The Tailor Season 2 Review: An Angel Wearing Devil Clothes | Terzi 2 Netflix
Cast: Çagatay Ulusoy, Sifanur Gül, Salih Bademci, Ece Sükan, Olgun Simsek
Creators: Onur Güvenatam, Gulseren Budayicioglu
Steaming Platform: Netflix
Filmyhype.com Ratings: 2/5 (two stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]
After the best Italian series and Turkish Series, The Tailor Season 2 (Terzi 2) is out now on Netflix. It has been a phenomenon in Italy since its debut on Netflix and is now about to return with new exciting episodes. Let’s talk about the Turkish series The Tailor which, less than two months after the release of its first season, returns to the streaming platform with a second chapter ready to expand the mystery-filled story of a young tailor named Peyami. The announcement of The Tailor Season 2 imminent debut on Netflix was the same streaming platform that unveiled the release date of the second season of the Turkish series in the video announcement of the new Netflix releases of July 2023. But let’s get more into the detail to find out when The Tailor 2 will be released on Netflix.
In such a complex and delicate historical moment for US seriality, which sees us waiting for a desirable resolution in favor of the categories on strike and in the absolute unknown on the fate of the “frozen” series, we can turn our gaze towards other international productions which, as in the case of the second season of The Tailor, land on Netflix respecting the announced times. Unfortunately, in this specific case, we don’t have much to console ourselves with. We try to understand why in our review of The Tailor Season 2. The Tailor tells the story of Peyami, a famous young tailor who inherited his grandfather’s talent and successful business. After the latter’s death, Peyami secretly takes his father with him to Istanbul and has to take care of him without anyone knowing the truth. On the run from an abusive relationship with Dimitri, Esvet mysteriously appears in the lives of the two men accompanied by her secrets.
The Tailor Season 2 Review (Terzi 2): The Story Plot
The first season of The Tailor ended with a cliffhanger that had very little shocking: the protagonist of the series, the famous and esteemed tailor Peyami Dokumacı, was injured following a gunshot fired by mistake by the sweet Esvet, the girlfriend of his best friend Dimitri (the villain of the series) with whom he had fallen in love. No surprise then to discover him, right from the first scenes of this second chapter, in good condition, after a short hospital stay. Unfortunately, however, the troubled and seemingly impossible romance between the two did not take place. The plan to allow Esvet to escape from her boyfriend and tormentor fell apart once the latter discovered the truth about her where the girl was hidden.
Meanwhile, the increasingly tormented Peyami goes through a crisis that leads him to neglect his work (already at risk from an unidentified hand problem) and to seek relief in late nights washed down with alcohol and clubs. It is in one of these places that he meets Cemre, a young woman who is presented to us as the exact opposite of the celestial Esvet, provocative and uninhibited, and with whom he will begin a relationship in full nail-crushing style. Peyami, therefore, seems firmly determined to forget Esvet out of a sort of sense of loyalty towards his brotherly friend (who, we recall, is a kind of sociopath who alternates Mephistophelean laughter with sadistic behavior towards the female gender). The wedding is celebrated, but of course, the triangle resists, also, and above all because of the bond between Peyami’s father and the now ex-caregiver Esvet. And, amid the torments of love, that past reappears which in the first season we had been given a glimpse of in the form of flashbacks and of which we were waiting for the unveiling…
The Tailor Season 2 Review and Analysis
Despite some appreciable effort in trying to give three-dimensional form to a group of stereotypical characters that constantly border on the ridiculous, the series predictably continues to use the stylistic elements of melodrama and stretch them to the limit. And if the soap opera genre by its nature requires a constant suspension of disbelief on the part of the viewer, it is however true that this series fails in the operation of proposing it in a contemporary key. The progress of the plot and the unveiling of the many mysteries continue to be entrusted to embarrassing narrative pretexts, such as finding yourself casually overhearing a conversation that changes the cards on the table. Faced with such a sensational writing effort, it is difficult to remain serious, as well as interested.
It is a pity because the contrast provided by the starting material (the still living legacies of the older generations in opposition to the modernity of the fashion world in which the younger ones move) could offer interesting cues to highlight the contradictions of reality, that Turkey, where past and present coexist with many difficulties. It remains difficult to evaluate the performances of the actors who, lacking a material that can enhance them, remain stuck in caricatured or excessively over-the-top interpretations, despite a certain attempt, compared to the first season of psychological exploration. An attempt was not enough, even more so if we consider that one of the authors, the Turkish writer, and presenter Gulseren Budayicioglu, was a psychiatrist with extensive experience in the field. However, the character of Esvet (played by Şifanur Gül) still manages to stand out thanks to the expressiveness of the actress, effectively communicating the sense of anguished oppression of her condition as a victim who is never truly helpless.
Cemre, played by Berrak Tuzunatac, is a frivolous woman, some might say of easy virtue, addicted to the use of alcohol and drugs. In short, a tempting devil for the fragile Peyami who has decided to give up Esvet’s love. The story continues in this direction even when the prestigious designer invites Cemre to Dimitri’s wedding. Here, Peyami’s young flame immediately attracts everyone’s attention, especially that of the groom. The appearance of poor Mustafa is enough to reawaken Esvet’s affection for the man. In the initial episodes of the second season of The Tailor, the same interpersonal dynamics of the first part are re-proposed. The only novelty is the character of Cemre, which takes on a double meaning. Her connotation as her temptress is not simply aimed at the destruction of her lover. Cemre seems to accompany Peyami towards the bottom, to give him the strength to go back up. The woman wears the devil’s clothes, but her real mission is that of a fallen angel in this affair to put things right.
Her behavior is always over the top and places herself between Peyami and Esvet as the third wheel, even if her nature makes her the ideal companion for Demitri. Cemre, however, understands when she has to step aside and let things go as they should. The tragic and final clash, with which the first season of The Tailor ended, did not cause any deaths, but there were so many injuries. The most grieved is poor Mustafa. Sad because his Filù has disappeared leaving him alone and segregated in his room. Peyami, for his part, has given up on the woman he loved, and he too seems quite heartbroken, to the point that he can no longer work. The second season of The Tailor begins with Peyami, also played by Cagatay Ulusoy.
We find him alone, sitting in the bacon of a club, while everyone around him is having fun. But out of the crowd comes a young woman, charming and self-confident, pouring herself a drink. Her name is Cemre, and it doesn’t take much for her to understand that Peyami is sad for some reason. The woman tries to move him. Thus the beautiful Cemre drags behind the sad Peyami who, while drinking, seems to forget his problems for a moment. The two spend the night between alcohol, drugs, and sex. But what seemed like a fortuitous and insignificant encounter turns out to be fundamental for Peyami and the other protagonists of the second season of The Tailor.
The Tailor Season 2 Review: The Last Words
To conclude with a happy ending, therefore, like any good story. But the story of The Tailor is not over, and new shocking surprises will arrive in the third season. The second season of The Tailor confirms all the problems of the first, staging a melodrama penalized by an anachronistic dramatic emphasis even for fans of the genre. The troubled love story of The Tailor is continuously interspersed with the story of Mustafa. Peyami’s father, played beautifully by Olgun Simsek, has a traumatic past and in the course of the story he gradually emerges, letting something leak out. He is the fulcrum of the story, a true gravitational pole around which the other characters rotate. Esvest herself at one point realizes that she is more related to Mustaf than to Peyami. The disease makes him fragile, but also genuine. Only he is allowed to express his feelings without filters and conditioning.
