Kan Cicekleri episode 178

Episode #178 A Few Near Misses

Quick synopsis: A refuting clue. Go Firat, go! An assassin found.

Dilan found a clue! Something they can use to debunk the accusations. She throws her arms around Baran. He...tries but just can't make himself put a hand on her back to reciprocate. FrownyBaran.

It's a good lead too. Gulsah herself recorded conflicting pieces of info for the same date: a letter he supposedly sent from Istanbul, while in her diary she wrote that he was away.

And it's not his handwriting in the letter. I'm glad they didn't let that drop. She grabs his hand again in her excitement. He takes it...and puts it back on the diary. It was 50 / 50 if it was going to his lips or back down again. Better luck next time, D.

He keeps thinking she's looking because she needs proof, when really she is trying to clear his name. Serap sends a photo. Gulsah is in the background. She'd been stalking him all that time.

Gul calls Silah to accept his proposal, poor kid. Both of them. Azade-doom made her do it in front of her too. Man, that lady. This is the thing that's going to push Firat over the edge, I bet.

Baran wants to go to sleep. Dilan does not. He reaches across her to turn off the light (Finally! Someone turns off a light!) and she turns it back on. He keeps reaching across her to turn it off until, well, you know. He's leaning across her and turns his face to her, and oh...they are a hair's breadth away. He's cranky. He can't sleep with the light on. Which is bologna; see above.

And also, he falls asleep while she keeps sleuthing. She finds another clue. She wakes him up, all excited. They can search designs and find the ring. Prove it came from a different company and that Baran didn't design it. Now? he asks. No, in the morning is ok. She flops over and is almost immediately asleep. He is not.

Gul tells her mom about accepting Salih's proposal. 

Kerem stops by. Dilan joins them. She will not be left out.

Baran messaged Kerem last night about the ring. He's already been researching. And there's more. Gulsah was seeing a psychiatrist.

I just have to say, Kerem is great. He sees all their little squabbles and has to hide a smile during this exchange. Good thing too. They seem a little mean to me, so cues from Kerem are appreciated.

In a surprise move, Azade visits Sabiha. Havin leaves her in the foyer to go let Sabiha know she's here. Sure, show her in. But when Havin turns to go back to the door, bam! Azade-doom is right there. Like a witch, that woman. She says things in echoes. She defends Dilan!  Sabiha gives her snakes eyes. It's like an end-of-level, final boss battle. 

Dilan wants to go see the psychiatrist with him, even though he has said no, so she sneaks into the back seat of the pick-up. Up to her old tricks, that one. A sneeze gives her away. Oooh, is he pissed.

Baran: I told you no.

Dilan: I'm curious.

B: Don't be.

D: But I want to be with you.

Aw geez. What can he do now? Reach across her for the seat belt to buckle her in, obvs.

I really thought he was going to kiss her. Is it me or are these near misses more near-missery? My people, their noses actually touch. That's pre-kissing contact for sure.

Derya gives Gul crap about the coffee she brought. Firat overhears Azade's solution to "the Gul problem", i.e. marrying Silah. We get some nice camera work with a the-whole-world-narrows-on-Firat shot. Firat, my toad, run! GO!

Dilan calls Baran on his bull. How long will this resentment go on?  (Havin is snapping photos of them.)

She was inconsolable so long after the visit to Sabiha's and he is taking that as her sorrow over the things she believed he did. He says he has never made this error, not trusting someone he loves. So she lays it on the line: You are never going to forgive me, are you? You'll never forget this, will you?

Firat goes like the wind, grabbing a pergola post to practically fling himself around the corner and swing on the patio outside the kitchen. He confronts Gul. He will never let her marry that guy! He gets echoes too.

A photo comes through to Baran's phone, of them, in real time, on the street as they stand there. It's clearly a threat. He bundles her up and off the go. Dilan sees Havin in the bushes when they get home. Kudret calls with the hitman's info. Baran is off again. Dilan is not.

Instead, she sees Gul crying in the kitchen. She tells Dilan about the proposal. Dilan guesses Azade's part. She and Baran won't allow it. Azade's threat included not telling Baran or Dilan about her plan so Gul insists it's her decision.

Sabiha did not know about the psychiatrist visits. Havin starts to have doubts. Sabiha says the doctor is lying, but Havin talked to her, after Baran and Dilan left. Sabiha calls Dilan. She knows they went to the psychiatrist.

She is losing it.

Dilan fears for Baran's life again. She will go to Sabiha to try to calm her down.

Baran joins the Karabey crew at the assassin, Filkir's, hideout. Repeat hero walk. Repeat Cihan and Firat clearing the way. This is the guy who shot his wife; Baran won't let him go. A text comes through: Dilan went to Sabiha's house. He has to leave. They bring Filkir with them. 

Dilan thinks if she can convince Sabiha that Gulsah didn't tell her everything, created this world for herself, she can get through to her. Her words have zero effect on Sabiha. But they seem to on Havin. Dilan shows her the ticket stubs and describes the discrepancy. (Crap. Has she given up a key piece of evidence? Will it hurt their case if the ticket stubs aren't a surprise anymore?)

Havin goes back inside without a word. 

Just as Dilan is about to collapse onto the pavement in despair, Baran catches her. (Of course he does.) He is consumed with worry that Sabiha did something to her. Once he knows she is ok, he takes her hand and they leave. On the ride home, she leans against him and you can tell he's worried.

Sabiha shuts the door to her room in Havin's face. And locks it. And takes out another whose-heart-is-in-it box.*  But it's not a heart in this one.

It's a gun.

Yelling at the tv:
*Srsly, how many of these things does this lady have?  Was it a conscious decision to set her up as the Evil Queen?  If so, well done. If not, I think we've hit on an archetype. With the hair slicked back, the big eyes, the severe eyebrows and mouth. And to top it all off, the quintessential Evil Queen prop, the ornate box, she is really leaning into the part.

2 Hagia Sofaraways chanted.

Culturisms:

Maybe that chain that hangs down from the roof of their bedroom into the garden is a rain chain for rainwater to flow down.

Teaser 179:

Another button sewn on. Not so steamy this one though. He knew Sabiha wouldn't listen to reason but Dilan went and tried anyhow. What if something had happened to her? Will he forgive her at last? Dunno. He pulls his hand away and skates. 

FrownyBaran, you toad.