OLD MONEY
[Arda] So what are we lookin' at?
Naz Holdings is trying to steamroll us.
I mean,
if they take a mind to… they could fucking destroy us.
If they manage to fucking destroy us,
we can say goodbye to the finer things, so let's try to enjoy them.
[phone chimes]
Now what?
Aslı.
She's inviting us to her album launch concert.
[Arda] Let's go. Let's eat, drink and be merry,
for tomorrow we may die.
- Maybe. - [Arda] Put me down. I'll go.
Add a plus-one.
Add a plus-one? Like who?
[gentle music playing]
- Good morning. - Good morning, Arda.
- You good? - Sure. Do you need something?
No. Uh, Aslı Ziya's throwing a launch party.
She's promoting her new album. Invitation-only thing.
- And how does that concern us exactly? - We, um… you and me…
How about we go?
You like her music?
I suppose, yeah.
I'm in. Let's go. When is it?
- Tomorrow. - Sounds good.
- I'm pickin' you up. - Okay. Uh… just a sec.
How is this related to the financial work I've been doing for you?
To be honest,
finance has nothing to do with it.
It's about, um… the two of us.
So, if you feel like there's something there…
- It's happening when again? - The concert? Tomorrow.
But we can happen whenever and however you want.
[rock music playing]
Gin o'clock?
Hell yeah.
- [Berna] What did you do? - I signed over the house.
I stared at that piece of paper all day. Then I signed it and mailed it.
Oh…
No, it's better this way.
It was like an infection.
I was losing my mind.
It was self-preservation.
[sighs]
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now your turn. What's going on? Hmm?
Mm. No, I'm on your side.
You said it, girl. It's all about self-preservation.
Let's be true to who we are.
And no one is going to pull the rug from under us.
To choosing yourself, sister.
To choosing yourself.
[foghorn blaring]
Stick that foghorn up your ass!
It's not as if they're my neighbors now, are they?
[tender jazzy music playing]
[sighs]
[ringtone playing]
That bitch Öykü is calling.
Oh yeah? Give me the phone. Watch me fuck up her shit--
No, no, no, no.
She's arranging my funeral and wants to make sure I'm dead.
Tell her, "I love the coffin you got me."
- [both laughing] - [ringtone continues]
- Come… Come on, answer it! [laughing] - [Nihal laughing]
Hello?
Öykü, darling, how are you?
Yeah, I'm just fine. Getting used to a diet of bread and water.
[Berna laughing]
[Nihal laughing]
- What? - Talk to me.
- Oh? - [Berna] What?
How come? From who? What… What's she saying?
- Put it on speaker. - Sh. Sh.
- Who? - [Berna grunts]
- Come on, girl. Put it on speaker-- - If it's fine by you, sure.
Of course.
- Yeah, but-- - What is it?
I need to think it over. How about I get back to you tomorrow?
Perfect. Talk soon.
And?
So now she can give me the loan.
She's giving me the terms I wanted, no questions asked.
- No way. How? - She said some strings got pulled.
- Strings got pulled by who? - I asked, but she wouldn't tell me.
Someone my dad does business with?
- Yeah. - Or it could be one of my uncles.
Definitely possible.
Could be.
[jazzy piano music playing]
- You heard me call Öykü a bitch? - She was a little bitchy.
She didn't say yes till the strings got pulled.
Nope, wouldn't budge.
[laughing]
[Berna laughing]
She's a maybe.
She wants some time to think it over.
I did what you told me to.
I gave her the best possible terms for repayment.
[Osman] I get it.
She didn't say yes.
- Care for a coffee? - Why not?
- [Öykü] Could you bring us two coffees? - [Mahir] What are you gonna do?
Naz Holdings has a five-year plan for the Inner Aegean.
- So it would seem. - [sizzling]
Slowly buying land to put wind farms on.
Yeah, we know.
[Osman] So we'll buy them ourselves.
Plots of land in Thrace and Kırklareli.
And do what with them exactly?
Get in their way, Mahir. It's not rocket science.
Have you lost your mind? That's throwing money down the drain.
What's the advantage of some land in Thrace or the Aegean?
No advantage for us.
It makes Engin suffer.
Sure. You want to go toe-to-toe, make them tremble in fear.
- That's your thing. - He asked for it. I'm giving it to him.
You've gotta use fear when you're waging war.
So let them tremble. Bunch of cowards.
