A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
[echoing]
-[shakily] Help me… -[Serdar] You poor dear.
Help me. [coughs]
-[tense music plays] -[grunts]
-[Cansu] There is no time. -[muffled sobs]
[echoing]
[Cansu] Everything in the universe happens at the same time.
[coughs]
Don't worry.
[echoing]
[Cansu] We only perceive things sequentially
because that's how we've been taught to see them,
but every choice we make opens up a new possibility.
And whether we know it or not,
we affect everything in a place without time.
You can still regret it, Serdar, and that changes everything.
It's okay. I'll take care of you, Cansu. Don't worry.
[siren wails]
It's alright.
[atmospheric music plays]
[insects chirp]
[birds caw]
[exhales]
BIRTH BEGINS WITH DEATH
OUR LAST DAY IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR FIRST
[soft music plays]
[soft music continues]
Erhan?
I found her.
[Erhan] Serdar? Who did you find? Where are you?
[music grows suspenseful]
[music intensifies]
[Erhan] Serdar? Hello? Can you still hear me?
Are you still--
[sighs]
[suspenseful music continues]
[phone vibrates]
-[grunts] -[phone continues to vibrate]
-[atmospheric music plays] -[groans]
[Erhan] When did he send this?
Where is this place?
[atmospheric music continues]
[music intensifies]
Aden!
We're late, come on.
Aden, get up.
Get up out of the sand. Come on.
[suspenseful music plays]
[echoing]
-[seagulls call] -[waves crash]
-[suspenseful music plays] -[door creaks, closes]
You can lie down.
[music intensifies]
Close your eyes.
-[echoing] -[suspenseful music plays]
[breathes shakily]
-[echoing] -[gasps]
-[echoing, ringing] -[rhythmic music plays]
[echoing sigh]
-[breathing echoes] -[pulsing]
-[gasps shakily] -[rhythmic music plays]
[echoing, pulsing]
[gasping, crying]
[gasping]
-[Aden gasps] -[Atiye's breathing echoes]
[ethereal music plays]
[metal shrieks]
-[atmospheric music echoes] -[gasping]
-[screams] -[splutters]
[gasps, pants]
-[gasps] -[wind blows]
[atmospheric music plays]
[sobs]
[panting]
[music intensifies]
[music continues]
[chuckles]
When I was little,
I used to go look for pine cones with my mother.
[sniffs]
Almost as if she were praying, she would say…
"She's coming to us, and she won't stop till fire and water become one."
"Her soul is a reward. Her soul is fear." And she would say it over and over.
So I asked her what she meant.
She told me she was trying to make contact with eternity.
[Serap inhales]
She told me, if I ever needed her,
that I should wish for her on a pine cone.
[Serap] Then my true eye would open,
and she would appear to me.
But I've never tried it, so…
[Atiye] And my daughter.
You think she could do something like that?
She's special, Atiye.
Over time, our family may have lost some of its powers,
but hers come from both families.
Your daughter's powers are of the soul, as much as they are of the mind.
[Serap] And the people who kidnapped her know that.
She's reaching out to me because she needs help.
I think whoever it was who took her must be trying to go after her powers.
[sighs]
I have to find her. That's all there is to it.
[Serap] One person who might know what all these messages mean is Serdar.
Let's go see him.
He could help us.
No, we can't.
The pine cone, the symbol, all of it. We have so much new information, Atiye.
I'd be putting her in danger, Mom.
[sighs] I don't think we have a choice.
A quick visit.
[Serap] We'll go see him, alright?
[suspenseful music plays]
[sighs] I'll see him. I'll go on my own.
[Cansu] Mint tea. It'll help you relax.
[inhales] Thanks.
Your sister's travelled a long distance. Do you think you could stop for a minute?
Just a second.
[sighs]
Come on, do you really have to work this much, Erhan?
I'm sorry, I'm… I'm a little busy right now.
It's not just right now, it's all the time, isn't it?
Every day.
I mean, you haven't once come to visit me all the years that I've lived abroad.
[sighs] Cansu. You know that we've had our hands full.
I know.
That's why I think you might want to, well…
Take a break every once in a while. Relax.
Go on. Say what you mean. You think that I'm losing it, don't you?
Not losing it…
[sighs]
But you're like this! On edge all the time.
