Hercai romantic drama
Starring Akin Akinozu and Ebru Sahin
Season 1 Episode 1
-Miran corners her: “I wanted you all along.”
-1:54:00 Miran ‘kidnaps’ Reyyan at dawn, takes her to the overlook where he’s prepared a ‘swing in the sky’ for her. Quite a romantic speech! Then he takes her home and gives her a little kiss.
Episode 2
-54:00; 1:11:57; 1:14:14; 1:26:00 The wedding celebration.
-1:45:00; 1:51:07; 1:56:00; 2:00:56; 2:07:50; 2:13:13 Honeymoon at the hut.
-2:15:50 Miran to Reyyan the next morning: “You are no one to me.” He walks away, leaving her crumpled on the ground in despair.
Episode 3
-13:52 Reyyan burns down the hut/house.
-Reyyan jumps off a bridge; Miran follows.
Episode 4
-1:25:33;1:49:43 Reyyan shoots Miran, but then can’t leave and cares for him.
-1:27:25 Flashback memory of wedding night.
Episode 5
-1:32:00 After Gonul tries to smother Reyann, Miran goes in and Reyann rushes into his arms. Then he sleeps outside her door.
Episode 6
-41:18 Miran to Firat on the side of the road: “I didn’t know it would be like this. Every time I look in her innocent eyes my heart burns!”
-Miran takes Reyyan back to her swing on a hillside and has a meal for her. She snubs him.
Episode 7
-21:49 Miran venting to Firat. “She wouldn’t leave me! I know it! I saw her soul!” ** Great acting! So intense!
-59:00 Reyyan goes to the swing.
– Miran goes to the swing and finds her black scarf.
-Sultan to Azize: “…I’ll tell Miran how his mother was locked in the barn and tortured.”
-Reyyan to her father: “I saw hatred in Miran’s eyes… He said you killed his parents.”
-1:51:03 Miran to Gonul in bed: “If I find out you had something to do with this (stabbing & Reyyan leaving), I’ll divorce you!”
-Nasuf to Zerah in the kitchen: “If you take my son away from me, I’ll take your daughter. I’ll tell Reyyan she’s not a Shadoglu.”
-2:06:50 Miran has flashback of the first time he saw Reyyan and followed her through a cavernous museum.
Episode 8
-Hazar to Miran at Miran’s mother’s grave: “I didn’t kill her, I loved her!” Miran pulls a gun and almost shoots Hazar.
-1:04:00 Miran to Reyyan in the stable: “You say you want me to go, but your eyes say otherwise.”
-Elif picks up a wedding ring Azat has thrown on ground. Miran drives up and punches Azat.
-1:45:10 Gul sits on the hood of Miran’s car and tell him where Reyyan is. SO CUTE!!
-2:02:20 Reyyan’s flashback to when Miran gave her the mirror compact and kissed her.
-**HUGE Revelation! Aziza: “I’ve been raising a snake’s fruit for years. Miran will never find out he is the son of Hazar. Only when he destroys their family will he hear it with everyone else.” Brilliant plotting!
Episode 9
-20:00; 36:50; Reyyan gets stung by a scorpion. Miran stays by her bed all night.
-After shopping, Miran corners Reyyan alone on the street: “You belong to me.”
-2:08:21 Gun in hand, Reyann confronts Miran at his office: “Just shoot me for God’s sake, and let this be over!” He pulls her into an embrace. “Without you, there is no me.”
Episode 10
-1:12:00 Reyyan has Miran drive her to the site of the wedding night house she burned. “I trusted you and you turned your back on me. We’re just like that house—ashes.” Turning her back, she walks away as he’s calling out after her. It’s a mirror of what he did to her. (Brilliant plotting and poignant scene!)
-Miran sends Reyyan a stone with a note: “Stones have a memory, even if we forget.” [Flashback]
-Miran causes the power to go off then steals a private moment with Reyyan and gives her the butterfly comb. “See, I loved you when I first saw you– a long time ago.” “Go home to your wife.”
