Calm before the Confession

August 28th, 2015 - Calm before the Confession

Today felt like a conclusion! Compared to yesterday, it was alright - but in a way I am glad we got a break from the emotional intensity that was yesterday, and the epic-ness that is to come tomorrow. I loved the first and last minutes of today the most! There were a lot of meaningful dialogues (particularly between Radhika and Dada-ji), but I am too tired and all raccoon-eyed so my thoughts won't be in depth.

1. I loved the desperation in Arjun's voice when he didn't find Radhika beside him. I was pleasantly surprised they showed us that she had in fact heard him calling her name, but I think she knew that if she stayed, her resolve would break and she couldn't afford to do that.

2. The letter where Radhika tells Arjun how she only wants him and Sam to be happy. The key part of it all was the emotional plea where she genuinely requests him to return back all of Sam's happiness. This was a test for Arjun - because Radhika simply wrote if she ever had even the smallest space in his heart, just grant her this wish. Talk about being stuck in a rock and hard place. The rest of it all I won't repeat because most of it is was explained in my post from yesterday, the whole "himmat & haisyat" stuff. It's amazing how both Arjun & Radhika think neither are worthy of one another. I loved the tears mixed with anger as he read that letter.

3. Then as he rushes out the door, he finds a distraught Sam come to meet him, leaving him a bit taken aback. The story then fast forwards to a "few days ahead". This is the fill in blanks moment, which I did ... I am not sure if they will reveal all of it tomorrow (I doubt it). But here is what I understood... As soon as Arjun saw Sam standing at his doorstep, Radhika's words stopped him dead in his tracks. He knew if he was ever going to win back her love, he had to do the right thing, and that was to come clean with Sam about everything. So he told her everything about Nandu etc and how he never loved her, how Radhika sacrificed everything for the sake of her friendship and how she left him / them with a short goodbye letter. A lot of people wanted to see this play out - but honestly I am glad they didn't show it because there is only so much we can see due to time constraint and I don't want to waste an episode on re-hashing stuff we already know about.

4. My take on Ne-Sam is she let go of her friend so she can find her love in Neil. Hence Sam's dialogues yesterday were so full of double meaning. The only thing I am unsure of is whether NeSam got married or they are about to be married. The reason I am unsure is because there could be 2 excuses (not reason) why they decide to visit Radhika in Rishikesh. Either to invite her to Sam's wedding or for Arjun to ask her to be his wife (in the true sense). I think NeSam is engaged to be married soon, which is why she was at her parents house.

5. Why they showed Arjun & Sam? Because they are the reason for Radhika's sacrifice. Arjun completed Radhika's plea to him - he returned that smile on Sam's face by setting things right with her. Now, it is Sam's turn to complete the other part of Radhika's farewell promise: to bring happiness in Arjun's life, which in essence as she has realized will also bring happiness back in Radz's life.

6. I think Dada-ji and Sam have cooked up something to figure out what is in Radhika's heart & mind. Hence all of the conversation between Radhika and dada-ji were about Arjun - he tried all sorts of psychology on her to get her to confess what was in her heart. And I think Sam is privy to this too - which is why she is taking Arjun with her to Rishikesh. Though I think the latter thinks it is only so they can ask Radhika's forgiveness, which he still doesn't deem himself to be worthy of, and maybe to give him some hope that she doesn't completely hate him. I knew the day Arjun will be in love for real, he would have the hardest time telling Radhika about it simply because he can deal with anything except her rejection - he is scared $hit of knowing that maybe she doesn't love him back in that sense. It's been so easy for him to say those words to people when he had not meant it - but when it is from his heart, he is genuinely afraid.

7. Who liked the fact that dada-ji also ordered JALEBI for "their" arrival!!!! I wonder if Mala is in on this little ploy by Sam & Dada-ji. HAhaa ... that was the biggest hint for me. It's so obvious, heck even the flashbacks gave away everything. Anyway, in other obvious things, Radz still wearing her sindoor and mangalsutr, and Arjun his wedding ring. I don't think he has signed the divorce papers. I loved how lost and incomplete they both were without each other. Arjun was like the walking dead, and Radhika was experiencing heartbreak for the first time.

8. Today Sam was the voice of reason and she needed to be one. Technically Arjun & Radhika's journey together started because of Sam, and their separation was also because of her. Hence, she needed to be the one to reunite our lovers! Sam let go of all that hurt, anger and betrayal, realizing the true meaning of friendship and sacrifice. That is why she needs to make things right for the one friend who gave up all her dreams and her love just for the sake of friendship. Time heals all wounds, and that happened in Sam's case.

9. As for Arjun being made the partner at BS, it is probably because that was in the works already (remember Piyali had the papers prepared), and probably because he came clean regarding everything with the Khannas. The "few days" leap showed he has proved his worth, even if Neil doesn't completely trust him :P , that was a joke btw (with pun intended).

