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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

This is it, folks.

It's a big night and a big game, basketball fans.

Yes, Karşıyaka and their coach, Kemal Altuna,

have made a very good start to the 1998-99 season.

They haven't won a game against their arch rivals in ten years.

Let's see if they can win this time.

All eyes are on the Karşıyaka team and their coach, Kemal Altuna.

Karşıyaka is down by two points.

An attempt for a three pointer and Karşıyaka...

...Karşıyaka wins the game!

Oh, my goodness! Unbelievable!

Give me a K! Give me a S! Give me a K! We won!

Give me a K! Give me a S! Give me a K! We won!

Give me a K! Give me a S! Give me a K! We won!

Yes!

One, two, three!

Hey, Coach Altuna!

All right.

Hey, Coach Altuna! Hey, Coach Altuna!

Hey, Coach Altuna!

Hey, Coach Altuna! Hey, Coach Altuna!

All right! That's enough.

Give me a K! Give me a S! Give me a K! We won!

Give me a K! Give me a S! Give me a K! We won!

Give me a K! Give me a K! Give me a K, we won!

KARŞIYAKA SPORTS CLUB

Hey, coach! Coach! We're all going to Tarık's tomorrow to celebrate.

Celebrate what?

We won the game?

We beat them for the first time in ten years?

Okay, sounds good. I'll be there.

Okay, coach. See you.

All right, Mom.

Yeah, I'm fine. There's nothing to worry about.

I called you, didn't I!

Good God!

I'll come back. Yeah, I'll come back. Of course.

I don't know, Mom, okay? I'll come back tomorrow.

All right, all right, I heard you.

I'm leaving right now, I'm leaving right now.

Mom...

What happened?

She hung up on me.

We need to go back, huh?

Or we're fucked.

There's a great place nearby. We'll go there first.

- Then go back. - Sounds good.

- Hmm? - Let's do it.

Yeah.

- Do you like it? - I love it.

I wish we didn't have to go back.

- Cheers. - To forever.

Are you really going to marry that guy?

Hey, Kerem...

What do you think?

Do you think I should marry him?

- It's your choice. - Oh, come on now!

Can you please just tell me what you're thinking, Kerem.

What if I just kill the guy? Take him out for good, once and for all.

There won't be a problem after that.

Sure, that's a great idea.

Eda...

Hmm?

What?

Why don't we get married?

You're about to turn 18. We won't be minors anymore.

Let's get married so no one can tell us what to do.

And then what? What do we do for money?

We'll find a way. I spent my summer carrying deck chairs.

I can do that again. I'll take care of us.

If that doesn't work, Osman will definitely find me something.

You could go to school.

Come on, let's get married. Marry me.

You know what?

Let's get married so no one can tell us what to do!

We can do anything we want.

What are you doing?

Just a minute.

One minute.

- Kerem, come on, what are you doing? - Just a minute, hold on. Almost done.

Are you serious?

♪ Why don't you walk with me again? ♪

Eda Karacaoğlu...

will you marry me?

Yes!

Yes, of course I will!

♪ We could try it differently this time ♪

♪ We could just forget What's yours and what's mine ♪

♪ Leave all our troubles ♪

I'll marry you.

♪ We could try it differently this time ♪

- We're getting married! - Whoo!

♪ Leave all our troubles Leave all our troubles ♪

- We're getting married! - Yeah!

DANGER DO NOT ENTER

All right. Here I am. Why don't we get this party started?

Kerem.

Come on then.

CONCERT RECORDING 1-A

Elif! Come down.

Okay, I'll be right there.

I got you a little something.

Why are you always buying things for me?

You're so generous.

It's beautiful.

Thank you so much.

I just love giving you things.

It's not getting, but giving that makes me happy.

You're the one that makes me happy.

This weekend felt so long. I missed you so much.

- Does it look good? - Mm-hmm.

What is it?

I'm trying to calm down my breathing.

It feels so nice to stay like this.

- I think I'm going to kiss you. - Do it.

- I want to take you somewhere. - Where?

Do you know the Camondo Stairs?

I don't.

- But I guess I don't know much anyway. - Elif!

I grew up in my own bubble.

- I'll teach you whatever you want. - Right.

You're an expert on life.

You're the king.

I'm going to die of admiration.

Come on, that's not true.

Why don't you carry me in your pocket?

Put me right in there so I can be around you all day.

You talk to people, handle things, you deal with your business and so on...

