[tense orchestral music playing]
[engine stops]
[man 1] Got it, Mr. Yksel. Copy that.
All right. I think that's her.
- Wait here. I'll check it out.
- [man 2] Be careful.
[dramatically ominous strings playing]
[dog barking in distance]
[car door slams]
- [spraying]
- [man 2 grunting]
[coughing]
Agh! The f*cking prick!
He's getting away!
The son of a b*tch took the money
and he laughed in my face!
[exciting '70s-style crime music playing]
[liquid splashing]
[sirens wailing in distance]
[sirens approaching]
[dog barking]
[music continues]
[firetruck siren blaring]
ISTANBUL FIRE DEPARTMENTEN DAYS OF A CURIOUS MAN
[meowing]
[distant seagulls calling]
[cats continue meowing]
What happened to your mama, kitties?
[sighs]
[apprehensive music playing]
[watch beeps]
[inhales]
[exhales]
[sniffs]
[computer beeps]
[sniffs]
[reading] "Dear Sadk Adil Ojal,
we've completed reviewing the manuscript
you've submitted for publication."
"It's our feeling
that your novel reads more like an essay."
"The text lacks emotion,
fails to relay the thrill to the reader,
and most importantly,
does not consistently keep
the reader engaged and interested."
"We find that the story
suffers from frequent gaps
in terms of events, mystery and plot."
"We feel that the buildup
to the ending is quite weak as well."
"You should keep in mind that
the greatest attribute for a character
is that they change throughout a story."
"Due to these shortcomings,
we're sorry to tell you
that your manuscript has been
deemed not suitable for publication."
"We wish you well in your endeavors.
Yours, Deniz Gkyayl."
Smart-a*s.
So, Auntie Fatma
hasn't come to feed you anymore?
[cats meowing]
Perhaps her name's not even Fatma.
How should I know?
[enigmatic music playing]
DAY 1
Oh, it's aziye you're looking for.
This way.
She lives over there, number 16.
- That one?
- Uh-huh.
Wow. All this water.
That's the third house burned down
to the ground the last six months.
They declare these buildings
historical sites,
and then no one can fix them up.
At this rate, it's only a matter of time
before Balat turns into ashes.
Thanks.
Hey, if you talk to aziye, tell her
that the pages of the book are full.
She'll understand.
[man 1] Okay, calm down for Christ's sake.
I can't hear when you all talk at once!
[man 2] We're afraid
to sleep in our homes!
[man 3] We're all gonna die, man!
[men continue arguing indistinctly]
- Shut up, shut up for a second!
- Look, I've been telling you for months!
[continue arguing indistinctly]
There's a procedure here, okay!
I know you're pissed off,
but I'm doing everything I can do
to fix the situation,
and you're not helping by yelling.
[all continue arguing]
[shutter clicking]
Are you aziye?
How are you?
Hayri the grocer told me you lived here.
He's got bill collectors now?
[spits] Tell that crook
I'll pay him when I pay him
and not before.
Ah, no, uh, I'm not collecting any money.
I live over there by the fountain.
I see you there every morning,
feeding the cats.
But I haven't seen you for two days,
so I wanted to check
that you're all right.
Ah.
Mutema, she's the one you have to ask,
she's the one that brings the cat food.
Get! Shoo, damn it, get out of here!
Do I look like the Queen of Sheba to you?
You have any idea how much
a bag of food costs, you little thief?
So, this Mutema, why hasn't she
been bringing the food by anymore?
I mean, she's got COVID or something?
She was k*lled.
[enigmatic music plays]
Huh?
[aziye] Shoo, hey!
Get out of here, you mutt!
What?
Well, how do you know
something like that for certain?
She used to come here all the time,
once a week, for songs and dancing.
What day is today?
It's Wednesday, April 1st.
Ah.
aziye, good one.
That's your April Fool's joke, right?
That she was k*lled?
I wasn't joking.
She was here last Tuesday.
And one bag of food lasts about two weeks.
She wouldn't let those cats starve
unless she was dead, I guarantee it.
Go upstairs. Look!
Go see for yourself what you find. Here.
[intriguing music playing]
[Sadk] Don't do it. Don't get curious.
Keep your nose out of it.
Don't do it.
[door creaking]
[door creaking]
[enigmatic music playing]
[flash clicks]
[flash clicks]
[music continues]
APHRODITE BEAUTY CLINIC
GZN
BEAUTY EXPER[eerie tone playing]
[wheezing, coughing]
[man coughing]
Who are you?
[Sadk] Who are you?
You're coughing like hell.
Put your mask on!
Ahmet.
[coughing]
[coughing]
aziye is my grandma.
Ah.
I, um, I'm here
to get more cat food, that's all.
- And, uh, aziye told me to come up.
- Oh.
[Sadk] Hey, uh... your grandma was
telling me that Mutema was k*lled?
[Ahmet] My grandma told me
to come and get the keys back.
And her name's not Mutema, it's Mutena.
- [chuckles]
- [Sadk] Right.
So, if she's not dead,
why does your grandma say she is?
[Ahmet coughing]
I mean, did something happen?
Did she witness something?
[Ahmet] Grandma's senile.
[Sadk] Ah.
[Ahmet] Leave the keys
with her when you go.
- [Sadk] Okay.
- [Ahmet coughing]
[cell phone chimes]
Ah.
Time for the traitor to confess her love.
Here we go.
[Pnar] Good morning, Sadk.
This is, and I'm dead serious,
the 400th time I've called you
since I got to Istanbul.
Why're you so stupid?
You know that part of me
wanted to stay with you,
but the other part
told me to get the hell outta there.
For the hundredth time, I love you.
But Eskiehir wasn't for me,
and you know it.
Just the same, I did not leave you.
You just didn't want to come with me.
Anyway, here's the news
from here, it's scorching hot.
And the pandemic is freaking scary.
By the way, have you read the stories
about Buket and Glhan in the newspapers?
Someone really has it in for them.
Well, that's it for now.
I'll send you some
new pictures you'll like.
[dog panting]
[food bowl rattling]
[dog yips]
[shutter clicking]
[sighs]
[Sadk] Are you really dead, Mutena?
[dog panting]
You know what?
You'd better get back
home before it gets dark.
Those cats'll eat you alive. I swear.
[chuckles]
[jazzy suspense music playing]
[knocking on door]
[knocking continues]
[Meral] Adil?
Oh, I've missed you so much! [grunts]
Adil, aren't you excited to see me, c'mon?
Oh, you have a doggie now?
That is so cute!
Don't just stand there,
bring those inside.
My word, Adil, is this
the place your grandma left you?
Honestly, how can you live here?
Answer my question first.
What are you doing here?
[sighs]
I got a job offer for a TV show.
In fact, I'm getting
a co-producer credit on the first episode.
- What?
- You have any booze?
[Sadk] But producers have to have money.
Where'd you get money?
I sold my shares
at the hotel to my cousin Remzi.
You don't have any shares of the hotel,
they're all Zeynel's and Hso's!
Besides, that guy's not even
your cousin, he's a scammer!
How does that even matter?
Riza's cousin or mine, same thing.
Oh, my sweet pea,
are you really still angry with me?
The guy you think is your husband,
you divorced him 20 years ago.
Pssh, how on Earth
was I supposed to know that?
How on Earth could I have known?
I thought I remarried Riza one more time.
For Heaven's sakes,
you just tell me, Adil.
You just tell me how a man could possibly
come right into the dreams
of a woman he divorced,
every night for ten years? Ridiculous!
Listen, Meral.
As you can see, there's only one bed.
And there's no spare room either.
I don't have the comforts
for a woman like you.
But there are ground rules. Rules!
Answer me this.
Did you tell Pnar I was here?
No.
You know that if she finds out you've
been in Istanbul for the last four months,
she'll k*ll you first before she kills me.
All right, fine,
if you're gonna stay here...
one, drinking is forbidden.
Two,
you're not allowed
to call Pnar and tell her I'm here.
Understood, your Admiralship.
Hm.
But give Pnar a break, man.
It's been eight months
and she still hasn't been with a man.
Not with anyone!
She's in love with you.
Is that why she skipped town
the first chance she got?
[dog barking outside]
[gasps] "A Balat woman, 25 years old,
grew up on the streets with no family,
apparently well-known in the area for
supplying food to stray dogs and cats."
"According to the elderly woman
who fed the animals,
the girl has been
missing now for 16 days."
"Some fear she's been m*rder*d."
"The girl's name was also unusual...
Mutena."
Gimme that.
- [grunts]
- [Meral] Wow, that's exciting, huh?
Everybody loves a good mystery.
What is it you're writing?
A m*rder mystery.
That's cool.
Meral, answer me something.
Am I a nosy man?
I think the word for you Adil is... wacko.
But whatever.
Bring my bags up here, would you?
Ugh, what is that awful smell in here?
Is it rot or mildew or what?
[Sadk] Come on,
are you gonna do it or aren't you?
