To the most beautiful woman.
-The future anchorwoman. -A star.
-A natural-born star. -You rock, Müge.
Stop spoiling me,, because I like it. Is this because I'm hosting this party?
-Of course not. -Swear on it.
I swear.
Not at all. Are you nuts? You'll make it, and we'll all watch you.
-I hope so. -You know what?
-Let's get married. -Get out of here.
-This guy… -Easy. She'll bring us with her.
-She'll start with her bestie, though. -Müge? I have to ask this.
My stomach is killing me,
my blood pressure is getting low. Can I go, please?
You can't go anywhere. The new guy is coming.
He should've been here by now.
He will be! Don't you want to witness the beginning of our love?
I do, honey. I do want that. But maybe I'll skip the witnessing part?
-Tell me about it later. -Not the same. He's here.
You can't go. Stay here.
Hey, Müge.
Hey! What's up?
Welcome.
-You got a beer in that fridge? -Yes.
-Plenty of it. Here. -Thanks.
What's that look? Can't I have a club soda?
I know you.
How? I don't know you.
-Don't you have a summer house in Kıyıköy? -Yes, we do.
Yes, exactly.
-The water is great. Despite the waves. -It's a bit windy.
-Whoa, what are you staring at? -If she looks at me, she's mine.
Our summer house is there too. I go there to train in the summer.
-I saw you last summer. -Cool. I'll see you in the summer then.
Aren't you drinking?
Nah, I'm too exhausted.
I'm just here for Müge.
You… Did you talk to Müge? You two had a chat? She's really sweet.
Who?
Müge, you know. Our Müge. You know, the host of this party.
-Anyway, see you. -I can give you a ride home if you like.
Oh, no. I mean, Müge would kill me if I leave.
I have to be a good girl and stick around a bit longer.
Then you need to drink.
Or the hours will go past very slowly. I'll get myself one too. Okay?
Okay.
AS THE CROW FLIES
Brussels and Geneva are closely following up on the updates.
While it's unclear
when the negotiations between the foreign ministers will resume,
we have information that the discussions are ongoing.
-This is manipulation. -Let's wait to hear from the other party.
What if we don't?
They'll take the bait. Some things never change.
We got noticed yesterday.
We do start 15 minutes later than them though.
Later than who?
The Other Side. Should we pretend we're not competing?
Should we lie to each other too?
Well…
We should start 20 minutes earlier.
If we go first, we'll grab the audience.
-7:55 p.m. Shall I tell the station? -Okay. Fine.
-Let's go to the station now. -Sure.
-You're not mad anymore? -I wasn't mad.
I'll get ready.
Lale?
What is this now?
Thank you.
-Good morning. -Good morning, little bird.
Wow, you've already ordered. Enjoy.
I'm celebrating.
Really? What are we celebrating?
Gül going to hell, of course.
Don't say that.
You think she'll appear out of nowhere?
Can't we trash her?
-Is this tulum from Bergama? I love this. -I ordered the omelet with mushrooms.
Oh, that's my favorite. Let's order one for me too.
-Yes. Thanks. -I'll be right there.
By the way, I was the one who brought Güliz back.
I talked her into it.
We partied in London, then thought, "Why be apart?"
-We headed to Istanbul together. -Look at that.
You really are something. You're amazing.
You little witch.
I knew it, though.
You two have this amazing, really cute relationship.
It's obvious.
You think?
If you say so…
Darling, we need another one of these.
Where were you? Why did you walk off without a word?
-Can you leave? I'm changing. -Sorry?
You heard me. Leave me alone. I'm changing.
Fine.
Hello, honey.
What's up? How is the camping?
Are you serious?
Is she okay? Can she participate in the activities?
Selim, apply ointment on it regularly, okay?
Don't forget, or it will get infected.
Nothing. I just wanted to call you before the broadcast.
I've missed you.
No, I'm fine. Really.
Okay, darling.
Kisses. And kiss the girls.
Bye-bye.
I said, "We'd need a 10-day week if Ms. Aslı met everyone in person."
"The best we can do is a phone call."
YUSUF TUNCA YOU'RE BLOCKED
How about next Tuesday?
Fine, you take care of it.
Buy me a new phone today.
-And a new SIM card. -I'll do it this afternoon.
-By the way… -What?
Your former landlord, Mr. Necmi, called.
You still haven't moved your things out.
He says you either pay more or move everything,
otherwise he's throwing it all out.
He can throw it out. Shithead.
But wait, no, I need to get something from there.
-I can get it for you if you like. -Fine. You'll do it?
