The "good guy playing yet another good guy v. reformed bad guy" scorecard
The scorecard, as updated after the episode on 24 May 2011, when the truth was revealed before all the family members. The starting point is the time when Beeji's household agrees with Geet's decision to give Maan an opportunity to prove himself.
The scorecard is from the point of view of Beeji's household and acquaintances. It includes their acknowledgement (or lack thereof) of the efforts of the reformed bad guy and the good guy playing yet another good guy. So, I have edited out some of the reformed bad guy's actions vis-a-vis the good guy and his wife and listed them out for special mention.
Reformed bad guy playing the good guy perceived to be the bad guy (hereinafter referred to as "reformed bad guy") (Sum score = +16)
- Reformed bad guy is seen flattering Lachi in a bid to obtain a fancy meal: -1
- Reformed bad guy is found with Lachi in the corridor: -1
- Reformed bad guy is found locked in Geet's room with Geet: -1
- Reformed bad guy is beaten up by mistake by Uncle Jugnu: -1
- Reformed bad guy receives an apology (indirect??) for the mistaken beating: +1
- Reformed bad guy is found to have broken his promise yet again of not visiting Geet's room and is assigned the task of cleaning up the room: -1
- Reformed bad guy gets away without having moved a single item from the room, the task set out as his punishment: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets the appreciation of family for his intelligence: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets the appreciation of family for his hard work: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets the appreciation of family for his perseverance in staying awake the whole night: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets the appreciation of family for his punctuality in completing the work on time: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets the appreciation of family for his prompt morning appearance: +1
- Reformed bad guy receives an apology from the good guy (there was not much of a question mark at the end of the "sorry" from the good guy -- so the benefit of doubt goes to the reformed bad guy): +1
- Reformed bad guy is identified as the cause of the good guy's wife's happiness: +1
- Reformed bad guy is also identified the indirect cause of Pammi's happiness: +1
- Reformed bad guy offers to help his perceived brother-in-law and wins his appreciation: +1
- Reformed bad guy unwittingly gets a hug from his perceived sister-in-law: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets a earful from his perceived sister-in-law: -1
- Reformed bad guy, after he yells back, gets a remorseful eye lock with his sister-in-law: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets a earful from his perceived brother-in-law: -1
- Reformed bad guy gets a guilty eyelock with his perceived sister-in-law: +1
- Reformed bad guy is taken by his perceived sister-in-law to be a flirt and as breaking her sister's trust: -1
- Reformed bad guy conversing with the good guy's wife is approved as normal by the aunt: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets an eye-lock with his perceived sister-in-law during the mehndi ceremony: +1
- Reformed bad guy is caught by his perceived sister-in-law slinking away from feeding his wife while the mehndi is being put: -1
- Reformed bad guy gets into yet another verbal spar with his perceived sister-in-law: -1
- Reformed bad guy is understood to be not chivalrous by Uncle Jugnu: -1
- Reformed bad guy is perceived by the good guy's wife's SIL to be her happiness and thus the sister-in-law offers to get the reformed bad guy to her: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets into another sparring with his perceived SIL: -1
- Reformed bad guy, by omission, admits that he has not kept a fast for the good guy's wife: -1
- Reformed bad guy is still blamed by Teji and Aunt and has not earned their forgiveness yet: -1
- Reformed bad guy, when he says that Grandma would not forget Geet's sargi, is reprimanded by Beeji and reminded that he has committed a mistake: -1
- Reformed bad guy is permitted to eat his meals on Karva Chauth: +1
- Reformed bad guy receives a black mark from perceived sister-in-law for interfering in her talks with Beeji: -1
- Reformed bad guy is reprimanded by Beeji for not doing anything to win Geet's heart, despite some time having passed: -1
- Reformed bad guy is awestruck by his perceived sister-in-law's beauty and stares at her: +1
- Reformed bad guy's opinion is sought on the beauty of his perceived sister-in-law and he enjoys an eye-lock with her: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets a black mark from his perceived sister-in-law for staring at her: -1
- Reformed bad guy is part of the Karwa Chauth rituals and receives the arti from the good guy's wife: +1
- Reformed bad guy's reputation is saved by good guy's wife who invents an excuse for his absence during the rituals: +1
- Reformed bad guy is seen by his perceives sister-in-law during the rituals signifying that he is the man for her: +1
- Reformed bad guy drinks a spiked drink and finds an excuse for his behaviour during the Karwa Chauth dance sequence: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets an opportunity to play touch-touch with his perceived sister-in-law with his sister-in-law first placing her hands on his chest: +1
- Reformed bad guy is questioned by his perceived sister-in-law about how her belongings always end up with him: -1
- Reformed bad guy gets an opportunity to compare his perceived sister-in-law's earring close-at-hand without being labeled a lecher: +1
- Reformed bad guy is labelled as nalayak and nikamma by Beeji whilst they decide to test him by sending Nandini with him: -1