DAY 2
Listen here, if you're trying to tell me
you're too fancy to do it outside,
then you're in for some constipation.
Fine, have it your way.
I tried.
Yeah?
Come on, we're going home.
[eerie motif playing]
Are you here?
All right.
[jazzy music playing]
The mystery is over.
Well, editor lady, there goes
all of our intrigue and buildup.
Before we got the first plot twist.
I tried, though.
And what more can I do?
[footsteps approaching]
[woman] The clinic's closed.
The government shut it
'cause of the virus. [chuckles]
No massage for you.
No I was just looking
for someone I think works here.
her name's Gzin.
Or... goes by Mutena.
Who's asking?
Well, someone curious.
Well, curiosity comes at a price.
Ah.
For two weeks she hasn't come in.
Although...
maybe if you double this,
I'll point you toward Metelik.
Her boyfriend, the car dealer.
Double?
Hmm.
[man] Oh, no, sir, he was no car dealer.
His name's Metelik,
and he just ran errands here,
but two weeks ago he was fired.
He, uh, stole a car
for a joyride with his girlfriend.
[Sadk] Really?
How am I gonna find the guy now?
[man] I heard he was selling water
at the traffic lights in Karaky.
[Sadk] Really?
[man] Why're you looking for him?
He owe you money?
[Sadk] Oh, no, ours is more of
a literary situation. Thanks.
[exhales]
[intriguing music playing]
[ship horn blowing]
[man 2] Water, water, anyone? Water!
Water, sir?
POLICE
Business is slow, huh?
This f*cking pandemic's k*lling me.
Even wearing this no one
wants to buy a bottle of water.
Oh great, thank you sir.
What's up? Do you need something?
Well, information, yeah, about Mutena.
We're worried about her.
And who exactly is "we"?
My grandma.
Mutena lives in
the apartment upstairs from her.
She'd always bring
bags of cat food around.
And Grandma would help her out.
She'd take the food
and feed all the animals with it.
Mutena hasn't come for weeks,
and we're all worried.
So I thought I'd ask around, ya know?
Just trying to find out
if something happened.
They told me she worked at the clinic,
and then someone there
told me about the car dealer,
and the guy sent me here.
Uh, I haven't seen her
for two weeks myself.
Look, I gotta get back to work,
still got a lot of water to sell here.
You know, I'm really thirsty.
I'll take the whole box.
- Yeah, there are twelve bottles in a box.
- All right, how much?
One fifty and they're yours.
Here.
I'll have to go and get change.
No, you can keep
the change, it's all right.
Are you feeling hungry?
I am.
- Let's go.
- Here, I'll help with these.
Thank you.
You don't know Muti, do you?
No.
That's what I call her.
Listen, if you're
planning to do something to her...
Not at all.
- Good.
- Hmm?
Because anyone who wants
to hurt her has to go through me.
Tell me, is Muti, uh...
in the massage business?
- No, why do you ask?
- It's what I heard.
You on social media?
No.
Ah, look.
[dance music playing on phone]
This is the Muti that rules social media.
Her stage name is "Burn This World."
[dance music volume increases]
[Mete] Don't be fooled by
how happy she looks in those videos.
She's kind of a mess,
just like you and me.
You know how it is. Alcoholic dad,
mom's got early dementia, all that.
But she and I are
gonna move to Ka one day.
I mean, so far we haven't even been
anywhere farther than Pendik,
but still, it's our dream.
You said it's been
two weeks since you last saw her?
Yeah, it's been like 14 or 15 days.
Whenever she went off
to that job interview.
It was some agency
called Eucalyptus or something.
She was so excited as she was leaving.
She said she was gonna carry
Burn This World to another platform,
then she'd be famous and buy
cool sports car. All that kind of stuff.
I guess the offer
wasn't that good after all.
She was really upset.
Then she just stopped answering her phone.
Every time I called her,
the phone was switched off.
She told me she was staying at the studio,
but now you're telling me
she was at a place in your neighborhood.
I see. All right.
Why didn't you go to the police
and file a missing persons report?
[laughs] Come off it, man.
You think the cops give a sh*t
about people like Muti and me?
Hell, if I showed 'em those videos, they'd
probably come after her for prostitution.
Yeah. True.
Has she ever had a stalker?
Uh... Nah.
- Anyway I gotta get back to work. Later!
- Sure, see ya.
- Hey, send me a photo of Muti.
- Yeah, all right.
- You got my number?
- Yeah, I copied it!
[Sadk] Cool.
Editor's note...
the mystery's not over yet.
Deniz Gkyayl,
I can't predict how the plot will go.
But, A, Mete's no longer a suspect.
And B,
we've just arrived
at our first plot twist.
[cell phone ringing]
[Meral] Adil? Some woman just came by
and asked for the doggy,
because she said it was hers,
and then she left with it.
But the next minute, when I went outside,
I found your mutt right there, wandering
like a lost child around the fountain.
So, naturally, I brought it back home.
That freaking idiot!
She just left the poor dog behind!
You better go get a leash for it
before you come home.
And a new light bulb.
And I need a new mask as well.
Your dog ruined this one.
This g*dd*mn dog.
[mysterious music playing]
[woman] Yes.
Her stage name is Burn This World.
Yes, it's been two weeks, he says.
Her manager, Mr. Ochal, is here now.
Yes sir, I understand,
I'll tell him right away.
Thank you, sir.
Mr. inasi says he hasn't interviewed
anyone by that name.
He doesn't have her
in his appointment book, either.
Hmm.
Thank you. Have a nice day.
[woman] You too, sir.
[music continues]
[lighter clicks]
[inaudible]
[knocking on door]
[playful jazz music playing]
Where the hell have you been all day?
- What the hell? Give it.
- Ha! Cool, huh?
- I found it under the pillow.
- Give it!
Good God!
[laughing]
I had that guy in the palm of my hands.
[laughs] I talked him into selling me
five masks for only ten lira each.
Luckily, ermin came back again,
and she took me to the store.
Who's ermin?
She's the owner of the dog.
Your socialite dog is named Chico.
I don't really think it fits her,
but oh well.
You brought a stranger into my home,
and you had drinks with her.
Is that right?
So you broke the first rule.
Did you also break the second?
Did you call Pnar?
- My God, Meral.
- She called me.
Did you give her the address?
Well, did you?
[knock on door]
I'll get that.
It's probably ermin, here to get Chico.
[Sadk] No, it's probably Pnar!
In fact I'm sure of it, it's Pnar!
[upbeat music playing]
You m*therf*cker,
I'm gonna tear you a new one!
[blow landing]
DAY 3
[medical equipment beeping steadily]
[Meral] Adil, are you awake, dear?
Where am I?
What happened?
[Meral] You're in the hospital.
Don't you remember, dear?
They beat you up, my boy.
Pretty bad too, I might add.
The short one was Sitki, ermin's husband.
Why didn't they beat you?
[Pnar] Because she's not the one
f*cking ermin. You are, Sadk Adil!
And then there's this girl,
Mutena, you have videos of.
Moved on quick, yeah?
Bravo. Two new lovers in just four months!
Didn't I tell you not to call her?
[Meral] Oh darling, listen to me,
those guys were
kicking the crap out of you.
And then this girl swooped
in there like an avenging angel.
- [upbeat blues music plays]
- I'm gonna tear you a new one!
[Meral] What're you doing?
You lunatic! Stop that.
[Sitki] How do you like that?
m*therf*cker!
- Let him go!
- [p*stol c*ck]
[upbeat blues music continues]
[Meral] I have no idea how she found
your g*n or when she grabbed it.
And, thankfully, Pnar had
the presence of mind to call Glhan.
So we brought you here, dear.
[percussive jazz playing]
Phew.
Those guys really did
a number on you, didn't they?
The good news is
all the damage is to your face,
your body hardly got anything, luckily.
When we got the call from Pnar,
me and Zeynel got in the car
and rushed straight here from Eskiehir.
It only took us
three hours and 50 minutes,
though if we took the train,
maybe we could've, uh...
But I think we should deal
with this beating incident
before we talk about that.
Hso.
There's nothing to deal with,
just a misunderstanding.
Mistaken identity.
Okay, now beat it.
[Zeynel] Well, sir, um,
Meral told us if we came to help,
we could crash at your place.
So what do we do?
Uh-huh.
Are you wearing a wig?
Uh, no... it's my hair.
Transferred.
I mean, transplanted from me.
[Meral] He had it done
with his share of the money.
And I think it looks good.
He looks younger.
It'll grow on you
as you keep seeing it, Adil.
I'm not going to be seeing any of you.
My bed's the only one in the house.
You can't go back there, Mister Casanova.
I would just leave you out on the street,
but the doctor said
you needed constant care,
so I guess you're staying with me.
[clapping] All right,
ladies and gentlemen, everybody out.
The doctors'll be here any minute
to tell us if
the playboy can be discharged.
Get well soon, Chief.
[Pnar sighs]
Glhan wants you to drop by
and see her once you're discharged.
