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Agent Raghav- Episode 10- Review
Raghav goes undercover as a prisoner to gauge who killed a fake godman. The jailer himself and six of the convicts are suspects.
ASPECTS OF THE EPISODE-
It was a satisfactory episode overall.
They introduced all the potential suspects and made it thrilling enough, because we didn't know till the end who the murderer was.
The setting was unusual- the atmosphere of a jail.
There wasn't an investigation per se that was portrayed. Raghav is the one who tries to interact with the convicts and find out who killed the godman.
In the process, he meets a criminal who he helped put in jail, who recognizes him and plans an attack on him.
The other team members weren't involved that much, which we can overlook given the nature of the case.
Sharad was awesome in portraying the undercover cop.😊 And that fight scene was awesome. Nice to see Raghav displaying his prowess.
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NIGGLES
As for the niggles- I don't see why Raghav had to be so blatant in his interrogation and immediately question everybody about the murder. It'd have blown his cover. I am also not sure whether there is so much freedom for prisoners apart from eating time and when they work. Also, one of the prisoners is thrown from the top, and afterwards, the man who did it is not exactly punished for it.😕
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RAGHAV'S PAST-
The most significant aspect of the episode was the revelation about the past, more specifically, Raghav's past. The episode began with Raghav's nightmare about a murder he had witnessed as a child, and a joker-mask clad man who confronts him. More worryingly, we realize that the man tells the child Raghav he wants "Raghu" for some purpose specifically. 😲
In the jail, Raghav meets a prisoner called Manglu who repeats the same thing that the masked man had told him as a child, about how one must not worry about the means but the destination. Raghav immediately pounces on him to learn where he had heard this statement. But sadly, the man is thrown off the balcony in an unrelated fight with a fellow prisoner before revealing the same to Raghav.
At the end, Manglu before dying makes a star on a piece of paper, giving Raghav his first clue about the masked man. Raghav ponders that this is the first breakthrough for him in the biggest case of his life.
I absolutely loved this part more than the actual case because it shows a potential story arc for the protagonist. It stirs things up and makes it more interesting. That he is in pursuit of a dreadful killer connected with his childhood trauma, who seems to have a personal connection with him, makes it all the more engaging.⭐️ Even Holmes had to battle his nemesis Prof.Moriarty, and Jane from The Mentalist, Red John. In the same way, the masked man is the nemesis for Raghav.😃
I'd love to see how in the course of the series Raghav pursues this guy, how he investigates, and what he loses in this pursuit. More specifically, whether he compromises on his personal convictions and his professional life, including his dynamic with the team, to achieve this end.
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RATING-
6.5 /10 for the actual case, and 10/10 for the revelations about the past. 😳
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Shiv Shakti
