Another Self

Tuba offers us everything that is beautiful and delicate.. wonderful. I always love watching her... and consider her a Hollywood star with her elegant and classy acting.

The three main stars bring some impressive acting chops to this series, but for me the storyline that was the big draw was the one between...Ada, Toprak and Selim. Although the slow burn between Sevgi and Fikret is the storyline I was really rooting for.

At the heart of this story is a very close friendship between three friends...successful surgeon Ada, lawyer Sevgi and social media influencer/mom Leyla. The story begins with Sevgi's cancer treatment no longer working. She ropes her friends into exploring a more spiritual form of healing in Ayvalik with a healer who delves into your family's past wounds. Eventually he spiritually touches all three women and exposes wounds from their pasts which is affecting their lives in the present.

The gorgeous setting in Ayvalik, Turkey is just one of the many reasons to watch this series that (thus-far) has only eight episodes. Which leads me to share that I wasn't thrilled with where the series ends. It is set up to go on to a second season...which I hope it does, but if this is the end I am sad because it ends on a pretty sad note for all three women.

I never Watch a movie twice. But this was so filled with great friendships and loyalty, beautiful sceneries, a touch of Turkish culture and psychological theories ( Freud theories on trauma and repression).

Short series.. Each episode touched a little deeper into each character. Because no matter how much we love our friends we all have little secrets, both known and unknown.. our past creates who we are today, like a ripple effect through generations. Some stories were probably far reaching but made a good story that relates to Freudian theory. Let's be honest most of our lives wouldn't be interesting enough to become a movie.

Emotions can effect out health and out hi-Story. Our decisions do make long term impact. Even True love can get messy because no one is a Disney movie.

I watched it for the first time dubbed in English, the second time in its original language and it is a difference from heaven to earth. The original voices are full of emotions, they are part of their performance and this series is all about feelings. All three actresses were perfectly cast, they are extremely talented and their chemistry is great. Tuba Buyukustun is one of the most beautiful and best actresses in the world. She performs naturally and passionately and looks like a Goddess. The main theme of this series is how the acts of our ancestors affect people, which are somehow stored in the memory of our body, and how to accept them in order to understand what happens to us in our lives and move forward.

I enjoyed strong bold storyline, the cast was great and the main actress incredible. Definitely makes you think about how your past effects your present.