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You, my dear Arshi, are far more entertaining than the episode. I am sure you could recite all these lines very nicely too, and keep us more engaged than Rudra did tonight.

So-so is too kind an assessment. I found myself fast forwarding all the parts of Rudra wandering around and I almost did the same with the scene of him moping and weeping all over an empathetic daadi, who of course was only too glad to lend him a shoulder for this purpose. I do not like men or boys who weep all the time like a watering pot, and by now I am tired of Rudra mourning his losses.

The only good parts tonight were

(1) the Greyerson-Katharine interchange, hinting that (a) he has some hold over her and (b) that he knows that she is a garuda, which is why he wants her to tell Shivanand that and thus insinuate herself into his plans (her refusal is intriguing and the reason she offers appropriately cryptic and confusing),

(2) the scene between Prof. Rao and Shivanand, where Shiva betrays the depth of his disappointment with his son and his emotional weaknesses. It showed that even an iron man can have his moments of depression, and finally

(3) the precap where Shiva shuts up a pleading Rudra, who wants him to toe his mother's line and presumably junk all the research he has been doing. His line Parivaron ke rakshak hote hain, rakshak ke parivaar nahin hote!, is classic by any standards.

Incidentally, Rudra's plea put paid to the argument advanced here after he sided openly with Daadi against his father, that it was merely a tactic that he had adopted in order to effect a reconciliation between Daadi and his Baba. It was clearly no such thing. Rudra is on the same page as Daadi, and he has, as of now, no stomach for or interest in his father's mission.

I suppose another dozen episodes, if not more, will be consumed in getting Rudra to swivel by 180 degrees on this issue, for the pace is far too slow and has been so all this week. That will bring us to near the mid-point of 60 episodes.

For now, I simply cannot stomach all these lachrymose goings on, and if Maya, after denying all knowledge of him, begins a weeping competition with Rudra, I shall be strongly tempted to run away. I cannot understand why this unconvincing love story, between a pair with zero chemistry (alas for Saras and Kumud!), is being force fed to the viewers; this Rudra is no Saras, not by any manner of means. Surely Utkarsh could have found other reasons for Rudra being reluctant to join in his father's crusade? Is it that just because they have named her Maya, she has to haunt not just us but Rudra as well?

Shyamala

Originally posted by: happychappy

^^^^

You are equally entertaining dear Shyamala!

Now Rudr cries even at the sight of bhindi... 😛 I am far more sympathetic to his cause than you are, though!!! Especially because that bhindi scene struck some personal chords with me...Rudr's devdas act will find its counterpoise at some stage where the action-hero will take over... it's only a couple of weeks since we were cribbing about his animal ferocity, so the writer regularly gives us a new bone to chew over...😉 How kind!

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Incidentally, Rudra's plea put paid to the argument advanced here after he sided openly with Daadi against his father, that it was merely a tactic that he had adopted in order to effect a reconciliation between Daadi and his Baba. It was clearly no such thing. Rudra is on the same page as Daadi, and he has, as of now, no stomach for or interest in his father's mission.

Originally posted by: sashashyam

You, my dear Arshi, are far more entertaining than the episode. I am sure you could recite all these lines very nicely too, and keep us more engaged than Rudra did tonight.

So-so is too kind an assessment. I found myself fast forwarding all the parts of Rudra wandering around and I almost did the same with the scene of him moping and weeping all over an empathetic daadi, who of course was only too glad to lend him a shoulder for this purpose. I do not like men or boys who weep all the time like a watering pot, and by now I am tired of Rudra mourning his losses.

The only good parts tonight were

(1) the Greyerson-Katharine interchange, hinting that (a) he has some hold over her and (b) that he knows that she is a garuda, which is why he wants her to tell Shivanand that and thus insinuate herself into his plans (her refusal is intriguing and the reason she offers appropriately cryptic and confusing),

(2) the scene between Prof. Rao and Shivanand, where Shiva betrays the depth of his disappointment with his son and his emotional weaknesses. It showed that even an iron man can have his moments of depression, and finally

(3) the precap where Shiva shuts up a pleading Rudra, who wants him to toe his mother's line and presumably junk all the research he has been doing. His line Parivaron ke rakshak hote hain, rakshak ke parivaar nahin hote!, is classic by any standards.

Incidentally, Rudra's plea put paid to the argument advanced here after he sided openly with Daadi against his father, that it was merely a tactic that he had adopted in order to effect a reconciliation between Daadi and his Baba. It was clearly no such thing. Rudra is on the same page as Daadi, and he has, as of now, no stomach for or interest in his father's mission.

I suppose another dozen episodes, if not more, will be consumed in getting Rudra to swivel by 180 degrees on this issue, for the pace is far too slow and has been so all this week. That will bring us to near the mid-point of 60 episodes.

For now, I simply cannot stomach all these lachrymose goings on, and if Maya, after denying all knowledge of him, begins a weeping competition with Rudra, I shall be strongly tempted to run away. I cannot understand why this unconvincing love story, between a pair with zero chemistry (alas for Saras and Kumud!), is being force fed to the viewers; this Rudra is no Saras, not by any manner of means. Surely Utkarsh could have found other reasons for Rudra being reluctant to join in his father's crusade? Is it that just because they have named her Maya, she has to haunt not just us but Rudra as well?

@Bold : Couldnt have said better.

Rest I agree with everything you said, we share the same sentiments. Even i cant take men who weep like there is no tomorrow.