Originally posted by: Kittykatkit
Recap- Lots of spoilers
First episode - Saba’s dad has a heart attack , his medical expanses are 160000 rupees, Saba’s mother gives her the money for the brothers school fees, saba uses 2000 of her own savings and borrows the rest from her fiancé who tells her not to tell anyone because his mother will be upset to know he gave money out without asking her first .
saba’s mother tells the brother to drive the taxi while the father recovers but he refuses stating that his a bba third year student . The mother says well there’s no money for his fourth year in school . He gets upset , knocks some things over and walks out .
Saba’s fiancé’s mother (played by saba Faisal) , is obsessed with dowry . She doesn’t want her son to marry saba because she won’t bring much in dowry . She’s also saba’s aunt so it’s a cousin marriage . Saba herself says she doesn’t want to get married anyways , she wants to be her parents support and drive the taxi.
Saba’s lazy brother threatens her not to do it because it’ll be embarrassing in the neighborhood. She challenges to do it himself but he obviously doesn’t want to do that .
saba’s first day on the job her passenger is an old man. He gives her advice on how to drive the taxi . She charges him 750 but he tells her the real price is 1200. She doesn’t know any of these things .
Saba tries to apply to a car company but gets rejected because her car is old .
Saba only earns 2000 rupees. Her mother tells her to stop and her brother continues to taunt her. We find out saba’s character doesn’t have much of an education so she can’t get a corporate job.
A montage of her driving the cab. A lady hires her to drop and pick up her daughters on a regular basis . She seems to have found her footing with driving the taxi . She gives the brother pocket money because his lazy ass still doesn’t have a job despite bragging about his degree.
Saba’s parents feel they haven’t done right by her but she’s done right by them.
saba’s fiancé finds out she’s driving a cab. He tells her he doesn’t like her wandering the street , she should go home . She says what will she do at home? Wait around for him to marry her ? Beg people for money ? She tells him not to bother her at work .
the aunt visits home . Asks why saba’s parents didn’t stop her, they say she’s stubborn. Says saba should at least think about her in laws reputation. Makes a final decision that she will no longer drive the taxi . Saba says even if she doesn’t drive the taxi she won’t stay at home doing nothing , asks the aunt what she should do next , aunt calls her rude, fiancé tells saba to talk to his mother with respect . Aunt says she won’t come for saba’s hand in marriage if she doesn’t sit at home. Saba says she knows she was already against the marriage, says she doesn’t think an uneducated girl like her is worthy of her educated well earning son.
Fiancé tells her not to bring up such things, but she says these are things that she’s been thinking about for years. The aunt calls the engagement off .
Saba says she doesn’t need such relations in her life. None of these people stopped her dad when he stopped her education. No one came to check in her dad so she doesn’t care what any of them think .
Saba’s ex fiancé barges into her taxi while she has passengers, asks her back for the money he gave her her.
Saba meet some women activist that help who are in need of help.
the ex fiancé begs her to speak, they go out to lunch . He says he didn’t mean it when he asked for the money back . It was in the heat of the moment like when she insulted his mom. She says she will return his money in six month’s maximum. He says he can’t recognize her anymore
Sunita’s Marshall character is introduced holding a baby. She gets in saba’s cab. Saba congratulates her on the baby, she says that’s not her baby, the episode ends .
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