Sure, I will.
That's all from Newsroom tonight, dear viewers.
Before we close, we'd like to thank our sponsors,
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I hate that she has to do this.
I think she hates it too.
Lale Kıran reading commercials, it really feels weird.
Goodbye, everyone.
What's going on?
I thought we were good.
Where is this coming from after all these years?
I know you.
Better than anyone.
You're cracking.
Falling apart.
This thing you built, it's taking on water.
Things that happened…
This fall…
It's revealed your true colors.
It didn't work out, did it?
It didn't work.
Sex, in this country,
is always associated with morality when it comes to women.
-That's the truth. -It's not.
How can you say, "It's not"?
I mean, yes, okay,
women and girls are gentle souls.
They need to protect themselves against some unpleasant things. Okay.
I mean…
In order to avoid being abused by a jerk, right?
Wow, that's…
-How old are you? -How old do I look?
I only asked because you sound wise, and are such a gentleman.
-Shall we kiss? -No.
-Why not? -Well, it's not the right time.
And I wouldn't want to leave it unfinished.
But why not?
I, for example,
am usually a very cowardly person.
But I don't want to be scared anymore. I don't want to regret anything.
I want to end this here tonight.
Yes?
You're really cute.
Stop it, Lale. Stop.
Stop it.
No need to fill in all the blank parts,
but send it to the government for the permits as soon as you can.
-Sure, I'm on it. -Thanks.
-Of course. -Good morning.
Good morning, Yusuf.
I sent you an email last night.
Oh, I saw it. Thank you. It's great. Well done.
Thank you. By the way, congratulations! I heard the sponsor's section is gone.
-You no longer need to thank anyone. -What?
Don't these people finance our show? What's this all about?
You didn't know? I assumed it was a joint decision.
What?
-I'd better stop talking. -Yusuf, talk.
I'm listening.
Mr. Kenan himself will be financing it.
He's using his production fee.
You really didn't know?
-Perfect. -Good morning.
Good morning.
-Didn't know you were here. -I'll leave.
No, don't. Stay.
You wrote that you wanted to talk about something in private.
I'd like to hear it now. Go on, please.
Should I leave?
No, I actually sent that email to both of you.
-I have an idea. -Yes, I'm listening.
Here's the deal.
I'm thinking of creating a gossip account.
To leak information.
What?
While I was Büşbüş…
I mean, while I was leaking insider information,
I believed people felt closer to Lale.
When people saw her weaknesses,
or realized that she's a person too…
-Let me put it-- -Okay, fine. Do it. You can do it.
-What are you saying? -Hold on, Lale.
You can, but be careful.
Don't let it look like a fan account. We'll back you up. Easy.
Lale?
Okay.
I'll go, then. All right.
-Do you even hear yourself? -It's okay.
"It's okay"?
Also, can you explain to me why you got rid of the sponsors?
I did it because you were hurting.
What? Aren't we professionals?
You always say, "Money shows our worth."
You wanted us to have no expectations regarding money.
Don't do these kinds of heroic acts, Kenan.
Why would you? Stop.
And who are you to do it?
-Who am I to do it? -Yes. Who are you?
Just don't.
Don't take care of me, Kenan.
Don't do this.
I did it, Lale, I am sorry.
It won't happen again.
HERE IT IS. THEY'LL DUMP THE REST.
YUSUF TUNCA
I told him not to make me wait, man.
I waited for two hours the last time. He finally came and only said, "Sorry."
-Your fault, man. Just don't. -Who is this?
-Hello? -You need to come. It's urgent.
-Aslı? -Hurry, please.
Okay.
-Fine. Where are you? -At home. Come on.
Fine. Just hang up.
So?
You were great.
I felt proud to see you like that.
And it also made me come to my senses.
What are you up to?
Oh, no.
I'm not up to anything this time.
I told you.
I've come to my senses.
I think we should
name this thing.
We can make it a real relationship.
You…
I thought you didn't want that.
I thought so too.
But see? I found myself setting the table for you.
Plus…
I can get you on our channel.
Come play in the big league.
What do you say?
That way, we can be together all day long.
Why are you like this?
Like what?
Like this.
A childhood trauma?
Mommy or Daddy issues? What is it?
How did you get like this?
I think I'm just fine.
I can see life for what it is, that's all. A sign of intelligence.
It's not.
I'm not like this.
Tell me.
If you don't, I'll leave this instant, Aslı.
All right.
I grew up in the country.
Where being young,
and being a girl was the hardest thing.
You can't have a life there.
