Today's epi was beautiful. Pata nahi aisa epi phir kab mile so I feel compelled to share some musings. Please bear with me if some of this has already been said.😆
Firstly, a few words on the burial scene. It was morbid but it was interesting how SK briefly lingered at the burial site after all his men left. There was a hint of remorse on his face...showing that he wasn't proud of what he'd done but he felt compelled to do it to enact justice for what his Imliya has been put through. I thought this was a poignant bit. You could see this remorse coming back on his face after Imlie questioned him on whether he had killed Adi.
So far we've only seen Babusahib's intense love and passion for Imlie but today it was finally Imlie's turn. She's held herself back from expressing her feelings for him for so long because of her guilt but unbeknownst to her, these feelings grew more intense over time. These pent up emotions and her frustration & anger at not being able to claim her rights found an outlet the moment she realised she was on the brink of losing Adi. She could no longer hold herself back and in that point of time, she and only she had every haq on Adi, duniya jaaye bhad mein. "Humre hote huye humaar suhaag humse konu nahi cheen sakat, tum bhi nahi Dadda." On the surface it seems like she's saying that while she's alive, no one can harm Adi. But her 'cheen nahi sakta' makes me think that she's lamenting the fact that her rights were taken by someone else (Malini).
But no one in the world could stop today her from asserting her right on Adi as she engulfed him in her arms, cupped his face and watched him like he's the most precious thing in the world and showered him with kisses. This was poetry in motion and words are not enough to describe how soulful and beautiful this sequence was, so I won't bother. Can only say that it evoked an other-worldly feeling of two souls harmonising into one. Although he was the one suffocating inside that grave few moments ago, she was not suffocating any less because she was withholding herself from expressing her feelings and asserting her rights on him. In that moment of embrace, they both could breathe again.❤️
But unfortunately, reality soon came crashing down on our Imliya as she recalled AC's words (lies) about AM and broke the embrace. She was 100% the indignant wife when she said "Babusahib ap par ho na ho par apan jaan pe ab bhi humaar adhikaar hai."😆 She was again lamenting the fact that she can't claim her rights on him. Also, Adi and Imlie both compensate in other ways for not being able to fully assert their rights on each other. Adi compensates by becoming extremely intense in matters of her education, while Imliya compensates by declaring her rights on Adi's life as his raksha kavach.
Adi's question "Aur kitni baar humaari jaan bachaogi Imlie" had me 😆. What he should have asked is how many more times will he have to put his life in danger for Imlie to realise that his feelings are REAL and accept his proposal.🤔😆 Kalavati Kathor to sirf naam ki kathor thi, Imlie Kathor is the real deal.😆😛
Finally, a few words on the much discussed shikayaat scene.😆 I'm glad Imlie's POV and what led to her misunderstanding was revealed to us. You have already analysed this beautifully, so I'm just adding a couple more thoughts. The fire in her eyes though as she said "Humaar sirf ek hi ghar hai aur woh had PD mein, sheher mein nahi." And she was full on indignant biwi mode as she said "Aapke paas toh WAQT nahi hai kisi ke baareme soch ne".😆 But ab bhi indirectly baat kar rahi hai LOL, 'kisi aur' kyun Imlie, direct 'mere bareme' bol deti na.😆
She's become so used to him chasing her, worrying about her & caring for her even as she pushed her away repeatedly, that she didn't know how to function when he suddenly stopped doing it. Aside from expecting him to care for her and come from her at C house, I think she also expects him to override her decision in not claiming her rights on him and make her claim her rights on him.😆 She doesn't feel at liberty to come ahead and claim her rights herself because she has locked herself in that promise she extracted from him and maybe also due to her guilt/moral code. While her sense of betrayal/hurt stems from her misconception that he's gone back to Malini after doing prem ka 'naatak' with her, I think she's also frustrated because she expects him to understand this.
I think she still has faith that he is not a 'dhokebaaz', which is why she looked at him so expectantly when he was about to say that he revealed the truth to Malini. She's just conveniently presuming he is a dhokebaaz to fuel her sense of betrayal/anger, in order to keep her intense feelings for him at bay and suppress her overwhelming desire to assert her haq on him. She expects him to call her out with his daant, tell her that only she has the rights on him and take her home full haq se. 😆 Bechaari was expecting this last minute tak after his "Suno" but her heart just broke after his "Goodbye". LOL @ the bechaare phoot phoot ke bahaoing aansoo after this.
Imlie has gone from this:

To this:

There's been a role reversal. Now she wants Babusahib usse rok le even as she vehemently pushes him away. But that Bailbuddhi didn't.😆