* big thing: y'know? yesterday's bt,lt started with a complaint -- that an episode should never ever start with a vitchface and the shrimp (veera and maya) segment.
noooo such complaint today!! ceo prem shows owner heer ''their'' office. and man! was it a nice way to start the show! so much happier than yesterday... 😃
* prem-heer smiles thing: i swear i will die happy at the rate the smiles are coming! and that too -- not just on one face, on both faces! at the same time! in the same space! and best part? at each other!!! *sigggghh!!!*
y'know? it always used to bug me that in the whole show -- since it's very start! -- that they had heer smile so little. in all of 2008, you could count the number of episodes which had heer smiling on the fingers of just one hand! it's like one of those hidden jewels on the show that these guys insist being miserly with... i'm so glad we're getting to see these two smile at each other so much.
* prem-faking-again thing: man, is prem a big fat faker or what??! all that drama at home 'bout being alone and having to do all the work -- i mean, these two have been at the hotel for a while now, right? so, where's that mr. sharma who was hounding prem to land up at the hotel, huh??
was there even a mr. sharma calling prem in the morning??!! prem, you faker!! 😆
* little thing: as always, the business aspect on this show confuses me.
as far as i know, owners of a hotel don't have to take over the management at the hotel. not that i don't think heer isn't capable -- after all, she was one of the team that worked there after prem's ... apparent death. so having her work at the hotel isn't that far-fetched.
but if it was at gayatri-mom's gifting heer the ownership, why does everyone immediately take on the stand that heer should work at the hotel too?
actually, it wasn't everyone, no? it's just prem and lalit juneja.
lalit juneja 'cause i think this is one way for him to repay his debt to balraj maan.
prem 'cause... well... 😆.. 'cause... prem is seriously desperate to have his heer around him all the time!! it's like he wants to make up for that miserable time that he thought he had a hole-in-the-heart (instead of his darned head!! 😡🤣) and stayed deliberately away from her!
and if anyone is prem-like-duffer enough to ask why at work as well as at home... well, that would probably need an entire post. actually, why use poor-estee words? just watch the first segment of today's show till lalit juneja interrupted mr. and mrs. prem juneja in their room... 😆
* little thing: isn't it nice how harman no longer raises issue of needing/wanting to be involved with the hotel business? he is now firmly lawyer, happy to leave the business in his brothers' hands. i really like how harman has grown...
* little thing: ya, i don't think that gayatri-mom had any deep thoughts 'bout heer working at the hotel. i think she just wanted to give to her bahu what she thought was her due.
i think gayatri-mom did that 'cause she was genuinely upset at how she ended up hurting heer (and prem) earlier. and that she genuinely wants to change how society typically treats daughters-in-law through her own actions.
* little thing: d'you know there's a serious contender for the most beautifully melt-down part of prem-heer's romance being their phhandooh? ya, i'm seriously beginning to think that seeing prem's arm around heer's shoulder/back is seriously beautifully melt-down... even when she's in the chair and he's leaning over her. what made it from gorgeous to almost magical was how his arm was around her even then. how it looked like he was holding her safe and secure in his arms... like that first time, when he looked the entire world in it's face and told them that between them and heer, from that day onwards, he would be standing -- saviour, lover, protector! prem...!!!! 😍
* duffer prem thing: gee, lalit juneja showed more brains that prem again today. the least he could've done was to have locked his damned door!!! 🤣
* little thing: but lalit juneja sounded really off key today when lecturing prem on how to treat his heer, no?
i mean, prem is the one who stood by heer even when lalit juneja wanted to throw her out of his house and life. although i can understand a father telling a son to keep business and family affairs separate, i didn't get him telling it to prem. and so, i really loved the look on prem's face as he listened to lalit juneja there -- lots of love, and a little bit of ''father-dearest, who d'you think you're talking to?'' really... 😃
* little thing: er.. 'kay. prem's the business man. harman's the lawyer. er.. what's gayatri-mom doing not calling harman into the divorce lawyer's meeting? what's prem doing not suggesting they get harman into the same meeting?
i mean, i get that gayatri-mom has an invisible need-thread tied to prem's waist. but this was not ... quite ... sensible on either part?
* little thing: er... 'kay. so he has to leave -- without turning 'round for a micro-second and telling heer ''honey, got to drop into vitchface's divorce lawyer meeting -- i'll be back in a tick? just call dad if you need anything.''????
i mean! forget whatever happened to ''if you need anything, turn around and i'll be there.''. this was totally... weird!!!
