WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM IN EPISODE 46
To understand what happened on the disastrous night of episode 46 we must go back to where the damage started which led them to becoming the worst versions of themselves. This tragedy did not happen because of BeHaya or Sasta Salman, they did this to themselves.
The origin of this fallout is Meerab facilitating Maryam’s elopement mortally wounding Murtasim and he never had time to heal. Him dropping her off at Karachi was not just to protect her from MB verbal assault but to protect her from himself. He needed some time to absolve her, and he will forgive her anything, but that does not mean his forgiveness is instantaneous. The chahath episode took a toll on him emotionally, he laid his soul bare to her and even after all that begging he still couldn’t get her to choose them over Maryam, betrayal of that magnitude needs some time for remedy.
Murtasim was despondent during Waqas haveli trial to exonerate Meerab because he didn't send Meerab away based on any misunderstandings, if anything it only made him more furious at the depth of her betrayal when he finds out Meerab knew about anus/MZ being in their home and didn’t warn him. He didn’t react to Maryam’s statement that Meerab loved him by virtue of he knew she loved him before she knew it herself. However against his better judgement even before he is ready to pardon her, he goes to pick her up, not for his sake but for Maryam. He finds Meerab indulging Rohail nonsense talk; he drifts farther away from her as she proves his hypothesis that he is not her priority.
Murtasim is now at his most fragile state of mind. When he sees her at the ruksathi he feels no joy, they verbally spar over Rohail and Haya neither wanting to talk about the real problem and confront the truth. When she almost trips, he didn’t react like her protector, he stands there like a statue giving out a stern warning to watch her step. Murtasim the husband who is Meerab’s shield is withdrawing farther and farther away from her and will make a fatal mistake that Murtasim the protector would never do.
We understand Murtasim, but what happened to Meerab why did she lose her mind. She is at the ruksathi because she misses him, has realized her love for him (episode 38,45,46) perhaps looking for a way to confess maybe or maybe not we will never know now. When she touched his arm with all the love in her eyes, she sees indifference in his eyes. He has never looked at her like this before even before marriage, there was anger at worst irritation at best but never indifference. She doesn’t deal with rejection from him in a mature way, becomes angry when she doesn’t see the same adoration and esteem in his eyes for her. Meerab is fighting multiple inner struggles, her love for him, her inability to forgive him, what is her identity all conflicts raging inside of her causing a battle royale. Now add fear of losing him on top of all her existing internal dog fights she starts to unravel.
When she sees Haya hugging him her fears come true, her panic turns into unbridled rage, she is not losing him to Haya just that he doesn’t love her enough to be more careful. When Murtasim finds Rohail and Meerab together he points his gun at Rohail and his anger towards Meerab is controlled, Meerab on the other hand lets haya flee and points her guns at Murtasim. She wanted answers from him for his carelessness however he no longer behaved like Murtasim of old to pamper her when she was being unreasonable, this further enraged her, and she went into kamikaze mode. Meerab in love is more lethal than Murtasim in love.
After he shut the door 2 things could have happened, one he emotionally breaks down on her about her attitude towards him about Maryam about the contract about all the pain she caused him, and she tries to comfort him witch physical closeness one thing led to another, he could have resisted initially but gives in eventually (Gigi theory). The second is he blasted her for all her betrayals and mistakes, said cruel things he didn’t mean like he regrets marrying her or called their marriage a big mistake which triggers her to initiate the intimacy afraid of losing him to win him back and he succumbs to it. Whatever version of behind the closed doors theory you pick, fact is it was consensual she started it and he finished it.
Murtasim said to Meerab that despite the outward projection of anger from Meerab, she has peace on her face and love in her eyes, but that inner peace destabilized once Murtasim became unstable. The inner peace Murtasim sees in Meerab is reflection of his own soul, when he was not able to stay calm, she couldn’t stay calm either so they both imploded.
Edited by Gundamwing - 2 years ago