OVERDUE ANALYSIS: Thread 2 Link, p150 - Page 33

@geetaddict. No dear, I am not a lit grad. I wish I could write like a lit grad,though, I am glad you thought me one. Thanks.

Hello all!

I loved reading all your takes on the preca---I mean the episode. 😆

EEE!!! Maan in the precap! How I have missed him!

Ok now to focus on the present. I guess my prediction was right because Darjee did end up trusting Dev's family even more after this episode, especially after they bought their own jewellery for Geet. Dev is really painting himself as the perfect suitor and the family is falling deeper and deeper into his charming trap. As we find out later on, the idea may have been NT's but Dev definitely had a huge hand in the execution of it. After watching this episode, I can understand why Geet is so reluctant to believe he cheated her later, because her family have already suspected him of cheating and he has kept her bharosa and proved them wrong here. It was wonderful to see how Geet is least impressed by all the presents but has utmost appreciation only for the fact that Dev didn't prove her faith misplaced. It shows her priorities.

So Lasagna, huh? I loved Geets conversation with her mother. It showed her mother's character as someone who loves Geet deeply but whose own world view is too limited to wish her anything but a good marriage as that is all she knows herself. The women gathered around, talking about this exciting new event was so sweet and their laughter and tears were something we have not really been shown yet, as the picture has been showing the whole family. We got a glimpse of how smart and well-read Geet actually is when compared to say, her bhabhi and how much her father has invested in her education and how much she herself has paid attention to knowing about the world outside, taking his advice seriously. Geet knows that Lasagna is Italian and that noodles are Chinese, for example.

Watching these episodes really made me realise that Geet's family can't be blamed for getting her married to the wrong person. Of course, they are to blame for the way they chose to deal with the reality of the crime later, but not for the marriage itself. It's not like they didn't suspect or investigate as we see Brij physically doing jasoosi to find out they are going to HP and not to their rest house. Unfortunately, Dev and family were always one step ahead in the game, as only they knew they were playing one and so Geet's family remained woefully smitten with their gestures and Dev's words. Before I watched these episodes closely, I used to think, how could the family have been so stupid? But in truth they weren't stupid, Dev's family was just smarter.

However, in this light I absolutely loved all of Mohinder's reactions. When everyone else was thinking of the jewellery that was potentially stolen, he was thinking of how he would face Geet and shatter her dreams and when Darjee forbid him from meeting that woman, he decided to go anyway because clearly nothing matters more to him than Geet and her secure future. So far we have seen him as a softer man who hesitates even to question Darjee but here he is willing to openly defy him as the love and  responsibility of a parent give him blind courage to do so. This again foreshadows Geet's own reaction to the idea of harming or killing her child.

EEE!! MAAN IN THE PRECAP!

Everyday, I have to gather immense strength to watch the episode. It is heart breaking to see Geet fall deeper and deeper into Dev's devious clutches. He seems like a giant black spider weaving a net around Geet. The conniving smile sends a shiver up my spine. I died today when Geet in her heart thanked Dev for keeping her bharosa. I guess my knowledge about the later episodes cloud my judgement. I remember when I had seen the episode before, I felt Dev was good while his family was not which I guess is what the CVs had intended.

@Samana. Welcome back. I was just wondering where your take was and was just about to post how I was missing your write up. 

@All. Loved all of your takes on the episode. It amazes me how we all think along the same lines! It feels wonderful to read everyone's povs.

@Samana- Welcome back !!

Here's wishing you a happy new year 🤗

Even I agree about not entire blame be placed on family's hands ,though the level they willingly or unwillingly stooped to - the news of Geet's desire to rebel for her justice as well as her right to keep the child was an abhorrence.

You know the part when Geet's in a trance like state after being rescued from mortal threat aka Brij & co from jungle and comes to streets to state the truth of her family's brutality- its all there for us to see -Brij who's not hiding his murderous streak and going to actually push her out of the way(but then of course gets pushed down barely far away from a dustbin by an unstoppable Geet for trying to hurt her & her child- you can't imagine the extent of my pride & releif when I watched a stricken Brij thrown off).