None whatsoever.
They'll cram you into this little box.
"Don't talk, don't care for yourself, don't want anything, don't spend money."
Above all, "Don't have dreams."
But you can see the world.
You know that it offers so much more.
You watch those perfect lives,
those rich and happy people.
And you have only one thing.
You have time to plan.
You take your time to plan how to get there, how to strike.
You know nothing about anything,
but you're sure that life is more than this.
You learn about happiness
through social media and tabloid news.
A one-room apartment with two sweet kids won't cut it.
No point in being grateful like a fool.
I played this game over and over in my head.
I had so much time to plan this.
-Understand? -I do.
I do.
So, you learned about life from social media.
From those lunatics. And that's why you act like one.
Don't be ridiculous. The rules are clear.
So, for you, the rule is
you bring someone down and then take their place?
Exactly.
Since all the seats are taken,
you must push people down to make room for yourself.
No, I…
I don't think so, and I don't want to think so.
That'd make me hate myself.
Okay, that's enough.
No more serious talk.
Time to have some fun.
Aslı…
I think you have some serious issues.
All this preparation, inviting me over,
It's only because Lale hired me, right?
You should see a doctor immediately.
You need some serious therapy.
Fuck off.
Go!
My loves!
-Mom. -I missed you so much.
Mom, Mila fouled someone while playing volleyball.
That boy pushed me. Look.
Aw, my baby.
Our daughter can fight even during a game.
-Really? -We had some pizza on the way here.
-Yes. -I thought we'd have dinner.
They wanted pizza. Come on, wash your hands.
-Hurry. -Come on.
Move!
How are you?
Hug me now.
I watched you. Everything was great.
You're constantly getting better. Keep it up.
I don't feel that way.
How do you feel?
Let's go on a vacation.
Just the two of us.
Let's go. Please.
NEWSROOM WITH LALE KIRAN GÜNCE TV
-What's up? Good? -Good. You?
Good.
Good morning, Mr. Kenan. Here, the file is ready.
Where were you last night?
-Sorry? -My question was clear.
Where were you? You worked on it with Lale?
No, I did it myself, but with Ms. Lale's guidance, of course.
So?
Where were you?
I was home. Why?
-Yusuf, good morning. -Good morning.
-I won't be here this weekend.
So we'll wrap the week on Friday, after the show.
-Okay? -Not okay.
-Why? -We'll hold a reception.
It's time we get back in the game.
Okay. We can hold the reception next week.
What's the rush?
What could be more important for you this weekend?
I'll be on a romantic getaway with my husband. I missed him.
As you wish.
Merci. Yusuf.
All right.
You can go.
Okay. Have a nice day, Mr. Kenan.
Enough with her screwups.
Such an idiot.
So she came from a shithole, that lowlife.
Have you seen Aslı's latest photos?
-It's all over Twitter, man. Look. -Straight out of a dumpster.
-You're kidding. -Literally a lowlife.
How will she show her face on camera now?
I really don't know how this happened.
The landlord has it in for you.
He may be jealous, I don't know. My guess is that he's behind it.
I'm really sorry. I wish I could do something to fix this.
Please forgive me.
Give me your phone.
Sure. Why?
I want to read the posts.
I better not use my own account in case I accidentally like something.
Actually, now that you're a celebrity…
Uh, it's not my place to say this,
but I think you should create a fake account.
HI DEAR!!
Oh, right.
That never occurred to me, you know.
SAW MY LAST MESSAGE?
WELL, YOU HAVE A POINT
MY PLACE TONIGHT, THEN?
Ms. Güliz wants to see you at 11:00. That's in eight minutes.
Where is your producer?
-What was his name? -You mean Hakan?
He'll be late today. He and his wife do couples therapy.
He's really depressed.
Whatever.
We haven't had a chance to talk since I took over.
Yes, you're right. Let's go over things.
Not at length. I have a ton of meetings today.
We're listening, Güliz.
Müge, dear?
What did your parents do? Were they doctors?
Oh, no. That's Lale's parents.
My dad is retired from the Foreign Office.
That's nice. So noble.
A person should come from people they can lean on. Right?
Or else, how can you stand in the spotlight?
You have to feel worthy to sit in your chair,
or you'll always be uncomfortable.
Your nose will always be in shit.
It's about knowing your place.
Güliz, I thought you wanted to talk about things in general, dear.
What I'm saying is, now that I'm here--
Hello, Deren? What's up?
Yeah, I couldn't call you.
Getting married? You're too young. Don't be ridiculous.
