I remember in the beginning of this season, this incident happened , one of the first arguments where people questioned Shiv about washing Sajid's dishes when everyone else was doing their own job. Felt odd that time too but I didn't think much of it .. Shiv's explanation was like what's the big deal if I washed "sir's" dishes? His unwavering fierce loyalty since then till the last day, a lot of time made no sense..Why he wouldn't ever call Sajid out..like ever even when I could see disagreement in his face, be it the way Sajid treated Gori vs Stan, or Sumbul or even Nimrit at one point. Now watching him lie in Sajid's feet on the last day, channel giving Sajid farewell worthy of some VVIP as if he was the unofficial finalist/winner of the season, just goes to show that Shew was indeed appointed by channel, maybe personally handpicked and paid by Sajid to be his right-hand man/ help/Butler/concierge during his stay.