Today's was a rushed, badly executed, and in parts, random episode. I think the high attrition rate in HD is causing Husna/Indira's memory to return sooner than expected. 😃
Rishi and Kabir ended their bromance. In their heart-to-heart conversation, Rishi suggests that they tell Indira the truth and Kabir dares him to do so. This can be interpreted as Rishi, the clean guy who really loves his wife, wants to be open and transparent with her. Kabir, on the other hand, is selfish and wants to keep her in her state of forgetfulness so that she stays with him. Cliched stuff, which, if it had been executed better, could have had impact. Even the "touch-her-not" scene between the two, I felt, had no tension, no depth. They looked more like schoolboys fighting over who would bat first. (Digression: Scenes of this type, in the unique case of HD, could have had a lot more happening between the characters because none of them is flawless. There is no archetypal Ram, Ravan, and Sita here, which makes the tension between the characters more palpable. But HD does not handle these scenes well at all.)
Anyway, Rishi, Radhey, Ishaan, and Vanraj are trying to do something to detain Indira in SN. What they were trying, I could not figure. Here, Sunaina stands with an aarti ki thali and applies tika to Rishi as if he is going into battle 😆. And Indu is getting more and more liberal in her kisses to Rishi Kumar. 😊 I liked her yesterday. The way she dealt with her hitler mom was nice.
In the meantime, Kabir wants to sneak away in the dead of night with his begum and Babli. And here, Husna is stopped by a memory. That of Little Ishaan asking her not to go. (I thought she would be stopped by her promise to Indu. Had she not promised that she would stay on and care for her instead of leaving her to this irresponsible mother? But no such thing...memory loss here too).
Then Inder Sharma, Kutumb, and Meher make an appearance. Today, I realized why they need Meher. She had to say a line that would remind Husna about Jhumpa. Very symbolic. I think after she returns to being Indira Sharma, her father, too, will return to being Inder Sharma. Only difference is that this time, he will try to misappropriate Sharma Nivas for Meher. Help!