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• Armin looking at the destruction his Colossal Titan caused and thinking how Bertholt must have felt the same way! I love these small moments, same thing when Mikasa mentioned the dead children in the last episode. This whole war is tragic to say the least, but we can’t fault the Paradis Scouts for fighting for survival. And while Eldians on Marley’s side are under the impression that they too are fighting for survival against these “demons”, Marley’s only aim is to obtain the Founding Titan to reinstate itself above all other nations.
• The new 3D maneuver gear is amazing! The whole attack sequence was crazy!
• Levi Ackerman!! :star_struck::star_struck:
• Zeke’s fall was brilliantly done! Everyone’s focus is elsewhere (including us, the viewers) and then we see him going down!
• Eren using the Jaw Titan to eat the War Hammer Titan was both brilliant and brutal! And now he has 3 Titans!!
• Poor Reiner! The guy can’t even die in peace
• One thing that is confusing me though is what did Zeke mean when he told Levi that he was running out of time? We then see Levi looking at the watch, I am assuming Levi was waiting for Armin to attack but how would Zeke know that?? Which makes me think where was Zeke all this time? Back in Episode 5 when Pieck and Galliard were being escorted by Armin, Zeke was sent elsewhere. Why? What is the meaning of all this?? I feel there is a twist somewhere and I am not ready!! @gloom8 :eyes:

Can someone die out of sheer excitement?!?! What an episode!!

• We finally get to see the War Hammer Titan. His ability to make weapons is magnificent!
• Nice parallels between Colt picking up Gabi and Udo in this episode & Hannes picking up Eren and Mikasa in the first episode - The whole attack and civilians’ panic are very reminiscent of that first episode
• Eren just charged through those rows of high military people and started smashing them to the ground! There is one particular guy who just remained seated unphased ready for his death :sweat_smile:
• Nice twist with Pieck’s plan for the Panzer unit to follow her - I wondered what that scene was about in the last episode (It seemed very random at the time)
• I got goosebumps when Eren said “Do it now, Mikasa” and you hear the first swish of the maneuver gear! The excitement level from this point on was through the roof!
• Seeing all the Scouts with their upgraded armors and suits was so epic! It made me realize just how much I was missing seeing that 3D maneuver gear in action!
• Marley kept calling them “The Paradis Devils” and here they are living up to their name!!
• Galliard was always giving Reiner a hard time for failing the Paradis plan to retrieve the Founding Titan so his inability to grasp the fact that humans were actually charging at him - a titan - was brilliantly done! Also since he had Ymir’s memories, he was able to recognize Levi!
• Marley has been working on its weapons against titans however its regular military was in no way prepared for what the Scouts are capable of. Although isolated on Paradis island, these guys have been training and upgrading their weapons all this time!
• Reiner, Zeke, and Armin are still to make an entrance!

It is funny how it didn't occur to me in the previous episode that the dead body would be Engin! Anyway, my theory is that Ceylin fired the gun once but didn’t actually hit him, and then someone hit her on the head and fired the next shot killing Engin. But who was it?

• Yekta is always suspicious, I can never trust him but I also feel that his son’s murder was an actual surprise to him. However, he did give Pars a weird look back at the morgue :thinking:
• Neva and Cüneyt are still on my suspects list as well, their meeting in the previous episode came out of nowhere and I am sure there is something behind it!

Ceylin has no clear recollection of the events that happened and I am sure that the last scene of her remembering that she fired the killing shot is just a result of her hearing all the evidence against her and her mind playing tricks on her. Pınar Deniz did a phenomenal job in this episode!

That female judge was so weird with her way of talking and her comment about how she gets goosebumps when hearing of a murder?! :unamused:

The Erguvan family scenes were absolutely phenomenal. From Gül’s reaction to Zafer’s death, to Ceylin thinking her mother was dead, everyone’s acting was on point. I also loved the way the camera panned out during that first scene after Ceylin breaks down the news of her father’s death.

