The makers were again trying to make subtle points about class and privilege throughout the episode.....
Imlie was casually labeled a criminal, was told she belongs to a whole family of criminals because she comes from a poor village background and her father is a rebel fighting the government. 
Meanwhile AC is a rich woman so people scoff at the notion that she can be labeled a criminal.....despite the fact that they've all seen video proof of her smashing a tubelight on Imlie's head.....yet they all act shocked as if the idea of AC doing criminal things is a bridge too far. She is given so much leeway cuz she wears fancy clothes and claims to be doing things out of love for her daughter.....lol so love for her daughter is proved by getting random someone kidnapped and beaten up? That's not criminal? 
And the said daughter who finds out what her mom did to the supposed "7 saal ka grand pyar of her life" and still only makes strange constipated faces after learning about it and then ultimately covers for her Mom....so what does that tell you about privilege too? 
The last scene then showed how all this privilege also conditions people to put down anyone so casually.....even if Malini actually felt that Imlie was too young to be able to fight the world outside herself, was this the way to convey it to Imlie? She is almost 10 years older than Imlie and is using phrases like, "Get real"? 😆.....she tries to act like she's Imlie's mom and so worldly wise and this is the extent of her language? She actually sounds like a teenager herself. 
Anyways the truth is that Malini demotivated and put down Imlie there simply so that she could show off of her own power and supposed ability to "manage" things.....again and again she reiterated what all she can do to go save Adi while Imlie supposedly is a bumbling fool who doesn't know how to tackle the world outside. 
This is privilege speaking through and through.....Adi may also get frustrated with Imlie's child-like antics sometimes but at his base he RESPECTS her strength and ability to manage any tough situation, has even shown his awe at how she is able to manage more emotional strength than him - he's said as much to her too.....meanwhile Malini has not left any chance to deride Imlie as someone inferior to her......this is just one more display in that series. 
The rest is just a grand display of manipulation since Malini can see that Adi may not want her but the Ts do and she is using that to her full advantage to "compete" with Imlie. This is the stature of a so called "mature Professor".....LOL
Edited by AreYaar - 4 years ago