-2:07:18 Akin in 360.
Episode 11
-Miran stops the car, turns to Reyyan: “I lived through the pain of that hut too. No matter what I will make you believe—in Miran.”
-Reyyan nearly gets raped, but Miran saves her, and whups up on truck driver.
-1:44:04 Flashback to a romantic walk during engagement.
-1:23:00; 1:42:33; 1:50:30 Miran and Reyyan spend night in a hotel. Next morning Reyyan runs away. Miran chases her around town blocks.
Episode 12
-Opens where episode 11 ends. Miran: “Give me 24 hours.”
-32:00 Miran and Reyyan fly a kite. He kisses her….fingertips over her lips
-44:24 Miran and Reyyan make a wish at the wishing tree.
-1:10:30 Miran on the side of the road to grandmother: “From the moment I saw her, the seal on my heart was broken. I can’t forget her!” Great performance by Akin.
-2:00:20; 2:12:08 Miran blindfolds Reyyan, takes her to a new hut: “Will you marry me?”
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Episode 13
-Opens with him storming out of the new hut, “Why? Why? [Did you turn down my proposal?]” Powerful scene.
-Gul to Miran in the street: “I’m mad at you. You are making us move.” So cute together!
-Reyyan to Miran who has snuck into Shadoglu garden: “Your grandmother will always win and WE will always lose. That’s why I can’t marry you.”
-Miran’s car is ambushed by gunfire.
-2:27:50 Reyyan to Miran at the swing: “Is your offer of marriage still valid?”
Great episode!
Episode 14
-Opens with Reyyan to Miran at the swing: “Is your offer of marriage still valid?” He gives her his mother’s ring. Beautiful, romantic scene!
-1:07:32 Miran and Reyyan’s wedding.
-2:01:25 Miran takes Reyyan to their new home. It’s gets shot up.
Episode 15
-20:00 Miran and Reyyan have a romantic moment on the balcony watching the sunrise.
-49:30 Handan finds out she’s pregnant.
-1:23:30 Miran to Reyyan: “Your breath seeping into the crack of my soul has given me life.”
-End: Both families facing off at gunpoint asking, “Where’s Reyyan?” She’s missing from her car…
Episode 16
-47:10 Flashback: Miran teaches Reyyan how to ride a bike.
-1:25:30 Miran in Reyyan’s old room: Flashback Miran giving Reyyan a seashell so she can ‘hear the sea.’
-1:29:00 Reyyan dumped by her captors. Miran carries her upstairs.
-1:41:00 Reyyan meets with her family at a hotel. Miran looks on, through the window, longingly.
Episode 17
-Reyyan and Miran argue in the car. She throws the shell out the window.
-1:38:37 Miran and Reyyan have a romantic dinner and dance on a rooftop. <almost kiss>
-Hazar has secret meeting with Esma: “You know I didn’t kill Dilsha. How could you let Miran grow up thinking that?”
-2:01:00 Miran to Reyyan in their bedroom: “Can’t we sleep together tonight? … I won’t touch you til you are ready.” Reyyan glues the shell.
Episode 18
-6:36 Reyyan to Miran in their room: “It’s true you and Azat were in danger, but I came because I love you.”
-8:08 Gul makes a cake. So cute!
-29:20 Miran meets Hazar by roadside: “We need to work together to find the truth.”
-36:18 Hazar tells the whole story of him and Dilsha to Reyyan at a hotel: “I only loved Dilsha…”
-Cihan to Handan: “We’re going to marry Azat to Elif. Then the Aslanbey’s won’t touch him.”
-1:21:56; 1:27:00 Reyann in red dress with Miran at wedding; dance.
-1:37:28 Gul spends the night. Miran tells her a bedtime story—the story of him and Reyyan. Beautiful!