Metin is drowning more and more with each action. I was surprised by his plan because I had totally forgotten about Yafuz. Although back in episode 8 I had commented that “Metin finding out about his previous boss’s kidnapping as the hands of Zafer is interesting… This might come in handy” and it actually did! Now I am not sure how I feel about all this. On one hand, sometimes I empathize with Metin and him wanting to save his family and how hard it is for him to go against his principles, that scene when he breaks down in the bathroom was very realistic. But on the other hand, although I understand his motives, nothing is right about this plan. From the start, I thought he made a mistake with covering up the crime, but now planting and stealing evidence seems like going too far, but then again he already went down this road so might as well do things “properly”. Although this is soon gonna bite him in the ass with Eren picking up on the small details. I can’t imagine what will happen once everything is out in the open!

Pars taking Eren shopping and Eren wanting to look his best for his daughter was so endearing!

• The Erguvan Family

Apart from Ceylin, the family is operating solely on emotions and it is somewhat understandable for them to behave as they did when they think the killer has been released because of his family’s name. Zafer is being pushed by Yekta and the mother to seek revenge and seeing that he already kidnapped someone who tarnished his name in the past, it is not surprising he would resort to killing the person he suspects of murdering his daughter. In a perfect scenario, he would take a step back and think about Ceylin and trust that she has a valid reason for not suspecting Çınar but again the family is presented as a very problematic one. They lack communication, they are all living together but it is like everyone is waiting for the other to mess up, each word is misinterpreted and each problem is exaggerated.

• The Tilmen Family

Yekta continues his toxic behavior with his son who clearly is in need of serious therapy. Engin, while being the one who committed the murder, does actually care about Ceylin and her family, his urges and mental issues got the best of him but he didn’t actually mean to cause them any grief (not that his issues justify the murder!). On the other hand, Yekta has no empathy towards anyone, he laughs when Engin informs him about Ceylin’s state, hoping this would help their case, and he also pushes Zafer to the edge fully knowing he is a loose cannon.

The mother is quite shaken by everything and I feel she might be the one to either slip up and accidentally reveal what happened or she would be the one to help Ceylin and testify against them in the end.

On the murder cover up front, Yekta has his eyes now set on a new person to frame for the murder and even went as far as setting up a new crime scene. I wonder to whom they will claim this house belong? The only person that comes to mind is Osman. After Zümrüt denied being with him that night, his alibi fell apart. So they might point the finger at him, or it could be someone new?

• The Kaya Family

I love how the relationship between Metin and Çınar is slowly getting better however this also makes me nervous because what if they are setting up Çınar’s death? Zafer is pretty determined and I don’t see him backing down so maybe he will end up actually killing Çınar? Honestly, that was a pretty stupid move from Çınar to go after Serdar especially since he did not fully recover yet so he doesn’t have the strength to fight back!!

And now to that twist at the end which I did not see coming!! I kept thinking that Ilgaz would never lie so why was Ceylin so relaxed when walking to Pars’ office? I couldn’t think of a way out so I definitely did not expect them to get married!! That was quick and clever thinking because while Pars now is 100% sure that they are guilty, he has no way of proving it!

One final note, it is such a pleasure to watch Mehmet Yılmaz Ak. His delivery and mannerisms are perfect!

• One of my favorite episodes!
• The village women appreciating RJH’s attractiveness :joy:

“Are we all thinking the same thing now? He’s fuming mad, but that only makes him even more attractive”

• I loved the reunion at his parents’ house and his dad’s reaction watching the two of them was hilarious!

“On my way back home, I couldn’t even breathe. I was worried I might have put her in trouble. If something happens to her, I’ll be living in hell until the day I die”

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“Oh, it’s you.” - “Who were you expecting?”

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“Even when you didn’t know it, you saved my life.”

• We got another sweet/sad goodbye scene between Se-ri and RJH’s crew
• The whole sequence of RJH accompanying Se-ri to send her off was beautiful.. From the talk about a post-breakup condolence period to RJH getting”lost” and “being bad at finding the right direction” and finally the famous “A single step should be okay” line - one of my favorite scenes! :heart:

- “You can date men and hang out with other people as if nothing had happened. But don’t be lonely again. Don’t ever think about disappearing at a scenic place. You have me.”
- “You won’t be by my side”
- “I won’t be by your side, but I will always hope that you won’t be lonely. Be happy until the end of your life. I would be grateful if you’d do that.”

