After my watching a couple of foreign tv shows on its site, Netflix “recommended” some productions, one of which was Burned Cocoon, or for what it’s worth, Yanik Kosa in Turkish.

I thought that it would be interesting to see some Turkish stuff and clicked on it. After a couple of episodes, I thought it seemed like a regular soap opera with constant delays in the plot, which was itself somewhat unusual. I should have looked up “Turkish Dramas” on Google because it turns out THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM.

Investigating, I found that the one on Netflix had 105 episodes; I decided to hopscotch down the line, watching the ones I selected in fast forward and slowing it down when I could see the plot was actually advancing.

Investigating further, I discovered that the one I sort of watched was from 2005 and was now eclipsed by a great number of following ones. The actors in Burned Cocoon are 14 years older (or dead) and the male lead’s hairline had receded and his middle expanded. He has also been married and divorced at least four times. (The last divorce listed was in 2016 so I suspect he may be on marriage number five and may be past it. Who knows?)

The marriage and divorce stuff has nothing to do with the actual show on Netflix, but maybe it does reveal some “Turkish stuff” – like wondering if all a man has to do is say “I divorce you” three times and then he’s outta there in Turkey.