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(2012–2013)

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7/10
Urdu dubbing is available
drseemaarif29 June 2020
Drama's shortened version is available on YouTube with the name 'Yeah hai Meri Kahani'...a typical thriller of Ay Yapim. Would like to watch original production with English subtitles.
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6/10
Good job but...
maziarpouladpour18 September 2018
I liked the story and great actings from all the crew. The reason I am posting this review is that the show is trying to implicate that country of Iran is unrealistcally looks like a poor and shattered place and Turkey is city of dreams with beautiful properties and cars and etc... I am hoping that the reason behind this is just because of lack of research and knowledge and poor ability of production designers on the project. overall good one
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6/10
Way too many flashbacks.
tildiz14930 January 2023
I´m going to be completely honest here. I didn´t watch every episode of "Son" (Swedish title: "Lögnen"/"The Lie"). Why? I had very little time and, sorry to say it, interest in the end. I watched at least 32 episodes. In other words I must say that I saw enough to have questions, opinions and confusion.

First of all it´s way too many flashbacks for me! I couldn´t really keep up. Very often I felt confusion. What year or place is it now in this TV series? Some flashbacks were unnecessary. Few things were explained. Where is the romantic chemistry between this TV series couples? What drives Cevdet? Is it his family, money, revenge, justice or something else? Why didn´t Selim tell the truth to Aylin? He should have told her everything!

I know that my home country Sweden is one of Norways neighbours. And yes, I like Norway very much. But why did this TV series include just a few Norwegian scenes? Norway deserved to be seen more.

All in all I, quite sadly, don´t take with me a lot of things after watching "Son". I´m sorry, but for me it´s true.
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9/10
Beautifully done
max8432 January 2017
So strange - IMDb only lists seven episodes of "Son (The End)", but Netflix has 49, all under Season 1. The first 20 or so are about 47 minutes each in length, but the remainder about 28 minutes. Lots to watch!

Great acting by all, good casting, especially central character Erkan Can and Engin Altan Düzyatan who plays his younger brother. Beautiful homes, offices and scenery. New Year's Eve I was binge watching the series, enjoying seeing parts of Turkey we rarely see on American television.

An upstairs restaurant location halfway through resembles the Reina nightclub on the Bosphorus Strait. Just then I switched to the news and there was the terrible attack in Istanbul - almost thought I was dreaming.

Agree with the previous review that the beginning episodes are a bit confusing when they switch back to various years, but eventually it all makes sense. Well worth watching.
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9/10
Excellent but a little confusing
mrmungo15 July 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Being completely new to Turkish TV, I had absolutely no idea what to expect, but within an episode of watching "Son" (The End), I was hooked!

Being mostly used to US and UK shows, Son has a very different "feel". It's a psychological thriller but the camera work and few other things has almost a soap opera feel to it. It's not a bad thing, just a little different to what I have been used to.

It is written well, a cliffhanger at the end of pretty much every episode (similar to The Killing in that sense), has some really intriguing characters, has brilliant emotive music, but the show is a bit confusing in places, probably not helped by Netflix's dodgy translations.

It is the sort of show that really requires your undivided attention. There's a lot of flashbacks, especially in the early episodes, which will make little sense to the casual viewer. And even if you do give the show your full attention, you still may not fully understand it! Why anyone would leave the absolutely stunning Nehir Erdogan (Aylin) is beyond me!

But if you can give the show your undivided attention, you will be rewarded with hours of excellent television.
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9/10
Engrossing series
dudaray8 February 2017
Agree with the other reviews. The flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks were tricky, especially at the beginning, and with many time differences. More manageable as the series progresses and you 'understand' what's going on. Still, a rather gripping series. The plot lines multiply but they all seem to be connected someway through the characters. And we love the views of everyday Turkish life, homes, decorations, dress; they offer an interesting insight. As one reviewer noted, not scenes of Turkey we normally see in the U.S. There are also scenes in Iran, I believe, and there, too, the background scenery is interesting: the extremely narrow pathways (you can hardly call them streets) in neighborhoods; the barren exteriors and the lush interiors. An interesting lesson in geography.
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10/10
Excellent series
fionaharrison-707808 July 2017
I absolutely loved this series: the acting, the plot, the twists and the cliffhanger ending of each episode. I have never seen anything filmed in Turkey or Iran and really enjoyed seeing the background, the clothes and the culture. There was a real contrast between the scenes shot in Iran and Turkey. I liked the way the scenes shifted between the characters. It added to the suspense. I would like to see another series like this one.
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10/10
Good Pyschological Drama
farhan-butt963 February 2020
Assalamu Alikum and hello to all.I am Pakistani and fond of turkish dramas this drama was telecasted in 2013 but i watched it now in 2020.It was amazing experience very mysterious the acting is also very great by actors.Locations are also very good Mehrnoush esmailpour is also very good,berrak,nehir ,engin,yigit,erkan and all specially ugur polat is amazing acting.In the end some part is never understanding when they show the grave of kudret and did not show how he died and also i donot like the death of leyla and her son Mehdi.Afterall it was good drama as in end they showed Aylin had a great heart as she forgave selim and went to Iran to find Mehdi and accept and keep firhad as her son
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1/10
Walking around in circles
hansbojne18 September 2018
This would be the worst TV-series ever to come out of Turkey. Nothing wrong with the actors but the story. What story?

This story could have been told in a half-an-hour episode but we have to wait for thr 49th until it is revealed what we all could work out from the start.

It goes back and fro, back and fro and there are so many mistakes in the series, it is quite unbelievable. The actor is driving a white car, which turns into grey and finally a red one when it stops. One actors face is full with soots, oil and the next moment he is perfectly clean. Forget about this one!!
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4/10
Pour actuation
Flaviotadeu-i2 August 2018
Like any soup opera, a good story made too long and terrible level of actors performance. I have no previous experience watching Turkish movies, but I believe should have much better professionals in cinema than showed in this série.
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