Originally posted by: LKashish
I watched the episode twice, not because I liked it a lot but because the first viewing was with my friends after iftar. I paused often to translate and provide context.
It’s disheartening that the tradition of changing names still persists, particularly for some of our AT members, though I understand it’s more a home nickname. Nonetheless, I’m grateful the show shed light on something previously unfamiliar to me within my environment.
We already anticipated there wouldn’t be real conflict regarding the name change, given the show is named after Imlie. However, I’m glad they delved deeper into Tayyi’s internalized misogyny and her desire for control within the family. We assumed her husband had cheated, but it turns out it was her daughter-in-law, Urvashi, leading to the loss of both her son and husband. She’s projecting much of this onto Imlie due to her own ambitions and open-mindedness.
The original names of all the Reddy women made much more sense for them. Chanda Chachi is so much more catchy and memorable than Hemlata Chachi. I appreciated the moment when Imlie addressed Tayyi by her real name, I missed this side of her.
I didn’t sense any strong emotions from her monologue because I felt everything she said was accurate. Tayyi’s stubbornness seemed more abnormal than anything else to me. This woman acts so surprised whenever Imlie doesn’t agree with her.
Anjali is a classic ‘pick me,’ but thanks to her, Imlie now knows the deep-seated traumas within the household. It certainly doesn’t compare to the bombshell of Agastya’s illegitimacy reveal; Sonali had me shook that day. When she asked Imlie for her husband’s name and interrupted her before ‘Chaudhary,’ stating she wanted ‘his identity, not the favor bestowed upon him,’ it sent chills down my spine.
It’s intriguing how Surya keeps reminding Imlie not to invest too much in his family’s issues, given her one-year marriage plan. However, she’s starting to develop some care for him, which might change after she learns about Agastya’s death circumstances. He doesn’t plan on leaving her alone so how are they going to deal with this?
The new BGM seems to be kind of at random, not necessarily for Imlie and Surya since they also play it during scenes with Anjali. Who knows at this point if we’ll get something new with lyrics and stuff.
I don’t know about y’all, but there was no precap at the end of the episode for me on Hotstar. Is this another sign of them giving up on the show? Either way, I’ll keep tuning in as long as the show is on air, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I was watching the Chintamani reveal of Imlie being a bar singer and Agastya getting humiliated that he is just like his father. Dang - Asma, Sai nailed down the confrontation scenes. Sonali was a phataka and I would have loved to see her story taken to a closure. I will forever be salty with the writers that they never gave Sonali a happy ending. They had a tune also with Sonali - Amar ke scenes but then it was all dropped off like a hot potato only to rush into this revamp.
Imlie definitely has started developing some care and concern for Surya - She says that she will leave within a year but unknown to her, she is getting tangled in this house and with the relationships. Definitely this is going to change when Agastya ka accident ka reveal happens. Surya definitely is not going to leave Imlie alone. He has to now face her hurt and anger too.
Yes there was no precap for the episode on Hulu so I am not sure if this is the strategy of the team. Anyway we have the reveal happening on Thursday so I guess whether we have a precap now or not does not have much of a difference.
let's see how they move ahead... Thursday tak aur kya kya nark dikhaenge humein 
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