Grace, following the discussion from previous thread regarding the pace, I can totally understand the confusion and frustration. The reason is because in past 2 weeks i.e. From the time Dev brought Sonakshi and Suhana to IN till last Friday's episode had tracks overlapped which in season 1 was shown spread across multiple months. Also the tracks in season 1 were shown one after another while it was shown all together in last couple of weeks. There was also lax in editing which kind of caused the portraying to be choppy and disjointed.
1) Riya Ayaan track vs Sonakshi Jotin track -- During Riya Ayaan track it is only Sonakshi who finds his relationship with his cousin weird. Ayaan tries his best to convince everyone that she was just his sister. It is finally broken by Sonakshi who follows them to the cafe and makes a video of their act and exposes them to everybody.
Here Sonakshi keeps telling Jotin is her friend, but Dev is not convinced. He follows them to the cafe which was once their safe haven, confronts Sonakshi with the photo as the evidence.
2) Dev getting sick, Sonakshi giving him cold shower vs Suhana getting sick -- when Dev gets sick, Sonakshi tries to give him medicine, is opposed by Ishwari saying she knows better. Sonakshi goes against her, gives cold shower, helps in getting better. Once Ishwari finds that what Sonakshi did was helpful, she leaves his care to Sonakshi. Although Dev and Sonakshi is shown in same costume, the way it was presented was several days were passed.
It is very similar with Suhana's chicken pox. Sonakshi says she has given medicine, but it is Ishwari's home remedy which provides relief to Suhana from pain and itching. Once Sonakshi finds that the paste given by Dev was helpfu she continues to use it with Suhana to help her with her pain.
3) Dev getting sick before his relation with Sonakshi is known to family vs Suhana's illness -- when Dev falls sick, even though it is Sonakshi who initially treats him, later Ishwari takes over and forbids Sonakshi from entering Dev's room. At that time Sonakshi is very sad, tries to reach him and feels very dejected.
Here too it is Dev who first finds Suhana has fever, then it is in front of him that she faints and later doctor tells him that he cannot go near her. Just like Sonakshi who wanted nothing else but to stay next to Dev and take care of him, Dev wanted the same. How Sonakshi was forbidden, Dev was too.
4) Ayaan blackmailing Dev regarding fake pregnancy vs Khatri blackmailing Sonakshi regarding Ishwari -- Ayaan finds that Sonakshi's pregnancy is fake, hence he blackmails Dev that he should let him marry Riya. He thinks he has the trump card.
Here Khatri knows Sonakshi doesn't really know anything. He tells her to reveal Ishwari's whereabouts with the threat of revealing that secret which Ishwari has buried for such a long time.
5) Maamaji's absence during infertility, 5cs fiasco and fertility treatment vs Ishwari's absence in last week -- maamaji is the only one who can drill some sense into Ishwari. But immediately following Ishwari saying Sonakshi is pregnant, he leaves IN and returns only when things have snow balled to the stage where there is very little ties left. He is shown to come back on the day when Sonakshi comes with the check. Even when he wants to, he is not really able to control the outcome leading to Dev saying get out and Sonakshi leaving.
Here Ishwari is the only one who knows the truth regarding Khatri's allegations and she is the one absent. When she comes back there is very little she can do and control the consequences of everything that has happened. She will not be able to stop Suhana from leaving.
6) Sonakshi unavailable to Dev following Bijoy getting slapped to Dev's absence now when Sonakshi says she needs him -- after the accidental slap and Sonakshi going back to Bose house, Dev tries to reach her multiple times but finds her unwilling to hear him.
Here Dev is in that place. He is not ready to listen to Sonakshi saying that Jotin is just her friend and nothing more. He is also unreachable to her when she feels his need the most.
7) Dev Sonakshi Shimla resort vs Bose family in resort -- although Dev and Sonakshi are supposed to be alone in the resort, Ishwari is present there with them every minute throughout their stay. There too Dev and Sonakshi end up not eating the dinner as they could not get what they wanted.
Here both the Bose couples are physically present in the same resort, order the same food but end up not being able to eat it as the order was messed up by the resort personnel.
Just like Dev and Sonakshi come back to storm brewing due to the 5cr, Boses have come back unaware of the storm brewing in Dev and Sonakshi's life.
Apart from these major tracks there is many other minor tracks that are included too. Like Ishwari coming near Dev's room, hearing Dev and Sonakshi laughing and stopping herself from disturbing to Dev hearing Suhana Jotin laughing and deciding not to disturb them. In both cases they feel very sad. We also have similarity in Nikki telling Sonakshi that she is to sleep in Riya's room so as not to disturb Dev to Dev telling the kids that Sonakshi will sleep in guest room as she needs rest. We also have Vickky applying medicine to Elena's hurt same as Dev applying medicine to Sonakshi after her getting burnt during Diwali. It is also one more thing where GKB applies water first to Sonakshi's feet while it is Sonakshi who does the same to GKB when she burns her hand. The other important parallel is Sonakshi catching GKB taking money out of the drawer from Ishwari's room to Sonakshi taking Dev's childhood picture from Ishwari's cupboard.
Edited by Shaavi - 8 years ago