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My biggest contingency with this episode was Mahi's pure hatred of Zoya. Mahi seems to have her brother on a pedestal that is never-ending, he seems to never be in the wrong even when she claims that he must have had an affair. Yet, even then, even in the throes of arguments Mahi makes it a point to continuously claim that she is stronger than Zoya because she fights her own battles 'koi pitaahyah bhai nahi hai mere paas jo meri ladayi lareh'. Does she despise Zoya because of how protected she is from the realities of the world? Does she despise Zoya's naivety, the way she views the world so single-handedly in a rose-coloured lens? Maybe it isn't hatred at all, maybe it's jealousy. Maybe it's envy that Mahi's own father isn't in the equation and Zoya's is so involved. Maybe' it's jealousy because Yash very obviously left his family, left Mahi, to be with Zoya. Yash's mother though seems to be more levelheaded, more attuned to sensitivity. She doesn't have any disregard for Zoya and seems to want to have her be a part of the life Zoya never was.
We see Zoya's ring run away from her and brings her to Aditya. As the world always will, as the fabrics of time and fate will always connect her to him. And yet again Adi has to continue to berate her, tell her she's wrong for believing her truth, that she is weaker than him, that she isn't strong enough to stand up for herself. It seems to be a parallel to the bhaashans Mahi was throwing her way. That Zoya is so protected, her father's protected her from everything, she is so cushioned away from the realities of life. And maybe she is, and maybe her journey in Mumbai will help change that. Will mature Zoya in a way that will be refreshing to see.
Zoya then turns it around on him. That Aditya is the one running away, that his yelling at her is false and empty. Here's where Aditya is vehemently wrong, he is not stronger than Zoya. Zoya is more emotionally stable than most of the characters who have tried to prove her wrong. She is more self-aware and is able to actually voice out loud that she has broken apart, that Yash's death has completely destroyed her, but unlike Adi she knows it.
It is so symbolic that Aditya is the one flying her journey in the last scene. He cannot takeoff and neither can she. He resolves he isn't strong enough and Zoya resolves that she is. It was beautifully done. Their journies, though they believe them to be separate, are very much the same. They cannot move on without each other.
In the precap we see Adi tell Zoya that his nafrat uski mohabbat se zyada bepannah hai. I kind of dislike that they're going the cliched route of having them work together and him hating her. It's so overdone and ridiculous. But everything about this show has been very extra in its dramatics, so I mean I can't say that I'm surprised 😆
I also wonder what makes Adi say that his pity for her has been eviscerated into hate? Does he uncover things about the separate businesses being linked? Is it something Zoya says/does? He throws the picture of Yash on the floor in Yash's home, which means he figures something out. Guess we'll have to wait and watch.
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
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