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“How could I forget about a woman who fell from the sky?”

• I didn’t like how Ilgaz gave in and agreed to take Ceylin with him to the police station when she should have gone home. Sometimes, I really want him to just put his foot down!
• Why isn’t anyone questioning the fact that Burak was not giving any clothes to change while being held? This is a major change from the killer’s initial MO so it should be suspicious to them
• Yekta’s entrance never fails to entertain! Also his whole arc coming full circle with him playing the long game was absolutely genius!
• Çetin is not a doctor! I don’t trust him but I never thought he was lying about his job as well! So who is he? Is he Burak’s accomplice? How does he fit into the puzzle? And I remembered after the reveal that we once saw blood on his clothes on one of their dates which he attributed to a “surgery”!
• Gül getting on my last nerves! Ilgaz is not deserving of your daughter after everything he has done but Osman is still your “son”?!
• Again the writer seems to be aiming at a second chance for Osman with him saving Aylin from Çetin. I really don’t want them back together, I just want them on good speaking terms for their daughter's sake
• I give up at this point when it comes to Laçin’s behavior towards Yekta! No comment!
• I wish Ilgaz discovered Burak’s lie in a different way. Burak is very clever so I was hoping the writer would make his mask more difficult to unveil by showing how he doesn’t miss a beat. I mean he started playing the blood fainting trick early on with Çınar, so him being a police reporter, he should have been more aware of his surroundings and kept his mask on while being in the interrogation room!

Mehmet Yılmaz Ak broke my heart in his portrayal of Pars’ grief. What an incredible performance, I was crying the entire episode!

Ceylin is still the same old Ceylin. I really thought it was gonna take more than 1 episode for her to get on my nerves, but apparently not. Although I really appreciated her in the scene in Pars’ office. For a second there, I though she was coming back to fight him, but she proved me wrong, and it really speaks to the layers of her character as she is probably the best person to understands his situation.

Some other tidbits:

• The new character with 2 phones seems interesting. At first it looked like he was just going to be a casual character who helps Ceylin in the specific case against the other lawyer but it seems he will have a much bigger role (I feel like I have seen that actor somewhere else but I just can’t place him)
• Aylin has a new love interest who seems like a regular decent person for the moment
• The police department has a new chief and from the looks of it, this one is bound to clash with our gang
• The new case: WTH is going on? Is it a serial killer mimicking the work of another one (the old bones)? But why target these specific people? What do they have in common?
• One thing I didn’t understand is Ilgaz and Eren’s conversation outside Neva’s house. Which report were they talking about? Which suitcase? What money? (I saw someone mentioning that they were talking about finding her suitcase with a large amount of money??)

WTF was that ending?!?!

Ok so let’s recap:

• Inci has an older boyfriend who is clearly showering her with gifts and money (aka a sugar daddy) OR she could be involved as well in some sort of drug ring (hence the roll of cash)
• Her niece Parla is definitely hiding something especially that we see her deleting her conversation with Inci
• The professor at the university is also suspicious - He’s clearly been hit and is hiding from the Police.. He could be the older boyfriend, however I don’t know what to make of that scene of his wife (maybe?) coming in asking him if he saw the news
• I believe Necmi was stalking Inci and taking her pics but I don’t think he is involved in whatever happened - Just a creep!
• There seems to be a bigger play here, maybe it is a drug ring, maybe something else, but some of the police are involved as well..
• Inci had defense marks so most probably she was raped and that’s when she called Çinar for a change of clothes..
• Osman (the big sister’s husband) is also suspicious.. He is clearly cheating on his wife (the nail marks in Ep. 1) but there is something else.. It was weird the way his daughter passed him the phone to see the news
• And now for that twist at the end!! How is the father involved in all of this??? Is he the older boyfriend (aka the sugar daddy)? He doesn't strike me as the type! Is that the limit of his involvement? I don’t see him being the murderer…