I'd watch you do those things all day.

I'd spend my whole day in there, in your pocket...

I wouldn't be able to get anything done. I'd be overwhelmed.

Elif!

I'm so stupid!

Don't be so hard on yourself, Seda.

I got all the answers wrong! I'm an idiot!

You'll get it right in the real thing.

What am I going to tell my parents? They have really high hopes for me.

Man, we're screwed. I didn't even start sociology yet.

I wish this was over.

I usually get all answers wrong, what if this happens in the real exam?

- I solved 500 equations. I need more. - Five hundred?

How can you go into the exam with...

I'm really good at science but what if I panic during the exam?

Let's not think about that.

Sir, where are our pides?

They cut them off, just like that.

God give me patience.

- How the hell did I get into this mess? - Sir!

Sir.

- Yes, dear? - That's not like you at all.

Shit.

To hell with the pides!

"Where are our pides? Where are our pides?"

It's as if they've never seen a pides before!

I'm drooling.

Me too. Come on, let's order.

We'll have three pickle juices please.

Make mine spicy.

Oh yeah, make them all spicy.

Do you want pickles as well?

Sure. Add pickles and spice. Add a lot. Make it hot.

You'll eat the store if I let you.

- I'd eat you. - Okay.

Here.

Osman, what's wrong with you?

It's nothing.

It's obviously something. You've been sulking all morning. Tell us.

What is it? Hey there!

- The school is out of control. - Another one!

Yeah. We cut off the treats. The parents are up in arms about it.

There's that too. But there's something else.

- Here you go. - Thanks.

So, Necdet's new system is creating serious problems for everyone.

People are losing their minds.

Of course they are. He fucked everyone over with the exam stress.

You wouldn't believe what I've heard.

Some teachers are telling the students

to piss their pants if they need to use the bathroom during the exam.

- It's insane. - Holy water all over your snacks.

I heard some people saying they'll wear diapers during the exam!

"The most important three hours of your life."

Fuck that life and fuck those three hours.

It's an insult to dignity.

Besides, isn't that shitty?

Determining the course of your life in just three hours?

"Pick your career."

There, I just did. A saltshaker.

I get it. I'm making the decision of my life.

- I want to be a saltshaker. - You guys are idiots.

Make fun of it all you want, but people actually believe this stuff.

They literally make life long decisions.

And for what?

To get praised by their parents for getting into a high-ranking school?

Then they do that job the rest of their lives.

Why? Because it was the only thing they were any good at school.

That's bullshit.

Işık has it figured out, but she needs to come back first.

So, we should concentrate.

Fair enough.

Let's get to it.

We have a goal to achieve after all.

- You're right. Let's do this then. - Let's do it!

Come on!

Well done, guys, that was great.

Well done, captain.

Now, get some rest.

- Coach Altuna, is practice already over? - It was just a quick one for recovery.

I think that's enough after the last game.

Okay. Your call.

We talked it through. We'll get rid of Nihat, I guess.

I found somewhere else for him.

I don't really want to get rid of Nihat.

He's going to make it. We just need to be patient.

Oh, come on, Kemal. He's been a waste of time for the past three years.

Just look at the numbers.

Yeah, but is it all about what's in the file?

That's just their actions.

Are numbers really everything? I know it's all about their actions.

And it is our actions that define us,

but there's something else too.

Potential. What someone has to offer.

Things you begin to understand by getting to know someone.

What's up with you?

Are you okay?

See you later.

Who is that?

Tuncay?

Burcu, how you been?

I know it's out of the blue but...

- Come in. - Thanks.

So, we got married and settled down.

Decided to visit Istanbul for a bit.

I thought I'd pay you a visit, see what you were doing.

We're from the same hometown, after all.

Burcu, tell me what you're up to?

Okay, Tuncay.

Not a lot, as you can see.

I'm living my miserable life.

- Congratulations, by the way. - Thanks.

Everyone should experience this.

- If you want that. - I'm sorry?

Uh, I meant those that want it should do it.

I mean, what woman wouldn't want to have kids?

Well, I mean, there's some women...

Never mind. You're right.

You'll get there eventually. Don't worry.

I really mean this from the bottom of my heart.

I hope you find someone very soon,

get married and have kids of your own.

Me too, Tuncay.

You know, I pray every night.

I say " God, please let me end up with some loser and pop out his babies.”

I don't even have to like him, or love him or find him attractive.

