It was an interesting episode from many perspectives but one that interested me most was Imlie's perspective. It is ironical that one time that she actually did what Aryan wanted to her to do, keep herself and her desires above everyone else, she ended up in a situation where the cost was too high and she had to give in.
This is a girl that went through hell again and again for what she thought was love and marriage. Her experience is enough to traumatize anyone much less an eighteen year old. Anyone in her shoes would be wary of even word marriage and love. From her perspective everyone betrayed her and asked her to pay up for what they had done for her. Atleast Tripathis were subtle about it even though they emotionally blackmailed her repeatedly. To her Aryan and Meethi's supposed betrayal hurts the most because they were her strength and for them to shamelessly ask her for a price for their friendship and motherhood respectively is unforgivable. She wants to breath, she wants to feel the freedom to choose her own path without any pressure or thinking about consequences and that is her right. She naĆÆve enough to believe that she can have that elusive freedom without having to pay an price for it. Tripathis would have dragged her into their mess again and BM would have destroyed Rathores. Marrying Aryan actually gives her a path to that freedom and keeps her world intact but that means hitching herself to a person she thinks betrayed her for a lifetime and probably living through the nightmare that once her marriage was.
She acts out and she hates because she loved and trusted them. She is in her tandav mode and it will take Aryan a lot of patience to get her to calm down. It will take her some time to see that things might not be as they seem and this marraige is a blessing in disguise. There is no one more suited for each other because Imlie manages to get under Aryan's skin and get him to react while he can read her and cares enough to do so and he is as smart as her so he keeps her going and growing while protecting her.
I found Aparna's reaction interesting, she seemed to almost hope that marraige would not go through. I wonder if they funded this wedding in hopes that at some point Imlie would fall weak and they would find a fault with Aryan paving way to getting her back with AKT. The issue of AKT still being married has been completely swept under the rug for now.
I keep wondering why BM and BD are still here and why do Narmada and Arpita become doormats in front of her. BM is crass, manipulative and greedy. It is unfortunate because there is no good answer to the dilemma, all characters have backed themselves in an corner. Even if Aryan told Imlie how he felt about her, would she believe him?, would she understand the depth of it? Her experience with love has been filmy, demeaning and horrible and that is the yardstick she would use. Can Meethi and Aryan let Imlie destroy herself and destroy she will because she is unable to let go of toxic Tripathis? Can Imlie trust anyone given she feels betrayed by everyone?
I am curious to see how the story proceeds because they can turn it into usual ITV fare with a silly rebellious Imlie who refuses to grow up, an angsty Aryan, obsessed AKT and BD, a discordant marraige and MUs, kitchen drama as well as criminal plots supplied by BM or they can chase a true romantic saga where two broken souls heal each other and grow alongside each other while spreading happiness all around them.