When you're with us, your mind is always someplace else--
Of course my mind is someplace else. I'm trying to find my daughter.
What do you think? I've got nothing to go on
but secrets and mysteries and unknown ancient alphabets here!
You're right. Maybe I should give up.
Oh come on, stop twisting my words. You know that's not what I said.
[Erhan] Maybe it is driving me mad, but I have no choice! There's no alternative.
I mean, what other choice have I got?
My God, if I were to stop looking for her, then I really would start to go mad!
-[emotional music plays] -[sighs]
Sorry, Cansu.
[exhales]
Someday we'll find her.
I'll have time to relax then.
And time for us, okay?
It was…
It was my fault, I was being selfish.
Never mind, forget it.
[shakily] Just know that we all love you, okay?
Fine! So what can I do to help?
-[tense music plays] -Uh…
[clears throat]
-Well, actually there is something. -Mm.
Can you find out where this photo was taken?
[Cansu] Piece of cake. I'm on it.
[suspenseful music plays]
[man] Can I help you?
Is Serdar around?
-Who are you? -An old friend.
I haven't seen him all day.
[man] I guess he's gone out.
-Do you know where to? -[man] No.
He doesn't usually go anywhere.
There was a young man who came yesterday.
They locked themselves in and talked for hours.
How is it?
I was surprised you called.
[Atiye] I'm as surprised as you are.
Sorry to make you come out all this way. I got a tight schedule.
So do they open it up just for you? Do you own it, or something?
A chef I met in Prague.
He… He wanted help, opening a restaurant.
[Ozan] So I backed him.
Now he cooks, and I make money. [chuckles]
Win-win.
Well, since money's always so important to you, well done then.
Oh, come on. That's not what it's about.
A friend needed a hand. I helped make his dream come true.
[Ozan] What's wrong with that?
[inhales] Anyway.
What did you want?
I'm looking for your dad.
My father?
Come on. How would I know where he is?
I heard that only one young man ever visits.
Hm.
Well, I do like being thought of as young, but it's not me.
Why do you want Serdar?
I want to ask him something.
Hm.
What about?
What do you care, Ozan? Do you know where your dad is, or not?
No, I don't.
I do have an idea of why you want to see him.
You're trying to find out about his old associates, aren't you?
[sighs]
It's… about my daughter, Ozan.
[Atiye] She's trying to reach me
but I can't understand the messages she's sending.
I think that your father could help, so if you know where he could be…
[atmospheric music plays]
I've no idea.
Besides, he wouldn't know anything about it.
If he really knew anything, he wouldn't still be alive.
[sighs] So, that's it?
Afraid so.
Fine.
[sighs]
[gasps]
-[ominous music plays] -[Serdar groans]
[groans]
[coughs]
[footsteps approach]
[footsteps continue]
[suspenseful music plays]
[door handle rattles]
-[Serdar] Who's there? -[door rattles]
Ozan?
Ozan, is that you there?
[suspenseful music continues]
Whoever you are, open your eyes.
Open your eyes.
Success, power, whatever they promised you, don't believe it.
They target your weak spot.
They tell you that they're going to heal your wounds,
and instead they'll steal your soul.
-[music intensifies] -[footsteps recede]
Hey! Do you hear me? Hey!
[footsteps continue]
No. No, wait. No, listen to me. Wait!
-[tense music plays] -No…
[seagulls cry]
[distant chatter]
[doorbell rings]
[lock rattles]
-I'm looking for a Mr. Umut. -It's me.
-Pardon me. I don't know why I assumed-- -What can I do for you?
-I was hoping you might answer a few-- -I won't.
Just wait. I'm not a salesman or anything like that.
-Who are you then? -I'm Erhan.
Erhan Kurtiz. I'm a professor of archaeology.
-At the university. -You got some ID?
[sighs]
Not that. One from the university.
-[Erhan sighs] -Geez…
I need to talk to you. It's very important. Please.
Alright.
-[door closes] -[atmospheric music plays]
Okay. Say what you gotta say and then get out of my shop.
A man I've been working with has disappeared.
He sent me a photo of this shop before he went missing.
-[Erhan] I haven't heard from him since. -What are you saying? That it's my fault?
No, no. I'm trying to find him, and I thought that you, uh… [sighs]
-Well, that you might be able to help. -Look, I got nothing to do with this guy.
