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UZAK ŞEHIR (2024- ) 5. Bölüm
Cihan + Alya's hair
I'm okay, though. It didn't hurt. Oh, so your hand hit it?
Look, look at how drunk I am! Let me see...
UZAK ŞEHİR (2024- present) episode 42
UZAK ŞEHİR (2024-present) episode 42
Some random thoughts
She was so worried about Cihan, even though she was angry with him and doesn’t approve of what he is doing, she waited for him all night. She couldn’t sleep a wink.
Typical wifey behavior.
He’s aware of his enemies and has taken precautions since he expects retaliation, but his failure to secure the roads... In this series, it’s unrealistic that such heavily loaded trucks are being moved around with just two or three guys, and that Cihan only goes around with a few men. It’s also unrealistic for him to be personally present at the crime scene. The show’s crime-clan aspect is really weak. If they didn’t have the budget, I’d say they couldn’t afford extras but they clearly have the money. So...
In this scene, silly Kaya shouting, “Brother, they’re opening fire!”, Alya panicking and suddenly speaking for the first time and Cihan immediately cutting off radio communication and angrily warning Kaya…
Alya: “Is Cihan there?”
I really liked this scene, too. We’ve only ever seen Alya lose her cool like that when something happens to her son or to Cihan. My beautiful girl went absolutely frantic with worry.
There are tears on her face...
I will never get tired of saying this. She’s my favorite. I love her with all my heart.
We can see that Sadakat has started to genuinely accept Alya. Well, after she saved her sons’ lives, it would be so weird if she did not. Being grateful to someone is one thing, accepting them as family is another. Normally, Sadakat is the kind of person who would show her gratitude and move on. Yet this time, we saw a hint that she’s slowly beginning to see Alya as family. How long that’ll last, though, who knows. When it comes to her own desires, she makes life miserable even for her own children. So it wouldn’t be surprising if another conflict with Alya arises later on.
But here, two lady bosses did not give a shit about what Erol said. Normally such scenes are written for male characters but in this show so many roles are reversed.
She did a x-ray with her hands and eyes.
Lol, just imagine, after every smuggling nights, she may count all his wounds to see if there’s another new one. She always checks out if he’s physically okay. I’m telling you again, Alya probably didn’t even patch Deniz this much.
They acted like a real family. They stood by each other, united. Alya wasn’t an outsider anymore.
I love watching family stories. I’m watching this series mainly for Alya and Cihan, but in shows that revolve around big, crowded families, the moments where family members lean on each other and build emotional bonds are so dear to me as well. We’re slowly starting to see that too.
And it’s becoming clear that the ones holding this family together are Cihan and Alya. They don’t even realize it, but they’re the ones wrapping their arms around the whole family, keeping everyone close. And they draw strength from each other.
This was the cutest picture! He finds her adorable too.
Cihan: I’m undergoing surgery tomorrow morning. Will you come before I go in? Alya: I won’t. Cihan: I know you. You will. Alya: Then I guess you don’t know me after all. Because I won’t. Anything else? Cihan: I love you.
Wanting to donate her kidney to a zombie man so that Cihan can live…The fact that Alya loves this man this much…Not even Sadakat cares about him as much as Alya does.
And the fact that he’s still waiting for her to appear before his surgery…
In the midst of such a ridiculous plot, we find ourselves searching for our characters. And then we realize somewhere deep down, they’re still there.
The kidney drama is another one of our brilliant screenwriter’s groundbreaking contributions to modern medicine. You can’t help but wonder, when this man himself is a -not yet but soon- walking medical miracle, how could they have not noticed that one of them miraculously has three kidneys? Because with the kind of "consistently nonsensical" storytelling, that would’ve actually been true as well.
There’s a saying in Turkish: "If something has no explanation, it becomes a joke." And that’s exactly where this show has ended up. Since nothing makes sense anymore, all we can do is make jokes and laugh.
As for the part that involves the characters I care about… What the writer is giving us is a true "hero" story. The trigger may be the most absurd thing ever, but the cause-and-effect is pure drama, pain and angst.
Cihan, having been raised with a deep sense of sacrifice, naturally stepped up the moment he realized he was the only option. Because he’s someone who doesn’t really value his own life -yet constantly prioritizes the lives of others - he’s suffering from a kind of Harry Potter / Frodo Baggins syndrome. So of course he was ready to embark on a journey that could very well end in death.
