Alright now for the episode analysis and more!
1) SpongeBob SquarePants and Dere na Dere na da na
- good riddance 🤦♀️Malini ko take a hike. Imlie is right, she is so fixated on her. If she was only half as fixated on Aditya as she is on Imlie then maybe he might give you some bhaav.
The square scene looked was like "Z" formation eye lock. Yeh scene dekh kar Adilie fans ko lollipop dikha rahe hain shayad. Pata nahi iss shamshan se Imlie aur Aryan ko kab chootkara milega. 😭
I felt sad for Aru in that scene, even though his look at Imlie was of a concerned boss/friend/>0% interest friend. It kinda looked like he didn't want her to look back at AKT.
- the sad BGM... I really don't want to see Aru heartbroken. I don't think my heart can take his heartache 🥺
2) Cooking therapy
N & A are the best, my heart goes out to them❤️. I swear Imlie can never find anyone better. To them Imlie is just not just any girl they just met a few days ago, she is like a daughter, sister, and friend to them. Their concern for her is so genuine that I hope she really becomes part of their family as Aru's wife. Plus loved it when they ganged up on Aru for Imlie 😈 heheheh, abhi se party bana li hain maa beti ne milkar. Bechara Aru 😅
Imlie's destress mechanism is cooking (makes sense- cooking, or cleaning or doing the dishes, gardening, boxing and more are great destressing mechanisms)- glad to see makers showing something like that.
But Aru's face - Heh? She has lost her marbles wala look is amazing🤣
The "Aur" scene: WOW 🤣🤣🤣. Yeah man she is a cook and will make you so much that you will forget all your sorrows.
Loved how she was showing her strong front but Aru could definitely see that she was hurting but also wanted to give her space but also wanted to go check on her and so he willingly listened to his mom and sister. I mean if he truly didn't care about her he would have outright told them NO.
So the current % of interest of Aru in Imlie stands at ~ 5-7% ( trajectory of this interest is in the S-shaped growth curve and there are chances of it becoming an exponential growth curve)
Jaaniya was placed perfectly this time. I definitely think that PH is stalking this forum. 😆Arre bhai agar padh rahe ho toh plzz inko alag mat karna 🙏
3) Paani
- Oh ho Mr. Fastforward toh Mr. Antaryami ban gaye. Kaisan pata chali tumko ke Imliya paani dhoondat hain Mr. Zero % interest🤔. Now this is called knowing your partner ❤️. Seriously the whole kitchen scene was like a glimpse into the future when the two of them will cook in the kitchen and share some romantic moments...ahem, ahem 🤤🤩😍😉.
- The moment where she said that "However it turns out to be, the work I did is my responsibility and no one else's and is also not because of someone else's mistake" and that "She wants to live a life where she doesn't blame anyone else and doesn't want to be anyone's responsibility"; it resonated with Aryan as he blames and holds AKT responsible for his and his family's suffering, and now also for Imlie's suffering. It is interesting to see this contrast btw these two.
- Mr. Mujhe koi farq nahi padta: bechara apni feelings ko chupa nahi paya toh payaaz par sara ilzam dal diya 🤣🤣
4) Finally
- Imlie finally said to herself that she is not at fault and that she tried. Yaar yeh sun ne keliye mere kaan taras gaye the. But then I also know that she is on a ladder and she keeps stepping back down at least a few steps before climbing one step🤦♀️🤷♀️.
5) Aru's chori chupe tastes her kadhi 🕺
- I swear I saw N looking at Aru as if she saw him dip his finger in the kadhi.
- This was a great scene as well where we see him wishing he could forget his pain as she did by just cooking (even if it's for a short time).
- So according to me (and please don't throw chappals at me) Imlie's pain is not that difficult to forget. I totally understand that it's not easy for sure especially for someone who is so young and has definitely been through worse than hell but it is manageable with time. Plus she has recognized that she tried her best and that it is now over; no more shedding tears for AKT and moving ahead.
