Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022) s02e01 Episode Script
Season 2, Episode 1
1
Don't lose hope though.
You never know what tomorrow brings.
Well, all right, then.
By the way, the key that was found
in the Agatha Christie room
-Is that it?
-Mm-hmm.
Wow.
Thank you very much. For everything.
I'll read your article
once it's published. Take care.
You too.
-Good night.
-Good night.
Hey, Siri. Call my mother.
-Sorry.
-Wow, he's handsome.
It can't be.
Oh my God!
It's really you.
How did you get here?
Mr. Ahmet.
This is
Where am I?
-How do you know my name?
-Where's Esra?
The journalist?
This can't end like this.
I came after her.
Take me to her now.
Come with me.
Where is she?
How did you come? How do you know me?
Aren't you Esra's detective friend?
-Detective?
-We were at the harbor the other day.
-What are you saying?
-We sent Mustafa Kemal Pasha off.
Mustafa Kemal?
When I heard the uproar at midnight,
I ran to the Pera Palace.
Reşat's men were
taking George into custody.
George kept mumbling.
What does this all mean?
I swore to find you.
When she saw I wouldn't give up,
Sonya took pity and told me all she knew.
This is impossible.
Impossible.
It didn't happen. No way.
You've never been in love?
Which room did you use?
Room 511.
-You have to go back.
-Never.
You don't get it. You can't be here.
You can't stop me.
Oh, Ahmet.
Halit.
Giving up isn't an option.
Right.
Peride is your destiny.
Go after her.
Don't give up until you find her.
-Sonya
-There's another portal.
The Gateway of Truth.
I'll need a new key too.
That detective took mine.
Find Dimitri.
-He has many keys.
-Sonya, wait. Where do I find Dimitri?
DO NOT ENTER
GATEWAY OF TRUTH
I lied to you.
It wasn't true
that I wasn't in love with you.
If a person
doesn't belong to where their heart beats,
where do they belong?
MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACE
No one adopted me, you know?
Those who did returned me
within the trial period
because I was naughty.
What should we call her?
I envied those with families.
Esra, after my first love.
Everything happens as it should. Trust me.
-Surname? "Orphan"? "Foundling"?
-So
Sure, let's write it on her forehead too.
We shouldn't change the past.
-"Köksüz" maybe?
-Otherwise, it gets messy.
-"Esra Köksüz" it is. Write it down.
-Esra Köksüz.
Let's go.
Let the doctors check her.
Then we'll hand her to the orphanage.
Poor baby Esra.
Yes.
Room 411 brought us here, but this room
will take us back to our time. Hopefully.
Now, hold on.
So if I was sent as a baby to 1995
from another time
and if I'm the baby in this photo,
then I was born in the 1940s, right?
So my mother is in the 1940s too.
Right?
-Esra
-This is a great clue.
-No.
-Listen to me for a minute.
If we go back,
I can ask Eleni where my mother is.
No. Don't even think about it.
I've always wondered
who my mother is,
where she is,
and why she left me.
For the first time, I'm this close.
-Please, can we go?
-No, we can't.
We've messed with time a lot already.
If we continue, it will be a disaster.
We may lose both you and your mom.
Okay? That's why we're going back.
Please. And it's time.
What will I do, Ahmet?
We'll go back,
I'll wake up and go to work?
-Whatever is meant to be will be.
-Is that so?
-Yes.
-Esra Köksüz will remain rootless.
-Is that what is meant to be?
-Whatever it is, Esra. Please.
No.
No. Why are we at the wrong time again?
What is meant to be
We are in '41.
This hotel has gone mad.
It's unpredictable.
-So fate wants me to find my mom.
-Nonsense.
Has fate nothing else to do
than resolve your childhood traumas?
But look! Isn't this a clear sign?
Whatever. We'll leave
when the portal reopens at midnight.
Until then, we don't leave the room.
All right.
You're right.
Absolutely right.
Leaving the room is too risky.
Okay.
I'll just use the restroom.
