Kuzgun Romantic Suspense Drama
Starring Baris Arduc and Burcu Biricik
Episode 1
-1:02:00 Kuzgun reaches in tipsy Dila’s purse for her hotel room key, she pulls him into a kiss. Kuzgun: “I don’t like easy women.” She slaps him.
Episode 2
-1:21:34 Walking out the door, Kuzgun sees his brother Kartal, jerks Dila back inside and comes face to face with her.
-1:44:00 Kuzgun meets his mother in the street: “You have to live with your choice. You have 2 children, not counting the one you killed. Go home to them.” Great acting by the mom.
Episode 3
-[1 day ago…] Meryem goes to Rifat for a piece of her mind, then she sees Kuzgun outside the office: “I’ll be your mother til the day I die…. I’d sacrifice myself 1000 times for you.” Sad
-1:17:30 repeat of opening scene—finding Kesik dead in the trunk. Kuzgun grieves Kesik. Dila stands nearby, grieving too. Sad.
-1:28:50 Kuzgun to the tailor, crying and angry: “You’re right. I sacrificed. My only brother, Kesik.”
-1:48:30 Kuzgun in the morgue, grieving Kesik. Dila hugs him.
Episode 4
-1:48:00 After a ferry ride, Dila gives Kuzgun birthday gifts. Later by the fire, Dila to Kuzgun: “I think I’m in love with you.” … “I’m not in love with you.”
-2:17:00 Dila tries to cover Kuzgun with a blanket; he nearly strangles her.
Episode 5
-14:00 Kuzgun to Dila outside a house: “What will you do if you find the killer? Turn him over to Bora? And then what will happen. Justice? …. No one can protect you from me.”
-23:50 Dila shakes Bora’s bare hand goodbye, and Kuzgun quickly shakes it too. Funny
-33:00 Mother holding Kuzgun’s shoe, crying on his bed. Moving
-Kuzgun to Dila at the tree: “You know, right? … If I hadn’t killed them, they would’ve killed your father and then me. … I’ll bow before your justice. Do what you need to do.”
1:34:30 Kumru and Kartal bang on Kuzgun’s door: “Mom is missing. She left the light on, waiting for you for 20 years! And even though you are home, it’s STILL on!” Sad
-Kuzgun battles within himself if/where to go to his mother. Cool scene in mosque courtyard.
* Good episode!
Episode 6
-55:00 Dila to Kuzgun in a warehouse: “If I mean anything to you, please leave here. Your presence puts you, all of your family, me and my family in danger.”
-Meryem to Kuzgun outside his house door: “…Don’t work for those bastards.” …. “You and your children stay away from me. You’ll get hurt!” Sad. Kuzgun is trying not to be moved.
Episode 7
-1:54:00 Kuzgun to Dila at their tree: “Yes, I did it. Is it so bad he is rightly imprisoned? Where was your justice when my father was wrongly imprisoned? … I have nothing against you, but I will not stop. Go, or I will crush you along with Ali and Bora.” Moving
*First half of episode was slow.
Episode 8
-1:12:00 Kuzgun saves Dila from getting shot at her car. D: “Thank you for saving my life, but I will never trust you. I’ll become a worthy opponent.”
-1:24:00 Kuzgun to Dila: “We have to get married.”
-2:09:00 Flashback to when Dila was disbarred—head of organized crime, Kudret, to Dila: “We’ll protect you and your family if you will help us take down Behram’s network.”
Episode 9
-1:09:00 Kuzgun sees Dila in her wedding dress.
-1:12:00 Kuzgun and Dila dance at their wedding. And fall for each other.
-1:33:00 Kuzgun unzips Dila’s wedding dress.
-Dila sees her name etched on his chest.
-1:54:40 Kumru hands her article to Kuzgun proving Bora killed Seref: “Sermin won’t publish this now. I didn’t want people to think you did it.” He embraces her. Very touching!
-2:13:02 Dila to Kuzgun in their bedroom- she unbuttons his shirt: “Things could have been so different between us. … One day you’ll beg me to love you. But I’ll choose death not to love you. ”
-End: Bora’s thugs start shooting in the garden. Dila steps in front of Kuzgun and she is shot.
Good episode! Turkflick subs weren’t the best so the meaning of some of the dialog was missed.
Episode 10
-1:04:00; 1:15:24 Kuzgun tells Dila about his phantom pain from childhood. She falls asleep. Kuzgun: “How will I love you?” He falls asleep next to her and dreams he kisses her.
-Kuzgun and Ali face off at gunpoint. Dila arrives: “Don’t do it Kuzgun!” He lowers his gun and Ali shoots him.
