It also led up nicely - did not come out of nowhere - we just kept discounting because of the usual ITV workflow.
He missed her, yelled at Ac, rode his bike in the rain for her, bought her a red outfir for V day, apologized - reacted diff to Mun's accident than Imlis', saved her over Mun, took her to his room, sees her saving his life and craves her comfort at that time, watches her walk away, bus scene, total despair after that, going the day after to PG after lying, going to her home while questioning why its his marzi, staying at her home, saying he will eat from her plate, hiding the snake bite, wanting to do rigth by her for the exams under all odds, recalling the past, the sindoor miss - why are people feeling this all came out of left center....in reality do you need more than this for it to flash in your inward mind that 'Imli' is your pasand. People are so conditioned by ITV that takes multiple episodes for some understanding to dawn that when it happens organically they feel it came out of nowhere. Adi being Adi will of course now try to tell himself of all the reasons why he cannot let his mind accept the truth and go back to Mun - but after a part of him realizing the truth. Much more real story.
I loved how his alter ego danced...and how the real Adi wished he could go and join in the happy dance. The dance was warranted...Adi's acknowledging in some dimension the truth needed expression, and it was good they did not overdo.
Ok, I could not find your post in the other thread so thought of replying to this one for the alter ego part. 😊
Totally agree with you that the flow was there and we were heading towards Aditya's realization. It was clear from the day he landed in PD. The dialogues were also spot on and it was a good scene.
I guess some folks including me were questioning it, not because it come out of nowhere but because of the timing or maybe because it happened in PD. My reasoning is because it happened in PD, he will not be able to draw comparison with Malini nor get clarity on how wrong a partner Moon is for him with or without Imlie. With this realization and if we get acceptance, his feelings will always be clouded with guilt whereas I was looking for confusion when he goes back. Also, as the first doubt has crept in, even though he is still in denial, its become doubly important that he comes clean with Moon or tries to come clean with Moon because he being pulled two ways emotionally. It would now actually be "betrayal" as his alter ego said.
Now there is mess back home and he himself is emotionally shocked, its going to take immense inner strength for him to untangle all the these sensitive emotional relations. Aditya is short tempered and if they do not do it correctly and if he lashes out on Malini in the process, there will be backlash, hence it would be better if he stays in denial till he leaves. Let see what the makers have in store for us. 😊