-Ahmet!
-What?
There!
What is it?
Esra!
Esra, open up.
What goes around comes around,
Brother Ahmet.
Open up. Don't be silly. Don't do it!
Esra!
Esra!
Esra, open the door, please.
It was a nice walk.
Yes, indeed.
PERA PALACE HOTEL
You! You're such a troublemaker.
Excuse me.
I need to ask something.
There was a house here.
Madam Eleni's house.
A brothel.
Oh, it closed down a long time ago.
Where can I find the Madam, then?
She's expanded her business.
We can't even get in anymore.
She works for the big shots now.
What are you going to do
with Madam Eleni? Tell me, huh?
Where is her new place?
Is there a problem, sir?
Why hasn't the ceiling collapsed?
I'm sorry? Why would it?
-Didn't a bomb explode?
-A bomb? What do you mean? God forbid.
Did I mix up the dates?
It should've exploded two months ago.
Authorities urge all our citizens
to remain calm
and promise that the incident
will be clarified soon.
After the third missing persons case
that recently occurred in Istanbul,
Chief Inspector Rıza stated
that all the victims were women
and that they'd continue the investigation
in that direction.
Without causing panic
That strange-looking man
who talked about the bomb.
I've never seen him before.
There.
-Watch him.
-All right.
Eleni.
Hello. Good day.
Password?
What password?
-I came to see Eleni.
-No one passes without the password.
Come on. I need to see Eleni. It's urgent.
Hey, what's going on?
Just let me go.
I need to say something. Let me go!
I need to say something! What's going on?
-Who are you? A reporter? A spy?
-Who are you?
It's my story. Got it? You can't take it.
I've been after it for months.
It's my news.
What news? Are you crazy?
Which newspaper is it?
Don't lie.
I can spot a journalist a mile away.
Tell me.
It's true that I'm a journalist.
I mean, I shouldn't say this,
but I'm very good at it.
Is it that obvious?
But clearly, you're a novice.
You think it's easy to get into her house?
If it were, I'd do it.
I've been here for a month.
Good, then.
You're even crazier than me.
So? What do you know about the girl?
Which girl?
The one working with Eleni.
She is the third kidnapped woman
along with the congresswoman.
I think the same person kidnapped them.
I'm afraid it won't end here.
Esra?
It's all so strange.
That bomb should have exploded in March.
Why didn't it?
-So it's good. One less disaster.
-These missing women, the kidnappings
Normally, none of that happened.
-I swear I didn't do anything.
-But something's wrong.
We can't stay here.
We leave at midnight,
or things will get even messier.
Ahmet, come on.
-We're about to find my mom
-No.
Come with me.
He has followed me.
Why would anyone follow you?
I don't know.
Could be the police or a spy.
Don't look. Act normal.
Come with me.
And after we turn this corner
-Run!
-What?
What's going on?
Move.
Come.
What is this place?
What are you doing?
Oh, is this your apartment?
Yes.
I have nice memories here.
Six months
until I return from the military.
But just in case, let's not linger.
I don't want to run into myself.
This isn't stealing.
After all, I'm the one who saved it up.
Oh, you were so tiny! How cute.
Will we run into him?
-Who?
-Halit.
-I wonder what he's doing.
-He disappeared years ago.
Last seen at the New Year's Eve ball
in '25. I was five years old then.
No one's seen him since.
Yes.
I think it fits. Let's find you something.
If we could get into Eleni's house, maybe
Ahmet!
What are we going to do
until midnight? Drink tea?
-Cronus Eros.
-What?
The password to Eleni's house.
But just five minutes.
All right.
Cronus Eros.
We're together.
Please, Madam will see you in the back.
What if she recognizes you?
In '19, she knows you as Peride.
How do we explain that?
Well, I'm Peride's daughter.
Of course I remember Ms. Peride.
She was quite an interesting person,
your mother.
When she suddenly disappeared,
things got quite chaotic.
The gentleman? Is he your father?
Nice to meet you.
