Nice ramblings Hope!
I am still baffled as to how this Pandu and Basanti, as you termed them, do not recognize each other. As I wrote in Kool's thread, for Archana, Manav's voice was like ecstasy pills and two snorts of cocaine with a dose of the 'shrooms, or whichever other combinations she prefers. I appreciate her efforts to go clean and stay away from the influence, but come on, even the most rehab-ed of addicts don't forget the high. Same goes for Manav, dude stared at his Basanti's back more than enough.
I find Satish's bromantic tendencies to be very cute. He and Manav had the best and longest hugs in this whole show, let's see how Dharmesh matches up.
I don't quite understand Dharmesh and Vaishali's love story, but at least it shows that just 'cause he's hot doesn't mean he'll keep you happy and just 'cause he's not doesn't mean he won't. They seem happy and jovial, so that's good.
Both of those babies in the show are really big for being less than a year old, everyone except Sushant seems to be struggling to hold up Sachu.
I want to see how this male supervisor plays in to the story now, because he wasn't an extra, he was an actual actor who has worked with Ekta before. Seems like he might be yet another negatively shaded character.
No sign of Vandita, Ajit, Rasika, Tarun, Girish, or Kaka yet...
Although these new episodes are rather illogical in many ways, thankfully they're not a sluggish headache.