-1:45:50 Azat’s soliloquy about the meaning of a home. Nasuf mourns for Aisha (whom we don’t quite know yet). We see Azize’s bare back—very scarred, probably from the fire Nasuf has nightmares about. Poignant!
*Excellent episode! Good romance and lots of action and some revelation of ‘secrets.’
Episode 19
-Reeling from the encounter, Miran steals off around the corner. Reyyan follows and consoles him. … Then up on the rooftop terrace.
-39:20 Miran has nightmares at the hut.
-49:10 Melike imitates Handan in the kitchen. FUNNY!
-1:30:00 Esma digs out 2 letters from Dilsha to Hazar. One reveals he is Miran’s father. The other thanks him for trying to rescue her.
1:58:00 Reyyan to Miran: “You’re afraid of the truth because if you are wrong, then you won’t be able to lean on that revenge as an excuse for what you did to me. But it doesn’t matter. I love you! Seek the truth! You have nothing to lose!” ***Beautiful scene of forgiveness and unconditional love.
2:23:20; 2:28:40; 2:32:55 Miran and Reyyan meet on the bridge, walk along the road, and sit under a tree and talk. Big kiss + Romance.
Episode 20
-46:20 Outside, Reyyan to Miran: “Please just go. If my father dies, you will die to me too.” Poignant.
-56:20 Zehra slaps Miran and throws Reyyan’s wedding ring at his feet. Reyyan to Miran: “You ended us. Get out of here.”
-Miran laments at his mother’s grave in a moving scene.
-1:48:26 Miran takes Reyyan to comfort Gul. Miran: “… Say something. Give me hope.” “I don’t have that hope to give you.”
-1:52:03 Miran riding horse, stops on the bridge. Remembers their kiss. “I won’t let you go, Reyyan.”
-2:25:25 Miran to Reyyan at an outdoor cafe table: “Please put my ring back on. I promise I won’t do anything to your dad til you and I both believe the same truth.”
-2:37:10 Zehra slaps Reyyan in the hospital: “You put that killers ring back on? Take this killer and get out of here. I no longer have a daughter named Reyyan.” So sad!!
Episode 21
-37:00; 40:20; 1:08:00 Miran and Reyyan go horse riding and get stuck in the rain.
-1:25:34 Miran and Reyyan go to hotel to shower and change. Reyyan sees Miran in a towel.
Episode 22
-8:40 Reyyan to Miran outside the hosptial: “You can’t love anyone. A person who is at war with himself and his past, can’t share love and happiness with others. The only thing you can share is pain.”
-1:48:10 “The hearts” of Miran and Reyyan speak to each other even though they are apart. Beautiful, touching scene
-2:00:00 Miran follows Reyyan on her horse, they sit on rocks and talk.
Episode 23
-1:21:02 Yasuf takes the dead plant: “If the root is still alive it can live.” It’s a metaphor for Miran and Reyyan’s love.
-Miran calls Reyyan on rooftop: “I’m still here, you’re still here.” [He puts each one’s hand on the other’s heart.]
-2:35:12 Miran wakes up with Reyyan in his arms.
Episode 24
-15:00 Miran and Reyyan have a flat tire. Funny!
-1:02:00 Gul sends Miran a text on Reyyan’s phone: “Come see me.” So cute!
-1:48:00 Miran to Reyyan on the road to Dilsah’s village: “I’m came here for you.”
-Miran and Reyyan at the house where Dilsha grew up. Miran very emotional.
-2:25:30; 2:33:00 Elif to Azat at an \overlook: “I pushed him!” “No you didn’t, you’re lying.” He ends up hugging her.
Episode 26
-116:50 Gul and Miran play hide and seek. SOOO cute together!
-Miran walking and thinking: “Reyyan, I don’t see how I can live with you, but I can’t breathe without you either.”
-Reyyan calls Miran to go to hut. “We started and ended here.” He relives their relationship by following string she has set up linking objects representing different aspects of their relationship. AMAZING SCENE!
