Terra Amarga

So the first episodes of this TV show are probably the best , everything was perfect , i would say at about episode 20 the show began to lose its taste and interest , the events didn't change but it was getting too repetitive , sometimes just to give the viewers the feeling that something at least was happening , they would throw unnecessary screaming scenes even though they led to nothing . At one point i realized that the show freezed in one place , the story wasn't advancing , they would just fill the time with repetitive events and scenes . That was the rest of season 1 until its end where Yilmaz finally learned something important . Season 2 Began and new events finally happened , but again , every event takes up to 4 episodes . Too much stretching and filler scenes , that was the summary of season 2 . Season 3 though , is very disastrous , it begins with same unnecessary stretched scenes , until so a very important person dies , and from episode 71 , the series officially lost its intrigue and logique , the entire story changed and now the story is going nowhere ...And worst of all , they are making a 4th season . Sooo ... You can watch it , but its going to be a long journey full of misfortune , crying , screaming , and misery .

The story line is awful, the writer must have considered that the viewers iq is at least 80. No reasonable reactions is considered for the characters and the things happened.

I could not wait for another episode! Now at number 119 I don't think I'm going to continue. The story is going in circles and became unnecessarily complicated. Leading characters disappeared struck suddenly by death! New one were introduced changing the whole atmosphere, too bad. Why not closing it, why continuing? I don't think I want to continue watching a dumb Zuleyha and the disappearing of Gulten and Sanye! Why Turkish actors are not bound to stricter rules when they sign up a contract?

There is a good premise and great potential for drama, actors are fantastic, settings are nice, but the script is so problematic.

• You'll have to wait from episode 8 to episode 36 for the ML to "learn a truth", something very easy to understand actually but crutial to the plot.

• for some weird reason NO ONE tells the main leads ANYTHING of the important stuff although some are supposedly friends

• absolutely toxic abusive behaviour and relations are never denounced

• main character is so passive, doesn't stand up and just accepts every kind of BS

• every revelation is made through eavesdropping but never the important things the main leads need to know

• love developing towards abusers

• indefinite dragging to eternity

• stupid misunderstandings that can actually be solved in leads could literally say one single line to each other

and so so so much more. It stars beautiful then you'll have to drop it because of these typical issues.

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I give seasons 1 and 2, 7 ratings but seasons 3 and 4 have many flaws that bring the ratings down. The dramatic twists are good most of the time but sometimes there are too many of them. The B- stories i.e., the relationships between the servants and field workers worked perfectly in seasons 1 and 2 but got boring along the way (seasons 3 and 4) Good performances and good character building in general.

The hospitalizations are too repetitive and cliché. Everyone who gets severely injured gets a cardiovascular stop and they get CPR etc. And come back again. Everything is predictable even the dialogs.

Bad face job along the way especially for Hilal, which is sad because her natural face looked more beautiful in the first season. She starts showing her feelings through her lips later on, which look fake. Her performance was much better in seasons 1 and 2.

It is good that Ibrahim Celikkol changes his acting style along the way and removes his fake smile from his face, and acts more seriously. The constant smile on his face in the first couple of episodes doesn't make sense at all.

There is a side-by-side refrigerator in the kitchen that actually came out in the 90s but they do their laundry in a very old fashion way. The washing machines came out in 1760 and were modernized in 1908. They were further developed in the 70s. I wonder why they wash their clothes the way they do in this TV show but use a side-by-side fridge in their kitchen.

One loses the tract of time in 'Bir Zamanlar Cukurova'. The dialogues show a lot of time has passed by but the babies don't grow up accordingly. In season 4 they celebrate Leyla and Karam Ali's 3-year-old birthday. From the beginning until Adnan's age in season four shows that 4-6 years have passed which is not as long to me as they express it in season 4.

Many crimes i.e., Ali Rahman's, remain unpunished. The relationship between Betul and Abdoulkadir does not make sense. I can't get it. Why does Zoleyha forgive Hakan? Maybe circumstances and things were different in the 70s? Now societies and legislation do not accept violence against women. To Zoleyka it is okay Hakan comes to her hotel room in Izmir in the middle of the night, wearing masks, and scares her to death. In conclusion, there are too many things that don't make sense to me in this show.