Review of As the Crow Flies / Kus Uçusu Season 2

If you’re new to my blog—hello! My name is Ashley, and I’ve been running this quaint website for some time now. It’s where I store my thoughts about all of the movies, shows, and books I’ve been watching throughout my life.

But if you’re not new here, you might remember a few posts ago I ended up making my season one review of As the Crow Flies, which is a Turkish drama I found on Netflix while doing something for my critic job at MovieWeb.

I was making an article about Turkish dramas to publish on the website, then I thought the story behind this show was pretty interesting. I had never seen a Turkish drama before, but I don’t know what really compelled me to end up pressing playing on this one.

Usually, I procrastinate for a very long time before I even consider watching a show, so it’s a miracle I decided to end up watching this. And then I binge watched both seasons over the course of a week, which makes this even worse in the grand scheme of things. But I enjoyed the process, that’s for sure.

Let’s get into the review!

Lale and Asli end up in deeper situations after the conclusion of season one.

If you can recall from season one (which, if you have not seen, you might not want to keep reading this post. This is a review and summary of season two), Lale ends up quitting her job at the broadcasting station, especially as her marriage is slowly getting more on thin ice.

As it turns out, Asli is the one to replace her at one of Turkey’s top television news, but throughout the course of this season, that comes with its many bumps. She moves out of her small dingy apartment for something much nicer, and the boy she worked with in last season and screwed on occasion finds himself a career in reporting.

When he comes back to the scene, he starts working with Lale, who joins an operation with Kenan, and then meets up with Asli. He kind of portrays this lovesick puppy throughout the season when he’s not involved with Asli—I thought he was so competent, but is reduced to this trope when Asli is around.

Things are going to get rocky for Asli, though, as she learns that she is not Lale. People loved her when she was working behind the scenes, but when she’s up in front of the camera, she changes everything. She breaks the script, and while some might chalk her behavior in front of the camera as unhinged at times, she certainly can be quite entertaining in terms of the drama department.

At the same time, Muge and Gul are planning something, as they’re still at the studio. In order to combat this, Asli brings in one of the interns she ousted in the previous season, the wealthy girl she sabotaged and had sent to London, to slowly replace them, basically replacing everyone who had established themselves in the office long before she had arrived with her own people.

But as she’s going to learn, people have their own agendas, and this is going to backfire immensely in the long run. While Lale lived up her days being unemployed and with the kids, her husband Selim started to notice her unhappiness, which is why she works with Kenan. Her show isn’t as popular as Asli’s, though, making this a new kind of competition between the women.

However, this might be the final nail in the coffin when it comes to her marriage, as Selim isn’t going to tolerate something new. This is going to become a new major tension in the show, especially when it does reach a breaking point.

Overall Thoughts

The writing in this show might be rough at times, but the foils between Lale and Asli are just too fascinating. Asli isn’t exactly someone who has any shred of empathy in her, and throughout the course of this season she grows to become even more despicable while getting a taste of her own medicine.

Lale might be more benevolent than her replacement, but she can also be lost and destructive along the way as well. She’s always been smitten with Kenan, and while her husband Selim is quite gracious about it, it can lead to some devastating consequences in his life and their kids’ experiences.

Another key part of this drama for me is simply how addicting it is. There’s so much tension and drama that I found it hard to stop watching, especially when each season is only eight episodes long. That’s my kind of television show in the long run.

I’ll be eagerly waiting for season three, that’s for sure! I enjoy this show a lot, even if it isn’t high art in the long run.

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