Who died and left you in charge,
giving everybody orders?
The Kseolu Group.
I work there now in Public Relations.
[playful music playing]
I'm studying for
the college entrance exams.
[Sadk] Good for you.
[Pnar] Aren't you happy for me, Sadk?
Don't you always say,
"Think, Pnar. Improve yourself, Pnar."
"Don't ask for
anything from anyone, Pnar?"
I wouldn't have graduated from
high school if I stayed in Eskiehir.
It's thanks to you.
Hey, say something.
Where is Glhan?
[door opens]
Well, you're up and around.
Glad to see it.
My people said
they thought you might have a concussion.
No. I have a thick skull.
I'm just a little sore.
But no painkillers
for you this time around.
No. Can't commit to much of anything.
Even drugs, apparently.
See this?
How's Buket?
She abandoned us. [sighs]
Me, our daughter.
Her sick sister, everyone.
Filiz?
She's sick?
Is it serious?
Oh, damn.
Buket was overwhelmed...
because of what the newspapers
have been saying about you all.
Guess we were exhausted.
And she just realized it before I did.
[light instrumental music playing]
Hey, there, Chief.
Um, the cops came to the house
about the disturbance last night.
Someone's made a report about you,
and now they're looking for you.
So, um, if you want my advice?
I would stay away from the cops
as long as your face is like that.
[Pnar] See, you can't go back to Balat.
It's not just the guy whose wife
you screwed that's looking for you,
it's the cops too.
[cheerful music playing]
How long does this
meat need to stay like this?
[Pnar] Meral said
leave it on for two hours.
[flaps lips]
By that time it'll be well-done.
People out there can't even afford meat,
and I'm putting it on my eye.
Look at you, nice job, nice digs.
[seagulls calling in distance]
So why're you chasing after me?
I love you, you stupid idiot!
What don't you get about that?
You don't leave the people you love.
Plus, when you love someone,
your happiness depends on them.
Which makes the unhappiness double!
You son of a b*tch.
I loved you a lot more when
you were just a good guy, you know that?
Now that you've
become a bad guy, I hate you!
No I'm the curious guy.
But keep thinking I'm the bad guy, okay?
And I need you for something.
What?
There's a media agency
called The Eucalyptus.
I need you, through the KS Group,
to make an appointment.
- What for?
- Isn't that obvious?
For both Glhan and... the KS Group,
to save their image.
And there's a literary reason.
To help the story's buildup.
Wow! Just look at this view!
A beautiful place
in an elite neighborhood.
This KS group is fantastic!
I wonder if they would be
willing to sponsor a TV drama?
Don't get used to this.
[clicks tongue]
[exhales]
Zeynel, listen up, first thing tomorrow
go to the police
and find out what this report's about.
- Hso.
- Mm?
Tomorrow you come back here
and keep an eye on Meral here.
She's found another conman
and she's likely
to lose the rest of her money.
And don't get too attached to Pnar.
We're leaving town
as soon as we're done here.
Okay.
[bluesy jazz playing]
Huh?
It's just me, don't worry.
I can't sleep with Meral.
Her ghost is back again
and she's screaming.
Also, she snores.
And she's always in the bathroom.
I think her stomach is messed up.
Stop.
Don't touch me.
You always pull this same old crap.
I'll just go.
All right, tell me...
what are we going
to this Eucalyptus place for?
Is it about Mutena?
Yes, and would you please
keep your leg to yourself?
Tomorrow you're gonna need some concealer.
[grunts]
Is it very painful?
Sadk?
Think we should make up?
That's it, I'm going. [grunts]
All right, all right, just go to sleep.
[music ends]
[Sadk sighs]
DAY 4
We'll get back to you later today with
the details of the promotional campaign
we proposed for
the Kseolu Group and Ms. Glhan.
That's great, appreciate it!
Been a pleasure.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
The exit's right through here.
[upbeat music playing]
[Sadk] Oh Pnar, I almost forgot,
we wanted to stop in and talk to inasi,
too, while we're here, remember?
Where's his office?
inasi, but...
Well, he's in but he works
in land development, not promotion.
Did you have an appointment with him?
Well, no, but I'm in charge of the new
hospital development project
for the Kseolu Group.
And since we're here,
we can avoid another visit.
You know, because of the pandemic,
it's less in-person contact.
Would you show us to his office?
- First one on the left.
- Thanks so much.
[suspenseful music playing]
[inasi] Yes, can I help you?
We're looking for
the first point of instigation, inasi.
No, no, no, no, don't you dare touch that.
What do you think I have in my pocket, hm?
Sit back down.
You remember "Burn This World",
the young Internet phenomenon?
We work for her management,
in collections.
Oh, you noticed this?
Well, some negotiations
are difficult, like yesterday's.
Today these guys are in the ICU
fighting for their lives, you know?
- [chuckling]
- [cell phone ringing]
Yeah, what?
Okay, just wait for my signal.
Burn This World got ten grand from you
and disappeared without
paying us what we're owed.
Here's my theory.
The girl comes to you and does her dance,
and you refuse to pay
her after the performance.
All you gave her is... kht!
- What the hell are you talking...
- Sit down!
Then you took back the ten grand.
But in any case... I intend to collect
what I have coming to me.
So if this meeting goes south,
we take it up to Nese.
Nese? Oh, no, I assure you
this is just a miscommunication!
We were just acting as
the middleman for a reputable client!
That, um, Burn woman,
I only met her once, I swear.
There wasn't any kind of money
exchanged between us at all!
Tell me this, then,
who's this so-called reputable...
"client"? So important sounding, huh?
Who are they, exactly?
It's Kutsi.
Kutsi Atak.
He's one of the agency's
most important clients,
and the general secretary of Zinchirli.
[cheerful tone plays]
[upbeat music playing]
That was crazy
the way you talked to that guy!
He was sh1tting his pants
in his own office! Even I was scared!
So what stage of the story are we in?
We're past the first plot twist.
So, uh...
almost at the first inciting incident.
And does this story
ever get a little erotic maybe?
- Huh?
- [laughs]
You people are all crazy.
You, Meral, Hso.
It beats treachery.
[jazzy music playing]
I should have let those nut jobs
tear your tongue out
and feed it back to you, Sadk.
I don't doubt it.
KUTSI ATAK
HAPPY SUNDAY
[Sadk] Got it, yeah.
All right, see you then.
Zeynel found out
that ermin's husband, Sitki,
the guy who beat me up,
turns out he didn't report me,
it was somebody anonymous.
Oh, and this Sitki is a realtor, I guess.
Zeynel says I should go
to the police myself and explain things.
[Hso] Hey listen, Chief,
I'm sorry, but I'm starving.
I'm just wondering
if we're ever going to eat.
But what about Kutsi Atak?
You find out anything?
You know that company with the TV ads
that wanted to sell
skyscrapers to the Arabs
after they bulldozed all the forests?
Well, it turns out
your friend Kutsi is the boss there.
He's a committed family man.
He doesn't look like the type
to hang out with a hot dancer.
The guy has pictures
with his kids and his wife
all over his social media.
And he's a philatelist, it seems.
And don't even think about asking me
who "Phil" is, it's a stamp lover.
A professional connoisseur.
He even writes a blog about it.
In conclusion, Kutsi here...
only has eyes for stamps and his family.
And I have sore eyes. Gimme that.
Okay, I want you to find me
the rarest stamps you can get.
Here.
Here, take it.
I told them I was fine.
- And I didn't want to press charges.
- Yo. Let's go.
I don't know what else they want from me.
You know what the commissioner said?
He doesn't want trouble with a businessman
who benefits the neighborhood.
Since when are realtors
considered businessmen?
I mean, what the hell?
You find anything?
I wrote to him.
Said I had two stamps
of my grandfather's with Ottoman seals,
asked what they're worth.
Ah, good, good. [chuckles]
Let's go.
[knocking]
All right, nobody's here, so c'mon.
REALTOR SITKI
If you're thinking about buying a house
or a piece of land, it's good timing.
This neighborhood'll be
crawling with tourists soon.
Didn't they ban new developments?
Ha! If you tell the government
you'll build an exact replica
of what just got burned down,
anything goes.
Ah.
We're just looking for... for Sitki here.
Abdullah Ketenci.
I'm the neighborhood foreman.
And to tell you the truth,
Sitki is not the most trustworthy realtor.
The guys at the police station
said he was a respectable businessman.
Oh God, it's a new incident every day
with him and his nephews. It's awful.
Everyone complains.
And it's all because
of that hot wife of his.
He's gone crazy with jealousy.
Anyway, I could help you
with your investment
and show you a few places.
If you can't reach me, just call
the number on the back and talk to Ahmet.
He helps me every once in a while.
[Sadk] Thank you.
[Abdullah] Have a nice day.
I got word from Glhan that
Buket's sister unfortunately passed away.
I texted them our condolences.
Mm-hmm.
Filiz.
[Pnar] All right, thanks so much.
