Okay, I just watched the whole week's episodes now.
First, Bhima's birth. I thought it pretty funny that Kunti should stand right @ the ledge, & when she hears a tiger roar, she drops Bhima. That sort of a fall would have killed him - just like it did on his final journey. Bhima did fall, but not such a distance.
Arjun's birth - like I said once, I'd have liked DkDM's Indra to have made a cameo appearance here. It would have been perfect.
I still hate the way Madri's character has been played - if N & S are so loving & loved by Y, B & A, what sense does it make to show Madri as so bitter? And Pandu telling Kunti that the mantra was hers? It was Madri who requested Pandu, and Pandu who requested Kunti, for sons. And Pandu didn't pick the Ashwins - Madri did, and that made Kunti jealous, contrary to what they show.
On the Kaurava end, no comments, except that Yuyutsu was the 2nd son of Dhritarashtra, and older to even Dushashan. So how is Sukhda still pregnant if all of Gandhari's sons have been born?
Now to the tournament - only significant thing I saw was the wheel of Karna's chariot sinking, him pulling it out and then continuing to drive it. But he's the charioteer. So during his final moments, will they have him ask Shalya to pull it out, Shalya refuse on grounds of caste, and Karna himself do it, and get killed? The soldier who threatened Karna - I see a future warrior of the Pandavas right here.
If Bheeshma saw Karna as being so talented, why did he suggest to Adiratha (since when did his name become Susena? Susena was the name of one of Karna's sons who was killed by Nakul) to move Karna out of Hastinapur? Doesn't that put Karna in Jarasandha's service, and wasn't Jarasandha a major threat to Hastinapur, or did Dhritarashtra fix relations w/ him?
The fish monger scene - it was unbelievable to see Dhritarashtra & Shakuni insult Satyavati as being partial towards the fishermen. Shakuni in particular was brazenly rude to her - more than adequate payback for her wanting and then mistreating Gandhari.
The Pandavas - Arjun wasn't an archer this early - at this stage, he'd have been no different from Nakul & Sahadev, & only Bhima would have stood out. Arjun knocking out a laddoo w/ an arrow could only have happened much later, but by then, they'd have been much older for that. Bhima eating up N & S's laddoos was funny, as was Arjun snatching it from him, and helping himself, Nakul & Sahadev to it. It was funny that Yudhisthir didn't crack down on him.
Somehow, I could never get myself to watch any scenes of Pandu dying - it's too painful. Speaking of which, I didn't think much of the kids - it's hard to see a great looking, cheery person like Pandu be the father of such kids. But then again, they were born of niyoga.
I hate the promo - Kunti never preached to her kids to love the 100 Kauravas, and Shakuni was not the inspiration for Duryodhan's hatred - all that was innate.
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