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If you loved Dark’s temporal puzzles, The Kettering Incident’s small-town secrets, or The Little Drummer Girl’s slow-burn paranoia, Yaddasht is your next obsession. Episode 1 plants dozens of small clues (watch for the recurring motif of scratched-out faces and mismatched handwriting) that reward repeat viewing.

Though released only two weeks ago, Yaddasht Episode 1 has already garnered impressive feedback. On IMDb, it holds an 8.7/10 based on over 1,200 user ratings. Critics have praised its “painterly composition” (Eastern Film Review) and “refreshing refusal to explain everything at once” (WebSeries Today).

Audience comments on HiWEBxSERIES.com highlight how the episode lingers in the mind:

“I watched this three days ago and I still can’t shake the final scene. That phone call… chills.” – User: TehranTeaHouse “Finally, a web series that respects slow cinema. Reminds me of early Kiarostami.” – User: NeorealismFan Yaddasht Episode 1 -- HiWEBxSERIES.com

The only common criticism? That Episode 1 ends too abruptly, leaving viewers desperate for Episode 2—which is scheduled for release on HiWEBxSERIES.com in six weeks.

To appreciate the craftsmanship, let’s walk through the episode’s major beats.

Warning: Mild spoilers ahead for Yaddasht Episode 1. If you loved Dark ’s temporal puzzles, The

The episode opens with a long, static shot of rain against a window—a visual motif that recurs throughout the series. We meet Reza (played with profound stillness by veteran actor Navid Mohammadzadeh), a solitary man in his late 40s working at a decaying municipal archive. His life is routine: cataloging old land deeds, drinking tea alone, and ignoring phone calls from his estranged sister.

The inciting incident occurs when the archive is set to be demolished. While clearing out a forgotten basement section, Reza finds a small, leather-bound notebook hidden inside a ventilation shaft. The handwriting is his own—childlike, shaky—but he has no memory of writing it. The first page reads: "Yaddasht: Things I must never forget. Or else they win."

From there, Yaddasht Episode 1 shifts between two timelines: present-day Reza trying to decipher the notebook, and flashbacks to a summer in 1989 where a young Reza witnesses an unexplained event at a rural orchard. The editing is non-linear but precise, each cut feeling like a suppressed memory bubbling to the surface. Though released only two weeks ago, Yaddasht Episode

The episode ends on a chilling cliffhanger. Reza calls his sister for the first time in a decade, but when she answers, she says: "You found it, didn't you? Burn it, Reza. Burn it before it remembers you back."

Cut to black. No credits music. Just the sound of rain.

Series creator Kordestani has hinted in interviews that Episode 1 is deliberately disorienting. “Memory is not a straight line,” he explains. “So the show shouldn’t be either. What you see in Episode 1 is Reza’s first crack in his denial. Every subsequent episode will crack him open further.”

Without spoiling future episodes, keen-eyed viewers have noted hidden details in Yaddasht Episode 1 that foreshadow later twists:

These Easter eggs have already spawned fan theories on Reddit, with one popular thread suggesting that Reza himself may be the one who wrote the notebook to forget a crime he committed as a child.