Ms. Peride leaving Halit to marry you
It's unbelievable.
-Well, love
-Yes.
Actually, we
we're looking for
the mother of this baby you're holding.
What is this?
When was this taken?
I've never seen this baby.
I told you,
she's not the one in the photo.
Sorry for bothering you.
So it hasn't been taken yet.
Good day.
Does your sister know about you?
Leyla?
Peride's daughter, Leyla.
Strange. She never mentioned you.
Do you know where she is now?
We thought of Leyla as my grandmother,
but in this case, she could be my mother.
How did we miss this?
-Yes, Madam?
-Please call Leyla.
She just left, Madam.
How could she leave without my permission?
She does as she pleases!
She said she told you.
You probably forgot.
She had an appointment at Turquoise.
With that spy
Oh, was that tonight?
All right, you may leave.
You should come tomorrow, then.
Your gaze is deep
Your eyes, so dark
You are made of love
Especially your eyelashes
Can I wait here?
Ahmet, why are you backing out? Come on.
Oh, it's so funny!
Come on.
YOU CAN LISTEN TO LILI MARKOS
ONLY AT THE TURQUOISE RESTAURAN
Come to my heart
Wrap your long hair around my head
May my lips finally be blessed with a kiss
May everyone envy our happiness
Be the first
Ahmet, have a seat.
May my heart protect your eyes
May it be filled with your love
I can never get enough of you
My love is endless for you
Do you know her?
I will. After I return from service.
Your gaze is deep
Your eyes, so dark
You are made of love
Leyla.
Especially your eyelashes
-Ahmet, run.
-What? Where?
Sir.
-The check.
-Of course.
Oh fuck!
-Run!
-What? What's going on?
-Oops, sorry!
-Easy, man!
What have you done now?
-Leyla shot the guy.
-What?
Why is it so crowded in here?
Mr. Halit, Mr. Rendel.
We need to leave right now.
Halit?
One of the suitcases is full of dynamite.
-What?
-There's a bomb. A bomb!
Esra?
Don't lose hope though.
You never know what tomorrow brings.
Well, all right, then.
By the way, the key that was found
in the Agatha Christie room
-Is that it?
-Mm-hmm.
Wow.
Thank you very much. For everything.
I'll read your article
once it's published. Take care.
You too.
-Good night.
-Good night.
Hey, Siri. Call my mother.
-Sorry.
-Wow, he's handsome.
It can't be.
Oh my God!
It's really you.
How did you get here?
Mr. Ahmet.
This is
Where am I?
-How do you know my name?
-Where's Esra?
The journalist?
This can't end like this.
I came after her.
Take me to her now.
Come with me.
Where is she?
How did you come? How do you know me?
Aren't you Esra's detective friend?
-Detective?
-We were at the harbor the other day.
-What are you saying?
-We sent Mustafa Kemal Pasha off.
Mustafa Kemal?
When I heard the uproar at midnight,
I ran to the Pera Palace.
Reşat's men were
taking George into custody.
George kept mumbling.
What does this all mean?
I swore to find you.
When she saw I wouldn't give up,
Sonya took pity and told me all she knew.
This is impossible.
Impossible.
It didn't happen. No way.
You've never been in love?
Which room did you use?
Room 511.
-You have to go back.
-Never.
You don't get it. You can't be here.
You can't stop me.
Oh, Ahmet.
Halit.
Giving up isn't an option.
Right.
Peride is your destiny.
Go after her.
Don't give up until you find her.
-Sonya
-There's another portal.
The Gateway of Truth.
I'll need a new key too.
That detective took mine.
Find Dimitri.
-He has many keys.
-Sonya, wait. Where do I find Dimitri?
DO NOT ENTER
GATEWAY OF TRUTH
I lied to you.
It wasn't true
that I wasn't in love with you.
If a person
doesn't belong to where their heart beats,
where do they belong?
MIDNIGHT AT THE PERA PALACE
No one adopted me, you know?
Those who did returned me
within the trial period
because I was naughty.