Wait. Someone is calling. I'll call you back. Bye.
Daddy? Okay, I'm coming. It's only 11:00. Okay, bye.
I'm leaving now.
-Come after the show, and we'll talk. -Sure. Back to work, then.
Aslı, you come with me, honey.
What's this thing with your apartment?
Nothing I can't handle.
Do you know who did it?
Well, you treat everyone like shit. You must have a lot of enemies.
I'll take care of it.
-It's okay. Don't worry about it. -Fine.
Good. Make sure it's ready before the show.
Sure, Ms. Müge. Don't worry.
Müge.
-Yes, dear? -I have a question.
-Have you ever been to my place? -Yeah, just recently. We partied.
Not that one. My old place, in Moda.
No. I've never been there. Nope.
That's weird. I remember telling you to park in the parking garage.
No, I don't have any memory of that. I don't recall that.
Sorry. I'm sorry. I got confused. Sorry about that.
It happens.
She's definitely losing it.
The things I have to deal with.
As the war heats up, the one on the throne gets confused.
They can no longer tell right from wrong, nor do they have the time to think twice.
They know they will fall. They sense it. But they keep running.
Because they have to act. They have to keep doing something.
On in ten.
Five, four, three,
two, one.
We're live, Aslı.
Good evening, dear viewers.
Türkiye has discussed many topics today.
I'm here to give you the exclusive on the trending topics of the day.
But…
First…
Ali, dear.
Show us the photos.
Have you seen these?
If you're into trends at all, you probably have.
This is…
Jimmy on Aslı.
…the flat I moved into when I first came to Istanbul,
and lived in for a long time.
These photos were posted on social media today.
But I want to show you even more.
These are ones I took myself.
I had sent them to my landlord, informing him of the issues with the flat,
but he didn't even care.
So, here it is.
This is where I came from.
I wasn't born lucky. I'm not the daughter of someone important.
My dad wasn't a diplomat, nor was he a top official.
Just a civil servant.
My parents weren't doctors.
I didn't go to a private French school.
I clawed my way here.
And I'm proud of it.
I hope I can be an inspiration to young people
who were born disadvantaged.
We can start the news now.
Ms. Lale, good evening. Uh, before we go on air…
-Are you okay? -I'm not.
Not even close.
What am I doing wrong, Yusuf?
What do you think?
I must be doing something wrong.
When everything is so…
I mean, it's all a mess.
Why am I even trying? Am I Don Quixote?
Am I waging war on windmills? What am I doing? I…
If this is what we have, I'd better go home, bake for my kids.
What even is…
I'll get Mr. Kenan for you.
No, wait.
-Sorry, but why? I don't get it. -Well, okay, I won't. As you wish.
No, I'm curious.
Why would you get Kenan right now, while I'm like this?
Can you please explain this?
He understands you.
He knows you, finds solutions for you.
He's there for you.
And you're wrong about that other thing.
These things are temporary.
Neither being born disadvantaged nor being upper-class matters.
People who give their all to do a good job win.
People who respect their work, huh?
Yes, who respect their work.
Like you always say.
It's been such a long day, right? We didn't have a chance to talk.
What was I talking about this morning? Where was I?
I want some changes.
In every aspect.
Because some things seem to have gone to shit, and turned stale.
Anyway.
The transformation begins. With me, here and now. I'll change things.
That'd be great, Güliz.
I can also see that there are some problems.
-Let's have a chat sometime. -Problems, liabilities…
Transformation is a principle of life.
-Right, Müge, dear? -Yes, it is, dear. Exactly.
Anyway, I thought I'd let you know.
You did good.
It's nice of you to inform us. Let's hope for the best.
Aslı, dear.
Find the culprit behind today's incident, and sort it out.
I don't want any more scandals.
-I think she has turned it around, though. -I don't think so.
Okay, honey?
Okay.
Of course.
I thought of some changes in the set design.
Since it came up, would you like to hear about it?
We can change the set design…
There are no allies in the jungle.
All animals walk alone.
If you partner with a snake one day,
know that you'll be the first to get bitten.
Mom, don't go.
Please. It's only two days.
But no.
Come on now.
I know you can't wait to spend two days with Ebru.
-I got it. -I'll load the luggage in the car.
Okay, honey.
-Keep your phone switched on. -Of course.
I'll call you, and keep you updated.
Come here.
-Lale. -Easy now, easy.
-I'm coming, honey. Bye. -Bye.
Coming, dear.
-Take the girls to their rooms. -Sure.
-Bye. -Bye.
I'll be in the car.
Come in.
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