Stabbed In The Back
Umut orders the troops to start searching for survivors and finds Cem’s body. Armat and Defne pay their respects to Cem before leaving to search for survivors.
Umut and the others decide to join the shelter broadcast. They are worried about what will happen next, but Umut is confident that they can handle whatever comes their way. Defne is hesitant, but she eventually agrees to help load up guns and ammunition.
Arman and Defne share a passionate kiss on their birthday, reflecting on the good times they’ve had in the past. They reflect on what they have left behind, before making love.
Meanwhile, Umut overhears a broadcast about Norway and tasks Altan with changing course and heading toward this broadcast without consulting anyone else. They’re not going for the NATO shelter after all. ..
When the others do predictably find out, they’re shocked and want an explanation. Now, Umut claims that with their food stocks dwindling, they’re heading for what’s referred to as the “doomsday vault.” This happens to be a vault containing numerous seeds. ..
The group is planning to create a hydrophonic farming system using materials from Spain and Norway. However, they are worried about the risks involved in the journey. Umut promises that if anything goes wrong, it will be Defne and Arman who are held responsible.
The sub eventually makes it to Gijon, where they hear a broadcast on the loudspeakers. The place is abandoned, so naturally they all hop aboard and head off in different cars for the mines, following ominous signs in scribbled red writing that read “refuge.” There’s a cage there too, which only holds 5 people at a time. Among those heading down are Arman, Umut and Defne. Guess where Hatice is? Yep, she’s been left behind on the sub.
As the group make their way into the mines, they find themselves surrounded by survivors who are desperate. Arman talks them down but unfortunately Umut isn’t in the forgiving mood and immediately begins shooting. A big fight breaks out between the two groups, but trouble above ground is even more alarming.
Felix heads into the control room only to find someone has cut the wires to the elevator. Felix will need some time to try and fix it, leaving Yonca to descend down and try to tip the scales of this fight. In her absence, Rana checks the camera feed as we cut back down to the mines. It turns out these miners are actually cannibals, and they’ve been eating any of the survivors who follow their message and try to seek salvation. Hmm, where have I seen this plotline before? (fans of Walking Dead may remember that this very plot line was part of one of the seasons of the show.)
Eventually, our group makes it back to the lift. However, we know that the elevator can’t be fixed. I’m not sure why Yonca is surprised, given she was literally just there and found out herself. Anyway, the group enters the lift and slams the doors shut. They then try to withstand the onslaught from these miners, who pound on the door. ..
Despite the cables having been broken, Arman uses controls from the ground floor to lift the elevator. He makes it aboard just in time, as the miners promise they’ll be coming for them.
As the group heads back up to the sub, they realize that Felix is the only one with a key. Unfortunately, he’s not very good at swimming and is quickly sinking. The group quickly comes up with a plan to save him. ..
Altan confronts Hatice about snooping around his room and she responds by choking him out. After he’s dead, Hatice looks through Defne’s laptop and finds messages referencing the sun and what’s happening. ..
With little time remaining until the sun rises, Arman and Defne find themselves on the run. They make it back to the docks where the miners hold Defne up at knife-point. Umut refuses to let them aboard the boat, so he shoots all the men. Unfortunately, one of them stabs Defne in the back. As she collapses on the ground and starts bleeding out, Arman is beside himself with grief and screams to the heavens.
The Episode Review
After celebrating Defne’s birthday, the group set out on a new mission to find survivors in the Spanish mines. However, they soon found themselves in a trap. ..
This scene in which the characters are trying to figure out how to get out of the building works to heighten the tension and excitement, but it also demonstrates how illogical these characters actually are. I mean, I know that’s par for the course for shows like this but it still irks me when you see such dumb decisions being made.
Despite the lack of excitement, I do think that the season has been overall successful. The action is always exciting and the story is compelling, but Defne’s death at the end feels like a missed opportunity.
With the events of Into The Night, everything is left wide open for a dramatic finale to follow. This will hopefully tie everything in with Into The Night nicely.