Let them worry… about never sipping from this glass again.
We're not afraid.
Not of losing everything, starting from zero.
We've been there.
[Mahir] If you wanna know the truth,
I've become pretty fond of the finer things.
If I can't have champagne, filet mignon, and oysters on the half shell,
there's no point.
- I had you there, man! - [laughs]
[Mahir] What about the other thing? The boat, the house?
It's all settled. We're moving into the mansion.
- We got the mansion from the girl? - We did.
Good for us.
At least that's over.
[sizzling]
[groans] What's up?
Time for a toast!
[Arda] To what?
To the mansion. It's ours.
What about Nihal?
Ms. Nihal doesn't recognize an opportunity.
We offered her one.
Instead, she signed a paper and went into hiding.
- And how are you doing? - Me?
Never better.
- Why do you ask? - [Mahir] No reason.
[lively jazz playing]
[Songül] Hello, Mr. Gökhan. Come in.
- I hope I'm not intruding. - Not at all. [chuckles]
Nihal thought you should have these, so I brought them over.
Hand drawn. I'd say they're valuable.
How thoughtful. Our courier could've got them.
I wanted to come.
Please, sit and stay awhile. Can I offer you something to eat?
Though I don't usually eat at this time of day myself, after a certain age…
What about your age?
- What's a "certain age" anyway? - [laughs softly]
That's really sweet.
But I just turned 47.
Go ahead and say, "But you don't show it at all,"
because I could really use the boost.
I think you do show it.
It's obvious you're in the best years of your life.
Thank you so much.
Look at us standing here. Shall we?
After you. [chuckles]
- There's cinnamon in it. My secret recipe. - [gentle music playing]
- It's really good. - How did you hurt your wrist?
Sports injury. Nothing major though.
I got a bit carried away during a tennis match. [chuckles]
You play tennis?
That's so cool.
Every year I promise myself I'll learn. Some friends at the club are into it.
And they have a blast.
But every year something seems to get in the way.
You just need a playing partner.
I'll be your teacher.
Oh, that's okay. It's too much trouble for you.
But thanks, really.
[music fades]
Okay if I bug you a little?
Come. Come in. Sit down.
- Something bothering you? - Me?
No, not at all. I just feel like talking.
- You're in a full-scale war now. - That's right, we are.
Osman.
Come on.
You always said, "We have to be ready for the worst."
"We came from the bottom, and we can't be afraid to go back there."
- But this is taking things too far-- - So we submit to them?
Cower before them?
Do as we're told? Is that it?
Maybe it's okay for us to feel some fear.
Because I do. I'm scared.
We wanted the mansion, and now we have it.
But old money is waging a war against us.
This isn't what you came here to talk about, is it?
Why don't you tell me what's really on your mind?
[laughs] For God's sake!
I have a question for you, actually, but promise not to laugh.
I can't ask the boys. I'd never hear the end of it.
Do I seem like an auntie?
You know, how aunties are all loving and… sweet and affectionate.
- [laughs] - What?
I see a great person and a truly beautiful woman.
You score a little low on the affection scale.
And as a sweet auntie, I'd say you suck.
- All right then. Should I take up tennis? - I'm not so sure.
You think your body can handle it?
You little jerk.
- Want me to find you a coach? - No, I already have someone in mind.
Please don't get mad at what I'm going to say.
- Something has happened to you. - [somber music playing]
I don't know if it's good or bad, but something has definitely changed.
[snaps fingers twice] Something to think about.
[music fades]
MAHIR - ALBUM LAUNCH IN TWO DAYS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO…
READ DELIVERED
- Let's not keep them waiting. - Since when do you care?
Come on, dude. It's gonna be a blast tonight.
Something big's comin'. It's this feeling of potential, you know?
Trust me, being in a relationship is gonna be so good for you.
Don't pay him any attention. He's got love on the brain 24-7. Let's go.
I'm going in my own car. You guys follow me.
So, screw your carbon emissions, is that it?
No, I'm picking up Berna.
What?
[rhythmic romantic music playing]
Surely you know by now that I'm head over heels in love with you, my darling.
Please be mine.
Make me a happy man if only for one night.
- What a jackass! - [all laughing]
[Pinar] That's such a typical male.
Slap on lipstick, and they're like, "You're a vision of loveliness."
- Where are you off to? - Nowhere. Just out. It's a work thing.
- They're sending a car over. - [Engin] Hope it goes well.