As a woman who doesn't work, who has no goals in life,

who has no need to be respected or even treated well at all,

I only want to serve my husband and my kids for the rest of my life.

I only want to worry about what to cook that day, for instance.

- Are you joking? - No!

Then I can fight with other moms.

"Are you lactating? How long did you breastfeed for?"

"How much does your kid weigh?" Stuff like that.

"Which one of us takes better care of our husband?"

"How much do our husbands make?"

But I won't think about whether I love that man or not,

whether I'm in love with him or not,

I'll just waste my entire life without searching for any meaning.

Come. Let's go, Zehra.

Get up. Come on, Zehra. Off you go.

Go. Obey your husband's order.

Come on. Off you go.

Please leave.

What are you waiting for? Get out. Out.

I made a mess of everything.

You're only responsible for what we went over in class. Okay?

- Thank you. See you later. - Don't worry. See you tomorrow.

Oh. What happened to you? Where did you get that rash?

I got it checked out, Miss. It's nothing important.

The stress of the exam gave me eczema.

Oh, my God...

All right, you have an exam. But life still goes on.

Why are you doing this to yourselves?

Look. It really isn't that big of a deal.

Nothing is more important than you. Trust me on that.

But Miss...

How much do you get paid as a teacher?

I see.

All right.

Osman!

The fish sandwich business is really booming.

The Italian high school wants them too.

I'll handle it.

Then we have the American and French high schools if we reach out to them.

We only need to contact a couple of people.

This is going to be big. I can feel it.

I'll talk to the other nerds. We have some ideas.

If the sandwich business here is successful, that means...

Elif dear, why aren't you practicing?

Your dad was able to get special permission for you.

You don't have to go to school anymore.

At least not this week.

We'll practice hard.

It'll give you time to catch up until your recital on the 8th.

Mom, you know I didn't do anything wrong. I just took a break, that's all.

But this isn't the time to take a break. It's just not the right time.

People from all over the world will come to hear you play.

This recital is very important and you weren't practicing!

I can't believe it.

Go on. Your dad will listen to it this evening.

Elif!

PRAGUE

PRINCIPAL NECDET KARAKIŞ

Come in.

- Yes, sir? - Come in.

You asked for me.

Well, first of all,

thank you for finally deeming me worthy of the vice principal position...

Okay. Congratulations. We have serious issues at the moment.

The parents are furious.

I get meeting requests every day. Let's sort out this pide issue.

But, sir, I'm sorry. The school doesn't have that kind of a budget.

It doesn't matter. Make it work, okay?

What if we delayed staff salaries for a few months?

What's the worst that could happen? So what if they get paid a little late?

But, uh... that's wrong, isn't it?

Come on, Suzan! That's enough.

I made you vice principal.

All I hear you say is “But, but, but,” every single time I ask you for something.

But, sir, of course not.

So then make the arrangements.

We need to give out bananas, apples, pides,

or whatever it is that these kids want.

You will be the one to tell the staff that it's temporary.

We'll take care of it, okay?

Okay, very well, sir.

- Good. - Uh...

There's just one more thing, you know.

Is it possible to get a signature from you indicating that

this is all your decision?

Because, sir, I wouldn't want to end up like Mr. Refik.

All right, okay, Miss. Out now.

- Okay. - I'll sign the damn thing.

All right, sir.

Dear God.

Ah!

Damn it!

To hell with this.

What in the...

Ramo!

Whoo!

Hey, look everyone! Watch me fly!

- Hello. - I'll be right there.

What's up, Coach?

Is that alcohol?

It's orange juice.

Good then.

Meanwhile, you're drinking the hard stuff.

There's clearly something wrong.

Well, there's this girl.

A woman.

There's just something about her. She rewrites all the rules herself.

It's like she holds the world in the palm of her hands.

She's an extraordinary woman.

And you miss her, is that it?

- What's up? - Nothing.

- Kerem and I have decided to get married! - That's so great!

I think we deserve to open a good bottle of wine for this one.

Of course, my lady. Do come in.

She sees everything from a different perspective.

This place for instance...

She would look at it and see something else.

I can be a graphic designer and I can do whatever I want.

And I know Kerem is going to be right there with me.

It's great. He's going to save me.

"Save" you?

What does that mean Eda? Who's saving you?

Well, Kerem is.

Marrying Kerem, I mean.

Why are you shaking your head? Aren't you happy for us?

Yeah, I am, but come on...

