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Since I didn't see an actual review thread, I posted one. 😉
Positives:
- Raghav deducing how Vishal got kidnapped. That was well-done, but I can't believe that Trisha or Gauri didn't think of at least some of the things.
- The live feed. I must hand it to this kidnapper. He's smart.
- The way Raghav talked to Vishal's father was praiseworthy. He was respectful, but also let him know that he wasn't one to make things sound good if they weren't.
- Rajbir dealing with Rawat. Oh man I loved it! For the first time Rajbir had a character and a role!
- Gauri at her tech best. She did a great job in that. Especially the way she explained to Raghav what was happening.
- The car chase! Yes! Good going Rajbir and Bikram and thank you CVs.
- The grey-shaded characters. I loved how they represented the various characters from Vishal to Rawat to the CM to that inspector.
- Woah! Vishal was a killer? Dang that was totally unexpected.
Negatives:
- The beginning was reminiscent of several CID episodes. Not to mention a CP episode and another episode in another Indian crime show (I can't remember which one). The body getting stuck easily in a net.
- BTW they don't really pay much attention to forensics do they? Even if a body is underwater for just a few hours there is evidence of bloating, decomposition, and much more. Yet here the body was absolutely pristine.
- The guy's phone lands on the asphalt and there is no sound of glass breaking?!! What type of phone is this? My friend dropped her phone like that once and the glass shattered and her phone was gone. Some realism please CVs.
- Spending so much time on the intro? Really?!! Please pick up the pace!
- Again Mumbai?!! Are you freaking kidding? Can't you just make these guys Mumbai CBI? Or you could have easily made it some Home Minister from Delhi.
- Burying someone alive has gotten old so now we're going to drown people alive. By the way this style has been used in CSI, CID, Shapath, and PI (in that order in the shows I've watched). Oh and of course there has to be a video footage to show the entire proceedings to make the people on the other end realize how helpless they are.
- Why was Raghav the one to meet the CM? I thought Trisha headed the team.
- The shirt at Nitin's house. Okay so before opening the curtain there is no wind and then when they open the curtain there's wind. Don't mind huh, but I notice little basics especially when they don't know how to show Trisha holding a gun and clearing the room. That looked so novice for someone whose supposed to be the boss. Aahana looked so uncomfortable holding the gun.
- An obvious culprit. I kind of suspected Saxena, but not for the reason that was revealed. That was a surprise.
- Church bells. Really? It took them until 6 to hear the bells? If I'm not mistaken church bells ring every hour. So why wait until 6 PM?
- The time lapse. In the beginning the kidnapper said that Vishal would drown in 9 hours. Raghav said Vishal was put in the glass box at about 12:30. Which means technically the water would reach Vishal's face at 9:30 drowning him. Yet at 6 PM the water is at Vishal's face and we're having a last minute rescue. Say what?!!
- The agents aren't wet? When they took Vishal out they should have been wet at least in the legs. The water would have come rushing out and even when they took Vishal out they would have been slightly wet as well from the arms and torso. But there was not an inch of water on them. Say what again?!!
- Vishal didn't know that a phone could be traced? I'm sorry but given the spate of crime shows anyone who watches a crime show knows this. It's a basic thing that even the stupidest of criminals would know.
- That victory walk! Dammit to hell! CVs get rid of it. Ban it. Lock it in a can, throw the key away, throw the can down a well, and fill the well up. Please!!!
Overall I'm not impressed. I truly expected better from a Saturday episode. Now let's see what Sunday holds.
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