Hi Sush
My view of today's episode is very unpopular as I LIKED it. I watched it a second time to confirm my opinion and it remained the same. Maybe I got up from the right side of the bed but I was able to justify the idiocy which has been so rampant lately in men and women alike. As I have been saying the end is to get Shyam in RM by whatever means available and unfortunately this path has been chosen.
The start with the dismantling of the crib was neither necessary or urgent . I had hoped the purpose was for HP or someone to find the will but by now it is well established that mind games are played with no real outcome. Of course no harm can come to Shyam even the slightest at this point as he is the golden goose.
Moving on. The Arnie dadi standoff - the brilliant 10 minutes . Every single word uttered making impact. Dare I say it was the return of Arnav Singh Raizada's dimaag !!!
What I have made of dadi so far is her to be a damaged character as well. Her one statement to me was very telling – I could not do anything 14 years ago but now I will make it right . She carries a burden of the past where she was helpless and took the easy way out to move away to an ashram maybe living in regret. When Shyam came over who as we know makes prey of women and their weakness manipulated her well and made her believe his innocence. Dadi knowing Arnie and his decision in the past was easily convinced that history was repeating itself and she is needs to save the family and Ajali from the same fate as her mother. As Arnav said "Dadi sees things as only as she wants and no one can change that …" Her stance according to me is for her to redeem her mistakes of the past and the stubborn women she is , she is unwilling to see anything beyond . I may be very wrong in my deduction but this is how I saw it today.
Arnie stood by his decision and as Akash had once said that "bhai makes the decisions of the house " he asserted that the only way Shyam will come here is over my dead body. I absolutely loved his confrontation and questioning his dadi on what made her come here after 14 years and why does she not go back as he has looked after his sister for all these years and will continue to do so .
Khushi. Didn't we ALL expect her to ask Arnie to bring back Shyam . Is it not in her nature to think with her heart and believe in the goodness of people. She saw a man crying albeit fake tears and believed it to be true and then she saw a wounded sister who needed help and then further saw a broken Arnie who lost faith in himself. What do you think her reaction would be ? To make it all better by whatever means and hence her plea – Maybe he has changed. Let's not be unjust and get him to meet Di. She is not correct in her assessment but for now she is not thinking long term , never has.
What I was so happy was about how the entire scene was played with Arnie questioning her "So ?? " "Are you kidding me Khsuhi ?" For once both had a conversation that involved a difference in opinion and Arnav did not put his foot down to say "I am right " and Khsuhi did not continue to argue. To me that was character growth , both handling it in a mature fashion.
Anjali It is only today that Anji has displayed her total lack of comprehension of a situation and its consequences. I don't t think she THINKS at all. Other people have done it for her and has been directed by her brother and manipulated by her husband. Her husband did a good job of making her feel guilty of losing the baby and planting the thought that had he been around none of this would happen. As per the entire plan to get her to lose the baby to enter RM according to me is the only way he could have coz he know that Arnav tolerated him only coz of the baby. And now since its gone Anji is fragile and will need him more. He did it very cleverly and not once did he bad mouth Arnav but simply played his wife to his tune.
I would have cheered for Anjali had she once said to her husband that please take me from my brothers house and I want to be with you . It would have done wonders for her character redemption but that is not the purpose of the cvs who blatantly believe in distorting their characters for their purpose. The last bit of Anji wanting her husband back is Arnie's biggest test. No prizes in guessing – it is sure to happen. What next is what I'd like to see.
Sush I was okay with today and thought everyone was in character ...