OK. I accept that I have been in a horrible mood since this morning so I really don't know how much of that has contributed to my thoughts here. But for me after a whole week of high, high and higher, this episode was landing hard on my butt. It just fell flat.
Firstly, I expected Sahir to say something more than mein tumhe iss jhoote rishte se riha karta hoon. I thought he would be using some kind of reverse psychology on her to make her stay. Instead he just walked out. Why? And she didn't protest and scream about leaving after that. Agreed that she fainted but what about the next morning? Why didn't she want to leave anymore? Coming to the fainting scene..what did the CVs want to show us? Zaki's love is same as Sahir's? If Sahir can carry a fainted Arzoo, so can Zaki? Competition hain kya?
And now to the main issue. I have studied enough on the matter of PTSD to know that this is way off. The girl gets scared of any man / men so soon after such an incident. Father and brother included. The trauma and terror is unimaginable. And here she is hugging and sleeping in Zaki's arms?! What the hell!! Creative liberties are fine but at least do some basic ground work na. She wouldn't nod a yes, I trust you and sleep with her head on his chest.
Second main issue. Nausheen. Seriously screw deela hain for this woman. She not only leaves her traumatized daughter with a guy but the next day she is all smiling and singing praises for the said guy because he slept with her daughter? What the hell! (I think this is the most repeated phrase of mine all through). I hope the reason Alvira behaved so normally was because she didn't want to remind Arzoo of the previous night. Her own way of cheering her up kind of a thing.
Sahir's self-thoughts were the best part of the episode for me but they got lost amidst all this. And even in those thoughts there has been no mention of Zeenat or the past in any way. Too much suspense kills its value. Hope the makers realize that. Sam witnessing Zaki with Arzoo cracked me up. I thought she would start crying daddy then and there.
Overall, I felt too many things were stuffed into those 20 minutes and both Sahir and Arzoo got lost somewhere. Are they in a rush to finish this track and move on? Or is it just me picking a perfectly good episode apart for no reason other than my foul mood?