Originally posted by: Minionite
Dec 18th - Caught in the Trap
Caught in the Trap - And it's done. Rishi is caught. He is trapped. And there's no escaping it now. Rishi walked into Maya's trap easily and blindly. By the time he realized he was caught, it was too late. Maya drew the trap around him well. By playing hard to get and then by showing her "love", she drew him in with a good foundation. She forced him to accept he loves her. Then she made him feel helpless and finally she played him into proposing to her even though he never intended to. Marriage was never in the cards. Rishi just wanted to have fun with her and then leave her. MJ's son through and through. Even the red colour and fake act of cutting himself was something that MJ would have thought up. A cunning move to trap an "innocent" girl.
One thing to note here is that when Maya said tumhare aapno ne dhokha diya tha, Rishi's reaction was completely opposite to what MJ or Rudra's reaction would have been. Maya easily manipulated her words to mean all rich people, but both MJ and Rudra would have seen right through the generalization to understand that Maya is talking about the Roy family in specific. Rishi just accepted whatever Maya threw at him because he was getting so overwhelmed.
Finally the last thing I want to talk about here is how misunderstood Rishi is. Rudra and Ananya didn't see the actual problem Rishi was having. They were just fighting over their differing opinions. The problem is that in his junoon of getting Maya, Rishi himself got trapped in this. He can't tell anyone about Maya and yet he realizes how stuck he is as well. It'll be interesting to see what he does to try and get out of this mess. I honestly doubt he'll do much because someone or the other will taunt his ego and he'll keep forging ahead blindly.
Pyaar ek din teri jaan lelega. Foreshadowing or just a red herring? The way the CVs drove home that point with the echo makes me think the latter. We already have a strong inkling that Rishi will die. How many more times will they punctuate it? And the repeated punctuations on it make it less and less likely that this will happen.
BTW, these 3 are awesome. Shivin's actions at hamari koi problem nahi hai teri shaadi cancel were the highlight, but these 3 have such a good camaraderie, it shows. I bet offscreen they have become friends as well, which is why their scenes are so easy to believe and see.
MJ's first mini loss - Without even knowing who was doing this, MJ had an inkling that he was being drawn into a game and had suffered a loss. Rishi ignored his call for the first time ever and it was a loss for MJ. His first loss.
Rudra and Ananya's sleepover - Oh god these two. They are such good friends and yet hilarious as hell. It was cute that the CVs made Ananya a snorer. And thank you for making her sleep clothes look realistic! But who watches CID in a sleepover? Daya se Maya tak. Sahi hai Rudra beta. D aur M ka hi toh antar hai. And her entry in CID made him jump in surprise. Chalo at least the CVs haven't started some filmi love track where the guy sees the girl everywhere for no reason. Makes sense though that Rudra saw Maya like that. She had a big impact on him in one day already.
Behind closed doors - Up to now we had seen only one facet of MJ, the facet that was out in the open. Cunning, clever, cold, and controlling. But now we're seeing the real MJ. The one that is behind closed doors: cruel and calculating. These are the 6Cs that define MJ. The real MJ. MJ doesn't need Antara supposedly, but he can't do without her either. She's the only one that ties Rudra to MJ. And if Maya does away with Antara, then the only link tying Rudra to MJ is also gone. Then what will MJ do?
Filing away the feel - Point to note, Maya only does this every time Rishi touches her. She touched Rudra, Rudra touched her (in fact held her) and yet she did nothing of the sort. That's because Rishi is MJ Part 2 - I'm Rishi Mrityunjay Roy. On the other hand, Rudra doesn't even want to use the name Roy - like when he introduced himself to Nandini.
Considering herself a vessel of God - Maya is not doing anything or killing anyone because she wants to but because she thinks God wants to through her. Interesting. So that means there will be deaths by her hand, but only because God himself can't do it directly.
Immersing herself - Maya is repeatedly immersing herself in water. That's her way of fighting her fear. She was almost drowned in water. Now she needs to remind herself that it's nothing to be scared of.
Additionally, this is a way of repeatedly cleansing herself of the day's deeds. By immersing herself completely, she comes out everyday "reborn". It's like the first episode, a new Maya dawns everyday, ridding herself of the past.
Precap - I doubt that MJ and Maya were speaking to each other. MJ is probably speaking to Maya's hidden friend who won't be hidden any longer and Maya was speaking to Rudra or Ananya. There's no way that MJ wouldn't have recognized Maya's voice like that or at least wouldn't have felt that it was a familiar voice.
@red - Honestly, nowadays whenever this death reference comes up, the only thing I can think of is when we say, 'Ab to tu gaya', which we don't say because we mean you will die, but it is more like either you give a heavy penalty or a terrible punishment to pay for what you did. Rishi I guess will do the same because of Mrityunjay. Or maybe young Rishi was also used by Mrityunjay in his dirty game against Maya and her family.
@blue - Maya continues to interpret the Geeta for her purpose, and the Geeta explains that innocent lives claimed in battle are just a medium for you to move ahead in your cause, because those sacrifices are made to justify your crusade for truth to prevail. So whether Rishi becomes dark or Antara becomes useless, those sacrifices are justified.
@purple- Immersing herself in water is also to cleanse herself of Rishi's touch, since he is so much like Mrityunjay. She is also kind of absolving herself of the pain she endured because of drowning and foreshadowed what she will be inflicting on Antara. She is just giving back all that she received in kind.
@green - I agree with your point made. But Mrityunjay did not recognize Maya's name either, so it could be her or as you said, Maya's faceless friend who will be identified soon enough.

She smartly twisted the situation to bring everything unto Rishi.