- Reformed bad guy's presence in the ambassador car is cited as a reason by good guy's wife for her sister to lift her spirits: +1
- Reformed bad guy's attempts to help perceived sister-in-law up when she trips and falls in the woods is rebuffed by her: -1
- Reformed bad guy gets an opportunity to play "your hand in my hand" with his perceived sister-in-law as they run through the woods: +1
- Reformed bad guy is chided by his perceived sister-in-law for running ahead thoughtlessly without caring to see if the good guy's wife was left behind: -1
- Reformed bad guy gets a discussion with his perceived sister-in-law on direction in the woods (a la QSQT) and is lauded for his application of mind: +1
- Reformed bad guy blames his perceived sister-in-law for their capture by the goons: -1
- Reformed bad guy places himself between the goon and his perceived sister-in-law to protect her from unwanted advances: +1
- Reformed bad guy is chided by his perceived sister-in-law for being worse than a girl in getting them out of captivity: -1
- Reformed bad guy is perceived by his perceived sister-in-law as someone to whom no situation (esp in relation to good guy's wife) makes no difference: -1
- Reformed bad guy is chided by his perceived sister-in-law for making faces (whilst attempting to free his hands): -1
- Reformed bad guy succeeds in freeing himself and his perceived sister-in-law: +1
- Reformed bad guy succeeds in escaping from the clutches of the goons with his perceived sister-in-law: +1
- Reformed bad guy helps his perceived sister-in-law after she trips yet again and is not yelled at, thereby indicating that he is now appreciated: +1
- Reformed bad guy's minor wound is noticed by his perceived sister-in-law: +1
- Reformed bad guy gets an opportunity to share an eye-lock with his perceived sister-in-law as she attends to his wounds: +1
- Reformed bad guy's wound is bound by his perceived sister-in-law with her dupatta: +1
- Reformed bad guy's wounded hand receives a caress from his perceived sister-in-law: +1
- Reformed bad guy thanks his perceived sister-in-law who too ceases hostilities for the moment: +1
- Reformed bad guy is chided positively by his perceived sister-in-law for his chivalry: +1
- Reformed bad guy is chided by perceived sister-in-law for lack of sense of direction: -1
- Reformed bad guy gets an opportunity to stare in awesome wonder at his perceived sister-in-law, whilst lost in the jungle: +1
- Reformed bad guy tells his perceived sister-in-law that he will go where ever he leads her to win brownie points: +1
- Reformed bad guy loses the toss deliberately to win a brownie point (unknown to perceived sister-in-law) to prove his point that he will follow her: +1
- Reformed bad guy is praised by his perceived sister-in-law in front of the clan for taking care of her: +1
- Reformed bad guy is blessed by Beeji for his act of taking care of the girls: +1
- Reformed bad guy is applauded and thanked by perceived younger brother-in-law for his deeds: +1
- Reformed bad guy shares a brief eyelock with his perceived sister-in-law as she leaves to her room to rest: +1
- Reconciliation with the reformed bad guy is attributed as the cause of the good guy's wife's happiness by good guy's wife's sister-in-law: +1
- Reformed bad guy's expression of shocked dismay is noticed by Lachi when she discloses to him that a prospective groom is coming to meet his perceived sister-in-law: -1
- Reformed bad guy is chided humourously by his perceived younger brother-in-law for gossiping when the family has visitors: -1
- Reformed bad guy defames his perceived sister-in-law to the prospective groom: -1
- Reformed bad guy receives commiserations from Uncle Jugnu who even shares his drink with him: +1
- Reformed bad guy is caught by his perceived sister-in-law with a drink in his hand in the morning and berated for it: -1
- Reformed bad guy is berated by his perceived sister-in-law for not giving happiness to good guy's wife: -1
- Reformed bad guy's perceived sister-in-law tells her cousin sister that he was drinking alcohol in the morning: -1
- Reformed bad guy plays Agony Uncle to his perceived younger brother-in-law and provides relationship counselling in return for which he earns the latter's eternal gratitude: +1
- Reformed bad guy is lauded by his perceived younger brother-in-law: +1
- Uncle Jugnu identifies reformed bad guy as an enemy to his family: -1
Good guy playing yet another good guy (Sum score = -17)
- Good guy playing yet another good guy comes in the night when reformed bad guy is caught and is asked to go away and almost told his station in life: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is perceived to be a man of ill-temper by Lucky, who is scared to question him: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy loses his sleep for a night while cleaning the room: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy toiled the whole night single-handedly: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy does not receive thanks for his efforts, even from the reformed bad guy: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is in the bad books of Lachi for filching water from the refrigerator: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is in the bad books of Lachi for being on familiar terms with Geet memsaab: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets Teji to Pammi and supports the ploy to get Teji him to feed Pammi: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is kept busy with menial works by Teji: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy does not get the appreciation he deserves for arranging for the sargi: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is spoken down to and taunted by Lachi yet again on