Just finished watching season 2, & I'm hoping season 3 will come along at some point soon. The Yard tries very hard to push boundaries whilst working within the contraints of Turkish film censorship, but for 2018 it was pretty tame when compared to UKs Bad Girls, that came along nearly 20 YEARS before it in 1999. However both Azra, & especially Kudret made the most of their roles as the prisons two top dogs. Kudret being the best character in the show by a good percentage. If you had the language setting on cheesy american accent overdub, you wouldnt be able to hear Kudrets true evil voice in Turkish. So I highly recommend you dont watch it with dubbed English, use the subtitles instead(if you dont understand Turkish of course).
Deniz was the Main character, & while she played the part well, her constant crying became galling.....these scenes lasting several minutes, which slowed the pace down somewhat. Other inmates played their roles well. ...very standard token characters for women's prison dramas. Outside the prison, Id say Hakan Demir was the best character...a well played & tragic role for Deniz's alcoholic husband, I kinda wish they developed him more.
Other favs include ...Melis who played the fair idealist left thinking governor, her ideas juxtaposed the prison systems rules, was very well done..& a very likable character
So after watching both seasons, im ready for the 3rd. Btw I loved the scenes of Istanbul, & ive even become interested in learning Turkish...so thats a bonus right?
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