But aside from that - Mohinder the father who couldn't bear to part from her daughter despite his nearly being slaughtered -he'd even decided to burn the house off when he'd known her death was inevitable-but then seeing his daughter alive -but yet declaring herself estranged from her kin was a heartbreaking moment of regret & helplessness for him.

Tayi ji was surprised at Geet's words -but overall from taya ji to Geet's mother were apologetic at the twist of fate that led them to allow the ordain of death of their girl by Daarji.

Even Daarji-who tried to cajole her from spilling the beans was tongue tied as one by one Geet gave out their flaws,errors & crimes.

I sort of wanted that resolved-with a homecoming where Geet states her progress in a city with the same education they thought a burden on them to impart to a girl.

Yup-as for the women who rejoiced her match in marriage -did so coz of not knowing other avenues -for them that was the most secure position in life a woman could desire.

I remember the lasgnia v/s noodles moment too - lil things that showed Geet's awareness & as we know this particular penchant of Dev's love for lasagnia  has a greater part to play as she meets with another man with same tastes but a different nature.

The way Dev escapes each time -Brij poked his nose or with Mohinder's investigation -really shows how carefully each movement was crafted.
Edited by Lily201 - 12 years ago

@ Sia and Nirvanica I too had to shake myself to think and write about anythingbut the precap😳

@Samana

Thanks for the warm welcome back everyone! 🤗

Here is my take on the episode.

Oh man this was a painful episode to watch after knowing the whole story. Even though I know that Geet eventually has to marry Dev, I kept hoping that Mohinder would meet this lady, that she would tell him the truth and that he would somehow stop the whole thing but ALAS! She was talking about someone else and poor Mo was forced to beg forgiveness from the people who would go on to prove his fears right and worse! I found it ambiguous as to whether Geet's resentful expression was directed towards her dad or towards the fact that he was forced to beg forgiveness. I would like to believe it was the latter and she didn't like seeing her dad humiliated like that given that he is her pillar of support and the one in the family who understands her best. I think this is why she sort of pled with Dev and he spoke up but Darjee was on an ego trip by this time and had to have that apology, for himself more than for the rest.

The rest of the episode was mostly Dev-Geet romance which is pretty hard to stomach, especially Dev's diabetes-inducing dialogues. Gross. And this is not even me being biased, the dialogues really were too corny and if I had thought this was the love story of this show I probably would have tuned out because I am slightly jaded and not innocent like Geet to be taken in by charms like that. Dev is kind of OTT in his romantic ways which feeds into my theory that he is a complete womaniser who goes for women and makes them fall for him for the fun of it. I think he is also getting, consciously or unconsciously wrapped up in this whole process of wooing Geet and is possibly taking it further than the plan originally entailed. Or maybe it was the writers, making him out to be utterly perfect so the eventual reality would be even more of a shocker. All things that glitter are not gold. And Dev is certainly glittering at this point! When he said he took out all the thorns, i was reminded of the scene after KH when Geet tries to give Maan flowers and is pricked by the thorn. Maan does not make any false promises that he will take all the thorns away, but when the thorns do come he will be there to help her face them, no matter how much he was just shouting at her, and to destroy the thorn that hurt her.

DEV SAID I LOVE YOU?! This just shows that he is a womaniser and getting into the act. This was also supported by the fact that he said, oh good you didn't say you didn't want to go to Canada, which shows his triumph over winning that first battle. Like Geet said, he capitalises on what he knows she has not had, and that is someone to make her feel special and extraordinary.

The phone conversation with Rajji and Dolly was hilarious! I actually chuckled when Dev said I want you as my jeevan saathi, not my cook. The expression on his face was really funny. And he said what every girl wants to hear, that she is fine just the way she is and that she doesn't have to change for him. I really can't blame Geet for falling for him, given her life experience, can you?

Looks like they are really building up for Maan! He is the Friday cliffhanger. 😳