What kind of work thing?
Who's comin' to get you?
It's just work.
[music intensifies]
[Engin] Here we go.
Cheers.
- [Berna exhales] - [phone chimes]
- That's my cue. Enjoy yourselves. Bye now. - [Pinar] Bye-bye.
- Hold on! I'll walk you out. - [Engin] Have a good time!
[Pinar] Have fun, Berno.
[Berna] All right, see you later.
[mysterious music playing]
- Good evening. - [Osman] Good evening.
[Arda] I'm gonna say hi real quick.
- [Nihal laughs] - [Arda] Interesting outfit. [chuckles]
But you know how to pull it off. You look great!
- [Mahir] Getting to see a woman like that… - It's a privilege.
- Yeah, check this out. - [Arda chuckles]
it's my "just woke up" look.
- [Mahir] Maybe get out and say hi to her? - What?
Just step out of the car, walk over there, and say hello.
Go easy on my friend. Don't overwork her.
[Arda] Got it!
I don't see much point in doing that.
- There's no need. Let's get going. - [car starts]
[music fades]
Want to hear something by Aslı?
I just got a copy of the set list for tonight.
- Mm, sure, put it on. - [gentle music playing]
Before a concert, I play the songs a few times if they're not familiar to me.
How come?
[Berna] So I know what I'm in for.
To get ready for what I'm going to hear at the show.
That's so important?
Getting a jump on everything before it actually happens?
It's like, I wanna know for sure beforehand
whether I'm going to like something or if I'm going to hate it.
It might be a habit I got from work, planning ahead, making sure I'm ready.
Not into surprises, I assume.
Or you think you don't like them.
That might change.
- [man] Arda! - [woman] Hey!
- [Arda] Yo! - [man] How's it goin'?
- Hey, bro. - What's up, dude?
- All good, man. - [woman] How are you?
- You look so nice. Later! - Hey, Arda! Glad you made it.
[Arda] Bro!
[exhales]
[indistinct chatter]
Come on.
Hey, Osman. I'm sorry. I'm not gonna go in.
Why not?
- It's just, this is her big night-- - What are you scared of?
Aslı is inviting you into a relationship.
She's saying, "I'm in."
And I think that's a great thing. Hmm?
- Yeah, sure. - I could be wrong.
Get in there and try it out.
You're the one who likes swimming in the deep end. I'm outta here.
Mahir, stop this. You're going to break her heart.
If it breaks now, she can get over it.
I'm too much of a nutcase to be with anyone.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[in Turkish] ♪ Everyone's been calling me ♪
♪ But they couldn't find me ♪
♪ The seas flooded, the skies roared ♪
♪ Turns out he told me ♪
♪ "I don't love you at all" ♪
♪ "I don't want you at all" ♪
♪ "I don't…" ♪
- Tell me if you'll like it. - Let's see.
♪ "I'll grab my jacket and leave…" ♪
- [man] Hey, Arda, what's up? - Whoa! What's up?
- [man] I'll be at the bar. - Have fun.
[music continues]
Is there anyone in Istanbul you don't know?
Yeah.
For example, there's the CFO of our company.
I don't know what she likes or dislikes, what she gets up to outside of the office.
♪ People have fallen out Homes have changed… ♪
Well, I think the drink's not half bad.
So come with me.
♪ "I don't love you at all" ♪
♪ "I don't want you at all" ♪
♪ "This love isn't enough for me" ♪
♪ "I'll grab my jacket and leave" ♪
♪ Just before dawn Just before dawn, just before dawn ♪
♪ The bed is still warm ♪
♪ The woman will look out the window ♪
♪ Heartbroken She will light a cigarette ♪
♪ She'll send texts Without waiting for a reply ♪
♪ Save it! ♪
♪ I don't love you ♪
♪ I don't want you ♪
♪ I'm walking away ♪
♪ Just before dawn, just before dawn ♪
- [song ends] - [audience applauding, cheering]
[somber ballad playing]
♪ I don't know how to be alone ♪
♪ I don't like being happy ♪
♪ I don't want to look at it anymore ♪
♪ That's why I've shattered The dull mirror ♪
♪ We need other people ♪
♪ Like it's a cure for everything ♪
♪ An old addiction ♪
♪ Shall we make love? ♪
♪ A troubled one ♪
♪ Don't talk about your scars ♪
♪ Or the dark corners of your soul ♪
♪ I'm used to your damage now, I won't fall for it ♪
♪ In my heart there's a bird ♪
♪ Fluttering its broken wings ♪
♪ Respect my decision ♪
♪ Let me fly through the skies ♪
♪ Of this world ♪
♪ Let me fly through the skies ♪
♪ Of this world ♪
[song subsides]
[audience applauding, cheering]
[whooping]
[crowd chanting] Aslı! Aslı! Aslı!
