The Bad Penny

Nice plot, events unfold nicely, exciting and has a crazy edge to it.

There's a funny twist in the characters, despite the tragedy that brings different worlds together, you love the characters each for his or her own crazy side.

I don't know if it is really represents the gypsy ghetto but makes one definitely think to learn and appreciate more the diverse groups that exist and we hardly notice them.

Brings also many favorite actors and actresses that we love to see.

Good job!

I like this series for its wackiness, growing camaraderie between the crime boss and commissioner as they try to solve a serial killing together, a double romance brewing and very quirky lifestyle of a tightly knit gypsy community. Acting by the entire cast is good. The songs and soundtrack are quirky too. Sometimes I find myself thrown back into Icerde soundtrack and sometImes I even get hints of Phantom of the Opera! The series is fast moving, funny, at times over the top making me laugh and yet gripping and intense. I'm only at episode 6 now and hope the series continues to be good.

Some people are criticizing the show too much as they keep comparing it to The Pitt. It is quite good and will get better and better each episode. The actors are good, storyline is good, we have some of the actors from The Pitt which is nice. People need to be patient and give the makers of the show a chance.

Not a fan of Turkish series here, but this one! I'm hooked. The episode finishes and I'm already starting to count down the days till next Monday. Truly great a story, plot, writing, casting and acting. Uraz and Ekin delivered as always. This is my first time watching aslihan in a series and she's really good. You should all watch it!!!!!

The first 10 episodes were a masterpiece. Then it started getting more and more clichéd with bright colors disappearing and characters becoming either plain stupid (women) or utterly selfish (men). In the end, it's just bang bang bang and tough guys' jokes like "Is everyone dead yet? Dude, I'm not even tired". I was so puzzled by this sudden change of style that I even did some research to find out the reason. Apparently, the team of screenwriters changed four times with Murat Uyurkulak leaving after the 12th episode, and Berrin Tekdemir joining after episode 15, which has to mean that the show pretty much hung on Uyurkulak's writing, though it's just a hypothesis of mine.

Anyways, as I have already said, the first ten episodes were, as Kartal put it, "kaymak" (the Turkish for very thick cream). It was a very well-written crime mystery set in an authentic gypsy neighborhood with folk music, rhinestones, leopard coats, dancing bears, and ruminations upon racial pride. It's a shame they stripped the show of what was so special about it, making it a mainstream revenge shooter we've seen so many times before.