I'll see you then.
[electronic music playing]
That was Kutsi.
He wants to see the stamps first
before I sell them online.
He invited me to his office
to tell me what they're really worth.
Looks like he took the bait.
Everyone takes the bait
when it's something they love.
Not in his office though, we need privacy.
Chief, tell me,
why do we need to mess
with this Phil guy in the first place?
Hso it's for literary purposes.
It's going to help develop the plot.
[exciting '70s-style crime music playing]
[Pnar] I'm here, right outside.
All right.
[vehicle approaching]
Hello!
[Hso] Don't move!
- Hey, what the hell?
- [Zeynel] Shh!
Drive.
- Move it.
- Okay.
- Move!
- Okay, okay.
[Zeynel] Move!
[Kutsi] I swear,
I only saw her that one time!
Just once, and I was only
in the room to give her the money!
I don't have anything
to do with her dancing, I swear!
- Then who was she dancing for?
- Hey!
[whimpering] Please don't k*ll me.
For ner, man.
- [Sadk] Who the hell's ner?
- He-he-he's the manager.
The zoning manager,
the one who wanted your dancer to come!
[panting]
Yksel sent her.
Yksel Zinchirli, he's our CEO.
Yksel sends the dancers for ner.
This ner guy must have some big ba*ls
if he's managed to make the CEO
of the company into his personal pimp.
[Kutsi] There's a big
development project, the Mega Towers.
Maybe you've heard about it in the news.
But there've been some
holdups with the applications.
To get approval
they need ner to sign off on them.
If the towers are mega, then I'm guessing
they paid a pretty mega sum in advance.
- Five hundred thousand.
- [Sadk] What?
Hey, boss, look what I found in the back.
Good job.
Now my security chiefs
will take your statement
and record everything on their phones.
You're gonna tell them everything, okay?
Hey, you hear me?
Here's Kutsi's computer.
[seagulls calling]
Save Kutsi's, uh,
confessions to the computer as well.
He really sang.
He spilled all the company's dirty deeds.
Glhan just sent a text message.
"I'm very sad.
Luckily Bugl brings me some comfort."
"Thank you for your message, Gl."
I had texted her, but she replied to you.
Who's Bugl anyway?
Is that like a nickname?
How should I know?
Just stop questioning everything.
I'm the curious man.
Just do your job.
Where do you get off
talking to me like that?
Maybe we shouldn't talk for a while.
Actually, yeah.
I'm done talking to you.
[traffic sounds in distance]
[fireworks popping]
- [Meral] Adil!
- [gasps]
Listen! Thinking of you is beautiful,
it is hopeful.
Thinking of you is like
listening to the most beautiful song
from the most
beautiful voice in the whole world.
Mmm! My memory's betraying me!
I can't memorize more
than four lines anymore!
I'm doomed as an actress!
Adil, won't you work
on it with me, darling?
Ah!
That's the thing I was going to tell you!
Just today,
I read an article on the Internet.
The new symptoms of coronavirus
now include memory loss!
Do you have diarrhea too?
- What do I do now?
- [Sadk] Come with me, come on.
We need to keep you
in quarantine for 14 days.
- Fourteen?
- And no less.
You'll go into your room and stay there,
avoiding all contact.
But, what if I have to go to the bathroom
or... or want to take a shower
when you guys are here?
Oh, right, um...
How about this?
When you need something like that,
you just holler and say "Yoo-hoo", okay?
Yoo-hoo.
We'll all go to our rooms,
and then after you're all done...
just say yoo-hoo again,
and we'll go back to our lives, hm?
Yoo-hoo.
[Sadk] A simple yoo-hoo.
[Meral] Thank you, Adil.
[Sadk] Remember, it's yoo-hoo.
Yoo-hoo.
[sexy music playing]
I thought we weren't speaking.
But you're dressed
to talk about... something.
I like a silent type.
- Hm.
- They tend to dissolve my anger.
[chuckles]
Whether you're bad,
or curious, or even unkind...
for some reason I still love you.
If you hadn't been here,
I would've come back
to Eskiehir after exams.
[Sadk] Hmm.
[music continues]
Doesn't mean we made up.
[doorbell ringing]
[Zeynel] We got woken up
at the crack of dawn
by a bunch of woof-woof-woof sounds
coming from outside.
It was this mutt and some friends.
We felt sorry for the little thing,
so we took her in.
But, of course, that's not why we're here...
DAY 5
...bothering you at this early hour.
So why are you bothering me?
[Zeynel] Well, sir, Hso heard
some news when he was at the store
about, uh, Sitki, the realtor guy.
He was m*rder*d.
m*rder*d?
[mysterious music playing]
What the hell are we gonna do now?
Just yesterday I was
at the police station,
telling them about
the bad blood between us,
and now the guy is dead!
And there's more bad news.
What else?
Sitki wasn't by himself.
I guess his wife was there with him,
and she was k*lled too.
What? ermin was m*rder*d?
[Zeynel] I'm afraid so.
- And one more thing...
- Now what?
The cops are looking for you.
You're their number one suspect.
Also...
they have, uh...
a photo... photograph...
Hso, it's your turn to go!
Well, it seems, Chief, uh, there's some...
photos...
Yeah, what the hell kind of photos?
- Speak!
- Of ermin in your bedroom and she's, uh...
Forgive me, Pnar, but...
well, she's all the way naked.
- What the hell are you saying?
- [Zeynel] Sir, this Sitki guy was a crook.
Remember all those house fires that've
been happening in the neighborhood?
Those are his doing,
along with his nephews.
And they're after you too.
So, that's about the size of it.
[Pnar] What's he talking about?
What photos?
What was ermin doing
naked in your house, huh?
I have no idea why she would...
Photos at my place?
It makes no...
[jazz music playing]
Yoo-hoo, Meral!
ermin visited you
at the house in Balat, didn't she?
Mm-hmm.
And you sat and had drinks with her.
[Meral] Um...
Exactly how many drinks?
I...
don't remember exactly.
I don't remember! I guess I dozed off!
[both laugh]
- She dozed off.
- [Meral chuckles]
- [Sadk] Here's what I think.
- Yes.
This ermin,
and some guy,
we'll call him Mr. X for now...
they decide to k*ll Sitki, okay?
And ermin and Mister X...
um, they're probably lovers or partners.
While I'm away, they knock on my door,
Meral invites ermin in,
and they become friends
and start drinking together.
Once Merahl dozes off,
ermin lets Mr. X into the house.
They go into the bedroom
and take some photos.
And that photographer,
Mr. X, is the k*ller.
- Why he k*lled ermin, I don't know.
- [gasping] ermin is dead?
All right. So, Chief, how exactly
are we going to find this Mr. X?
[mysterious tone plays]
[dramatic music playing]
[Glhan] Thank you for coming.
We buried her yesterday.
Only four people came.
Pandemic's ruining everything.
She was diagnosed
after Buket left the country.
Breasts, uterus, even her lungs.
And we might've had
a chance to fight those,
but pancreatic...
[Sadk] And Buket has no idea?
She knows. But she couldn't make it.
Where is she?
The States, I guess.
We text occasionally.
I quit. Being cold, counting,
alcohol, drugs, everything.
[chuckles] I need it more now.
[liquid pouring]
Since Bugl is all mine.
- I could call Buket and...
- No.
Nothing's changed.
I can manage without her.
But you'll have to adopt Bugl.
Does she have any other family?
- How's that gonna work?
- Don't know.
But we'll have to find a way.
I told the attorneys to solve it or quit.
[footsteps approaching]
[Sadk] Ah...
Well...
I'd better run. I've got things to do.
But call me anytime,
and again, my condolences.
[Glhan] Thank you.
[mysterious tone plays]
[Pnar] Admit it.
ermin was better
at creating fiction than you are.
Nah, she blew it.
C'mon. Her story had no ending.
Hso's got a point though, "Hey, Chief."
How do we find Mr. X?
She's getting away.
No she's not going anywhere.
[Pnar laughs]
Come girl, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Yay! There, see?
She'll always find her owner.
Good girl, Chico!
[mysterious tone plays]
[Sadk] I wonder...
if we go back to the neighborhood
and release her there,
she'll find her way home?
Of course she will.
[romantic music playing]
[giggles]
What was that for?
- Come on, we need to hurry.
- Where? Come on.
We're close to the plot
twist of the second mystery.
What does ermin know about fiction?
I know how we can catch Mr. X.
- [Zeynel] This is ridiculous!
- [Hso] I know, look at us.
What, not here either?
At least look around!
Over here, Chico! Chico!
Shoo!
Go.
- [Hso] Shoo! Go home, you mutt. Move it!
- [Zeynel] Go home!
DAY 6
[Hso] Move! Come on!
[Sadk] What's happening, Zeynel?
[Zeynel] We brought
the mutt to the intersection
but it's not going anywhere.
It's just standing here.
Well, then the house
where she lives isn't on that street.
So go check out the other ones.