What should we call her?
I envied those with families.
Esra, after my first love.
Everything happens as it should. Trust me.
-Surname? "Orphan"? "Foundling"?
-So
Sure, let's write it on her forehead too.
We shouldn't change the past.
-"Köksüz" maybe?
-Otherwise, it gets messy.
-"Esra Köksüz" it is. Write it down.
-Esra Köksüz.
Let's go.
Let the doctors check her.
Then we'll hand her to the orphanage.
Poor baby Esra.
Yes.
Room 411 brought us here, but this room
will take us back to our time. Hopefully.
Now, hold on.
So if I was sent as a baby to 1995
from another time
and if I'm the baby in this photo,
then I was born in the 1940s, right?
So my mother is in the 1940s too.
Right?
-Esra
-This is a great clue.
-No.
-Listen to me for a minute.
If we go back,
I can ask Eleni where my mother is.
No. Don't even think about it.
I've always wondered
who my mother is,
where she is,
and why she left me.
For the first time, I'm this close.
-Please, can we go?
-No, we can't.
We've messed with time a lot already.
If we continue, it will be a disaster.
We may lose both you and your mom.
Okay? That's why we're going back.
Please. And it's time.
What will I do, Ahmet?
We'll go back,
I'll wake up and go to work?
-Whatever is meant to be will be.
-Is that so?
-Yes.
-Esra Köksüz will remain rootless.
-Is that what is meant to be?
-Whatever it is, Esra. Please.
No.
No. Why are we at the wrong time again?
What is meant to be
We are in '41.
This hotel has gone mad.
It's unpredictable.
-So fate wants me to find my mom.
-Nonsense.
Has fate nothing else to do
than resolve your childhood traumas?
But look! Isn't this a clear sign?
Whatever. We'll leave
when the portal reopens at midnight.
Until then, we don't leave the room.
All right.
You're right.
Absolutely right.
Leaving the room is too risky.
Okay.
I'll just use the restroom.
-Ahmet!
-What?
There!
What is it?
Esra!
Esra, open up.
What goes around comes around,
Brother Ahmet.
Open up. Don't be silly. Don't do it!
Esra!
Esra!
Esra, open the door, please.
It was a nice walk.
Yes, indeed.
PERA PALACE HOTEL
You! You're such a troublemaker.
Excuse me.
I need to ask something.
There was a house here.
Madam Eleni's house.
A brothel.
Oh, it closed down a long time ago.
Where can I find the Madam, then?
She's expanded her business.
We can't even get in anymore.
She works for the big shots now.
What are you going to do
with Madam Eleni? Tell me, huh?
Where is her new place?
Is there a problem, sir?
Why hasn't the ceiling collapsed?
I'm sorry? Why would it?
-Didn't a bomb explode?
-A bomb? What do you mean? God forbid.
Did I mix up the dates?
It should've exploded two months ago.
Authorities urge all our citizens
to remain calm
and promise that the incident
will be clarified soon.
After the third missing persons case
that recently occurred in Istanbul,
Chief Inspector Rıza stated
that all the victims were women
and that they'd continue the investigation
in that direction.
Without causing panic
That strange-looking man
who talked about the bomb.
I've never seen him before.
There.
-Watch him.
-All right.
Eleni.
Hello. Good day.
Password?
What password?
-I came to see Eleni.
-No one passes without the password.
Come on. I need to see Eleni. It's urgent.
Hey, what's going on?
Just let me go.
I need to say something. Let me go!
I need to say something! What's going on?
-Who are you? A reporter? A spy?
-Who are you?
It's my story. Got it? You can't take it.
I've been after it for months.
It's my news.
What news? Are you crazy?
Which newspaper is it?
Don't lie.
I can spot a journalist a mile away.
Tell me.
It's true that I'm a journalist.
I mean, I shouldn't say this,
but I'm very good at it.
Is it that obvious?
But clearly, you're a novice.
You think it's easy to get into her house?
If it were, I'd do it.