How did you even find my address? And how do you know what my name is?
[Erhan] Off the Internet.
We've been researching the Göbekli Tepe site.
Anything you know about it could be vitally important.
Wait. Get this through your head. I can't help you with any of this, at all.
Göbekli Tepe means absolutely nothing to me!
Sure. It means nothing to you, huh?
-[Erhan] Right. -[sighs]
What's this, then?
You're Umut Yazıcı.
GÖBEKLİ TEPE DISASTER
[Erhan] Sole survivor of the cave-in at Göbekli Tepe.
My friend coming here seems like more than a coincidence to me.
Who knows? Maybe it was. Okay, that's enough. Will you get the hell out?
-[Erhan] Birth begins with death. -[ominous music plays]
-And… -[atmospheric music plays]
Our last day…
is the beginning of our first.
My friend only just translated that from an ancient text a few days ago.
-[Erhan] No one else could have known it. -[gasps]
But clearly you've heard it as well.
If you know something, talk to me, please.
Look, Erhan…
It is Erhan, right?
Take some advice from me. Drop all this. Göbekli Tepe's a dead end.
Anything anyone's ever written about it is a lie.
Some say that it's the door to heaven, or that it was built by an alien race.
None of it is real. It's all just a load of bullshit.
-[Umut] Fairy tales! -Do you really think that's true?
Just go outside and ask any shopkeeper around here.
I'm a crazy person, so just fuck off and leave me alone now. Beat it!
[Umut] Go!
[emotional music plays]
You're not crazy.
[lock rattles]
[breathes shakily]
["Bilsen" by Birsen Tezer plays in the background]
[Atiye] Look. She added this to the symbol.
It's hard to believe, isn't it?
She's eight now.
But I don't even know her name.
You're so close to getting her back again. I can sense it.
It's good to know you're with us on this, Cansu.
Of course! It's how I operate. [chuckles]
[sighs] I got so desperate, I even saw Ozan today.
Ozan? Are you for real?
And? Uh, what did you two do?
Nothing. We just talked.
[phone vibrates]
[Cansu clears throat]
[Atiye clears throat in imitation] Not answering?
It can wait. It's not important.
So, do we keep secrets from each other now?
Atik. [chuckles] Hey, are we kids?
No, we don't.
Come on, spit it out. You're seeing someone, aren't you?
Man, it's like you've got a sixth sense or something. It's really impressive!
I don't need a sixth sense.
You're hiding your phone, and you're wearing the same outfit as yesterday.
It's simple!
Yeah, okay then, so don't tell me.
But it better not be serious,
'cause if I learn that you met the love of your life and didn't tell me about it…
[scoffs] You won't. Honestly, I don't even know what that kind of love would be like.
[scoffs] It doesn't exist.
So don't worry.
It's just that when you're here,
I want everything to be like it was before with us.
You know, like it's always been.
We'll pretend this is just a settling-in period. Is that alright?
[inhales] There is something, though, that I thought I should tell you.
By mistake, I happened to see the messages on Erhan's cell phone.
There was one from Serdar.
And I know you said you guys weren't seeing him anymore, so…
It seemed weird.
Hm.
[music continues]
[narrator on TV] Of all the catastrophes ever inflicted on the world,
mankind is the worst.
Violence, hatred, greed, anger, war, pain…
All are the product of human beings.
Humans chose to light not the fire of life, but of destruction.
They turned their backs on the world,
and spilled blood on the ground for their own ends.
They filled the air not with love, but with hate.
-Spreading like a virus. -[door opens]
[narrator on TV] Poisoning the oceans and the rivers.
This wave of hatred has spread so far and wide
that it will kill not only them…
Get your things. We're going.
[narrator on TV] …but all living things on the planet.
[phone rings]
[narrator on TV] Mankind has surrendered to the dark spot in its soul.
What is it?
[narrator on TV] And now, it is too late. It can never be healed.
From now on, we must seek our own salvation.
Our time is coming.
Find yourself, and do your part.
[tense music plays]
[Ozan] I don't know how she did, but somehow she reached her mother.
The procedure's not working anymore.
We're getting nothing new.
[atmospheric music plays]
[music intensifies]
[Erhan] What are you talking about? What do you mean, I'm fired?
For what reason? Okay, you know, never mind.
Spare me the excuses. I know the real reason.