- Y'know? Okay. Bye.
- [Zeynel] All right, boss.
You really think Chico can find Mr. X?
If we want a good story.
Watch and learn.
- [ner] Hello?
- [Sadk] Good day to you, ner.
Now, you can hang up if you'd like,
or even call some people, but that
won't do you any good, I'll tell you that.
Did you check out
the account information I sent?
Ah.
But don't use it
to go after anyone, hear me?
Including Zinchirli.
We're waiting for you
outside your building now, okay?
If you don't come down,
or if for any reason we don't meet,
we're going to give all of that
information to the press, you understand?
You can read it in the papers. You got me?
- [cell phone ringing]
- Heh.
[ner] I'm coming down.
How will I know you?
Uh, at the curb,
you'll see a very beautiful young lady
who'll be waiting for you
in front of the building.
You'll know it's her.
She'll lead you to where I am.
Be careful.
[intriguing music playing]
[ner] Wait, where are we going?
[Pnar] Get in.
[Sadk] Hello, ner.
Now, take off your jacket.
Then turn around,
put your hands behind you.
Who are you? What do you want?
Please, I didn't do anything wrong.
[Sadk] Just wait,
we'll talk about that later.
There. There's a nice spot. Over there.
[Sadk] All right, listen carefully.
We know what you've been up to
with Zinchirli Incorporated.
The bribes you've taken,
the banks where you keep the money,
all the account numbers,
we know all about it.
- I...
- Just one question.
And you better give me
a straight answer here because...
my finger's getting sore,
and if it cramps, bang!
- Get it?
- [exhales]
[Sadk] The girl in the photo I sent you,
the dancer, Burn This World.
Tell me. Where is she?
No idea!
I haven't seen her
since she took the money.
[Sadk] How much?
A hundred.
- A hundred grand?
- Mm-hmm.
Who is she, Helen of Troy?
Even she's not worth that much.
- Was she blackmailing you?
- [breathing shakily]
She stole my computer.
So then you k*lled her.
No, I swear,
I only saw the girl two times!
First time on the day she danced.
- And then when she took the money.
- [cell phone chimes]
[panting]
- What's the passcode?
- Passcode!
Is that your birthday?
Idiot.
[Pnar] He's shared his live location.
Found you, be there in five.
Who is that?
Huh? Who is it?
- Your bodyguard?
- Uh-huh.
Is he armed?
Uh-huh.
[tense music playing]
[Sadk] Sit.
Tie his legs.
- But, but...
- You got a mask?
[tense music continues]
[Sadk] Got it?
[ner mumbling]
[music intensifies]
[suspenseful music playing]
Stop!
[Pnar gasps]
[panicked breathing]
[dramatic music playing]
No, no, no, no, no.
[panting]
Oh!
He was heading right towards you.
[breathing shakily]
Go to the car and wait.
[mellow jazz music playing]
[Sadk] Okay, what'd you do with
the computer you took from the girl?
- [ner, muffled] Home.
- Huh?
- [muffled] At home.
- [Sadk] Oh, right.
At... At home.
Sadk, are you crazy?
We need to get out of here!
Just a sec.
[Pnar] Get in the car! We have to go!
[car engine starts]
[Sadk] Nice place.
On a civil servant's salary?
[scoffs]
Or was it a gift from one of
your influential crook friends? Hmm?
I'll be down in just a minute.
Get the car.
Go on.
[door opens]
[door closes]
All right, then, Mr. ner, talk.
I don't know what you want.
I want you to answer my question.
What'd you do to Burn This World?
I already told you. I only saw her twice,
and that's everything I know.
What's this computer contain?
Something important?
Uh...
Usual stuff.
Usual stuff?
Usual stuff worth a hundred grand?
Is that why you k*lled her?
I didn't do anything to her.
I already told you that!
Okay, when she took the computer...
somebody hopping like a bunny
took me by surprise and grabbed the money.
Where's the rest of
the 500 grand you received?
The safe in the closet.
Hmm.
What's the combination?
[door creaking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Sadk] What's your passcode?
74-42-75-42
DTSPLAY BOX
[Mutena screaming] Let go!
- [whimpering]
- [ner grunting]
- Let go of me!
- [ner] Stop yelling!
[Mutena screaming]
No! Let me go!
Help!
[Mutena screaming] Help!
Let go of me! Get off me!
- [continues screaming]
- [ner panting on video]
[Mutena whimpering]
[Mutena shrieks]
[Sadk] Piece of sh*t.
So, tell me.
Look, that girl...
I mean, she was used goods, ya know?
Let me go... and I'll make it all worthwhile
for you and your agency.
Jobs, cash, you name it.
[Mutena groans, screams]
Be rational here.
Sounds good.
- Yeah!
- Being rational.
Uh-huh.
Yeah...
[inhales]
Yeah, you make
a good point there. [chuckles]
[intense tone playing]
[silenced g*n shot]
[mellow jazz music playing]
Got a cigarette?
Yeah, in the bag.
Sadk, you haven't said a word
for half hour.
Are you going to tell me what happened?
We put an end to the second mystery.
[Pnar] What'd you do to that guy?
He asked me to be rational,
and so that's what I was.
What the hell are we even doing?
Your literary curiosity
has you k*lling now!
I'm losing my mind!
Deniz Gkyayl. It's her fault.
[Pnar] Who the hell is she?
[chuckles]
An editor who encouraged me
to be more curious.
- You're definitely bad.
- [telephone ringing]
Yeah, Zeynel?
[Zeynel] Chico just stopped
at a door on Fourth Street.
She went in when the door opened.
Seemed like the guy knows her.
We're staking the place out.
We'll deal with him if he comes out.
[Sadk] No, no,
I don't want you to do anything.
Just keep staking it out, and
we'll deal with that tomorrow, okay?
[Zeynel] Okay, if that's
what you want. Yes, sir.
Keep your eye on that bag, okay.
It's got the money and the computer.
Later.
[Sadk] You didn't
tell me the whole story.
You stole money from a guy named ner.
He said the thief
had a limp the same as you do.
So you really are looking for Muti?
Did she tell you about that?
About the money we grabbed?
ner told me himself
you two were blackmailing him.
So, where's Muti?
I have no idea where Muti is.
She was pissed.
Because I wouldn't let her
spend the money, and I hid it from her.
So she steals from ner,
and you steal from her.
Come on, man. Stole what?
She fell in love with
this worn-out piece-of-sh*t sports car
and insisted on buying it.
We had a huge fight.
'Cause we were supposed to move to Ka.
We promised each other.
When I didn't give her the money
she told me she knew a way
to get some herself and she left.
[whistles softly]
You wanna know how my leg got messed up?
[gentle music playing]
Muti was around ten years old. [sighs]
One day, two of
the neighborhood bullies cornered her.
No one was around. You know what I mean?
They were already starting
to rough her up when I got there.
I immediately jumped in between them.
I went off on them like Ibrahimovic.
[inaudible]
All three of us went over this ledge.
The fall broke my leg.
But one of those
assholes got himself a broken back.
He didn't walk for a year.
The other one fractured his skull.
He's still an idiot.
And I'm still crippled.
[Sadk] Where the hell
did Muti disappear to?
Do you have any ideas?
There's like no place I haven't looked.
You think this ner
guy might've found her?
Uh, no, it can't be him.
He had an accident.
[ship horn blowing]
Okay, man, but why are you
really looking for Mutena?
Well, because of literary
and dramatic concerns.
It's a mystery.
Fascinating and complicated.
Maybe I'll write it someday.
I promise...
if Muti would just come back to me,
I would do anything.
She can have whatever sports car she wants
or I'd even give this ner guy
his damn money back.
But if it turns out
that somebody's hurt her,
I swear to you, I'm gonna k*ll them.
And...
if someone's forced themselves on her...
I'll take care of it myself.
[seagulls calling]
[Ahmet wheezing]
[wheezing]
[ship horn blowing]
DAY 7
[cell phone chimes]
[Sadk] "Second street
from the fountain, number 12."
"The mutt's inside."
Good. Okay.
Yes, is this Abdullah,
the neighborhood foreman?
My name is Murtaza. I own a chain
of boutique hotels here in Eskiehir.
Recently we took
a look at your neighborhood,
and found there were some properties
that might be a good fit for us.
In fact, my guys have
already found a building they like.
- All right, I'll give you the address...
- [door closes]
[footsteps approaching]
Uh, let me call you back in a bit.
What's wrong?
[emotionally] I watched the videos.
People like that pervert
don't deserve to...
[sniffles] All right.
You were right to do what you did to him.
[Sadk] Come here. It's okay.
Did you take care of that other thing?
- I did.
- Mm.
I put all the emails between ner
and Yksel Zinchirli into a single file.
Mm-hmm.
Remember those Mega Towers
they've been promoting
as the investment of the century?
Well, part of the land
they're gonna build those towers on
is officially government-protected
forest land.