Contrasting that with Aryan's situation: this is a bit more difficult to deal with. I can't remember how old he was when he witnessed the death of his BIL, but I am guessing it was around the same age range as Imlie's. For him, the past is very difficult to forget as he witnessed his BIL's death (literally saw him burning in a car) which is quite traumatic, for anyone. The two experiences (Aryan and Imlies) have their own place and are again deeply painful for both of them but in terms of Aryan, there was an actual death which is on a different level. So the fact that he is not able to move on and blames AKT makes sense as he associates that deeply traumatic experience with AKT and his actions. For him moving on will be much harder than Imlie but hopefully, Imlie will be able to introduce him to his buried emotions so that he can let go.
Another reason for this in my perspective is also sex. Females have been gifted with emotions ka bhandar 😆and know how to stabilize them as well. Even though we may show emotions very easily (some not all), we are able to handle many emotions at once which is what makes women stronger and thus able to tackle any hardship that comes our way. Not saying that men can't have emotions or show emotions, they do. But it's just that women go through so much in their lifetime that the emotions that we encounter cannot be compared to what men see in their lifetime. (GUYS PLEASE THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, DON'T THROW CHAPPALS AT ME. Not trying to start a war here either. It is just my thought and I am not biased against any gender) So in that perspective, Imlie who has seen so much in just one year will be able to handle her situation better and overcome it better than Aryan. If we think about it N & A also went through the same traumatic experience but they have handled it differently than Aryan has. So what he really needs is a woman's touch or should I say a woman who can provide him the experience of progressing through this pain and moving on -- ENTER IMLIE 😃.
6) Aiyo Malini you really need to stop listening to your mother. I'm just going to skip her part cause I find it really insignificant and blatantly annoying 😒
7) Precap:
- I seriously wanted to smack imlie when she started to eat the chillies. Like WHAT? WHY?
- Many have mentioned in the thread about showing love for someone by going through pain .. I find that "DISGUSTING". If you have to prove your love for someone like that then to Hell with them. Woman literally kal hi toh Sita maiyya ki kasam li thi tune ke Adi ke liye aansoo nahi bahaye gi aur ek din mein kasam tod di. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️💆♀️🧘
- Aru being concerned for her made sense obviously (let's see how much the Interest % increases tmw for Aru)
- I think Aru will take her to the kitchen and will rummage through their fridge to find something to cool her burning tongue and stomach. Maybe (like many of you have mentioned) Ice-cream, crushed ice with honey, cold milk, dahi shakkar. OR maybe none of that will happen and the T's will come to help her 🤷♀️😒
8) "Stages of Behavior Change"
So I am going to reiterate what I wrote in one of my earlier posts.
There is something called the "Stages of Behavior Change" used in Psychiatry and medicine in general and it also fits perfectly for Imlie's and Aryans situation.
Seriously why can't the two of them go and see a therapist who will make this process easier for them. Come on makers show something sensible!

Imlie has so far reached the Preparation stage, there were many hurdles along the way but she has finally got to this stage. Now we have to watch for the next two stages - Action and Maintenance.
The action phase will be tough for her. Aryan will be her pillar of strength, a mentor, and a therapist who will give her the right advice to stay strong. If he sees her falling back he will also give her the support that she needs. But he will let her choose her own battles and fight them headstrong and will never hold her back.
As per the precap she is nowhere close to action... seriously this is going to be a bumpy ride.
The maintenance phase can be tricky and there are chances for relapse even when in that stage (Probably when AKT gets to know about M and her plans). What we can hopefully get to see is how Aryan
and Narmada+Arpita
will give her strength, guide her, support her and provide her with unconditional love and care so that she doesn't divert from that path and doesn't relapse into the hell of AKT.
And hopefully when in that stage she decides to choose ARYAN over akt ❤️.
Aryan is also in the Preparation stage and has been inching towards the Action phase - slowly due to Imlie (as we will see in the upcoming episodes). But from what I can see is that he will be able to reach the Action phase but since he is hell-bent on revenge that phase won't last. His behavior change will be cut short due to the truth revelation, Imlie's emotional support and then he will start the behavior change in a new direction from the Contemplation stage. That's probably when we will start seeing the old Aryan (but he will not lose the current Aryan either, the business tycoon with a bossy attitude).
This was a long one guys sorry 😊
Edited by Pavilion_way - 3 years ago