So much to unpack today!
1. Imlie officially becomes beti and plans to pay off the house for her new bhaiyya (Aditya) and family.
2. The proud Trips are all adults and are sexist in all other expectations, but love that either Malini or Imlie will pay off their house because they have gifted these girls with a prize like Aditya.
3. Aparna has an asthma attack (or maybe it's just "emotions") about not leaving house she never paid a dime for...
4. Everyone is absolved of responsibility to pay off loan to Imlie because they have made her beti of the house now. Aditya Bhaiyya/Jijaji is now running away with Malini so he doesn't have to pay with his measly salary. Bhaiyya calls his new sister "cheap," but doesn't think running away from the house in the name of ego is also just a way to avoid paying installments.
5. Imlie says she came to the house 1.4 years ago. How particular. She left right before the one year mark and gets her first check after 4 months! Has she been staying in Rathore house for free? She owes him 20K, 5 for each month. Are you telling me she made more than that to pay off her rent AND the Tripathi house installment? Interesting how the timeline works for the writers of this show. That makes Malini near 6 months pregnant, but of course the girl forgot about the pregnancy so that's the end of that.
6. Imlie's mother, no, the real one who doesn't seem to expect anything from her, far less a house, finally puts her foot down. Thank god. Remember when Imlie's actual dream was to buy a two bedroom house for her Amma, not the Tripathi losers who had her sleep on the floor? Amma finally tells her daughter not to become an installment-paying doormat now. Doormat, Imlie already is, because we saw the whole naukrani to bahurani to beti transformation. But now Amma finally asks her to rise and not pay off the house. So who's going to pay this off now that Aditya Bhaiyya/Jijagi is making a run for it? We know the other Trips always live under house arrest and don't work.
7. Aparna is so keen to accept Imlie's offer, but doesn't understand why Malini and Aditya won't want to stay in the house bought by the ex. I think she was hoping her lalchiness was genetically passed on. Heart attack it is. Now he will never leave. Getting a bit hopeful thinking this is how Aparna's character is axed from the show, but I know that is not going to happen because Gul loves to torture with unnecessary extra characters.
9. I am done giving this new guy a chance. He can't act to save his life. Today he was doing a still standing pose at the top of the stairs for the full episode. How did he get past the audition for a role that had Gash in it?
10. What is wrong with Imlie? Where is her backbone? The forced concoction to make the hug happen was obvious from the start, but she literally has no sorted feelings anymore. All she cares about is her "ma" Aparna. This Aryan scene was forced in to keep the actual audience engaged.
11. Sita Maiyya made it back from Aditya Bhaiyya's PD bag right back to Imlie's office desk. What a coincidence. Do the writers read what they write?