the morning of Karwa Chauth: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets a yelling from perceived elder brother-in-law for his inability to get the car started: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets sympathy from Beeji when he hurts himself: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets another black mark from Lachi for having to carry a first aid box to him: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets into perceived brother-in-law's bad book for playing the reformed bad guy's postman: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets into the good books of Uncle Jugnu for respecting "his law": +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets another black mark from Lachi for having to run around doing carrying lunch for him: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets another black from Lachi for behaving like a royal and earning her a scolding from the family: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy receives no appreciation for making his wife's first Karva Chauth special: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy saves the good guy's wife from hitting the floor: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is caught by the good guy's elder brother-in-law smiling at him and is questioned about it: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets an opportunity to impress his employers with his dance skills yet again: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is given permission to accept a ladoo from the hands of the married daughter of his employers' household: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy's presence in the ambassador car is not appreciated as the reason for good guy's wife's high spirits: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is questioned by his sister-in-law for his overt verbal familiarity with the good guy's wife when he tells her to go away with reformed bad guy: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is left to fight the goons off by himself: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is remembered by his sister-in-law as fighting off the goons by himself: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy's act of talking familiarly with good guy's wife is questioned by sister-in-law again: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is seen by his sister-in-law carrying good guy's wife in his arms: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is thanked by his sister-in-law for fighting off the goons and taking care of good guy's wife: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is referred to as brother by his sister-in-law: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is praised by his sister-in-law in front of the clan for beating up the goons: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is praised by Beeji, who says that it's almost as if they were related in the last birth: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is not applauded or thanked by perceived younger brother-in-law for his deeds (possibly because they are not on the best of terms): -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is in the bad books of Lachi for he has ensnared all the family members, when reformed bad guy asks her for his whereabouts: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is indirectly chided by the younger brother-in-law, who ignores him when he takes the reformed bad guy away to the visitors: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is labelled a thief for filching vegetables from the kitchen window: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is treated sympathetically by his wife's sister-in-law who offers him vegetables: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is scolded by Lachi when he asks her for reformed bad guy's whereabouts: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy plays relationship counsellor to his sister-in-law: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is caught romancing the good guy's wife by Uncle Jugnu, who also records the evidence: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is labelled careless by the elder brother-in-law for lacking punctuality: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets a reprieve from Beeji who asks the elder brother-in-law to cool down: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy gets a yelling from his elder brother-in-law for his tardiness: -1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is granted leave by his elder brother-in-law to meet a sick relative: +1
- Good guy playing yet another good guy is questioned by his elder brother-in-law about his presence in the house, when he had sought leave citing a relative's illness: -1
- Uncle Jugnu identifies good guy playing yet another good guy as an enemy to his family: -1
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Analysis: Well, it is clear that the good guy playing yet another good guy was unable to obtain a positive score. And, the reformed bad guy managed a positive score, thanks to his interactions with his flavour-of-the track (as Geek puts it).
Now, Geet told Nandini (and us) that the reason that good guy playing yet another good guy continued with the deception was to prove to everyone that Geet would be happy with him. In light of that, let's do a quick review of all the actions of the good guy playing yet another good guy since this track started. And, what do we find?
Well, the good guy playing yet another good guy did not do a single thing proactively to prove to his wife's clan that he is the ultimate good guy. Worse, he was not even shown to devise a plan which would help him achieve his goal.
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