Leyla: Hayat... Ask... Adalet...

Writers and directors of turkish series have the habit of making excellent TV shows and twice the bad habit of ruining the story right past the climax, in order to extend the series as per audience clamor or sponsors and advertisers requests.

This is what happened to Leyla series. Everything was good, almost all episodes past 10 have their own climax, slow unraveling of secrets and revelations and vengeance kept us audience on the edge of our seats, until it's almost the end. BUT, hey, they're not ready to pack up just yet, so the writers decided to divert the story into something the viewers, I'm sure, are not happy about, nor interested to see.

Hatice and her infidelity - we are not interested. Then we lost Serap, what happened to her? Then, the appearance of new characters which, for sure, comes along with their own lengthy stories to lengthen further the story and this series.

This series is ruined past episode 30. If you want to start watching it, you've been warned.

The start was amazing, I was immediately hooked. The story line may sound unrealistic but that happens to be the type of show I like. I love Cemre's acting, she is also beyond beautiful. All other actors deserve so much more acknowledgment, every facial expression and movement is on point and you can feel the tense in situations. Their acting is so amazing that you yourself, can feel every sadness, happiness, and anger. The start dragged a little and the flashbacks were annoying because I enjoyed seeing the older Leyla getting revenge. I personally, was very satisfied and if this series get's canceled I will be most disappointed then I have ever been.

The first and middle parts of the first season of the series are really, really good. Especially the episodes between 10 and 20 are truly excellent. It feels like each episode has the intensity of a "final" episode, and this is wonderfully integrated into the story. However, after episode 28, things really start to go downhill. By the time episode 30 rolls around, it becomes almost unwatchable.

This is what happens when a series doesn't wrap up with a proper ending. It gets filled with unnecessary scenes and irrelevant story elements. As you continue watching, you start to realize how ridiculous everything seems.

The actors are genuinely talented, and the director's ability to convey emotion in the scenes is quite successful. But as I mentioned, if the script isn't well-written, nothing else really matters.

In short, a series that starts off strong and pulls you in ends up completely ruining itself in the last few episodes.

Is it worth watching? Yes, but you might want to be selective.

.... the writers, director or whoever decides to pump-up the story to stimulate excitement as it's already going to the direction of The End, and they don't want to end it because the sponsors and advertisers do not want to.

I'll be honest, I really truly love this series, earnestly waiting for new episode each week. I like the ping-pong of domination between Nur and Leyla, waiting for the next episode to find out if Leyla won or Nur succeeded, eagerly waiting for the unraveling of secrets, for the downfall of the mighty intelligently cunning conning Nur, and just when I thought it's the end of Nur, they decided to give Civan an illness and lose his memory - that and onward episodes got messed up big time.

And to boost the story further, they decided to give the supporting casts their own story, whose insignificant roles from the beginning is nothing but mere observers, reactionists, wallflowers and added accessories. All of a sudden Hatice had an extra marital affair, when there was never a hint of that from the start, where did that story came from? They also decided that the character Ferda suddenly has no dignity and pride to not divorce Mali after she found out the infidelity right under their noses. That surprisingly, Tufan is something else (I won't spoil it for those who are starting to watch it). After several episodes without hindts, no clues, no traces, no warnings - all supporting characters are conning each others. This series has become a comedy! As a member of Turkish TV series viewing public, let me tell you this - We're not interested! Focus on the main plot and related subplots, nothing very circus-y, please. We are interested on the vindication, the vengeance, the fall of Nur, perhaps the unaliving of Nur, the hardships that leads to the lonely unaliving of the evil character.

And why do they have to hide the truth from the amnesia'd Civan? From the start, Leyla could've easily and conveniently tell Civan that they're married, that they're lovers since kids, show pictures, videos of their wedding, marital documents, testimonies of all the people around them. Perhaps, that's the advise that a psychiatrist in real life would prescribe. Why hide? Because the doctor says so? Or the writers who want to lengthen the series to please the advertisers and annoy the viewers and ultimately ruin what once was a great TV series?

Please stop treating us viewers as stupid as the series, just because we're watching it. Focus!

I was a huge fan at first, but at this point, I can hardly watch it.

I love the lead actors, especially Cemre Baysel. The story began with an interesting premise of justice and a precious love story which honestly could and should have come to a satisfactory end several episodes ago. Unfortunately, it's going downhill with a meaningless and frankly UPSETTING turn of events that I am forcing myself to watch, just for closure. This was one of my favorite shows but now I can't stand to watch.

I will add that the child who portrayed Little Layla did an excellent job. And though a villain, Nur was often entertaining (at least initially). The show was more about her than Leyla. They could have named it Nur, for that matter.

It was really good at first, but now its a chore to watch. How unfortunate.