I feel the whole episode was more of a reflection of how one should deal with its fears as shown by dev he may not have been able to do it himself but his advice to imlie was on point unlike anu whom told her daughter the latter.
Aditya concern stood out even with the statement of her being his first wife. We have to remember he was always denying she is his wife and alway said she held no place. Her promise doesn’t allow him to claim her but at the end he want around the clause to tell her how he feels and why he feels so and through this line he showed her she has a right on him all along as she was the one that entered the bond with him first.
I feel the back drop of the whole balloons etc was done to show us the beauty of the bond these tow hold were the can simply sit and talk over a cup of tea.
Today’s episode I felt was a try at the cvs wanting to show that love can put everything in a perspective for there is no fear in love but love can retain fear. He is in that pendulum as is she.At the moment he is at a cross road were he both feels imprisoned and liberated and he is trying to tell her he has made his choice to be free of it indirectly if she is by his side.
I just want to say this is no ordinary love story for it has far more hurdles to come some we may like others we may not but live is never a bed of roses and that’s what I feel Imlie is about and has shown so far.
@bold: +1....that is exactly what he's trying to express to her. He's spent so long denying the validity of their marriage, the FACT that he married her first....so this is his atonement for all that even if he isn't being able to overall solve the problem they are in yet. In his mind, at the very least he wants Imlie to start having that trust/faith in him that she is the only wife in his heart and mind now.....that she is the one who has the first right on him no matter what anyone else says.
I also liked your point about what the writers were attempting to do with this scene.....with Adi feeling both liberated and imprisoned....and expressing all of that to Imlie with total honesty.....letting her know she is his choice in every way now even if they are trapped by circumstances overall.
Hurdles are there in every love story.....lol but the ones in this story probably make most people more uncomfortable because they don't fall into easy slots to be able to process.
How does that saying go? Love makes everything beautiful? Here I'd say, Adi-Imlie have a way of making everything beautiful no matter how complicated a situation they are grappling with😆