Too much to process... today..
Dev never returned to PD to look on Mithi... coz he was afraid of his reputation.. same thing as Anu. THink this is what is keeping them together despite their acrimonious marriage. he puts up with her taunts and she is happy to live to with a man who lied to her for freaking 20 years. I can see where Malini gets all her traits from - her mother. The apple does not fall far from the tree. Rest you have written about Dd.
As for Aparna, she is stern loving mother, scolding the kids when they do wrong to loving them sweetly. With Imlie, she was strict and laid down the rules, which were followed by her. I think her concern was more around Adi expressing his anger on Imlie earlier or his concern for her in the recent past. EMA has not even crossed her mind. She is a CLASSY amma and brings that warmth to her role effortlessly.
You are right the apple doesn't fall far from the tree but the funniest part is didi has a delusion ke woh sabse achi hai and better than her parents and that she actually cares for imlie and is making som e great sacrifice and putting a stand for her haqs but but she just do the mudslinging in the very sister she claims she is doing so much for.. sab dhakosla and jhoota..atkeast before she had the excuse ke isko kuch pata nahi hai but ab she knows all the sachs before anybody else and she is still being oh am not wrong but let's just call "my pyari behan" the mistress when she is the actual behan and am without a status and label..oh so much genuine concern you see..they want us to buy this like