Cheap thrills...

Originally posted by: bookworm123

Thanks for making this post. My sentiments exactly.

Some additional thoughts--

The Ishwari/Sona conversation was quite ok except that I liked Sona's earlier more practical style of conversing with her. I used to like how earlier Ishwari would open up and Sona would listen and speak less. In fact that was her styel earlier. I suppose she converses with greater familiarity now because she feels closer to Dev's family.

About the scene with RR - less said the better. Lazy writing by creatives. There are better ways to show interactions with a difficult family member with whom confrontation is difficult but need to be handled with tact..

Sona/Dev scene - I suppose the creatives wanted to bring in the aspect of Sona being there for Dev for not just his emotional/family related issues but even to help him feel better after a hard day's work. Again here I fell the writing could have been more subtle. It is not necessary for her to alleviate his day's stress by providing an opinion on his work related situation, not very credible.

Visually the episodes do not paint a picture of an educated, sensible, hard working professional girl which was expected to be one of the differentiating factors of this show.

I like your summary of yesterday's episode, made me feel better:). However, to a new viewer unfamiliar with the story till date, this is how the episode comes across -

- girl comes to future MIL and listens to her issues

- girl cooking lunch for her employers

- girl acts foolish when she receives a phone call as though it is a rare occurrence

- girl has nothing to say (not even a light hearted sarcastic comment) when faced with a crass RR

- girl waits for bf, sends him to his room in his own house and offers refreshments in his own house

- super girl cures him of his headache and swiftly makes him feel better about a complex business decision that was written about in the media

- super girl is not done. since she has no life of her own these days or anything to share about her own life, she proceeds to try and fix yet another knotty problem faced by the hapless Dixits

I was just reflecting that in real life relationships, it is actually the woman who shares more about her day and life and seeks opinions/reassurances. The situation here is so reversed that she has no emotional needs from this relationship. I think the creatives need to put on their creative caps to restore depth to her character...

I agree that this is still a daily soap and very tough to check all the boxes. The show has been so good in so many ways that expectations are more :) in fact I would not bother to critique the kind of junk we have on Indian TV at the moment but this show has been so wonderful that it is tough to hold back and not have expectations.

Originally posted by: bookworm123

Thanks for making this post. My sentiments exactly.

Some additional thoughts--

The Ishwari/Sona conversation was quite ok except that I liked Sona's earlier more practical style of conversing with her. I used to like how earlier Ishwari would open up and Sona would listen and speak less. In fact that was her styel earlier. I suppose she converses with greater familiarity now because she feels closer to Dev's family.

About the scene with RR - less said the better. Lazy writing by creatives. There are better ways to show interactions with a difficult family member with whom confrontation is difficult but need to be handled with tact..

Sona/Dev scene - I suppose the creatives wanted to bring in the aspect of Sona being there for Dev for not just his emotional/family related issues but even to help him feel better after a hard day's work. Again here I fell the writing could have been more subtle. It is not necessary for her to alleviate his day's stress by providing an opinion on his work related situation, not very credible.

Visually the episodes do not paint a picture of an educated, sensible, hard working professional girl which was expected to be one of the differentiating factors of this show.

I like your summary of yesterday's episode, made me feel better:). However, to a new viewer unfamiliar with the story till date, this is how the episode comes across -

- girl comes to future MIL and listens to her issues

- girl cooking lunch for her employers

- girl acts foolish when she receives a phone call as though it is a rare occurrence

- girl has nothing to say (not even a light hearted sarcastic comment) when faced with a crass RR

- girl waits for bf, sends him to his room in his own house and offers refreshments in his own house

- super girl cures him of his headache and swiftly makes him feel better about a complex business decision that was written about in the media

- super girl is not done. since she has no life of her own these days or anything to share about her own life, she proceeds to try and fix yet another knotty problem faced by the hapless Dixits

I was just reflecting that in real life relationships, it is actually the woman who shares more about her day and life and seeks opinions/reassurances. The situation here is so reversed that she has no emotional needs from this relationship. I think the creatives need to put on their creative caps to restore depth to her character...

I agree that this is still a daily soap and very tough to check all the boxes. The show has been so good in so many ways that expectations are more :) in fact I would not bother to critique the kind of junk we have on Indian TV at the moment but this show has been so wonderful that it is tough to hold back and not have expectations.

Originally posted by: spacenoxx

I think just about everyone agrees that this wasn't their best episode. This is one ailment most TV shows suffer from, more so for daily shows.

They started with a bang, great premise, excellent characterization but after a while in the process of ensuring daily dose of intrigue and drama it's as if they are running out of ideas and resorting to cheap tactics. Situations that are not character/plot driven but contrived and forced just for the sake of it.

Hopefully they get their mojo back and give us more of the quality episodes they are capable of.

Originally posted by: spacenoxx

WORD !!

Sometimes it's like a charity case for Sona the saint where its all about Sona giving all the emotional relief happiness to the Dixits but getting nothing in return and as if she is dealing with lesser mortals and above all human weaknesses. This way they would just be making Sona more boring than interesting.

Originally posted by: randommusings

She is reading articles, taking interests about Dev's business, why can't she take some time for her own professional aspirations or is getting married to Dev her only aspiration now.

In yest. episode when Dev asked her 'what did u do all day?' N her response was 'aapko yaad kiya'. Leave aside the romantic part, she actually has no work to do.