[silence]
[text keys tapping]
["When the Sun Goes Down" playing]
♪ When the sun comes up ♪
♪ And the speed at which it rises ♪
♪ Is faster than it falls… ♪
DON'T CALL ME AGAIN. LET'S NOT SEE EACH OTHER.
♪ When the sun goes down ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ Dah-dah-dah dah dah ♪
♪ When the sun comes up ♪
♪ And the time has come to go your way ♪
♪ We felt it from the start ♪
♪ But nothing really lasts forever… ♪
- Move over. Scoot. - [Nihal groans]
What?
[Berna sighs] I'm fucked.
What's going on? Wait. Is something wrong?
Did something bad happen?
Mm. Something really bad.
My night was way, way too good.
Incredible.
You're not making a lot of sense, Berna.
[Berna] Forget it. Time to sleep.
You show up in the middle of the night, something definitely happened.
Okay, I'm awake. Tell me what's going on.
Come on, wake up.
I'm amazed that I managed to come here to crash.
My heart was begging me to stay.
I've got something to say.
You're clueless about the whole thing, I bet.
What?
Since when do you care about anything?
You're not curious enough.
And I'm sorry, but you've always been like this.
When was the last time you asked me about my work, huh?
That's bad manners, you know.
Can we skip the character analysis at this hour of the night
and get to the point now?
Have you heard the whole story about the Buluts?
No.
The Bulut Apartments.
- They're from different families. - What?
Songül is not their real mother.
But you probably figured that much out, right?
["Since You've Been Gone" by Holly Riva playing]
[phone pings]
♪ It's been storming since you left ♪
♪ Draw the curtains closed… ♪
ÖYKÜ KOÇ MR. OSMAN, I KNOW IT'S LATE…
♪ Scattered photos all around ♪
♪ Since you've been gone ♪
♪ Since you've been gone… ♪
MR. OSMAN, I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT YOU ASKED TO BE NOTIFIED TODAY.
♪ Every corner, every room… ♪
STILL NO RESPONSE FROM NIHAL ABOUT THE LOAN.
SHE DOESN'T SEEM INTERESTED.
♪ Hear your laughter through the walls ♪
♪ Since you've been gone… ♪
[Berna] And now, they just keep building their fortune,
mostly thanks to Osman.
He's the driving force, and Arda is… [giggles]
…such a great guy!
It's way too easy to fall for guys like him.
Gotta watch out.
Keep your wits about you, girl.
That's why I'm going to sleep.
And I'll live to fight another day.
Why come out with all this now? Arda and his family?
You mind shutting that window?
I think I had enough fresh air for one night.
What the hell are you doing? You just woke me up.
No way I'm falling asleep now.
[Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major playing]
- Hi, beautiful. - [gasps]
[exhales] I almost jumped out of my skin.
I had no idea you were there, creeping up on me like that.
The devil looks after his own.
- It's truly great, isn't it? - Truly… something.
Truly great? That's going a bit far.
- You hungry? - You know me.
Good. Let's have some breakfast.
I love to feed you.
[clicks teeth, sighs]
Tell me about the Buluts. Pinar talked our heads off.
- So I forgot to ask how you ended it. - [phone chimes]
OSMAN BULUT - 21 KM AWAY
What is it? What happened?
[tender piano ballad playing]
Hey, where are you going?
I've gotta go.
- Where to? - Got somewhere to be. Call you later.
Nihal!
♪ Oh, you did it so well ♪
♪ Made me lost in your spell ♪
♪ Drifting far away from home ♪
♪ Gave me hope ♪
[song fades]
- How are you? - Good.
Going soon. I'd say it's time for a change.
I'll be closing this place down. You didn't want the boat anyway.
- I want it. - Oh really?
Maybe there was a misunderstanding, but that way it worked out for the better.
So, what? You're giving up on everything now?
- I have to save myself. - So you don't care about your job?
I'd say you care about it much more than me.
