Man, I can't believe how outright boring I found today's episodes. I'm usually able to find something good, some highlight to focus on but today just felt super bleh to me, I couldn't get myself to care in the slightest about anything happening on screen. I don't hold it against the show, at all. They deliver consistently strong episodes, and today's did move the plot further, and I'm sure a lot of people enjoyed it, but it just didn't strike a chord for me at all.
I think this who Lion and Mandaar track has barely started on the show, but since the promo has been around for 10 days already, and nothing has moved much in the story, it's starting to feel dragged on even though it really isn't. I wish they wouldn't release the promos so far in advance.
The one thing I loved was that Raghav hadn't been running to Pallavi. When the BTS came, I'd been hoping it was a chase, and not a 'I need to get to X location' waala running, because in those cases running is so inefficient. Driving is much faster, or even waiting for a cab- the car's speed vs running speed more than compensates for the two minute wait for an Uber.
Baaki I thought Raghav and Pallavi were both consistent if annoying today. Raghav needs to learn from Ved about keeping a cool head- last time Ved was all frantic, and it only made him more ineffective. The way he barged in and lost it at Sulochana, anyone would be annoyed at him. Pallavi also needs to control her base instinct to play peacemaker. I think she was just focused on not making a tamasha there in that moment.
I liked what she had said previously, ki she will come and go as she pleases, because her Ayi and Kaka live there, but aur kitna zaleel hona chahti hai before she stops coming by? I'm back to wishing she meets whoever she wants to outside the house, ya she finally hits her breaking point in her own context, as her dialogues to Mansi indicated. I don't have the heart to keep watching her be mistreated and abused.