Of course, this is ultimately a matter of choice but there’s also a strong sense in the story that it’s a kind of "debt." Because he believes he betrayed his brother, there’s this thought he obsessively believes that he deserves to be "sacrificed."
And the third reason, maybe the one that makes this path completely irreversible for him, is Alya stepping forward. Because there is no universe in which he would ever allow her to put her life at risk, not ever. So not going into the surgery is no longer even an option for Cihan.
These are the reasons, yes, but then there’s also Alya’s accusations in the trailer. She’s trying to say, "Death looks safer choice to you." Because she sees a kind of resignation in Cihan and she can’t accept that. The issue isn’t that Cihan is trying to save his brother. It’s that he’s giving in. And Alya sees a deeper subtext in that surrender. An escape.
Alya is right from her perspective. But that doesn’t answer this question: Let’s say Cihan and Boran finally confront each other. Let’s say Cihan chooses love, stands by it despite everything. It’s obvious Boran won’t respond with "how wonderful." It’s obvious whom Sadakat will side with. It’s also clear that Cihan will lose the chance to be a father to Deniz. So… can they really build a happy life under these circumstances?
Right now, Cihan believes it’s impossible. In his mind, the moment that day comes, there won’t be something called a "happy life." He can’t imagine that. That belief will be shattered somehow, I know. But Cihan doesn’t know that yet. He can’t even picture it.
That’s why, when he saw Boran, he said: "He’s alive, but I've died."
Also in my opinion there’s another thing Cihan thinks: Yes, Alya would be devastated, but she would move on. Because she’s a phoenix. She even said it herself: "If you don’t stand by me, I’ll take my son and leave." And she would - heartbroken, destroyed, leaving behind the love of her life. But at least she’d have something to hold on to: her son. But if things don’t go well... if he loses both Alya and Deniz because of Boran… Cihan can’t go on. (a very problematic thought, I know)
That’s why he isn’t afraid of death, he silently accepts it.
Alya is written almost flawlessly but she’s been written that way from the very beginning. Cihan, on the other hand, is problematic in many ways. Sometimes he even shows traits that can be considered as "red flag". That’s how he’s always been portrayed.
Another issue, in my opinion -from a realistic point of view- is that this show is a mainstream drama. And people genuinely love the main characters. When those characters start crossing certain lines recklessly, it becomes something that could draw judgment. That’s why you might notice how strange some things seem. For example, Sadakat is an extremely bad mother. But despite that, her children still say, "She’s our mother, after all." Even Alya puts up with some things for the sake of "family." And unfortuntately this stems from the cultural mindset of "No matter what, you don’t cross certain lines with a mother."
What I mean is, from the very beginning, some sensitive topics in this series have been deliberately written this way. Cihan’s portrayal as a "sacrificial/selfless" hero for his family is crafted to win audience sympathy. I don’t think anyone actually doubts the depth of his love but that doesn’t mean he isn’t flawed. And by the way, this kind of things happened in older Turkish dramas too. Let me tell you something even more extreme: In Sahra, which is still one of my favorite series, the main character, despite being pregnant, donated her liver to her stepsister who had once tried to kill her. She lost her baby because of it.
This show is old-school-ish too. And people always love long-suffering, self-sacrificing, noble-hearted characters the most.
The Bones cast is finally reunited!!!
You are my family.
#he is such a clown
Your Honor, I’m aware there’s a cultural difference between my wife and I. And I accept that. In fact, our temperaments are quite different from each other. But we’ve only been married for a short amount of time. I’ve only gotten to know her after the fact and I’m sure Mrs. Albora would say the same. She only got to know me after we got married, too. Luckily for me, she’s helped me discover things about myself that I never knew and helped me get to know myself again. I’d like to thank her for that in front of you.
Your Honor, Alya Albora is a good wife. She’s also a very caring and selfless mother, a great and respectable doctor, and more importantly, for me, a very brave woman. So I’d like to express my admiration for her and before I continue, I’d like to say that it’s a great honor to be her husband...
If Deniz didn't see you, would you have let us go? If Cihan didn't seen me, would you have left? I would have. Really? What do you think, you think I enjoy living here with you? Then why did you stay?
Uzak Şehir Season 1 | Episode 9
Ozan Akbaba and Sinem Ünsal as Cihan and Alya in UZAK ŞEHIR (2024- ) episodes 1-4.