They took good time to develop the present but was lightening fast with past..It would be nice we could have an interwining of past and present. Could have gained viewers empathy and should have started with the sinners than Rishi.
As someone said earlier it's may have sounded very well on paper but on execution it failed.they also may have fallen trap to their on writing.
True, intertwining past and present would have worked if she targeted her sinners instead of innocent Rishi. It would have been different in Rishi was another MJ, he took his father as role model but he was still innocent.
Couldn't agree more with you.