Episode 11
-9:25 Dila railing on Kuzgun in their quarters: “How could you do such a game and—” He puts his hands on her face then pulls her into a hug.
-Kuzgun to Dila sitting on bench in bedroom: “At age 8, I learned not to trust anyone…. You hurt me here [touches her hand to his heart]”
-58:00 Kuzgun ‘helps’ Dila shoot a pool ball.
-1:22:56 Kuzgun to Meryem on rooftop pigeon coop: “I want to forgive you but I can’t!”
-2:17:50 Kuzgun Dila shower scene.
Episode 12
-1:42:00 Dila lays down next to Kuzgun for the first time. Almost kiss
Episode 13
-1:13:00 Kuzgun lays beside Dila in her old bedroom: “Kill me, but don’t cheat on me.”
-1:51:20 Romantic moments in Kuzgun’s cabin in the woods for Dila’s birthday. K: “I just want to trust you, Dila.”
Episode 14
-Dila shows up at Kuzgun’s warehouse and pulls him into a hug (relieved to be able to give herself wholeheartedly since she’s not working for Kudret anymore.)
-Kuzgun to his mother: “Please rip out my heart before it kills me.” (He’s allowing Dila to get ‘punished’ through the drug deal, but it’s killing him emotionally.)
Episode 15
-Kuzgun at Rifat’s grave: “For 20 years, I lived for this revenge. So why do I feel like something is missing? My soul will not calm down. So what if you died? I could not show patience to Dila.”
Episode 16
-44:00 Dila to Kuzgun in her old bedroom: “Do you love me, Kuzgun? I’d like to hear it once before I die.” Kiss
-1:56:40 Dila confronts Behram on the rooftop with a gun. Kuzgun arrives, says to Behram: “I’m dark- just like you.” He shoots him. Dila turns her gun on herself: “I can’t live with this dark inside you, Kuzgun.” “Dila, I love you!” She shoots herself.
End Season 1 (took me forever to get through this episode. End scene was dramatic, but I just didn’t feel it that much.)
Episode 17 – Season 2 Premiere
-1:03:25 Kuzgun jerks Dila’s arm and comes face to face with her.
-1:14:40 Kuzgun takes Dila to a cabin. “I missed you too/I’m choosing Ferman.”
-1:49:08 Dila dreams that Kuzgun comes to her: “I’m in your heart, Dila.”
Episode 18
Opening: Kuzgun to Ferman: “Looks like you’ve got a new partner.”
-51:00 Ferman tells Dila the story of his mother’s death. Then gives her a mirror necklace. “I’ve found my mirror.” [meaning Dila. Also references previous flashback when Kuzgun’s father told him about mirror. It tells us Ferman and Kuzgun are half brothers.]
-2:13:00 Kuzgun’s aunt hands the letter (from Ferman’s mom to Ferman) to Meryem. “I’m the reason our family and Behram’s family feud. Your father was Yusuf…..” (Kuzgun’s father)
Episode 19
-1:15:00; 1:19:00 Kuzgun finds Dila at their tree: “Your head says you can’t love Kuzgun but your heart says otherwise.”
-2:14:30 Gunes to Kuzgun: “I’m Ferman’s counsin…. and I love you very much.” She kisses him. Dila looks on—and Ferman sees her looking on.
Episode 20
-1:37:00 Kuzgun to Ferman having breakfast outside with Dila: “I’ll show the world your true face.”
-1:46:00 Nese to Dila: “Please, for the sake of our family, leave. Go back to Kuzgun.”
*Most of the episode is about Gunus refusing to stay away from Kuzgun.
Episode 21
-25:35 Kuzgun to Dila in his upper room: “As long as you’re with Ferman, do you think I’m living?”
-44:40 Kuzgun to Dila under their tree: “Kumru told me everything…. Don’t marry Ferman.”
-1:08:00 Kuzgun to Dila in her (Ferman) wedding dress: “Is there any way for us?” “Only without weapons.”
-Cihan to Kuzgun: “You know what you want. Swallow your pride for one day and go get it. The one day will become your whole life.” *Great acting by both. Very moving!
-1:57:00 Kuzgun pulls Dila over on side of the road and hands her his gun: “Don’t go. Stay with me.”
-2:05:15 Dila to Kuzgun at their getaway house: “Will you marry me?” Kiss
-2:36:15 End: Dila to Kuzgun at their wedding under the oak tree: “Is it over?” “No, it’s just beginning.”
Good last episode! Best chemistry between Baris and Burcu in the whole show.
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