The episode was kinda strange to me, it was good, but felt a bit unsatisfactory too.
1) Had some expectations on the 1st scene at the bedroom, it was too short for my liking, Pawan, the cutie was the highlight,. Ram doesn’t even ask why Pri can’t accompany him for shopping? How convenient! He's a patnivrata pati naa 😉. I missed Tarun OG real bad..his expressions would have made the scene even better..his poker face and his smile!
2) Why are we returning to the days of shallow, can’t-see-beyond-her-nose Shivi? Akki is a big duffer, if he had taken Shivi back to Meera’s place, she would not have turned back to this version (I am trying to justify the character U turn) Did you notice Akki's expression when Priya was sunaofying Shivi? He was enjoying someone else being on the receiving end of Pri's ire. For once, I liked his expressions 😆Shivi will come around eventually, it's Shubham who will take longer.
3) Honestly, I can’t make anything out of Akki, if he wanted to advice Shivi, he should have done it in the privacy of his room, not when her obnoxious brother is around, even then he didn’t try enough. Also when did he became this cordial with Shubham? Last night’s humiliation of his jeeju didn’t leave any impact on him? Just nodding his head when his sister was taking class doesn’t make him a good person, Oh Yeah, I forgot, he is a character is an Ekta show, obviously he will leave any useful job to the FL. The last couple of episodes I've been getting a feeling that Akki's not willing to involve himself as much as he would do earlier. Shubham & the new businees ka influence. Nandu's plan is starting to give results.
4) My feeling of strangeness emerged in the bakery scene, there is something odd about Krish (not necessarily evil). Either he too had a crush on Priya or he heard Maitri saying about Priya’s crush and prodding Pri (or most probably both). And Priya, have we ever seen her initiating a joke, even when she was with her sisters? Yeah, sometimes time turns back when you are in the presence of friends from past, but we are told Pri was khadoos even in college, don’t know what makers are trying to establish by showing this side of Priya when she is with krish, isn’t she the one who never trust anyone easily. Never thought I would say this, but I miss khadoos Pri. Dear Ram, Pri wasn’t laughing at Krish’s joke, she cracked a joke and then laughed with him. If they want to show Krish as thorn in RaYa relationship, they had a good starting point today, Krish commenting about Pri’s love and Pri’s non committal answer, Krish could take it as Pri not really be in love and just fulfilling responsibilities of marriage, I think the makers have jumped the gun here to hurry up the jealousy track. Had the rekindling of their friendship been paced better we wouldn't be left with this feeling. Her non committal answer could also mean she's the same introverted person she was in college!
5) The new evidence Krish found, I don’t get it, if they forged Kumar’s signature to transfer the shares to Shashi’s name, what’s the need for Shashi to marry V? The current theory (of Krish) is that VK too was murdered because he was the second in command to Kumar and they both unraveled some malpractices of Babbars, but then where is the land encroachment coming into picture? Hope they have a solid story which covers all the open threads, Shashi's interest in marrying Vedu probably had another agenda--to put Ram down. He never lost any opportunity to rub his marriage in Ram's face. He also managed to manipulate Ram (using Vedu) for a very long time, including getting Ram to pay off his loans. As for Vedu, Shashi was well aware of the shallow human that she is!
6) Ram & Sandy were the adorable duo, they have great chemistry, they literally give out the big bro little sis vibes, casually pulling each other’s legs, which actually lacks in Ram-Shivi interactions (even though they share good chemistry) because that relationship is too onesided. Sandy got over her RK crush, hence more comfortable with her JJ (it obviously helps that she has a new crush 😻). NM’s acting when Ram raises his eyebrow at Sandy when she blurts out about nakli bill was top notch, I somehow always feel it takes more effort to impress in a playful scene than a in an emotional scene, Adorable. No wonder Ram was upset when Sandy was all blushy after talking to Krish. Ram may not doubt Priya, but his insecurities always come to the fore, and now the Sood family is his 'real' family, so even the slightest shift of attention will ruffle his feathers❤️
7) The most hated scene, Shashi & MS, the actor playing Shashi felt like a Oscar winner when he was next to MS, whose only acting prowess is widening his eye. Shashi has plans to divert the suspicion on someone else (it can’t be V as her father too died, must be my darling Nandu then) and I felt MS’s plan is to kill off Pri, he gave me that kind of vibes today. Will it be the role reversal where Ram gets in the middle?
8) Pri says she will respect Ram’s decision and stop the investigation if that’s what Ram wants, I don’t know, either she won’t be able to talk to Ram about it because of other reasons or something else (like another murder attempt) would happen which would make the discussion unnecessary. Pri is building up support, eventually Ram will decide to go ahead with the investigation. Once she gets Shivi in line, Shubham will also follow and so will Nandu because they are s*** scared. It may so work out that all 3 will decide to support the reinvestigation.
Precap: I think Ram will be upset with Pri, but he won’t reprimand her in public. He won't, but it's going to be a rough ride for Pri to get the family to give Ram the respect he deserves. And she will have to do it with little or no support from Ram himself.
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