Who got to you, huh? Who's pulling your leash?
Yeah, whatever, do what you want. You won't stop me!
[footsteps approach]
[sighs] The university fired me, no explanation given.
Just like that?
[sighs] They say I've been neglecting my classes lately, but it's just an excuse.
They're following orders from someone.
[Erhan sighs]
Could it have something to do with you seeing Serdar, you think?
[tense music plays]
We agreed, Erhan.
With those people looking for him, it's too dangerous.
[Erhan] I had to see him, Atiye.
He worked for these guys for years. He knows more about them than anybody.
For our daughter, it was worth the risk.
Okay, but now he's disappeared, right when we could use him most.
He disappeared? How would you even know that?
[Atiye] Our daughter is sending me signs,
but I don't know what they mean.
So I went to Serdar for help.
What do you mean? Signs? Tell me everything, from the start.
The signs led me into a forest,
and there was a pattern of pine cones, with an eye in the middle of it.
Which forest? Do you know it? Have you been there?
-[atmospheric music plays] -[gasps]
The pine cone.
It just showed up?
Look at this.
[Atiye] That's it.
This is the symbol, with the eye in the middle.
I knew there was something about that woman.
Huh?
[Atiye] What woman?
[distant traffic]
[phone chimes]
["Sevmekten Kim Usanır" by Mustafa Sağyaşar plays in background]
I'M GOING ON A TRIP.
I'LL BE AWAY FOR A WHILE. I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I'M BACK.
Honey?
-Mm. -Is there anything on your mind?
What's that?
I assume you made this coffee for yourself.
I didn't ask for any. You know it's bad for my blood pressure.
You're right, I'm sorry. Just a little confused.
Hm. Papa…
I'm having a really hard time figuring some people out.
Sweetheart, don't you want to wait for your mother to talk this over with?
She'd be better at it.
We don't have that kind of relationship.
Then start having one.
I'm afraid it's way too late for that.
[Cansu] She is the way she is, I get it.
It's cool.
To her, I'm just that little girl that somebody gave to her.
She does try her best,
but I really don't, you know, expect much more from her.
Alright, go on. I'm listening.
[takes deep breath]
I've always tried really hard to be really good at communicating,
and, you know, always staying honest with people.
But they're never satisfied. I just can't win.
Congratulations! You've just figured out the human condition.
Yeah, but, well, what if I have a secret,
and maybe there's someone else that I have to think about
before I go telling everyone about it.
I can't make everyone happy!
As for everyone else, I think you're just worrying too much about them.
Meaning what?
Sometimes you put so much importance on what other people think
that you drive yourself crazy, and where does that get you?
[Mustafa] It's not good to keep things bottled up inside.
Don't let someone else's secrets get in the way of you achieving your dreams.
And well, of course, someone might be very angry with you at first,
but if they really love you,
eventually, they'll understand.
[Mustafa] Right?
-[sighs] I wish I could be sure of that. -[Mustafa] Look at us.
I kept a big secret from you, didn't I?
And we're still standing.
Oh, I love your life lessons.
-[Mustafa] Really? -Really. [laughs]
You can travel all over the world,
but there's no place like home for a life lesson from your dad.
Mm-hm.
You see? Maybe now you can realize where you really belong.
[Mustafa] Hm? Right?
[inhales] Well anyway, I should go put your lesson to use.
-Okay, sweetie. So long. -[kisses loudly]
And stop worrying!
Did you ever think maybe she is crazy? I mean, from the way you describe her…
This one. She's just intense and a little aggressive,
but she's not exactly normal, either.
Maybe she's just scared. She's gone through a lot.
How do we get in?
[sighs] Didn't your dad run a security firm?
You want me to…? Aha.
-I knew I could count on you. -[both chuckle]
[lock rattles]
[Erhan] Well done!
Keep an eye out for notebooks and that kind of thing.
[soft music plays]
-[whispering] Erhan. -What is it?
Look at this.
[suspenseful music plays]
DISCOVERY IN GÖBEKLİ TEPE
[Erhan] Göbekli Tepe.
She seems to have a thing for it.
[suspenseful music continues]
EXCAVATIONS STOPPED IN GÖBEKLİ TEPE
[Atiye] Huh.
And for the evil eye, too.
She's fixated on eyes, just like our daughter is.
[inhales] This symbol originated in Babylon.