I've been here for a month.
Good, then.
You're even crazier than me.
So? What do you know about the girl?
Which girl?
The one working with Eleni.
She is the third kidnapped woman
along with the congresswoman.
I think the same person kidnapped them.
I'm afraid it won't end here.
Esra?
It's all so strange.
That bomb should have exploded in March.
Why didn't it?
-So it's good. One less disaster.
-These missing women, the kidnappings
Normally, none of that happened.
-I swear I didn't do anything.
-But something's wrong.
We can't stay here.
We leave at midnight,
or things will get even messier.
Ahmet, come on.
-We're about to find my mom
-No.
Come with me.
He has followed me.
Why would anyone follow you?
I don't know.
Could be the police or a spy.
Don't look. Act normal.
Come with me.
And after we turn this corner
-Run!
-What?
What's going on?
Move.
Come.
What is this place?
What are you doing?
Oh, is this your apartment?
Yes.
I have nice memories here.
Six months
until I return from the military.
But just in case, let's not linger.
I don't want to run into myself.
This isn't stealing.
After all, I'm the one who saved it up.
Oh, you were so tiny! How cute.
Will we run into him?
-Who?
-Halit.
-I wonder what he's doing.
-He disappeared years ago.
Last seen at the New Year's Eve ball
in '25. I was five years old then.
No one's seen him since.
Yes.
I think it fits. Let's find you something.
If we could get into Eleni's house, maybe
Ahmet!
What are we going to do
until midnight? Drink tea?
-Cronus Eros.
-What?
The password to Eleni's house.
But just five minutes.
All right.
Cronus Eros.
We're together.
Please, Madam will see you in the back.
What if she recognizes you?
In '19, she knows you as Peride.
How do we explain that?
Well, I'm Peride's daughter.
Of course I remember Ms. Peride.
She was quite an interesting person,
your mother.
When she suddenly disappeared,
things got quite chaotic.
The gentleman? Is he your father?
Nice to meet you.
Ms. Peride leaving Halit to marry you
It's unbelievable.
-Well, love
-Yes.
Actually, we
we're looking for
the mother of this baby you're holding.
What is this?
When was this taken?
I've never seen this baby.
I told you,
she's not the one in the photo.
Sorry for bothering you.
So it hasn't been taken yet.
Good day.
Does your sister know about you?
Leyla?
Peride's daughter, Leyla.
Strange. She never mentioned you.
Do you know where she is now?
We thought of Leyla as my grandmother,
but in this case, she could be my mother.
How did we miss this?
-Yes, Madam?
-Please call Leyla.
She just left, Madam.
How could she leave without my permission?
She does as she pleases!
She said she told you.
You probably forgot.
She had an appointment at Turquoise.
With that spy
Oh, was that tonight?
All right, you may leave.
You should come tomorrow, then.
Your gaze is deep
Your eyes, so dark
You are made of love
Especially your eyelashes
Can I wait here?
Ahmet, why are you backing out? Come on.
Oh, it's so funny!
Come on.
YOU CAN LISTEN TO LILI MARKOS
ONLY AT THE TURQUOISE RESTAURAN
Come to my heart
Wrap your long hair around my head
May my lips finally be blessed with a kiss
May everyone envy our happiness
Be the first
Ahmet, have a seat.
May my heart protect your eyes
May it be filled with your love
I can never get enough of you
My love is endless for you
Do you know her?
I will. After I return from service.
Your gaze is deep
Your eyes, so dark
You are made of love
Leyla.
Especially your eyelashes
-Ahmet, run.
-What? Where?
Sir.
-The check.
-Of course.
Oh fuck!
-Run!
-What? What's going on?
-Oops, sorry!
-Easy, man!
What have you done now?
-Leyla shot the guy.
-What?
Why is it so crowded in here?
Mr. Halit, Mr. Rendel.
We need to leave right now.
Halit?
One of the suitcases is full of dynamite.
-What?
-There's a bomb. A bomb!
Esra?