Takkar ka rishta has been Shivika's USP from the start, so this can be expected since they never really talked about their separation and it's misery. Difference is the whole family is on her side (save for parasite Panky) this time, even Tej!
My worry is just like Annika had a rough time making Shivaay kick her out, resorting to cruel jibes before succeeding. I'm kinda freaking out at what severe move he might do to make her leave. I might not recover from it. I'm just hoping Shivaay won't be able to hurt her like that and fold.
The way she chased and kept insisting he acknowledge her was heart breaking, I hated watching that. Gut feeling is it gets worse. Tearing up their photos was an unnecessary cruelty but the concern spilled through when he told her to stop crying. That moment he couldn't bear to see her tears, and she put her cheek in his hand , like he loved to do.
What's emerged is that there's a bigger player playing him like a marionette by dangling that video of proof. Someone in the family has done something heinous ( made him stumble watching too) and there's proof he needs to cover up.
There was a warm welcome for everyone when he returned especially Dadi, even Tej! Annika is rejected and Punky was outright ignored. Curious.
Fact is Tanya looks like a minion of a Vamp. Some new entry with a big axe to grind , or Roop. She seems to be there to keep an eye on Shivaay , and await obstructions, Shivaay isn't the least threatened by her. He wants that proof is all. Something is under threat and the stress is showing.
That little tete-a-tete between Abhay and Tanya in the kitchen is fishy. Are they on the same team? One hidden the other in plain sight. Right and left hands of puppeteer.
Ponky didn't waste any time celebrating the problems between Shivaay and Annika. The nerve of the woman ! She actually went to thank her deity that her happiness is coming true and prayed for it to last. The unfair irony wasn't lost to me. Shakti looks like he's given up hope on his idiotic mad wife, and Tej& Jhanvi come to bang her head some more.
I loved that argument between the 4 senior Oberois. It was thrilling to see the dynamics. Like 4 stags locked in battle and no one budging. Spoiler says the 4 are summoned to Kalyani Mills (Dadi's?) to pay for old crimes. This interests me A LOT! these 4 have a big secret and somebody knows.
See, it feels like the Great Wall Shivaay has been disabled and kept distracted, as the 4 senior Oberois are about to be embroiled in another plot of their own.
Abhay steps into Shivaay's office and starts making decisions, dangerous ruthless decisions bordering on psychopathology. He's either an outcast Oberoi wanting in, or extremely obsessed with them. So far he's got Dadi, Tej, Jhanvi, Om , Shivaay, even Sahil, in his good books. That leaves Rudra and Annika. I think this shady half baddie is for Rudra.
Who is this new player?