you see things from the other person's perspective, and they encourage some grace from you on their behalf. But this says nothing about Dilan. At least Baran doesn't think it does. She doesn't love him the way he loves her, she isn't hurting the way he is. There's no balance in this insight for him to grab onto. Ahmet, trying to bring it back around, insists there must be a reason, patience is needed, and 2 hearts in love won't break each other. Baran remains unconvinced. It still hinges on the love she might have for him, and unlike in the past, she has been absolutely clear. There's no moments or gestures, no misinterpreted conversations or actions to hash over.

Dilan overhears this last bit, Baran pushing back against Ahmet's insistence, and he looks up and sees her. He remembers a conversation they had for a report Cihan was doing for school, and insists, out loud, that hate is greater than love. Ahmet doesn't realize he's speaking to Dilan and insists love is, but the damage is done. Dilan walks away thinking she's finally done it, he has no more love for her at all.

Gul finds her crying and seems to have displaced Kader as the confidant. I wonder if this is getting them on more equal footing for when things finally work out for them, Dilan / Baran and Gul / Firat. The women will be cousins. Best of all, Gul catches Dilan in the lie of what she says vs. what she does. You go, Gul! She'd dogged in her search for the truth and I love it. 

A side conversation between Sabiha and Viran highlights again that Dilan is doing all this because she loves him, but he doesn't know, and how delicious it all is for Sabiha's plan. I think it's foreshadowing that Baran is going to discover the truth. 

Also, Hasan reminds himself out loud, for no apparent reason, that if Baran ever found out he killed his mom, it wouldn't be just his hand that got shot. Again, all stuff we already know, so this seems to speak to a specific to a turn of events that's coming up. 

Kudret does some plotting and gets the couple to agree to both come with him to a check-up. To keep up appearances in front of Kurdret, Baran takes her hand as they leave. Afterward they stop off at a cafe. Kudret shares memories of going there with Baran's mother Ayten, and we can see, so clearly, that he sees his own loving marriage mirrored in his son's, and that they see it too. They have / had the foundation of something really good, that they both had always hoped for. And Kudret is trying so hard (lord love him too) to provide ways for them to fix what's wrong between them. 

The problem is, they don't have a problem. She lied about loving him, said she doesn't, so there's nothing for him to fix. She, on the other hand, has a serious problem but he can't help her. It's hers alone, and Sabiha is the architect of her isolation.

We do have one lovely moment of them, again keeping up appearances in front of Kudret, taking a walk. She just needs a moment of him touching her, so she leans in to hug him. It's heartbreaking though, because she so desperately wants to feel him close, but any moment she takes for herself only convinces him even more that she is lying to save face. She only gets better and better at pretending in his eyes, with each bit of tenderness she chases down from him.

The call comes from Sabiha to get the details of the launch. She has an hour to call back with details or Baran dies.

Yelling at the tv:

1. OMG! If you have only an hour, just tell him already!! What's the harm at this point?! If you have a deadline for him to die, then beat the deadline. TELL HIM! Maybe the two of you can turn the tables on Sabiha, figure something out. But at this point, what's the harm in revealing everything to him? He's going to die in an hour anyway. Tell him!

2. It's become a hobby, assessing their surroundings in every scene to see where she could or could not get away with telling him everything. Like, pull him into a closet and whisper if you have to, for crying out loud. There's got to be a better way than what they are doing now, WHICH IS NOTHING. eesh.  

3. Less emphatically, did Baran get a haircut?

4. I don't usually comment on Dilan's family's plot because it's not where my interest lies, but I do have to say, the little girl Yagmur can throw some shade! Her birth mother shows up and dang, that girl can scowl. And with some serious intent. Hi Five, Yagmur.

Culturisms:

The teapots are so freaking cool. I love them. 

Teaser 157:

Dilan brings him a grilled cheese and some tea (in a very cool mug)  when he is working late.