Sunrise
The Yakamoz S-245 is a luxury cruise ship that’s on its way to a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic. Onboard, the passengers are all enjoying their time until one strange thing happens. A gunman walks up to Felix and demands he give up his gun, which he does. The gunman then demands that the woman drop her gun and give up her information about the whereabouts of a missing person. She does just that, eventually captured and thrown in the brig onboard the Yakamoz.
Umut, a linguist and translator, has spent her entire life trying to understand the people around her. When she taunts Felix and speaks multiple languages back at him, he screams in her face and demands answers. Surprisingly, Felix finds the empty cans hidden in the vents and realizes that Baris was actually correct! There was someone on the sub after all.
Lt. Hatice Celik, the intelligence officer at Incirlik Air Base, overheard at command about the sun and decided to try and find refuge. She also knows a lot about everyone aboard this sub, including how the Commander has been lying to them all this time. It turns out Erenay was actually trying to communicate wit someone outside the sub.
Umut and Yonca are not sure if they should trust Defne given that he has “Defne Eren” scribbled in his book. They head inside the naval base, where they seem to get their answer. Umut is not sure if she should trust Defne given that he has written about her in his book.
Cem realizes that something is wrong with the food on board the sub. He has been eating it and getting sick since last episode.
The sun is to blame for the food’s corrupted carbon structure. As Cem himself puts it – you can eat the food or bits of paper, it makes no difference.
The refugees are running low on food and fresh water. They’ve been told that they won’t be able to get any more help from the government for a while, so they’re trying to ration what they have. But it’s hard to know what to do with all of the canned food. Defne and Yonca meet again after all these years, and they talk about how strange it is that they both ended up in this situation. ..
Meanwhile, Umut decides to use Hatice to get into the files inside the naval base. The end goal here is to try and work out who Defne actually is and what she may be hiding.
The pair of hackers, using their skills and knowledge gained from their work on Into The Night, are able to hack into the file of Defne, revealing research linking her to NATO and her apparent connection to the sun. This information is quickly diverted from the public’s attention by a plane flying overhead, which is likely the same plane that was seen in Into The Night. This tie between the two shows is nicely done and provides a further insight into what is going on with Defne and her connection to NATO.
Umut and Celik work together to try and track down the plane, which they deduce is Russian. They also interfere chatter about Space station and cosmonauts. However, all of this is dwarfed by our science group finding whole stacks of tinned food. Their celebrations are short-lived though when they realize, to their horror, that all of it is tasteless, just like before.
A group of sailors aboard a submarine are getting sick, and as a result, they have few options for food. With the submarine now in the middle of the ocean, what will happen to the sailors’ food supplies? ..
Hatice looks at the plane again and realizes that they’re now flying east rather than west, toward the sun. Arman wants to try and communicate and join forces but for Umut, he doesn’t think it’s a good idea. In fact, he even queries shooting them down.
With only a few minutes until the sub dives again, the group regroups and prepares to dive. However, Cem decides not to go. He believes it is hopeless to try and fix the sub now. ..
The group reconvene in the submarine again, and Yakamoz starts to descend. Defne and the others are distraught, as Cem smokes and awaits his fate. The sun rises, Cem faces his death head-on, while the fate of this world rests precariously on a knife-edge.
The Episode Review
So Cem decides he’s had enough and sacrifices himself to the sun. Unfortunately, we don’t actually see him die, it all occurs off-screen. When you compare this to something like Midnight Mass, where the visceral shock of seeing that character (no spoilers here!) burn up in the sunlight is something this show could really have done with. But then we’ve seen that the sun may kill people but not actually leave any marks so I guess there is that! ..
The mad scramble for food that’s actually nutritious is a nice touch and the way this chapter ties into Into The Night is beautifully done and easily the highlight of this whole show so far. It’s just a pity that the characters aren’t all that memorable.
The Defne situation is definitely intriguing. With crew members dropping like flies and the future of this expedition hanging in the balance, everything rests on these final two episodes. ..