[chuckles]
So unless ner's department
objects to the environmental report
and the zoning revision, the project
will be offered up for investment.
Lousy crooks.
I'm feeling pretty down after all this.
You think we can go out
and have breakfast someplace?
Just me and you?
Let's do it.
Oh, by the way,
can you cover this up a little?
- I don't want people to think you beat me.
- I'll make you beautiful.
[exciting music playing]
Hey, Chief.
Our guy's just left the house.
Good. The guy's name is Nedim Kitil.
He's a strip club photographer.
What do have, some kind of psychic powers?
Seriously though, the guy's got
a camera in his hand right now!
I have a little bird in Balat
called the foreman.
Just be careful, okay?
The problem is still the first mystery.
When Metelik stashed the money,
Mutena told him
she knew how to get herself more.
So who could've given Mutena
enough money for an expensive car?
Yksel Zincirli.
Bingo.
Yeah, but how are you gonna get to him?
He's not like Kutsi or ner.
We can't just grab him off the street.
I mean, I bet he lives in a fortress.
What if we give the press
the emails between him and ner?
Tomorrow the cleaning guy arrives,
all hell breaks loose,
and Yksel comes out of hiding.
You can't hunt prey in its lair.
You need to be out there in the fields.
[pensive music plays]
[Hso sighs]
Hey, boss.
That's Nedim there,
the guy with the beard,
the photographer guy.
He met up with these two,
and, as you can see, they got into it.
Sitki's nephews.
Those are the guys who beat me up.
All right. The 350 grand from yesterday,
that money is yours, okay?
It's not enough for the damage
Meral caused, but at least it's a start.
Yeah, but...
this money thing is embarrassing for us.
I k*lled two men.
[Zeynel sighs]
We understand you, Chief.
It's okay, sir.
[Sadk] There he is.
[bluesy jazz music plays]
Place is clear.
Thanks.
Wow, look at all that.
Busy guy.
[soft blues riff playing]
[Sadk] What the hell? What's this?
Huh?
Let's hear it, Nedim.
Was Sitki k*lled over money?
Or did he and ermin...
both end up dead because Sitki found out
about her affair with his nephew Burak?
Affair?
There was no affair!
ermin loved me, she did.
We've been together
since our days working at the club.
She only married Sitki
to get out of that place.
Together how?
Side by side.
I go where she goes.
All right, then explain
what happened here.
Huh?
Talk.
[Nedim sobbing]
Sitki was such a b*stard!
[sobs]
Day in, day out, he used to beat
both ermin and Chico.
She couldn't take it anymore.
I told her so many times
to let me k*ll the b*stard.
She wouldn't let me.
She didn't want me to risk getting
caught because I was her only friend.
And she loved me in her own way.
Very much.
[blues music playing]
[Sadk] Okay.
You were in love with her,
she was in love with you.
I get it, you didn't do it.
- But someone m*rder*d both of them.
- Burak.
- Burak did it.
- The nephew?
[Nedim] That prick had been drooling all
over ermin since the moment he saw her.
So it was easy for her to seduce him
and get him to agree to the plan.
[camera shutter clicking]
[Burak moaning]
Plan?
Burak agreed to k*ll Sitki
so they could be together,
or so he thought.
But at the last minute, he couldn't do it.
He got cold feet.
He didn't want to k*ll his own uncle.
When he bailed out, it was all up to me.
Ah, then you guys figured... you'd just need
to pin Sitki's m*rder on someone else.
But why me?
We thought you were some loser.
[camera shutter clicking]
You had no one
in your life, you were alone.
So I left Chico on your doorstep.
Then ermin went by and befriended
that woman so she could get inside.
- She made friends, got her drunk...
- [both laughing]
[Nedim] When she dozed off,
we went into your bedroom.
[clicking]
ermin was going to leave town,
and then I was gonna k*ll Sitki, but...
Then the rumors started,
someone spotted ermin and Burak together.
And I guess Sitki found out about it and...
[sobbing]
He k*lled my love.
[dramatic music playing]
[inaudible]
[g*n c*ck, fires]
[Nedim] He wanted to k*ll Burak too,
so he called him to come over,
but Burak came in with his g*n.
- [g*nshots]
- [Nedim] I guess he was faster.
He shot Sitki.
[Sadk] My men saw you talking to Burak.
They said you guys had a heated argument.
What was that about,
are you blackmailing Burak?
[Nedim] Yeah, for the money
he's made torching all these houses.
- [Sadk] How much money?
- [Nedim] 300,000.
[Sadk] Mm. What have you got on Burak?
[Nedim] Pictures of him
leaving ermin's, holding a g*n.
I ran over there when I heard the shots.
[Sadk] Good job, Nedim.
These are great shots.
Zeynel, grab his phone.
So Nedim...
when's Burak bringing the money?
[Hso] Heads up.
Looks like the guy's here now.
Just pulled up.
Let's go.
[dramatic music continues]
The hell is that?
Guys, it's not Burak.
Hso you got this,
I'll cover the back door.
Okay, go.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
[inaudible]
- What the hell?
- Who are you?
Where's Nedim?
- [bone cracking]
- Ah!
- [groaning]
- [Hso] Shut up, shut up! Shut your mouth!
[man moaning]
- No money, the bag's empty!
- Huh?
- [Burak] Looking for someone, assholes?
- [g*n c*ck]
[suspenseful music playing]
Drop it!
Drop the g*n now!
[g*n clatters]
All right, come this way, slowly!
Are you guys morons or something?
Did you really think I was
stupid enough to walk into your trap?
Secret entrance back there, huh?
[laughing] Exactly.
For when I came here to f*ck ermin.
So the neighbors
wouldn't see me come and go, y'know?
What the hell'd you do to Saldray?
- Nothing serious, just broke his arm.
- [groaning]
You'll pay for that, but first,
I've got some business to take care of.
Where's Nedim?
Oh, I wouldn't worry about Nedim.
It's more Zeynel.
Who the f*ck is Zeynel?
[groaning]
[continues groaning]
My arm!
[Sadk] This is the g*n
you used on Sitki, isn't it?
- Ah!
- We've got photos of you and ermin.
f*ck you, as*h*le!
We recorded Nedim's confession,
so we have all the evidence we need.
[grunting, groaning]
The cops'll handle the rest.
[Burak] I'm gonna k*ll you,
you f*cking b*stard! Argh!
[groans]
And the second mystery is solved.
[enigmatic music playing]
[seagulls calling]
SUSPICIOUS ZONING MURDERS
FIRST HIS BODYGUARD, THEN HIMSELF
DAY 8
[Abdullah] Hello, Murtaza, this is
Abdullah Ketenci, the foreman in Balat.
[Sadk] Yes, Mr. Foreman!
[Abdullah] The owner of the building
you asked about is a fellow named Nedim.
He's mixed up with a g*ng
that's linked to a double homicide.
Oh, no!
[Abdullah] The same g*ng
that k*lled Sitki and his wife.
Wow, that's awful!
So you dodged a b*llet there.
I have other properties for you
to consider for your investment.
Okay, I'll need to talk to my people,
and I'll call you back.
Can we meet next week?
Cause I'm going to be
out of town for a few days.
No problem, Mr. Foreman,
if you're going out of town
we'll just meet next week, that's fine.
- We'll be in touch, thank you.
- [Abdullah] Thank you, sir.
Our Zincirli leak is big news.
The press is linking it to ner's death.
But Yksel himself
is still nowhere to be found.
[Sadk chuckles]
We'll see about that.
[clears throat]
Hey, Kutsi.
What's new?
This is your friend, the agent.
How's your family?
- [Kutsi] Please don't do this.
- No, it's okay. Don't worry, it's okay.
I just need some information here.
So... where's this Yksel?
[Kutsi] I don't know, Mister Agent.
Nobody knows, I swear.
Kutsi... that wife of yours,
she needs to be extra careful
when she leaves the house, okay?
It'd be terrible if she had any accidents...
[Kutsi] No, the cops went to his ranch.
Even his father doesn't know where...
All right, stop whining!
So tell me,
does this prick have a girlfriend?
Hey, answer me!
I promise you this,
you don't want me to come to your house!
[Kutsi] No! Okay, okay, fine.
I'll text you her info
and a picture of her.
All right, that's more like it.
Good. Good job. Good job.
Hi to the missus.
Later.
Sadk, I admit that was convincing,
but aren't you getting a little chatty?
You're talking way too much.
We're vigilantes.
Vigi... what?
Vigilantes.
We take the law into our own hands.
Ah! So you're saying that we're the law.
- You bet.
- [laughing] I like that!
- Let's go Chico, go!
- [phone chimes]
GLHAN KSEOLU
MY PLACE, TOMORROW EVENING
I'll check it out.
DAY 9
[Hso] The girlfriend's name is Kordela?
What the hell kind of a name is that?
I mean, that's even weirder than Mutena.
ermin's a good name, though.
God rest her soul.
Chief, someone's coming out.
[Sadk] That's her.