* little thing: hmm.. gayatri-mom handing over a file to the lawyer -- of evidence that she has prepared??? er... what evidence would she have??! she wasn't even there in the marriage!!
and in that moment, vitchface is sitting quietly with a rather petrified look on her face, shaking her head! ooooh, man, vitchface, you're gonna be in sooooo much ... pooop!!! man, am i gonna love seeing you there!!! this is almost as nice as expecting that blackhole to eat you up! 😈
* little thing: ooh, gayatri-mom in her irritation says ''yeh prem'' and ''yeh heer''.
and it was odd to hear her think that prem could somehow heal his sister's wounds??? isn't that more than just a little delusional?
and the thought came again as to why gayatri-mom hadn't called harman to the meeting? one possible answer: she doesn't trust anyone like she trusts prem. although, her admonishing prem to take care of vitchface when they had got back home didn't support that answer. if she trusts prem, then why does she need to tell him this?
another possible answer: she wants to push the lesson of step-brother being as true as a blood-brother down vitchface's throat?
i guess we'll just have to w&w...
* little thing: oooh, prem allows gayatri-mom to take away his phone??! his business phone??? wha...??? seriously weird...
* little thing: preet coming in running like a chicken with it's head cut off, sqwacking 'bout politicians shutting down hotels!!! wha...?!?!! more seriously weird, man!
i mean!! why isn't he with heer-bhabhi, solving the damned problem?? why is he tattle-telling on hb to his pb? that made me seriously frown! my (god) preet does not do stuff like that!!!! 😡
* saddening thing: 'kay. prem faking a temper against heer -- even if it was for a (kinda) short time. just ''to see how you would react to my shouting at you''!!??! and for the first time, i am getting tired of prem faking... that was not nice. that was beyond duffer-prem. that was ... stooopid-and-rather-mean prem! 😕
but then it struck me: it was not nice of prem to slap heer. it was not nice of prem to act like hip-hop prem and make heer cry so very often. it was not nice of prem to bully and hurt heer while trying to take away her dupatta in his i've-got-a-hole-in-my-head-where-my-brain-ought-to-be phase. prem is often not nice ... only to heer!
*sad* is that what true lovers are supposed to do? i remember, heer flaming up against prem at the start of the show in her oh-muckmeet-saved-my-family's-honour phase. but she has never been hurtful since. but prem has. even though, i believe he is her soulmate and loves her -- he hurts her.
* little thing: btw, in all the reactions, did anyone else notice that (for once!) harman actually had the best reaction?? total disbelief at prem? everyone else looked like they were crying or s'thing? harman was just pure disbelief.
for some reason, i liked that best.
and oh, of course, vitchface and the shrimp were in their own little exclusive twisted expressions club..🤢
* little thing: preet diving for his heer-bhabhi's feet in admiration for how she resolved the crisis. and his heer bhabhi appealing to her prem to make him stop!! 😆
* little thing: gayatri-mom walked away after the entire fiasco was resolved.
i really think there's something seriously wrong and terminal with gayatri-mom. she looked like she was immensely relieved (that prem-heer-were-still-one) and immensely tired and troubled! 'cause i think if she were well, she would've gone and given prem one hard one on the upside of his rather-mean head!!!
* little thing: and poor woman -- she is not left alone. her pup-who-used-to-be-cute-and-now-disturbs-the-neighbourhood-with-it's-yapping has to come and whine to her. what really freaked me out was how she was whining that heer was taking all the praise! well! excuse me, ms.-i-have-dog-hair-growing-in-my-skull-for-brains -- if she did good, what else is she to do???!
i really got upset at vitchface then! what the heck was she talking about!?!?! no wonder gayatri-mom referred to her as a animal nuisance!
and stooopid vitchface! she stood at the end smiling when gayatri-mom talked about heer not stopping at boundaries. seriously! this character has got dog-hair for brains!!! and i really want that blackhole to come by again... *sigh*
man. i know i say w&w to see what happens next. to see how prem-heer-are-one will prevail forever in this show. but seeing such stoooopidity makes me sooo badly wish they would hurry up with shutting down this stoooooopid vitchface veera angle!! gah! i want it even more than i ever wanted prem to kiphph heer!!
*reading that line again and starting to hit the estee-head against the table... blame it on the jetlag, pleaaase!! 🤣*
highlight of the episode: hmmm.... prem's arm 'round heer as she's sitting in the your-chair-my-chair chair. 😆 prem's face nuzzling her cheek with prem's arm 'round heer as she's sitting in the your-chair-my-chair chair. heer's hands cradling prem's face and bringing it down to her face as she's sitting in the your-chair-my-chair chair... hmmmm. y'think that's a magical chair? 😆