It's been used ever since to warn off evil spirits.
[Umut] Excuse me?
[music intensifies]
-[car horn sounds] -[soft music plays]
[Umut] Who the hell are you?
First, you come snooping around during the day,
then you break in after dark.
What do you want?
Look, I can explain. What I told you before,
it's true, I swear.
Ah, so you're a professor during the day, and a, what, burglar by night?
I'm only here because you wouldn't answer my questions.
Oh, I see. That explains it. You're right.
I didn't answer your stupid questions. I told you to get the fuck out of my shop!
[Erhan] We had no other choice, Umut.
[inhales] You see, it's about our daughter.
She was kidnapped eight years ago, and she's been trying to reach me.
She's sending signs.
The same eyes as these. They're just like the ones she drew.
She's pointing to you. Please help us.
[emotional music plays]
[inhales]
Have you seen her?
Can… Can you describe her to me?
It's just a dream, but I see her so clearly.
Her eyes are different colors.
One is yellow,
and the other is blue.
Yes. How did you know?
I've dreamed of her as well.
[Umut] She always says the same thing.
"Birth begins with death, and our last day is the beginning of our first."
She said it again and again and again, over and over.
It was like she was summoning someone.
I thought I'd try and find the places I'd seen in the dream,
so I started researching, talking to people.
-And I found something. -[suspenseful music plays]
[Umut] It's all here.
It's why I went to Göbekli Tepe.
Where I…
fell into darkness.
[rumbling]
[Umut] It happened so fast.
A group of us, we were all buried alive.
I was trapped with no air. I thought I was going to die.
[atmospheric music plays]
[Umut] Then she came along.
She guided me.
She's the reason I survived.
Your daughter saved me.
[echoing]
[soft music plays]
[Erhan] What did you do then?
[inhales]
What do you think? I gave the whole thing up.
[Umut] I knew they were after me.
I wanted to keep living, so I locked myself up in the shop.
I had no choice.
[atmospheric music plays]
I found this text while doing my research.
[Umut] It talks about the day they've been waiting for.
It's a prophecy.
May I have a look at it?
[Erhan] "Birth begins with death,
and our last day is the beginning of our first."
"On that day, when the new age comes into being with the ripening of the first seed,
she will appear,
and she will throw open the doors of reality."
[atmospheric music continues]
[dog barking in the distance]
[Ozan] Aden.
I just have to do one last thing.
[Ozan] I'll just be a minute, and then…
[pulsing]
[sighs]
Uh…
Don't move. I'll be right back, alright?
[tense music plays]
BIRTH BEGINS WITH DEATH
When you say, "They're after me," who do you mean?
I don't know who. I just know they are.
[Umut] They sent their servants for me.
Strange people wearing masks to hide their identity.
[Erhan] Okay, but why you?
What have you got that they want?
Here you go. You can take over from where I left off.
There's a map in here where I marked all the places I saw your daughter.
It might help you find her.
[music intensifies, stops abruptly]
-[Umut] It was right here. -You're sure?
Of course I'm sure.
[tense music plays]
[door opens]
[soft music plays]
[Serdar] Ozan.
Oh, my son.
My son.
[Serdar] Thank you for coming.
We have to talk. Listen to me.
[Serdar] It's never too late.
You know?
I don't know how you got involved in this, but I don't care.
[inhales] You can still give her back.
[Serdar] You can start over.
[music intensifies]
[sighs]
Right.
I deserved all this.
But you can still save yourself.
Get out, son.
You need to get free of their clutches,
or they'll destroy you.
[footsteps approach]
[music intensifies]
[gasps]
[gasping] You're dead.
It's not really you! [sobs]
I buried you in the ground with my own hands!
[belt cracks]
Everything that I did, I did for you.
[Serdar] To get you back.
All I ever wanted was to--
[grunts] Ozan!
-[Serdar gasps, struggles] -[atmospheric music continues]
Ozan… [gasps]
[groans]
[panting, straining]
I'm your father! [gasps]
I'm your father, Ozan.
[groaning, straining]
[choking]
[straining]
-[Ozan strains] -[Serdar chokes]
[groans, pants]
You're not my father.
I have no father.
[breathes shakily]
[atmospheric music continues]
[doorbell rings]
-[suspenseful music plays] -[door rattles]
[atmospheric music plays]