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Tonight's episode was frigging awesome. I am speechless, thoughts scattered, emotions running high -- I got such a kick out of the episode. I'll try to make sense.
Pros:
1) Raghav kicking Viraj out
I am in love with Raghav's character. Just watch him. He's a righteous man, considerate enough to give V money and his number in case he needs it. But at the same time, he is strong and protective -- sticking to his belief system, making sure that his family's safe.
Had this been a show on SP, Raghav wouldn't have kicked V out, but changed his mind, or been persuaded by Sia's plea, or some other illogical melodrama.
I loved Raghav's walk, the way he tossed V's clothes into the bag, the way he told him so straightforwardly that he's a kamina aadmi who cannot be trusted and thus he's not about to let him stick around in the house, the way he went downstairs and shut Sia up with the comment on V's fidrat [that comment was a highlight and powerful, too, showing us once again how intelligent Raghav is to have read V so accurately].
When he shut the door in V's face, I breathed a deep sigh of relief and satisfaction. I am so frigging happy that there's a male hero on TV who actually lives up to the hero part. I mean, he kept his entire family safe without hesitating for even a split-second tonight.
Beautiful.
V's whining was like sweet music to my ears. Ah.
Have I mentioned how much I hate V? His manipulative and cunning behavior knows no boundaries. I really, really, really can't stand the guy. I have the utmost respect for KVB for being able to stand his own character.
Second best part? When Raghav told Sia "aap darwaza nahi kholengi". Oh, yes. You tell her, sweetheart, because that woman's driving me insane.
2) Komal and Gayatri's moment in the car
I loved, absolutely loved, their moment because I got to see that emotional side of Gayatri again. What a fabulous actress. She can seem so cold, untouchable, and within a second she has dropped her defences and become vulnerable. I liked how Komal took her hand. Normally we don't see such relationships/bonds between saas-bahus. It was refreshing.
Did anyone notice that Gayatri got emotional, but Komal didn't? I'll be coming back to this later, because it's speculation.
3) KriGhav's heart-to-heart
Raghav always confides in Krish, and I just love how Krish knows what to tell him that will help ease his pain/burden. They're kindred spirits, bound by some intangible cord -- from one beating heart to another. Beautiful bond.
I especially liked Raghav's guilt in the scene. That he felt bad about yelling at Sia [I've no clue why because I personally felt great about it]. But once again we were shown the vast distinction between Raghav and V -- in nature.
4) V getting smacked
Well, small pleasures in life. It'll probably be the only time that we'll get to see V degraded and beaten, and I took comfort in the fact that he was bleeding by the time it was over. It doesn't make up for all the torture, rape, and murder -- but hey, it was a pleasant moment at least.
5) Raghav's apology
"I'm sorry" was said in such a simple way, but it conveyed so much. I absolutely loved the way Raghav opened up, revealing his pain, self-blame, self-hatred. He said that Gayatri's blamed him for Dev's death, but the self-blame in his voice was way more obvious to me. It's what struck me the hardest. It's so important to him that he can fix Krish -- as if that'll fix everything, fix him.
Something that I love about Raghav's character is that he doesn't sob. His eyes fill with a few tears, becoming glassy, and that silent pain is worse somehow. When one tear falls, it's as if he cried oceans. There was so much pain in the movement -- when he wiped that one tear away. I wanted to hug him, tell him that he was a good person, that everything -- all of it -- would be okay. He needn't suffer like this.
6) Gayatri and Raghav showdown PART I
I swear that these two set my screen on fire. Their chemistry is mindblowing, as I always say. But tonight it went beyond frigging awesomeness. The way that they spoke directly to each other, eye-contact, bitter words, bitter emotions, tension, pain, rage, hurt...
Gayatri cut him off mid-sentence, not interested in hearing his explanation. That angered me. In her stubborn anger against Raghav, she's putting the entire family in danger. She isn't being reasonble because she sees her son, Dev, in V. It's insane.
Gayatri's comment on "humara ghar" was such a bitter pill to swallow. I wanted to hurt her real bad for that one. No matter how right she is about it, then now wasn't the moment to rip Raghav since the issue at hand was V being a dangerous man. Gosh, woman.
Did anyone else observe the expression on Komal's face and the underlying meaning in Gayatri's words as she said the part about "a husband loving his wife so much that he'd do anything and blah blah blah"? I'll add the speculation here. Something was off about Dev, in my opinion. He wasn't as perfect as it seems. There are skeletons in the Singhs' closet.
7) Last but never least: Unniyal and Sunder were back
Even if it was for a second. I still missed them.
Cons:
1) Sia pleading Raghav to not kick V out
I am speechless. Someone hold me back, I'm about to smack her.
There is no logical explanation anyone can convince me with as for why she'd plead her abusive husband's case.
2) Sia changing her mind
I swear that this woman has issues. One second she's practically jumping on Raghav to keep him from kicking V out, and next second she's going "oh, but this is a good thing... I should be happy that he's out..."
3) The editing of Raghav's emotional scene
Well, obviously they cut it up and put Sia's slip-of-tongue ["main jaanti hoon Viraj-"] right in the middle of the emotional scene because they realized that a break was needed around that time. Then they went back to Raghav being emotional and I was like: O.o Way to ruin an awesomely intense moment. Emotional scene. SUSPENSE RIGHT BEFORE BREAK to make sure people come back to watch. Continuation of emotional scene.
-_-
4) Sia staring at Raghav while he poured his heart out
Yeah. Nice. No words of comfort. No pat on the shoulder. Not even a comforting smile, or something along the lines of "I'm sorry for your pain". Just stare at him and then leave as that won't make him feel worse about opening up in front of you, crying in front of you.
Sigh.
Sarcasm doesn't become me.
Honestly, Sia/Jahnvi made me seriously pissed tonight. Her thoughts, her actions are so conflicted, so twisted, that I just want her to take V and stay far away from R and his fam. until she comes to her senses. I cannot stand to watch a good man like Raghav lose anything because of Jahnvi. He gives and gives and gives, asking for nothing in return -- and people take advantage of his trust, of his silence, of his kindness. Whereas V lacks a conscience and empathy -- Raghav is his conscience and empathy personified.
I fear something bad will strike him soon. I hope Krish won't become a target.
That's it for tonight, lovelies. I'm tired. Need to go to bed. Night.
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