10. The Pre-CAPS - holy moly ... I am speechless. And yes I have watched it many times online since I first saw it. I don't want to discuss it because I like to talk about the episode as a whole, so I'll save those thoughts for tomorrow J

Alright everyone, it's been a great journey of sharing my thoughts with you all, be it a short one. Please know that if unknowingly I offended anyone, I apologize - it was never my intent. Further, I only discussed the show, all characters, the story and plot, from the perspective of fiction only - everything that I mention in my posts regarding societal stigmas etc is not my personal view just how it was relevant to the story itself. Further when I talked about beauty of characters etc, I honestly meant characters and not actors - because to me all the actors portraying their respective roles are beautiful! I think sometimes things can be misconstrued in text - and people can take it personally so please take it in the context of fiction only.

Until tomorrow ... sigh!

I think I explained it in another thread... . It's the one about it was wrong for this to happen... Right?

She meant their marriage - Radhika thinks she came in between Arjun & Sam, thinking they would have fallen in love had it not been for her - think back to the storeroom when Arjun told her the story of a girl.

Originally posted by: esprit_00

August 28th, 2015 - Calm before the Confession

Today felt like a conclusion! Compared to yesterday, it was alright - but in a way I am glad we got a break from the emotional intensity that was yesterday, and the epic-ness that is to come tomorrow. I loved the first and last minutes of today the most! There were a lot of meaningful dialogues (particularly between Radhika and Dada-ji), but I am too tired and all raccoon-eyed so my thoughts won't be in depth.

1. I loved the desperation in Arjun's voice when he didn't find Radhika beside him. I was pleasantly surprised they showed us that she had in fact heard him calling her name, but I think she knew that if she stayed, her resolve would break and she couldn't afford to do that.

2. The letter where Radhika tells Arjun how she only wants him and Sam to be happy. The key part of it all was the emotional plea where she genuinely requests him to return back all of Sam's happiness. This was a test for Arjun - because Radhika simply wrote if she ever had even the smallest space in his heart, just grant her this wish. Talk about being stuck in a rock and hard place. The rest of it all I won't repeat because most of it is was explained in my post from yesterday, the whole "himmat & haisyat" stuff. It's amazing how both Arjun & Radhika think neither are worthy of one another. I loved the tears mixed with anger as he read that letter.

3. Then as he rushes out the door, he finds a distraught Sam come to meet him, leaving him a bit taken aback. The story then fast forwards to a "few days ahead". This is the fill in blanks moment, which I did ... I am not sure if they will reveal all of it tomorrow (I doubt it). But here is what I understood... As soon as Arjun saw Sam standing at his doorstep, Radhika's words stopped him dead in his tracks. He knew if he was ever going to win back her love, he had to do the right thing, and that was to come clean with Sam about everything. So he told her everything about Nandu etc and how he never loved her, how Radhika sacrificed everything for the sake of her friendship and how she left him / them with a short goodbye letter. A lot of people wanted to see this play out - but honestly I am glad they didn't show it because there is only so much we can see due to time constraint and I don't want to waste an episode on re-hashing stuff we already know about.

4. My take on Ne-Sam is she let go of her friend so she can find her love in Neil. Hence Sam's dialogues yesterday were so full of double meaning. The only thing I am unsure of is whether NeSam got married or they are about to be married. The reason I am unsure is because there could be 2 excuses (not reason) why they decide to visit Radhika in Rishikesh. Either to invite her to Sam's wedding or for Arjun to ask her to be his wife (in the true sense). I think NeSam is engaged to be married soon, which is why she was at her parents house.

5. Why they showed Arjun & Sam? Because they are the reason for Radhika's sacrifice. Arjun completed Radhika's plea to him - he returned that smile on Sam's face by setting things right with her. Now, it is Sam's turn to complete the other part of Radhika's farewell promise: to bring happiness in Arjun's life, which in essence as she has realized will also bring happiness back in Radz's life.

6. I think Dada-ji and Sam have cooked up something to figure out what is in Radhika's heart & mind. Hence all of the conversation between Radhika and dada-ji were about Arjun - he tried all sorts of psychology on her to get her to confess what was in her heart. And I think Sam is privy to this too - which is why she is taking Arjun with her to Rishikesh. Though I think the latter thinks it is only so they can ask Radhika's forgiveness, which he still doesn't deem himself to be worthy of, and maybe to give him some hope that she doesn't completely hate him. I knew the day Arjun will be in love for real, he would have the hardest time telling Radhika about it simply because he can deal with anything except her rejection - he is scared $hit of knowing that maybe she doesn't love him back in that sense. It's been so easy for him to say those words to people when he had not meant it - but when it is from his heart, he is genuinely afraid.

7. Who liked the fact that dada-ji also ordered JALEBI for "their" arrival!!!! I wonder if Mala is in on this little ploy by Sam & Dada-ji. HAhaa ... that was the biggest hint for me. It's so obvious, heck even the flashbacks gave away everything. Anyway, in other obvious things, Radz still wearing her sindoor and mangalsutr, and Arjun his wedding ring. I don't think he has signed the divorce papers. I loved how lost and incomplete they both were without each other. Arjun was like the walking dead, and Radhika was experiencing heartbreak for the first time.

