Dafter having accompanied viewers throughout the summer season, The girl and the officer reaches the grand finale. Tonight at 9.40pm on Channel 5 the last episode of the series airs, and we already know there won’t be a second season. The three episodes, in fact, tell the story the epilogue of the troubled love story among its protagonists, Kurt Seyit and Sura Verjenskaya.
The girl and the officerthe plot of the last episode
The previous episode ended with the meeting between Seyit (Kivanc Tatlitug) and Sura (Farah Zeynep Abdullah) in the pharmacy. She is about to leave Istanbul, but after discovering that her mother and sister Valentina (Seda Güven) are missing, she faints in the officer’s arms. When she wakes up, her employer is next to her, who explains to her that Petro (Birkan Sokullu) and Valentina are about to arrive. While in, Seyit confesses to Celil (Ushan Çakir) that he preferred to leave because he feared that if he stayed, he would no longer be able to leave her.
Meanwhile, Alya (Demet Özdemir) goes to Sura and gives her the letter that Baroness Lola had written for Seyit. Sura thus discovers that Petro has always been plotting behind his and Seyit’s back. Alya is also on the run from English soldiers and asks the officer for help after killing Lieutenant Billy (Cem Bender). Emine (Zerrin Tekindor) agrees to let her take refuge in their house.
At the port Petro is waiting for Sura to leave together, but he soon realizes that he won’t show up. While returning home, his path crosses that of the English soldiers. He is accused of killing Baroness Lola and that he had set a trap for Billy. Once again, she manages to escape.
Farah Zeynep Abdullah and Kivanc Tatlitug are Sura and Seyit in the Turkish series “The Girl and the Officer”. (Mediaset)
Sura says goodbye to Seyit and Istanbul
After that Sura shows up at the laundry and finds Mürvet (Fahriye Evcen), Celil (Ushan Çakir) and Seyit busy having lunch. She just says that she stopped by to say goodbye since she’s leaving. The next day he will leave Istanbul forever. Celil takes the opportunity to ask her what happened to the wedding and Sura replies that he won’t make this mistake. So she goes away.
The next day, he boards a ship with Serge and searches for Seyit with his eyes. He hopes that he has gone to say goodbye to her for the last time. And so it is. For a split second, their eyes meet and they greet each other with a wave of the hand. While the boat disappears among the shades of the horizon, Valentina is at the port. She tells Seyit that Sura just said goodbye to her old life and him too.
Furthermore, he reveals to him that his sister has always loved him more than anything in the world, but that she has decided to leave so as not to create problems for him. A difficult moment begins for Seyit, in which he does nothing but think back to the moments spent with Sura. He sees her again everywhere and relives all the emotions in what had been the places of their love.
However, tensions in the city remain high. Alya is arrested and at the hotel they discover that the English soldiers are also hunting Celil, Petro and Seyit. After her capture, the military hands her over to Petro, who takes her home and ties her to a chair. They exchange snide comments, she asks him how she could kill Osman, Seyit’s brother, and when he tries to get rid of her, he shoots her in the legs and drags her outside.
Seyit kills Petro and saves Alya
As Sehyit heads home, he meets Lütfi (Kadir Çermik), who informs him that soldiers have taken over his house. Nobody knows that Alya has been arrested and people begin to think that she is on the run with Petro, given that he too is reported missing. At Borinsky’s house, things get bad. Petro throws her into a pit.
In Pera, Seyit is stopped by some soldiers. He pretends to be drunk and provides another identity. By doing so, he manages to return home unscathed. The next day, Mürvet is happy that her husband has returned to her and in the meantime everyone takes action to ensure that Alya can save herself. According to Seyit, he should move to Anatolia, but Valentina intervenes, showing him a photo which shows that Petro has betrayed them. Only in this moment, Seyit joins the pieces. He understands that he is behind Osman’s death, he is certain that he has contacts with the army and Alya could be in serious danger.
Kivanç Tatlitug and Farah Zeynep Abdullah in “The Girl and the Officer”. (Mediaset)
Although Petro has survived so far, the showdown arrives. The soldiers burst into her home and hear Alya’s screams. In turn, Borinsky understands that he was screwed by Seyit. The soldiers arrived there thanks to a fake telegram sent by the officer himself. The latter also arrives and shoots at the soldiers. Petro takes Alya hostage and, immediately afterwards, puts the gun to his head.
Celil intervenes and shoots him, wounding him in the hand, effectively preventing him from killing himself. Soon after, he takes Alya to the car and Petro finds himself alone in front of Seyit. For the two old friends the moment of truth and also of revenge has arrived. The officer is overwhelmed by the negative memories caused by Petro and shoots him one shot after anotheruntil Borisnky falls into the pit and Seyit buries him.
“The Girl and the Officer,” Kivanc Tatlitug and Farah Zeynep Abdullah as Kurt Seyit and Sura, respectively. (Mediaset)
The girl and the officerthe series finale
The surprises didn’t end there. Celil returns to the hotel and Güzide (Elçin Sangu) is there to take care of him. She confesses her love for her and suggests they run away together. At this moment Yahya (Tolga Savaci), who never moved to Ankara and has remained hidden in the facility all this time, bursts in. He opposes their love and points a gun at Güzide.
The girl and the officer it makes a time leap. The scene shifts to 1928. Turkey is now a republic and Seyit and Mürvet have had a daughter. One day they receive an unexpected surprise: it is Mahmut (Oral Özer), Seyit’s brother. He says he now lives in Amasia and has a son, whom he has named Osman.
The series ends with the Eminof family intent on having lunch around the table. A happy ending for Seyit, a little less so for Sura, who had to give up the great love of her life. The story told in the series is based on two novels by Nermin Bezmen. It’s about Kurt Seyit & Sura And Kurt Seyit & Murkapublished in 1992 and 1993 respectively. A true story inspired by some events in the life of the Turkish writer’s grandfather.
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