[Hso] I know you all aren't going to
like me saying this, but I'm starving.
[upbeat music playing]
[car lock chirps]
[doorbell rings]
[lock buzzes]
[gate slams]
Well, now we wait.
What do you think she's got
inside those bags, sausages?
[tense music playing]
- [muffled scream]
- Grab her, get a hold of her.
- Whoa! Hey!
- [muffled yelling]
[Sadk] Get her in here!
- Shh!
- Hey!
- Police!
- Shh.
- Hold her.
- [Kordela] What is this?
You're accused of aiding and abetting
m*rder suspect Yksel Zinchirli.
Cuff her wrists.
And unless you want to add
obstruction of justice charges
you'll answer my questions.
Were you just with the suspect?
Is he alone, is he armed?
Wait a minute...
You don't have uniforms.
- You're not cops, let me go!
- [shushing]
[Sadk] Kordela etin.
No, we're not cops, which means
we can easily hurt you and your family.
So be smart.
You want your family to hear about Yksel?
You want your husband to?
[inhales]
He's unarmed.
And alone.
Excellent. Gag her mouth.
[Kordela] No, no, why the gag?
I told you what
you wanted to know... [muffled yell]
Let's see what
your lover has ordered here...
Two bottles of Scotch.
Hey, Hso, tough luck, man.
No sausages.
No food at all, it looks like.
Passcode for the gate door is 8943.
Passcode for the front door 46983.
Zeynel, let's go.
[orchestral music playing]
I close my eyes
And I turn to the sun
Brought to life
At the touch of your hand
[lock buzzing]
And all of my fears are disappearing
I follow your light...
Give me your hand
Let us walk side by side
With you I'll stand
Till the end of the line
And all of our dreams
Will be appearing
In front of our eyes
In broad daylight...
[Zeynel] Lovely day, isn't it?
[Yksel] Who are you?
[Zeynel] Easy.
[Sadk] Easy, easy.
Sit down.
What is this? Who are you?
Hired agents.
With a focus on collections.
There's this dancer girl
and she owes us some commission money.
Name's Mutena,
AKA Burn This World.
So you're not cops?
[Sadk] No.
Good. What's your name?
cal Vigilante.
I don't know that name, but listen,
mister, why would I deal with dancers?
This is a mistake.
You've got the wrong guy.
How about if I told you she was the one
blackmailing ner with your emails?
Are you...
the ones who k*lled ner?
[Sadk] Like you, he tried to
hold back when we questioned him,
so what choice did we have?
Now, tell us what happened to the girl.
Did you have her k*lled at the money drop?
- No, no!
- Sit!
My guys missed her.
The girl distracted one of 'em
and guy grabbed the money!
[Sadk] The truth!
I swear we don't have
any idea where the girl
or the weird guy who took the bag are.
Same story all over again.
Weird guy? He's weird how?
Was he hopping like a rabbit?
Did he bounce up and down?
I don't know anything about bouncing,
but my guys said
he had this weird laugh as he ran away
like he was mocking them.
Listen, if this is about money,
we can sort it out.
[sighs]
That doesn't work. It doesn't.
One guy cackling,
another guy who's hopping?
Just when I thought I knew the plot
and the mystery was solved,
you throw in another plot twist!
You're a huge disappointment here.
I'm sure we can figure
something out regarding your fee.
- [Sadk] What's the passcode?
- Here...
- What's the f*cking code?
- 153864.
Listen, inside my safe there's
more money than you'd ever dream of.
The passcode is the same
first four digits as the phone.
And if this isn't about money,
we can still figure something out.
I can offer you something
that no one else can give you!
Virus-immune plasma therapy!
I have the blood in stock.
It's rare, full of antibodies,
able to beat corona or anything!
You couldn't buy it even for millions!
There.
See?
He thinks he can do anything.
Yksel.
I absolutely hate people like you.
I really do.
You make me sick.
We can figure it out, you say.
That's protected forest,
but we'll figure out the zoning.
There's a COVID outbreak,
but let the poor squirm and die,
we've got the money to get
the blood with antibodies to save us.
We'll figure it out.
We can figure out anything.
Well, I've got this issue with my plot,
how about you figure that out?
What is it with you people
and the figuring?
Is it a way for the rich
to say they're untouchable?
Who are you? What are you saying, huh?
I am a man of great tragedy.
The pain of it can be considerable,
but no man of fiction
could resist an ending like this.
I've always been a sucker
for a tragic ending.
No! No, no! No, no, no!
[Zeynel gasps] Sir!
f*cking hell, sir.
What have you done?
Well...
couldn't figure this one out.
[pop song resumes]
[Sadk] You done?
You go wait with Hso.
I'll write a suicide note.
To your father?
[song stops]
[Sadk grunts]
If you yell, I'll gag you again.
He's gonna k*ll you for this.
Your boyfriend Yksel
has just k*lled himself.
With the same g*n he used to k*ll ner.
I guess the murders he committed,
and then this bribery scandal...
eh, the shame was too much.
- And he shot himself in the head.
- Hm.
But hey, here.
See what's in this bag?
One of those glasses
you probably clinked in a toast.
Looks like it's got your lipstick on it.
Yeah?
Then there are undies in there.
And we did you another big favor.
We deleted all the love messages
between you and Yksel.
I guess these must be tears of joy.
As for Yksel...
well, you don't strike me
as a woman to cry over a man.
I think you should block out everything
from about ten o'clock this morning
up to now. Yeah?
[sniffling]
[sighs]
Untie my hands, then.
I need to fix my face up.
Hmm. That was quick.
[funky orchestral music playing]
[leather bag rustling]
[Zeynel sighs]
You two split this up.
It barely covers your losses.
I won't take no for an answer.
Plus some for Meral, huh?
But not too much.
- So what's new?
- Don't be cute.
Who are you gonna k*ll tomorrow?
I mean what the hell is this?
A k*ll a day?
[laughs, coughs]
Sadk? What's the matter?
I'm fine.
[coughing]
Let's make tomorrow
your last smoking day, all right?
When you did that coughing laugh,
those girls stared like you had COVID.
[music resumes]
That's it!
[wheezing laugh]
[Sadk] Who are you?
[Ahmet wheezing] Ahmet.
[Yksel] My guys said
he did this weird laugh as he ran away,
like he was mocking them.
[panting]
[Ahmet wheezing]
Of course!
He knows her.
He has her.
Who else could it be?
Of course.
- Who's found who? What do you...
- I'd never solve anything without you.
You are my muse!
What am I your muse for?
I'll tell you. Let's go.
The buildup to the second mystery...
- [Glhan]Welcome.
- Thank you.
- Let's go out back.
- Sure.
[insects chirping]
- Can I get you something?
- Ah, no.
Money fixes everything.
Tomorrow we're running ads
in all the papers that printed the photos
and this tabloid nightmare will be over.
- Ah, that's good.
- But the damage is done.
And they'll never let me adopt Bugl now.
A single woman who's
the object of such rumors...
So now I'm going to take
the advice of the attorneys.
Which is?
- [Glhan chuckles]
- [liquid pouring]
Would you marry me, Sadk?
[laughing]
Just for a while.
- Until I can adopt Bugl.
- Mm-hmm.
I see. But why me?
You're trustworthy.
Buket trusted you,
and she was right to do so.
You kept our secret.
All right, don't answer now.
How 'bout you think about it,
and we'll talk again soon.
Um...
- If you...
- No, not that is not going to happen.
It just won't.
Did you think I was going to
offer you money? You know I wouldn't.
Though I know...
that everyone does always have a price.
And yours is Pnar.
So if I were to convince you to do this...
it would include her.
[liquid pouring]
What if I told you that
I'd make sure she'd get a good education,
and give her a bright future
with the Kseolu Group?
And another perk as well.
That flat you're living in...
it's yours.
And besides, it's just a few years.
And you can continue your writing.
Would you like to meet my daughter?
No.
Little girls just make me cry.
[melancholy pop song playing]
I'll think about it.
[sighs]
DAY 10
[Sadk] Remember that foreman
we met in Balat?
- [Pnar] Mm-hmm.
- The guy who was a part-time realtor.
- Uh-huh.
- I need you to call him.
Tell him that you're calling on behalf
of Murtaza from Eskiehir,
that's me, by the way.
And tell him that you know we talked, uh,
and you want to look into
some properties to turn into hotels.
But to see today, okay?
It has to be today.
Okay.
And he's gonna tell you
he's not in town now,
so it'll be his assistant.
That's Ahmet, but you don't know that
so just play dumb.
- Get an appointment with him.
- Okay.
- Sadk?
- Mm-hmm.
You're not planning on
k*lling anyone today, are you?
Promise me.
Okay.
[suspenseful music playing]
RENOWNED BUSINESSMAN
FOUND DEAD IN HIS HIDEOU[whistles]
[car horns honking]
Hey, what's happening?
You drive, and I'm gonna
get in the back seat.
Did you find Muti somewhere?
We'll see.