*Another Fantastic episode. Fantastic writing!
Episode 27
-11:35 Reyyan consoles Miran on the terrace: “I love you. I’m here for you.”
-18:00; 26:15 Hairdresser comes for Yaren who’s slipped off to see her fiance, Harun. Ferit shows up. Funny!!
-48:00 Yaren begging her mother: “He’s a psychopath!” “Fine. Then you will be 2 psychopaths with a house full of psychopath children.” FUNNY!
-57:00 Reyyan to Miran in their bed: “I need to hear you say ‘I love you.”
-1:16:00 Miran pushes Reyyan up against a stone wall and teases her: “Have you ever seen the sunset?”
-1:39:00; 1:56:00 Miran gets a dressing screen for Reyyan and throws the armchair over the railing. In the morning Miran sweeps her out of bed.
Episode 28
-54:00 Reyyan and Miran dance in their room. <<Kiss>>
Episode 29
-Harun taunts Yaren outside the Sadoglu mansion. Funny!
-30:00; 41:43; 55:20; 1:07:25 Miran and Reyyan romantic moments at hotel. He lets a bird go, washes her by the bathtub, then snuggles in bed.
-Miran and Reyyan meet Harun at the hotel restaurant. Funny!!
-2:02:30 Miran to Reyyan in their room in semi-hug: “At the wishing tree I wished to be beside you the first time you experience the sea breeze.”
Episode 30
-1:35:50 Reyyan brings Miran a tray of food. Miran: “You never gave up on loving me. It’s healed me. Some beautiful and romantic words!
-1:44:00 Miran dreams Azize dies and he weeps at her feet. Very moving! Great acting.
Episode 31
-16:00 Miran at the swing, contemplates jumping. Reyyan comes and comforts him.
-1:22:48 Miran to Reyyan snuggling at the hut: “Nothing matters but our love. It will lead the way.”
Episode 32
-16:00 Miran at the swing, contemplates jumping. Reyyan comes and comforts him.
-2:05:00; 2:33:00 Miran takes Reyyan to Istanbul for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend. Kiss by the water, room decorated with roses and candles, kiss in their room, a romantic dinner, kiss while dancing
Episode 33
-57:30 Morning kisses Miran and Reyyan.
-1.01.00 Miran and Reyyan waiting for boat, speech by old man about love with flashbacks to other characters’ love.
Episode 34
-Miran to Reyyan, staggering from the news: “Why haven’t you left me.” “Can you live without me?” Big hug.
-Hazar and Miran/Reyyan show up at cemetery at same time. Each has inner dialog. Poignant.
-Sultan to Gonul: “A storm is coming (Azize) that will turn this yard to ice. This is your grandmother’s new way of making people slip.” FUNNY
-Miran and Reyyan in bed. He wants to touch her but feels too guilty. They wake up facing each other.
-2:03:00 Miran and Reyyan take Sukran to her village home and they have a heart-to-heart as he struggles with guilt for what he did to Reyyan.
-Miran and Hazar hear a cassette tape of Dilsha. Very moving!
Episode 36
-1:18:00 Harun taunts Yaren in her stable cell. Funny!
Episode 37
-1:14:30 Miran to himself at the swing: “My life is a huge abyss. You are my only hope in it.”***Poignant
Episode 38
-Miran to Reyyan: “…If I’d hugged my father that last night maybe he wouldn’t have left. … It’s my regret. Don’t regret not hugging your father while he’s here.”
-50:30; 56:30 Miran to Azize with Reyyan beside him: “I’ve given up my revenge.” Reyyan hugs him.
-1:05:00 Reyyan reconciles with her father.
-End: Handan goes into labor and Azize comes for Hazar (to kill him), police announce Elif has drowned herself, and Handan is dying in childbirth.
Due to the pandemic, filming of Hercai was suspended. However, they will be back for season 3 in the fall.