Kan Cicekleri 207

 Episode 207 Shootout At The Demirs

Quick synopsis: Cevahir the iceman. Sabiha makes an offer. The rat starts a shootout.

Dilan is done with the thug life. All this worrying about the vendetta, her brother, if her family will be killed now that the adoption secret is out. They talk about Baran's latest design instead. He was inspired by how he feels when he looks into Dilan's eyes. 

Is it cheesy or heady stuff? I'm not sure.

Dilan, Kader and Gul have a fun minute and group hug in the kitchen. Unitil Azade-doom comes in and breaks it up. She always brings the baggage.

Lady, bas.

Sabiha is trying to figure out how to be in Dilan's life without being in her life; how to skirt Cevahir's notice of her interest in Dilan. Maybe a business reason. She seems excited by the possibility 

Dilan has fallen asleep in a chair, reading. Baran takes the book, then picks her up and carries her to bed. I guess we can forgive him for not using a bookmark. They banter and he gives her a flirty, mock-chiding teeth-suck. It still makes me giggle.

Their morning banter gets a little saucier, bolder. They leave the room holding hands.

What. the. F. 

Cevahir has his face in a bowl of ice water.

While playing chess.

With Sair.

Ice. Water.

I was sort of joking earlier, but now I'm really not: #weirdhobbies.

And they don't even explain it. Like with some evil genius, whacked out, made up reason that it makes him strong on his enemies or something. There's just electric guitar riff, glove flexing and lots of pawn talk. Then fondling some ice.

Breakfast do-over. Hasan gets a call. He is incapable of nonchalance. 

Everyone has to eat and run, on to their busy day. Cihan makes a joke that makes everyone smile, but the translation is weird and I'm not sure what just happened.

It's no face in an ice bucket tho.

Firat and Gil and stepping out. They're so cute. 

Dilan and Kudret talk on the patios. She is worried he'll be upset with her now that he knows the truth. She needn't have worried. He'd never believed she wanted to leave Baran for revenge. He knows how she feels better than anyone. He'd heard her pour her heart out all that time he was paralyzed. He has a feeling there's more to tell, and he's willing to listen. If she wants.

She does not confide in him. He responds with a good point: he also knows better than anyone what it means to stay silent to protect your family. He trusts her. And that's huge. Her reasons--whatever they may be--have mage club benediction.

I'm so glad he woke up.

Sabiha finds out Cevahir is smuggling artifacts.

Hey! It's Ahmet! Long time, no see. He and Dilan talk family protection. He reminds her to look back through all she's been through to give her hope going forward. What light can she shed on this new darkness? See what light got her through the past.

He's lovely. As always.

Sabiha comes with Dilan's favorite lemon cookies. She makes her let's-work-together pitch. Azade-doom finds them talking and starts in with the insults directed at Dilan. Sabiha chastises her. (That's fun to watch.)

Out comes Baran. He sends his grandma inside. Sabiha chastises him too: with what she just witnessed from Azade, he would do better to protect his wife. 

Oh damn. Here we go...

Who is she to have a say in family matters? (Laying it on a little thick here, writers. But also, I had the same thought.)

She can't answer except with the protection she could offer DIlan in a new job.*

What job?!? he wants to know.

Dilan entreats him not to argue right now, and walks away. Something only a true Karabey can do. No arm-grabbing for her.

Firat mentions a future with a baby. I thought he meant Kader when he said, 'the three of us.' 

Hasan and his toadies are waiting for Seyit when he leaves the house. He draws a gun. Seyit draws his. Baran's guys shoot too.

Cevriye has baby cramps that could be premature labor brought on by the commotion.

Dilan brings Baran to task. He basically walks in and says, 'spit it out'. He doesn't ask. He doesn't wait. He's bossy and not very gracious. He'll probably yell. He glances at the small table where she set up a spread to butter him up. But he doesn't even let her present the idea. Just says he hopes she said 'no' because he doesn't want her working with Sabiha. 

But she wants to have something for herself.

Great! he replies. Come work with us. We also need smart people like you. 

(Well damn. That was slightly disarming.)

But it's also not her field. She wants to make her own choice.

Oh bugger; here's the arm grab, a double-fister spin. Ok, fine, he'll create a business in her field. Just for her.

Uh B, lovely thought but still man-handling and overbearing.

He gets a dainty, but stubborn tsk from Dilan. Her motives are altruistic too--she doesn't want to buy her way in with privilege. She wants to succeed on her own merit, as part of a team. To fit into the scientific world she studied in.

But he's still afraid this is part of some plot against them.** Baran calls Sabiha "spooky", hanging around for no reason. No reason that they know of...yet. 

So...true.

Dilan, having shared confidences with her about her mom, feels differently. And maybe there's a genuine mom vibe there too. He's trying oh so hard not to be the tyrant. There's facts they don't know about her. He's laying the blame entirely on Sabiha: she won't let you be; she's always around you. (I mean, that is her plan.) Maybe she's actively trying to deceive you. Even if you aren't naive, who can counter that kind of conning? He's actively investigating her. Just steer clear until that's done.

He keeps himself from squeezing her arms as is his habit. Instead it's a sliding caress, if still a means to keep her from walking away.

He finally does resort to an edict though: Don't go near her. Case closed.

Because we know how well that works.

Baran gets a call. Gunfire at the Demirs.*** He slowly turns to look at Dilan.

Yelling at the tv:
* I can't believe she turned it around, but I have to say: I'm liking Sabiha. The steel she shows in not backing down from Cevahir, doing her own plotting against him, those snake eyes turned on protecting her daughter. Even keeping in step with Baran. She's turning into a real force for justice.

**I mean, he's not wrong about the plot part. The man can sniff out disingenuousness like nobody else. It's just that this time the deception is well meant. The basic argument is a difference in opinion over trust / distrust of Sabiha.

***The dude who delivers the news of the gunfight to Baran is absolutely uninterested and monotone. Inexperience or dearth of it?

Baran has upgraded to an ipad for work.

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