I mean it is great because you love Kerem and want to be married to him.

But "saving you"? No.

I don't like that idea, Eda.

So, what you're saying is that no one can save me but myself?

Of course. Who else is going to save you?

Anyway, what have you been up to?

I heard that Kemal left.

Yeah, he did.

I'm really sorry.

She's not like you and I. She's in a battle with herself.

She wants to be righteous.

What else?

What do you mean?

What else did you leave behind?

It sounds like you left a whole world behind you.

A whole other world for sure.

I did leave other things behind, yes.

Paris?

What's this?

Huh? What's wrong?

Cancer maybe?

We'll see.

What?

It could be because of his age. Paris is very old.

So now what?

These tumors are very aggressive.

Soon, his quality of life will diminish very quickly.

And then, to help him we'll have to...

We'll put him to sleep.

Are you talking about ending his life?

Unfortunately.

DISCO NIGHT CRUNCHY CHIPS

Where's the side dish?

I'll bring it, Mom. Relax.

Eda, get it together, will you?

Mom, that's enough. Chill out, okay? I told you already, it's fine.

Sit down and I'll bring it. Can you stop with the attitude?

Oh please, I swear you're going to give me a heart attack one day.

I can feel it. My blood pressure is up to 200.

A daughter who runs away from home.

Give me that.

Go.

You humiliated us in front of the neighbors, everyone.

Look, Mom, I know you're mad at me,

but can we just let it go already?

Besides, I have something important I want to talk to you about.

All right, Mom. I'm just gonna tell you straight up.

I don't want to marry Emre, okay? I'm not going to America, either.

What are you going to do then?

What's your plan? Tell me.

I'm going to marry Kerem.

Kerem?

Kerem wants it too.

We talked it through. Kerem and I are getting married. That's that.

You mean, Kerem Öz?

Are you talking about Kenan Öz's son?

I have no idea what his father's name is.

But Kerem. That's the only one.

Now, wait. Wait a minute. Hold on a second.

You're saying his father wants it too, did I hear right?

I don't know. I mean his dad doesn't really meddle in his life.

- I guess he's fine with it. - Oh, my God!

Isn't it amazing how things that look bad at first can turn out so well!

Oh, thank God!

So when you ran away rejecting Emre, you were actually with Kerem Öz?

His father's already put him in charge of their business.

Last summer he was in charge of their hotel in Antalya.

- Who? Kerem? - Uh-huh.

No, that's not what happened. Kerem was just setting up the deck chairs.

It doesn't matter. They should ask for our blessing.

Eda, this is great news.

You finally managed to save yourself!

I'm so proud of you. So proud.

Eda, your father and I were so scared

you weren't going to be able to live up to your full potential.

My darling. Yusuf, come quick!

Yeah. The stress is the worst. A girl had shingles last year.

The nerds have started to scratch too.

- What's shingles? - Oh, uh, it's a skin disease.

Red patches appear on your skin and you get itches real nasty.

Welcome.

Hey, Huh?

Don't mind me. Keep talking.

We need to face the reality of the exam,

because that's the way the system works.

We have to go with it. Even if we don't want to.

So, what are we going to do? Study day and night like dogs?

Let's say we got in, then what?

You wouldn't understand, honey.

People are trying to save their asses here.

Not everyone's father is filthy rich like yours.

I'm sorry?

You think I don't study because of my father?

I don't know.

Maybe that's why.

After all, you always land on your feet.

You romanticize yourself as a black sheep.

Setting up deck chairs for minimum wage during the summer

but we all know you own the place.

Eda, that's not who Kerem is at all.

Either way, what difference does that make? Isn't it the truth?

Won't he eventually inherit his family's fortune?

Why are we even talking about this?

In a few years from now, when he's at parties in a suit,

he'll go “I was a punk in high school”

“I worked at this job, I worked at that job”

I don't understand. Is it wrong for him to have financial advantages?

Well, it's wrong for him to act like we're the same!

Osman, guess what?

Him saying “Fuck the exam” and us saying it is not the same.

Pretending that we're the same just seems idiotic to me.

Eda, you're being completely ridiculous and also very hurtful.

I'm not being ridiculous or hurtful!

- I'm just telling the truth. - Fuck! Enough!

I've never been my father's son. I don't want his money.

But you're going to.

Believe me.

The road will eventually lead you there.

We'll see you, an eligible bachelor, strolling around town carefree.

