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Good episode.
Well-balanced episode with flow and scenes/character interaction were given time to play out. I was much happier with the screenplay tonight. Performances were top notch as always. Sriti's makeup was a bit heavy in the start, but they lightened it later on in the episode.
If this hadn't been the initiation of another redemption track for V, then I wouldn've found it a great episode considering the foreshadowing elements to it. The looming dark. But I still disagree that a man/character like V can ever be cured of psychopathy and/or redeemed. The atonement for his deeds [if one can even pretend that there is any] is a life sentence, not seven years. And considering how the penalty for kidnapping, rape, and attempted murders is prison for life... oh, well.
Moving on.
>> Pros:
1) Krish asks Komal why she didn't tell everyone that his father hit her
The writers salvaged Dev's track somewhat tonight.
They revealed that Dev used to beat Komal and Krish witnessed it. I don't know if this was a last minute decision because they realized how many holes the gambling explanation left, or if they had planned it right from the start -- but it hardly matters. What matters is that Komal/Krish were given depth. Their relationship was given depth. They share a secret -- one that will most likely be the complete destruction of Gayatri's confidence if she ever finds out that her son physically abused his wife. Gayatri's son. It's ironic in the sense that she runs an ashram for women who have been abused or abandoned, and here her son abused his own wife without her knowing.
If his gambling could make her question the entire foundation of her motherhood, the very foundation of her children's upbringing -- then I wonder what kind of emotional havoc this revelation will bring about.
I liked how Komal explained to Krish that some things between husband-wife shouldn't be revealed, and how sharp Krish was -- asking her if hiding things from Dadi wasn't wrong?
You saw a bond between Komal/Krish in this scene -- forged through their mutual trauma. Their mutual grief. That made their relationship grow, which is something I've waited to see for a long time. To see mother-son connection being explored. It was a brief scene, but it didn't bother me as the writers seemed to lead up to their track not being over yet and possibly explored at some point in the future. I hope.
But then sometimes I tend to read too much into things. And plus I'm not going to expect anything from the show. I suppose that there's a mutual feeling among us that the writers have breached our trust one too many times. I do think that they're doing their best to fix things and not disappoint.
But trust has to be earned. And the possibility of a redemption track for a psychopath isn't a concept that makes me feel like putting my faith in the writers again. On the contrary.
Kher, awesome scene between Komal and Krish.
2) Sia wants Raghav to ask her to stay
This was a sweet moment. I enjoyed Sia's awkwardness around Raghav, the tense-filled silence as she waited for him to say something -- and ask what she wanted him to ask.
Well, at least I sensed that she wanted him to ask her to stay. Which he didn't. What she didn't understand was the reason for his silence. He couldn't ask her to stay, because he didn't want to influence her decision. He wanted her to do what she wanted to do entirely independent of his want, his wish.
You could tell how much Sia didn't want to leave. She'd grown to love them all, to love the relationship that she shared with them all. Something connected her to the house and the people in it. Plus, in a way, they'd become the tangible connection to Sia.
There is always the fear of losing that connection.
I liked how easily Sia grabbed Raghav's arm -- with right -- and how she shook him. To be honest, it surprised me. I've never seen Sia shake anyone. I didn't think that she even had it in her to become so passionate about something that she'd grab and shake. That was a nice development of her character. Confident one. Jahnvi fisted her hands in V's shirt one time when he drugged her entire family, but that was desperation and shock.
This was something else entirely.
Something else that I enjoyed in this scene was Raghav's expression. The fake smile and composed expression, carefully composed as if to keep Sia from reading his emotions. It didn't work on the viewers though as we could tell that he was struggling with himself, with not begging her to stay.
Sia, at one point, felt so guilty that she needed him to yell at her. But he refused. You can only respect Raghav more for how he continued to look at her with sheer love, without as much as pushing her hands away. I loved the ease and nonchalance with which he said that she'd taught him to love, that he'd hurt when she left, and that he was used to pain. I think that he needed a hug. Heh.
Brilliant performances in this scene.
3) Gayatri asks Sia and Uma to stay until Sia has divorced V
Note how Gayatri turned her head in Raghav's direction before continuing on with asking and persuading Sia to stay. I swear that she knew what was in Raghav's heart. That was a nice detail; the head turn and slight look in his direction.
What cracked me up was when Raghav blurted out -- loudly -- that he'd take Sia's things to her room with utmost enthusiasm. Everyone stared at him, making him feel awkward. Even Sia could tell that he was happy. I loved how Taashu shot an amused look toward him, how Komal smirked.
4) Sia and Uma discuss divorce
I absolutely loved this scene with mother and daughter. Been a while. Sia opened up and you could tell just how much she needed Uma. I liked how Uma mentioned the divorce as not to triviliaze the issue, and how Sia expressed her feelings in relation to being free -- at last.
It was a surreal moment to her. It's been a long fight and it cost her a lot.
Plus they mentioned Sia's father, so at least we know that he's alive and well.
5) Sia signs the divorce papers as Jahnvi
Finally. That's all I have to say. She'll get the divorce, regardless of whether V signs or not since they have proof of domestic violence. But I swear that I breathed a sigh of relief with Sia when she finished signing those papers. I had to smile. Freedom tastes good.
Plus, I liked how they flashed images of Jahnvi's abuse as she signed. I think that it was a thing added to remind the victims blamers that her divorce was justice to Jahnvi/Sia. That she'd done the right thing and it was all her choice.
6) The female cop and Unniyal's imprisonment
Man, I love the female cop. The way that she delivers her dialogues makes me wanna go "you awesome woman!". She's fierce. I cracked up when V screamed "... AND A TISSUE PAPER!" and the female cop just glared him down and all but spat in his face.
Unniyal was imprisoned. He deserves it -_- What a two-faced snake.
7) Sia faces V one last time and leaves him a choice
This was an important scene in the sense that Sia faced V for her divorce, and I just loved how she didn't even flinch when he made a move to attack her. She sat there, staring him down, like the creep stripped of humanity that he is.
I liked how she pointed out that she'd get her divorce either way, but that she wanted him to choose whether he'd give it willingly or not. Not that he deserves anything from her, not even a choice. I loved how the female cop reminded him that they'd show the tapes of his abuse of Jahnvi and that would get Sia a divorce in no time.
Something else I'm grateful for is how Sia mentioned her mother-in-law again.
>> Cons:
1) How come Krish can speak fluent Hindi?
Let me get this straight. Krish was 3 years old when he went mute. He hasn't spoken ever since, not a single word. And when he finally gets his voice back, he speaks fluent Hindi?
Sure. Miracles do happen, I guess.
2) Raghav doesn't know about Dev
Then how come he was so obsessed with defending women? With the ashram? And with pronouncing how he simply can't stand men that disrespect women, like it was a personal thing with him. Plus I still don't understand why he hates the law, fights the police, and the corruption on his own. Why he was a rebel with a cause from the start.
If you're a rebel with cause -- something triggered it, some personal experience. Right?
3) V's punishment?
I wasn't all too happy with V being given the choice between treatment or hardcore prison life since I believe that he deserves the latter. But since they're laying the foundation for his redemption and he's supposed to go Flower Power in the future, they used Sia to mention treatment for him.
I do wonder wherein his punishment lies, then? 1) He's given just seven years for sexual assault of a teen, several attempted murders, rape, domestic violence, kidnapping, etc., and 2) he's offered an escape from prison life through "treatment".
Yeah, I can see how he's getting terribly punished. Not.
4) Why hasn't Raghav gone to meet Sundar yet?
Major blooper. Self-explanatory.
That's it for tonight, peeps. Nite. It was a good episode, so do watch.
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