Love Is in the Air

Summary

Season One

After Eda Yıldız's parents die in an accident, she is adopted by her aunt and works in her aunt's flower shop. Eda's degree in Landscape Architecture is cut short because her scholarship from the renowned architecture firm Art Life, led by Serkan Bolat, is withdrawn.

Eda dreams of flying to Italy to complete her Landscape Architecture studies. Her long-distance boyfriend Cenk lives in Italy, and he delays meeting her in person. Eda meets Serkan Bolat at a conference at the university where she studied with her friends and handcuffs herself to him in anger. Serkan proposes a fake engagement with Eda so he can prevent his ex-girlfriend Selin get married. He suggests that she will pretend to be his fiancée for two months, and in return he will pay for her food, education, and housing in Italy. Eda initially rejects the offer, but her boyfriend leaves her for an Italian girl. In response, Eda kisses Serkan at a press conference. Eda accepts the offer with some changes: she will pretend to be his fiancée for two months, but to reimburse her for her lost scholarship, he will give her a job at his firm. Serkan hires her as his personal assistant, and he announces his fake engagement with Eda at work.

Eda and Serkan fall in love as Eda helps Serkan's mother overcome the trauma of Serkan's brother's death. When Eda decides to leave for Italy to pursue her further studies, Serkan proposes to Eda for real this time, and she accepts.

They start dating in real but they encounter yet another obstacle. Serkan's father is responsible for the death of Eda's parents, who died when the house he built crashed down due to his carelessness. Serkan finds out about this and pushes Eda away to keep her from being hurt by lying to her that his work is more important to him and he cannot prioritise her over it. He also moves out of his parents' house. Eda is hurt but determined to find out the real reason behind Serkan's strange behaviour so she flirts with Efe, a new partner in the holding, in order to get Serkan to admit his true feelings. It ends up working and Serkan shares the truth with Eda. Though initially upset, Eda eventually forgives Serkan and they get back together.

On their wedding day, Serkan must go to Italy for an important meeting, and he gets in a plane crash. He loses his memory and forgets about his year with Eda. In order to get Serkan's memory back, Eda tries recreating previous situations they have been in, but it doesn't work. Eda pretends to be engaged to another man, Deniz, and Serkan still doesn't remember, but little by little he falls in love with Eda again. This continues until the wedding ceremony, and Serkan bursts in as Eda says "Yes" to Deniz. He remembers.

At the end of the season, Eda discovers Serkan's medical documents that say he has cancer.

Season Two

Serkan Bolat and Eda Yıldız go through tough times during Serkan's cancer treatment. Serkan becomes obsessed with his disease and a completely different man after surviving, arouses a fear of emotional attachment. He delays his marriage to Eda multiple times and completely refuses any idea of becoming a father. Serkan returns to focus only on his work, which gradually separates him from Eda. She goes to Italy to complete her studies, while Serkan continues with his life. But when they finally meet again after 5 long years, life has a surprise for both of them. Eda has a daughter named Kiraz. Serkan meets her when he attends Pırıl's meeting and is stopped on the way by Kiraz. He drops Kiraz home and meets with Eda. He has lunch with Eda and they both discuss their lives. Eda doesn't want Serkan to know that Kiraz is his daughter and lies that she is Melo and Burak's daughter. She asks Pırıl initially not to tell Serkan that Kiraz is Serkan's daughter, but Eda later reveals the truth to Serkan, and they get married. Eda gets pregnant and gives birth to their son Alp, named after Serkan's late brother.

Cast

Main characters

Eda Yıldız (episodes 1–52), played by Hande Erçel.

A dreamer who is passionate about flowers, Eda lives with the pain of the premature loss of her parents. She has a bitter enemy: Serkan Bolat. In fact, he canceled her scholarship, preventing her from graduating as a landscape architect and studying in Italy. That's why she works in her aunt's flower shop, who raised her and has treated her like her own daughter. They share a home with Eda's childhood friend, Melo.

Serkan Bolat (episodes 1–52), played by Kerem Bürsin.

Hypochondriac, obsessive, cold and workaholic, Serkan Bolat is a wealthy internationally renowned architect, owner of Art Life, intent on preventing the marriage of his ex-girlfriend, Selin. To do this, he proposes to Eda to pretend to be his fiancée for two months: once the contract has expired, he will reinstate her scholarship.

Engin Sezgin (episodes 1-52), played by Anıl İlter. He is Serkan's best friend and eventually marries Pırıl with whom he has a son Can.

Pırıl Baytekin (episodes 1–52), played by Başak Gümülcinelioğlu. One of Serkan's friends. She later becomes close to Eda as well. She eventually marries and has a son with Engin. She is a fine architect and has a career-oriented outlook not unlike that of Serkan.

Melek "Melo" Yücel (episodes 1–52) played by Elçin Afacan. She has been one of Eda's close friends since childhood as well as her housemate. She is a dreamer and generally funny. Her dream is to find true love.

Ceren Başar (episodes 1–37) played by Melisa Döngel. She is one of Eda's friends. She grew up in a wealthy family of lawyers and was forced to become a lawyer too. However, her dream is to become a shoe designer. She is a fashion icon. Ceren dates Selin's ex-fiancé, eventually marrying him and becoming pregnant.

Figen Yıldırım / Fifi (episodes 1-28), played by M. Sitare Akbas. She is also one of Eda's friends and regularly wears black clothing.

Reception

The series debuted in the summer of 2021 in Italy, in daytime on Canale 5, with good success. In September 2021, it was confirmed that the second season would air on Canale 5.

In Spain, the series initially aired on Telecinco. After initially producing views below expectations, it was moved to Divinity, where it aired in the afternoon, standing out and enjoying great success, becoming an unexpected "summery talisman" in the 2021 summer. In September 2021, during the broadcast of the series finale, Love Is in the Air's episode became the most tweeted in history, beating the previous record of 7.8 million tweets set by Game of Thrones' The Long Night.