8. Today Sam was the voice of reason and she needed to be one. Technically Arjun & Radhika's journey together started because of Sam, and their separation was also because of her. Hence, she needed to be the one to reunite our lovers! Sam let go of all that hurt, anger and betrayal, realizing the true meaning of friendship and sacrifice. That is why she needs to make things right for the one friend who gave up all her dreams and her love just for the sake of friendship. Time heals all wounds, and that happened in Sam's case.

9. As for Arjun being made the partner at BS, it is probably because that was in the works already (remember Piyali had the papers prepared), and probably because he came clean regarding everything with the Khannas. The "few days" leap showed he has proved his worth, even if Neil doesn't completely trust him :P , that was a joke btw (with pun intended).

10. The Pre-CAPS - holy moly ... I am speechless. And yes I have watched it many times online since I first saw it. I don't want to discuss it because I like to talk about the episode as a whole, so I'll save those thoughts for tomorrow J

Alright everyone, it's been a great journey of sharing my thoughts with you all, be it a short one. Please know that if unknowingly I offended anyone, I apologize - it was never my intent. Further, I only discussed the show, all characters, the story and plot, from the perspective of fiction only - everything that I mention in my posts regarding societal stigmas etc is not my personal view just how it was relevant to the story itself. Further when I talked about beauty of characters etc, I honestly meant characters and not actors - because to me all the actors portraying their respective roles are beautiful! I think sometimes things can be misconstrued in text - and people can take it personally so please take it in the context of fiction only.

Until tomorrow ... sigh!

Nice analysis post as always!

Perfect Analysis 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Cant wait for today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh! I was half way through a long essay when I pressed the wrong button and the whole thing disappeared.

The one thing I'll miss beside our Ardhika and the show itself is your superb and thought-provoking analysis. You must have been an exemplary Literature student.

I was a pretty mediocre one myself.

As for the episode, I am one of those who wanted to see/hear Arjun come clean to Sam. But, I guess the cvs went all out cryptic on us because they probably thought we were a bunch of clever people who like to be kept guessing.😆

However, I wish there had been a scene instead of wasting all that time in the car...btw, I thought one could only fly to Hrishikesh and not travel by road from Mumbai. It would have been better if they had used that time to have a heart to heart instead.
Also, we were already two episodes short and I would have liked more Ardhika scenes yesterday and some future timeline scenes today.

I don't understand why some people feel that Ardhika had consummated their marriage that night. I personally would be disappointed if that had happened because the situation then wasn't conducive for it. I am a hardcore romantic so I'd prefer that it happened once they confessed their feelings to one another. Other wise, it would seem as though Arjun had taken undue advantage of her. I think that "haamre beech" line encapsulated everything that had happened from their wedding day onwards.

As for Sam and Neil, I think they are already married. How else would we explain the presence of the mangalsutra. Also. Piyali said not wear it as it didn't suit her personality!!😕

Btw, did you think it was a little odd that Arjun should walk into Sam's room as though he had every right if they weren't married?

I didn't like Sam's dismissive attitude and tone towards Neil at Bird Song. May be it was meant for the more gullible viewers to throw off suspicion that the two are an item. What with all the hand-holding and bright smiling on Sam's part and practically ignoring Neil when he was physically present and cutting him short, I found all that rather demeaning even if they weren't married.

I can't comment much on Dadaji/Radz interaction because I could hardly understand what he was saying ...just things here and there...but one think I did hear was asking her to draw a picture of Arjun and throw punches at it if it made her feel better.😆

I missed the first half during the repeat so now I have Hotstar as a saviour.

The talk during the ride was rather illuminating the second time around. I was wondering about the forgiveness bit...maybe he meant was all this charade really necessary..to make Radz first believe that he and Sam are an item? And that talk about the hotel booking must be for their honeymoon...Ardhika's or all four, maybe.
But going by that deadly precap, it looks as though Radz didn't even see Arjun and Sam together to have misunderstood their relationship. Or. maybe she did and ran into her room in despair and was followed by Arjun.

Awsome analysis esprit_00...
In d precap arjun is wearing his fav pink shirt which ia light colour-it indicates both love nd light..and rads is wearing a black top means darkness...
arjun is gonna take rads out of darkness which ia lyk d last line rads said to arjun during their first talk at sam'a apartment. .

Originally posted by: esprit_00

I think I explained it in another thread... . It's the one about it was wrong for this to happen... Right?

She meant their marriage - Radhika thinks she came in between Arjun & Sam, thinking they would have fallen in love had it not been for her - think back to the storeroom when Arjun told her the story of a girl.

Nicely penned down Esprit..somethings i didnt understand bt after reading ur analysis..i got it..why arjun was scared to tell radz..he is scared for her rejection...aww...as usual awesome analysis.

abt precap yup.excited for epi n ur post too..m gonna miss all this a lottt lottt!!!only last epi..!!!

Again such an emotional analysis of the episode. You have written everything so beautifully as you always do, nothing yo add more
And the more emotional becoz after today we wont get such beautiful takes anymore because there wont be ArDhika.
I have been a silent reader on this forum for quite some time and I have enjoyed being here and reading everyone's views.
I am surely gonna miss this place and miss you all