[music continues]
[engine starts]
Hey, man. What is it you do exactly?
You said it was writing fiction,
but that can't be true.
Fiction is my job.
Like scenarios.
- Oh, like for a movie?
- [chuckles]
[Ahmet coughing]
The cough is just because I have asthma.
It's not COVID.
It's okay, just get in. Come on.
[door slams]
Mr. Murtaza.
Um, take a right
at the alley next to Balat Street.
Go to Surdibi.
Drive.
[ominous tone playing]
[Sadk] I recently learned how
a cough can be confused with a laugh.
[Ahmet wheezing]
Listen to me.
I'm only gonna ask this once.
Muti, real name Mutena,
or Burn This World.
Your upstairs neighbor, where is she?
Yksel's guys said the thief
who robbed them was laughing at them.
- So you kept the money for yourself.
- [wheezing]
And you screwed over the girl.
Did you k*ll her?
- [cell phone ringing]
- [wheezing]
Excuse me a sec.
[Ahmet gasping]
You miss me already?
[Pnar] Hi, something
really weird just happened.
Glhan called me,
and she invited both of us to dinner.
I mean, isn't that weird?
What do you think?
I told her I'd ask you.
She said tonight at eight o'clock.
Yeah, that is very weird.
I'm very surprised.
Eight o'clock is good.
[Pnar] Okay, well... don't be late.
What are you doing?
I'm a little tied up here.
I'm about to k*ll someone.
[Ahmet wheezing]
[Pnar] You're crazy.
That is true.
All right. Talk.
[mysterious music playing]
[cell phone ringing]
[Zeynel] We're stuck in traffic, boss.
Can you text me your location?
Don't hang up. Keep your phone in
your pocket so we know where you're at.
Understood.
This one right here.
[music intensifies]
[doorbell rings]
[continues ringing]
So is Mutena the only one in there?
[knocking]
Don't f*cking move! Hands in the air!
Get his g*n.
[tense music playing]
I said hands in the air!
Walk!
Yeah...
Go on!
Inside! Get in!
Ah.
Clever.
Someone knocks on the door and
you come out the other door behind them.
[man] Move it, keep going!
Get over there.
Sit over there.
Sit.
- Who are they? Why'd you bring them here?
- They tricked me into it.
What the hell are you looking at?
Well, I'm looking around for Mutena.
Tell me who the hell you are?
Today I'm going by Ziya,
but, um, it's cal Vigilante.
Are you a foreigner?
Who the f*ck sent you here?
Deniz Gkyayl.
My story editor.
She said my plot buildup was weak
and it needed an element of curiosity,
so that's why I'm here.
What the f*ck is he saying?
Uh, Ziya here, I mean cal...
he's a drama guy, he's a man of fiction.
And what's your name?
Wow, Mr. Vigilante, you've got ba*ls
looking into my eyes right now.
I guess you can call
me Kerim, just for today.
Maybe I'll be in a TV show...
about how I k*lled you losers!
Oh, sure.
[Sadk grunts]
Scene one.
Abandoned house.
Interior, day.
Characters...
Vigilante, Metelik, Ahmet.
Our heroes quietly climb up the staircase.
They knock on the door of number three.
No one answers.
Then suddenly from behind,
they hear someone yelling "Don't move!"
- Shut up!
- [Sadk] Ah!
When they turn around,
they see this armed guy, Kerim...
- Stop!
- Ow!
Scene Two.
The two apartments
have actually been combined.
- With the doors facing each other!
- You moron!
No one can hear you shouting.
The building's empty!
Now for the last time,
how'd you find Ahmet, and who are you?
Why not ask Ahmet that?
We didn't have to force him.
He's the one who sold you out!
If you'd opened that door,
it'd be you sitting here, not us.
Sacit, he's lying!
Why'd you tell me
it was some real estate thing? Huh?
- It was, man.
- [knocking on door]
[ominous tone playing]
[Sacit] Hold that g*n on them.
If either one moves, sh**t them both!
[knocking continues]
When he comes back,
he's gonna k*ll you too.
[door opens]
[Sacit grunting]
[Sadk] Hey!
[groaning]
You got this?
I'll go out and help Hso!
[Sadk] Metelik, come here!
Sit on him, don't let him move!
[Ahmet grunting]
This place really smells awful.
I bet there's corona
and all kinds of stuff in here.
Where is he?
- He's right here, I shot him in the leg.
- [groaning]
I gotta hand it to you, Chief.
You got some clever
strategies up your sleeve.
Your yelling told us right
where to go and what to do.
What happened to your ear?
- What took you so long?
- Don't even ask, boss.
We spotted two guys
tailing you and Metelik on the way here
so we had to interrogate them,
and it got serious.
But when me and Hso got done with them,
they headed back home
with their tails between their legs.
[Sadk] You're talking too much.
[Sacit moaning]
- [Hso] Shut up!
- [Sacit groans]
[moans]
[sound crescendos]
- Ow! What are you doing?
- [Mutena] Get your a*s out of here!
- I'm not giving you any money!
- We had a deal! Ow!
- Son of a b*tch! Get out!
- What the f*ck are you doing? Ow!
- f*ck you!
- You f*cking wh*re! Ow!
Get out, get out, get out!
- [grunts]
- Ow!
- f*ck you!
- You'll pay for this, you b*tch!
[Sadk] So Mutena
refused to give you your cut,
and, on top of that,
she beat you up pretty good, huh?
[wheezing exhale]
So you called this Sacit
to help you get your money.
[gasps, choking]
- [Sacit] There you are, you little wh*re!
- [Mutena] Let go of me, you b*stard!
[whimpering] Let go!
[Sadk] How do you know Sacit?
[Ahmet] One of Sitki's guys.
The house fire guy.
Oh, the friendly
neighborhood arsonist. Hm.
All right. Back to the real question.
Where is she now?
[ominous tone playing]
Where is she?
Talk!
[Hso] Hey, Chief!
[Zeynel] Watch him.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Zeynel gagging]
[Sadk gagging]
[eerie music playing]
[Sadk] How long has she been there?
[wheezing]
Five or six days.
[ominous tone playing]
[Mutena screaming]
[screams]
Shut up! Stop squirming!
Scream if you want, it won't help you!
[sobbing]
[groans]
Too late.
[dramatic music playing]
Hso.
You said if anyone hurt Mutena,
they'd have to deal with you.
You and Mutena were
supposed to move to Ka, right?
That b*stard...
has erased Ka off the map for you.
[sobs]
Go on.
[breathing heavily]
[dramatic music continues]
[breathing shakily]
Sir.
I found the money
they snatched from Yksel.
Since the arsonist is busy...
[Ahmet wheezing]
[Sadk] You know
how you're gonna die, scumbag?
Choking on your own cough.
- [wheezing]
- [g*n shot]
[Ahmet coughing]
[Mete panting]
My name is Muslera now.
[Ahmet panting]
No, don't do it!
No, please!
[sobbing] Don't do this! Don't burn me!
[crying] Don't do it!
- [lighter clicks]
- Don't go!
[Sadk] So ends the first mystery.
The story of Burn This World.
[expl*si*n]
[hard rock music playing]
[music stops]
Why do you think
Glhan invited us to dinner?
To her house, even. I mean... it's strange.
She wants my answer, that's why.
She asked me to marry her.
- [brakes screeching]
- She what?
- Easy!
- Sadk, what're you talking about?
[laughing]
Quit laughing, and tell me
what you're talking about, you jerk.
[smooth jazz playing]
You know what? Actually,
it's kind of a good plan after all.
Now that I think about it,
it makes a lot of sense.
[Sadk chuckles]
For one thing, you're gonna get a divorce
as soon as the adoption process is over.
Two, no matter how carefully
they draw up the agreement,
who can guarantee that the temporary
husband won't go back on the deal?
Maybe he won't want
to give up custody of the child.
It's risky business.
All right. [chuckles]
That's a pretty good plan.
What's your point?
Well, my point is this could be
a win-win for Glhan and for us.
[chuckles]
Such a charlatan.
Just think! The flat that
we're living in will be all ours,
we'll have that spectacular view,
you'll keep writing,
and until I graduate, Glhan'll
be around to keep an eye on you. [laughs]
- It's a wonderful plan.
- [cell phone ringing]
How do I answer this?
[Pnar] Just talk.
Hso, talk to me.
[Hso] Chief! The news says we're
on lockdown for the whole weekend!
I'm at the store,
and you can't believe these people.
They're stripping the shelves
like vultures!
They're grabbing whatever
they can get their hands on!
- [laughing]
- I'm sending you a list.
I bought food for Chico, but take a look
and tell me if I missed anything, okay?
Hey, quit laughing!
This place is a w*r zone!
I've got people trying
to take stuff out of my cart!
Just hurry up, okay,
or we're gonna starve to death.
You hear me? We'll starve!
[upbeat music playing]
BASED ON THE NOVEL
"TEN DAYS OF A CURIOUS MAN"
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