If we're talking about your true identity and your family name.
Anyway, why did I even come here?
Because I called you.
- That's supposed to be enough? - You tell me.
How is that any of your business?
I refuse to tell you a thing because my feelings are mine alone.
I don't have to explain myself to anyone. What gives people the right?
Oh, how elegant. That's convenient for you.
[huffs]
I must have learned it from the master.
Am I that way?
You don't seem inclined to show your emotions, do you?
That night at the bar when we met up…
I was very clear.
And I got a very clear answer.
[huffs] Coming here was
a huge mistake.
Just a minute. Can you just wait a second?
- If everything's over… - What?
The war, the fight, whatever the fuck it is--
What's over? Over how?
If it didn't even start,
what chance did I have?
Tell me.
[inhales]
Actually, there's something I wanna say… to you.
Go ahead.
I didn't know.
About what happened.
The Bulut story. I only just learned about it.
How does that change anything?
- What would you want it to change? - Not a thing.
It doesn't define who I am.
I don't want you to see me… and conjure up those images.
So it affects you? What I think about you--
And how about what I think of you? Hmm? Aren't you curious?
Don't you wanna know what I think about you?
All right. Tell me exactly what you think of me.
Out with it.
[laughs] Out with it?
Mm. Of course!
In what world is Mr. Osman willing to open up? It's too demeaning!
No. I'm not…
I'm not doing this anymore. I'm done with these games--
Don't go.
Well, I think I have to.
So go then.
[huffs] Okay, Osman. Adios.
Hope it all works out great.
Post some photos of the place so I can stroll down memory lane.
- Or maybe Arda will do it for you. - Why did you come?
[Nihal] Why did I come? [sighs]
All right.
I'll stick around, but… on one condition.
- I want the clever… - The clever monster.
Yes, that's it, the monster.
Doesn't it bother you when they call you a monster?
Not at all.
It's how you survive, hiding in your shell.
You pretend to be a heartless monster.
I'd call that weakness.
[scoffs softly]
As if you'd know.
The monster can't be all you are.
Be real with me.
Show something.
Something from deep down, from inside.
Tell me something you've never told anyone. Not your family.
Tell me something even Songül doesn't know about.
I'll stay… if you can be real with me.
I'm listening.
[poignant music playing]
I don't know who I am.
Everything begins with the earthquake.
For me that's the starting point because…
I can't remember before that.
I try, but nothing ever comes back to me.
I was nine years old.
I should be able to remember something.
I don't remember my mother.
It doesn't matter.
We don't need to let childhood define who we are.
But I'm curious, you know?
I keep this little place inside me where I can be curious.
Maybe if I had a photo… then it would let me pretend.
I'd tell myself I remember.
No one's ever heard this.
No one in the family.
Songül and I are close.
But… I thought this would break her heart.
How could I hurt her with this when she made us into a family?
- Are you resentful? - [music fades]
No. I mean, there's nothing to resent.
- What about… - My turn now.
Come on, tell me something you've never told anyone.
[sighs]
Let me see.
[clears throat]
I can't think of anything I haven't told anyone.
[sighs] I'm pretty simple.
[laughs] You? Simple?
I mean, I don't know.
I don't worry much. I'm not scared of people.
Never worried, not afraid of anyone. Well done.
So why did you give your house away? Hmm?
I heard the financing came through.
So why go now? In the middle of things?
You're giving it all up.
- [Nihal sighs] - You were born and raised there.
It's causing me harm.
It's the only way to save myself.
It's destroying me.
What?
What is destroying you?
You.
Maybe.
[tender piano ballad playing]
♪ Trembling fingers on my face… ♪
- Don't be afraid. - ♪ No one asks why I'm… ♪
Let me in.
♪ Then when they ask ♪
♪ You would say it's not your fault ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ You would stay, then I'll be gone ♪
♪ Tell me ♪
♪ Is the place you're going to far? ♪
♪ Mm mm mm ♪
♪ If you call me ♪
♪ To defend the stars ♪
♪ Then I'll be gone ♪
- ♪ I'll be gone ♪ - ♪ I'll be gone ♪
- ♪ I'll be gone, I'll be gone ♪ - ♪ Ooh ooh ♪
♪ I'll be gone ♪
♪ Then I'll be gone ♪
♪ I'll be gone ♪
[mysterious music playing]
[music subsides]
[somber music playing]
[intriguing music playing]
[music fades]