Originally posted by: Apsvenky
NMji, Thank you so much for the post for the post, was really waiting for this for today's episode. Agree to each and every point you mentioned. The way Imlie literally took him in her arms reminded me also of the mitti scene where she understood that he craved that physical connection to make sense of that intense conversation he had and the disappointment in not being able to convince Nishant. Adi literally crumpled in her arms like a child and she took him on and gave him the support he needed. I could not help but compare it to the last time when Nishant fell and afterwards during Malini & Adi's conversation, rather than focus on Adi's worries for Nishant and giving him the support he needed, Malini was more interested in telling the truth about her doubts. Just seeing the stark difference shows why this guy is willing to get buried alive for this ittu si choti si cute si ladki. Even when he admitted that his way did not work, rather than berating him, all she said was don't worry, I am there for you and we are in this together. That itself was enough for Adi to go along with any harebrained scheme she came up with, because he really trusts her with his life.
The entire bit between Adi & Imlie shows just how far they have come as a couple. Where earlier Imlie used to be a bit hesitant while talking to Adi or putting her views, now she is very secure in the relationship and fully shows her haq on him in every way. Be it calling him Imlie ka Imlendar, pulling his shirt while complimenting him (and Adi's almost blush when he pulls away, that was so cute) or convincing him to go along with her plan. It was so beautiful to even see how she showed him the mirror of his past actions when he retorted that Nishant himself asked Pallavi to marry someone else. Her response of saying something, but actually seeing your loved one with someone else, actually reminded me of 2 incidents. One of his when he asked her to marry someone else and then got jealous at seeing Imlie and Prakash together. The other was her own example of getting upset when she heard about Adi and Malini going for their HM. That betrayal she felt despite having told him herself to go to didi was what she was explaining to Adi today, which he also related to. Even their interactins among the T family, where she defended him and stopped the others from making fun of him was a cute call back to last week, where Adi came to Imlie's defense. They both never allow others to make fun of the other and always tries to find a solution rather than allow their partner to become the butt of jokes.
Then came the T family that really shined today. From BK's gadha, to khusboo in Vaani, to Aparna's Punjabi accent, they really were hilarious. But today the show stealer was Pankaj Tripathi. When he understood that this was the chance he had to show his son what he ca do, shuru ho gaye to showcase his acting chops and share his precious knowledge with his beta. By god kitne funny hai, matlab aaj toh unhone BK ko bhi maat de di comedy ke mamle mein. He was soo cute, endearing and really wanted to teach Adi the ropes, like you do for kids. Loved the wak BK kept telling him, thoda kam kar do, sab Adi ke sar ke upar se jaa raha hai. That was hilarious. the entire section with the T family really riminded me of "Chupke Chupe", one of my favorite situational comedies, which is very high praise for any ITV serial I have watched till date. Like I sahed on another post, today seems like a bumper episode after yesterday, and makes me really excited to see what we have in store for this week.
I also like this quality of togetherness in their relationship where they will laugh & make fun of each other when they are alone but they will not like it if others make fun of their partner. Then they try to stop the others from laughing.
Adi was so cute in the way he was complaining to Imlie that I had told you ki everyone will laugh at me. Lol at his award winning patrakaar image line😆.
I agree that Pankaj got to shine today more but BK & Aparna were also not very far behind. Their rejoinders to Pankaj were supporting his act. Also agree that the entire scene gave that old school family comedy movie scenes ka deja vu.
See when the makers give us such quality content then we get really easily disappointed by content which is lower than their usual standard. But Imlie's not so good content is also 💯 times better than the good content of the other ITV shows. Imlie is a gem of a show. I tried to watch some other ITV stuff on weekend & could not even manage to watch 1 complete epi without FF😆. The ridiculousness & nonsense shown in other current shows is astounding.