Good point Opti. I get Diya now..
yes, Khushi needs to forgive becuase thats who she is.. making her strident will be against her character but at the same time, the way she forgave but did not forget the site accident scene or the Diwali scene, she absorbed and accepted but did not let him into the inner circle of her heart anymore, that is what i want to see...
not a crappy," I love you and you are so wonderful, therefore all is forgiven" kind of forgiveness...
After today's episode, I can see a major separation coming up once the truth is disclosed ... Khushi forgives Arnav all right ... but the love and trust will take FAR longer to build up all over again ... so like you said ... "I forgive you for doing what you did to save your sister, because I did what I did to save mine - now leave my life" ...
and he has to really move heaven and earth to get her back. That is what I want ... we had better get that, and not the "I love you so all is forgiven" lines.
No wonder BS was a little defensive about Arnav's character today ... you're right ... this is probably the lowest Arnav has fallen ... even more than the dropping Khushi from the office window scene ...
And Star One is defunct now ... Star Plus seems to be taking over all the youth programs ... though with the storyline getting so grim, this definitely deserves a later slot ... it has suddenly moved very much into the adult bracket. But SP has so many shows in its kitty, IPK is doing very well for it in this slot, I doubt they'll move it in a hurry.
And if you look at it, other shows like Pratigya have apparently shown much more regressive tracks ... (I don't watch it so can't comment in detail) ... I don't know what the channel policy is for type of shows and time slots - this show was always touted as a dark mature intense love story - they have taken eight months to get it to the really intense phase, that's all.