I made up my mind.

You know what I'm going to do?

I'll study for the exam like my life depends on it!

That's the only way I'll be taken seriously around here.

I will get the best score on this exam

and I won't let anyone else control my life anymore.

Or let them believe that I need to be saved.

I'm going to score so high no one is going to be able to say,

"You're so pretty. You'll find a rich husband to save your life, Eda."

And you better believe I'm never getting married.

Fuck!

Eda, of course you should study,

but you're not making any sense right now.

Leave it.

She can do what she wants.

I'll count you out then okay?

In this matter, I mean.

It looks like you'll be very busy. There's not much time left until the exam.

This matter concerns all of us.

I'm still in it with the Necdet thing, but I'm out with everything else.

I'm out of here.

Anyway... the great criminal lawyer, Kerem Öz.

Come on. Tell us about your new life.

There's not really that much to it.

I just have a bunch of cases.

- A bunch of cases, huh? - I'm out of beer. I'll go get one inside.

It looks like we're out of wine, too.

You know where the fridge is, don't you?

Of course, I remember.

How are you?

You?

I'm all right. Happy to see you.

You're just like you used to be.

A graphic designer in New York. Very cool.

Is it, though?

Now tell me.

Are you here because you wanted to see me or because Işık called?

You tell me.

- Why are you here? - For both reasons.

I'm here to face up to how stupid I was back then.

- You're crazy. - You're the crazy one.

- You still beat people up? - Every day.

Jujitsu, Krav Maga... Now people beg me to beat them up.

Eda.

Come here boy.

Let's see if that lump's got any bigger.

Paris.

Did I make you sick? Huh?

Did you get sick because of this place, boy?

You're going to be okay.

Nothing is going to happen to you. You hear me?

Nothing is going to happen.

]

This late?

Hello?

Hello? It must be a wrong number.

- Burcu, it's me. - Kemal?

How are you?

Okay.

I'm okay. How are you doing?

Is everything all right?

- Eh. - "Eh?" What does that mean?

Is there something wrong? Do you want to talk about it?

I do.

- I only want to talk to you. - Okay, tell me. I'm listening.

Uh, by the way, it's normal to have adjustment issues at first.

I mean things may not be perfect right away. Maybe you lost a few games,

but it's okay.

It really is okay, you know? You can't give up that easily.

I miss you so much.

Me too.

I miss you too.

I keep thinking about how I made a mess of everything.

I admit that it was all my fault.

I'm not saying these things to confuse you.

I don't have the right, I know.

I just wanted you to know that.

Is it okay if I call you every now and then?

Can we at least talk on the phone?

Of course. Of course.

That would be great, yeah.

That way we can at least stay in each other's lives. Right?

So, what do you want to talk about now?

You can tell me about your life there.

Well, this place is different. It's the professional league.

- Everything is so much more intense. - Of course. I mean...

They're grown men and everything is professional.

There's big money involved out there. That must be exciting?

Don't even ask. Everyone here is absolutely ruthless.

Everything is only about winning.

Not now. Game time.

...adenine, ribose, and three phosphate groups make up the ATP molecule.

ATP is a molecule made up of adenine, ribose, and three phosphate groups.

Therefore, energy is released when an unstable ATP molecule

breaks down into a stable ADP molecule,

Energy is released when an unstable...

Eda, darling?

What have you been doing these past...

I'm studying, Mom. You know, we have the exam coming up in a week?

- But why are you working yourself so hard? - Jeez, Mom!

I've decided to do this, this is the way it's going to be. I'm working.

I can't memorize the facts if I don't say them out loud.

Is there a problem?

No, not at all. You do whatever you want.

Okay, shut the door. I'm studying.

Okay, where was I?

Yes!

So...

Today,

a kid from a village near Florence was accepted into the Academy.

You see?

It's in the newspaper.

They're going to watch you at the recital.

If you get accepted into that school,

it's a great opportunity for you to stand out.

I've worked so hard for this, Elif.

For you to stand out. For you to be a star.

But you've fallen behind. You just have.

You got distracted.

It's impossible to catch up.

- We've lost too much time. - Hmm.

If you could see what she does when you're not here.

Picking at her food,

playing with the silverware...

Just so she doesn't have to go back to practicing piano.

I can imagine. I can imagine.

Go on, Ms. Elif.

Practice properly.

Please.

We'll let you know when you can come down for dinner.

Okay.

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Elif? Elif!