Today was the official start of a new battle for Imlie.....the battle for Adi's honor and respect.
If we think about it, she's fought this battle many times before in different ways. From the very beginning, she has sacrificed her everything to safeguard his respect, spare his pride. That fated day in PD, she agreed to marry him to save his life and his honor even when he was telling her to let him die😆......then she agreed to let herself be labeled a maid simply to spare his pride from answering uncomfortable questions about being forced into marriage.
And today, Imlie stands fierce again....this time to fight for his character and honor, even when he doesn't want to take a stand for himself yet again😆.....even when he is willing to take the fall for something he's not even sure he did.
It is a tricky issue they are unfolding. Much as I find Adi's obliviousness and defense of Malini irritating, we got some glimpses of his internal torment in the last scene when he spoke to KC. This is about SHAME again. Adi is feeling ashamed about this entire situation and he doesn't want to face it. This is a bit similar to the shame and helplessness he experienced when he was forced into marriage at gunpoint....it was a big hit to his pride as a man and he cowered from facing it. Today, it is a different kind of hit to his pride....an accusation that a woman may have forced herself upon him without his consent....it is a huge trauma for him to process. That is why he is trying to cower from it again....especially because it is mixed in with the shame that whatever happened means he may have betrayed Imlie and he is filled with self-loathing about that.....all these emotions swirling inside him, he just doesn't want to face. That is why he is just trying to run away from having to face it....cuz facing it would make it real. He would rather just fold and take all blame upon himself blindly cuz he doesn't even want justice....he just wants to retreat into his shell of self-loathing.....sigh.
This is why it falls upon Imlie to save him from himself yet again.....she was just so awesome to behold today👏. And again, the praise is not because she is doing some grand mahaanta of saving her pati....no, I just loved the bluntness with which she said that it's about justice, period.....that if Adi had been the one to commit this crime against Malini, she'd have gotten HIM thrown in jail too😆....that's how clear headed she is despite Adi thinking she was doing favoritism in rishte😛. She is totally upfront about the fact that she refuses to accept a crime either way...whether it's from a man or a woman. People find it easy to believe that such things can only happen with a woman...but she will prove that women can also commit such crimes against men. And I also loved the way she was like I don't need you with me to fight this battle....main akeli hi kaafi hoon👏....again what a solid contrast....this girl has always been self-sufficient and never needed anyone as a crutch - not even the Babusahib she loves immensely😆.....usse bhi lad legi usi ki khaatir😆.
Overall, the rest of the characters are continuing to downplay the issue by claiming that it's not possible for a woman to force herself on a man and Malini's lawyer is confident that no man will even admit in a court that such a thing happened to him cuz he would be too ashamed....that is what they are counting on to win this case. Meanwhile the Ts ofcourse are still in their lala land that supposedly AM are still husband-wife so everything inside a closed room must be mutual...waah ji🤔. Shockingly, Dev was the only one today to raise the point that AM are only married on paper and Adi doesn't consider her his wife so how should they believe his marzi was involved in whatever happened? Malini deflected the question as usual by guilt tripping him that you are my father and how can you ask me this.....lol she's covering up as usual.
KC got a hero's entry today😆....yeah we should all conveniently forget that this guy only covered up the divorce pausing before which allowed Malini to escalate things to this point....but whatever. He was brought in to make a case for this case and the issue of consent.....lol but jaise bhi ho, good that Imlie atleast has a lawyer to fight her case....Malini clearly didn't like one of her toys stepping out of line against her.....lol jaayegi isko bhi manipulate karne baad mein. Mercifully, Malini has left T house for now....so we get a couple of days of reprieve of her atleast not staying there.
End mein Mithi raised the valid point that KC likes Malini so how can Imlie be sure he will be able to fight a case against Malini? 😆.....
Precap is just more build up for the court case.....lol...maybe a few days will have passed by then.