Echoes of the Past – Season 1 Episode 7 Recap & Review

Episode 7

Episode 7 of Echoes of the Past begins with a flashback of Yassin and Sawsan telling Nadia that she will get an abortion. Nadia tells him about Sawsan’s affair and Yassin tells her to stay out of their business. Alone, he shows his surprise and Sawsan calls him out for pretending as their love ended long ago. However, he is tired of her control and tells her to end things with her boyfriend. He will be calling the shots from now on.

At present, Yehia tears up as he sees Fatla being taken away. Khaled spies Mona in the lobby and texts her not to mention Yehia to the cops if she wants to avoid trouble. Layla and Ali arrive and rush to her and Khaled recognises Layla from the desert party. 

Yehia confronts Maldini who agrees to help avenge Fatla. He calls Khaled to the parking lot and dresses up like Yehia. Khaled stabs him and it gives Yehia time to shoot him and push him off. Khaled falls on the fence below and dies. Yehia runs to a dying Maldini who is glad he can finally meet Fatla with his head held high. Yassin keeps calling Khaled for an update and Yehia picks up and declares he coming for him.

He heads home and finds Layla at his place. He wants her to leave as everyone around him dies. But she wants to know how he tracked Mona and realises he followed her to the hotel. He claims he had no choice and an upset Layla leaves.

Ali stays by Mona’s side as the cops question her. They know that Khaled’s last call was to Yassin and that Fatla and Maldini knew each other. Mona simply tells them to talk to Yassin. Outside, she finds him waiting and assures him she stayed quiet. However, she knows he killed Nadia and Yassin looks surprised. 

Next, the cops question Yassin and he claims he wanted to hire Khaled for his factory. The cops don’t suspect him yet but tell him to stay in the country. However, he has bigger problems as he confronts Sawsan. He is furious that she ruined his relationship with Mona and threatens to tell her the truth. (Sawsan’s the killer, isn’t she?)

But it is too late as a guilty Mona calls Yehia to a theatre. They recall their movie date and she sadly reveals that he was her first love. But her father ruined everything and should be held responsible.

A flashback shows what happened with Mona that day – she tries to stop Nadia from diving because of the pregnancy. Frustrated with her parents, Nadia lashes out at Mona and tells her to stop controlling her. She tells her about Sawsan cheating and Mona calls her a liar. That’s the fight Sherif recorded. 

Right before the dive, a restless Mona asks Yehia how long they will be gone. She decides to use the time to take the boat back to the beach house and confront Sawsan about the affair. Once she learns Nadia is dead, she feels guilty for taking the boat away and is unable to sleep all night.

That’s when she sees Yassin burying her blade in the garden. She takes it and confronts Sawsan about Yassin being the killer. Sawsan tells her to stay quiet as their family is in the middle of a tragedy. And apart from Sherif, Mona too tried to stop Yehia from falsely confessing to the cops. At present, Yehia cannot accept her apology and she sadly accepts that she is in the wrong for staying quiet and running away.

She heads home and finds Layla who has learned from Ali about her past relationship with Yehia. Layla is jealous and Mona is stunned as she points out that she and Ali almost died because of Yehia and Layla. She reveals she has told Yehia the truth as he has the right to know and Layla is afraid for Yassin. Mona calls her out for protecting a killer who never cared for his family.

Right on time, Sawsan shows up and tells the kids that Yassin is a danger to them all. She claims she didn’t speak up 15 years ago as Ali had been arrested and Layla was sick. But now is the time to take Yassin down.

Sawsan and Ali stage a coup and bring the shareholders to their side. The board has agreed that Ali will lead the company and Yassin needs to step down. Yassin is hurt to learn Layla sided with Sawsan. He is further surprised as Ali has a photo of him with Khaled and threatens to go to the cops.

At the end of Echoes of the Past Episode 7, Yassin tries to leave and Sawsan approaches him alone. She gloats that no one will believe him now if he reveals the truth that she killed Nadia. But he refuses to back down and leaves after getting a call from Layla. Yehia follows his car.

The Episode Review

The aesthetic of Echoes of the Past Episode 7 is a little too on the nose with the conveniently placed neon lights and rain when something dramatic happens like Khaled’s death. The scene compositions are overtly symbolic like Yehia recalling his movie date with Mona.

On top of that, despite such a convoluted plot twist, the characters think in a black-and-white way. It is quite frustrating and a shame for such a plot twist to go to waste. 

The twist is pretty predictable once the pieces are all laid out at the beginning of the episode and fall like dominos when Yassin looks surprised by Mona’s accusation. Sawsan killed Nadia and he covered for her. Yet Mona and Yehia see Yassin as a completely black character while Layla sees Yehia as a white character even though he has his fair share of red flags. Guess all viewers can do now is sit back and buckle up for the final ride.