(not that i think prem's words have any literal meaning, of course. i mean, yeah, right! prem a killer?? ha!... well, actually .... he does kill me, it's true. actually, often! hmmm. oh, okay, what the heck! okay, prem's a killer! he is! prem! 😡 😆)
*frantically trying to remember how the damned show started today.... oh ya! that silli girl, in a blue mini... groan!!! why me, why???*
* little thing: mini-dress girl walking in the middle of the bloomin' road. obviously supposed to be "foreign born". obviously expected to be obnoxious. although, on this forum which is staunchly supporting the mnsters in a lalit juneja vs. mnsters case, she might not be considered that obnoxious for being rude to laluchacha. or for speaking back to him when he tries to lecture her on manners! 😆
but i must say -- one more "foreign born" person that is shown in such clothes in the middle of the morning, and i swear i'm gonna ask my mom how a lawsuit can be brought against this stooooopid script-writer! i'd sue them for boring me. 🥱 and then for defaming the abcd! 😡 gaaah! stooopid script-writers...
* little thing: yet another party at the juneja's. yet another marriage-related party at the juneja's! a joint sangeet! y'know,i get some serious knowledge from these shows. if it weren't for these shows, i certainly wouldn't know how many ceremonial steps there are to a wedding! seriously!
* little thing: eewww! and of course, kooky's using this as a reason to twist poor heer's heart into knots. heer, who already is stressed 'cause she can't talk to prem. i hate women being shown to be heart-twisters...
(btw, is kooky a little toooooo vast and colourfully dressed? why does she remind me of the world's largest multicoloured popsicle? is it a new advertising trick? 'cause i swear i keep hearing a little voice in my head says "you want a rainbow popsicle, right away, you do!" everytime she comes on, making me feel thirsty and in need of ice-cream. good advertising trick, subtle but very effective! 🤣)
* little prem thing: he noticed heer's missed call and does call back. even if it is to tell a stooooopid lie. not so stoooopid, 'cause it tells us he doesn't think heer would ever be cross-checking on him. oh dear, these two are so old-fashioned and unbelievably sweet. *sigh* idiot. why isn't he just telling her? poor prem - he had to have such silly parents....
* little thing: oooh, the juneja's business are in trouble. thank goodness!! the way they treat the business, i'm surprised they're not out on the streets already. 😆 but noticed they used that segment to say (a) the juneja's have employee loyalty and (b) of all the businesses, prem's is the one that has been profitable. although, of course, not profitable enough!
i wonder why the sudden focus on business -- obviously a ratpal connection? 😕
* little thing: oh, poor hurt preet! not that i think he didn't deserve it a teeny bit -- i mean, he could have been just a little less frivolous when speaking to laluchacha. i sympathised with laluchacha when he said that -- after all, preet has always roundly denounced any interest or ability in helping his father.
but that hint of tears in the preet eyes, the genuine hurt on his face.. immediately wanted to pat him on his head. very nicely done. so much better than having guys break into copious tears at the drop of a hat. (not that i think it's wrong for guys to cry. i just don't think they do it as easily as we see in this show sometimes.)
* little thing: oooh, meher-harman moment. meher looked gorgeous, i must say! and i thought i saw some genuine admiration on harman's face today. but still no sense that meher's pining for him. although, i must say: what a cool move on meher's part to have harman hold her close while walking down the stairs! if i thought there was nothing between them, that would have been serious reason to change my mind 'bout meher's "harman-ji's friend" intentions.
* little thing: have i already mentioned how boring that maya creature and her characterisation is? as boring as the veera characterisation? while i know that a family drama cannot just swing it on one couple, i wish they would not put sooo many characters into the story so that they would have to make some of them as old and boring as veera and maya. seriously. 🥱
* little thing: must say, i really liked the old kulraj-di faaaar better than the new one. no real prejudice against the new one -- the old one was just verrrrry sweet-faced, i think. she had a ... um .... perfect face to be big-sister to prem. seriously. this one is like a cute little ... er ... mouse. seriously! 🤣 doesn't make me feel as strongly for her as the old one. miss the old one. and the husband -- painful fellow bringing back bad moments for prem.. very bad.
* little thing: there was something about the group dance today that was kinda pleasant. don't know what it was. something worked -- usually, i'm zoning out in these things.
but veera-ratpal were standing on the edges, only watching? usually veera's right in the thick of things, right? so does this mean ratpal is not a dance-fan? like we used to think prem wasn't -- until that last howlarious display??? 🤣
of course, it all made me think -- poor little heer. poor girl. all dressed up and no-one to adore her...
* big thing: prem's entry. it was soooo brilliantly abrupt. the whole scene is blurry and soft filled with dancing couples and problematic loves. and suddenly on the edge is this fuming prem-pink-black clad figure who strides up towards the player. everything else is so soft that you can actually see the flames above his dark head, and feel the heat of his rage through the screen. it was brilliant. i'm surprised that he was civilised enough to only yank the cassette out -- the way he reached for the player, i thought he'd be yanking the whole gizmo and trashing it on the floor. loved that he didn't give a damn about where he was. it was such a prem thing..! also loved how everyone stands shell-shocked, even after kulraj-di tries to get them to stop thinking about what just happened.
of course, after laluchacha comes in asking heer who the heck played "that" song, the big question in my mind was: okay, who all in the family does know the sanjana secret? laluchacha knows the song hurts prem -- guess gayatri-mom does too? but surely, that kiran-damad-ji should've known? (he had a bad look on his face, so he knew?) didn't preet know? didn't harman? how come no-one reacted before prem came in??!! they were all goopily smiling and dancing, damnit! i certainly hope none of the juneja siblings knew about the song, if not about sanjana. 'cause if they knew and played along with it, then they are darned mean people. 😡
* little thing: after laluchacha left after prem, has heer also gone after her prem or not? i want to know...
* big thing: were those tears of rage or tears of misery on prem's face? those were fierce tears coming out of desparate eyes. that was a brilliant look -- just that first look, prem shoots at laluchacha in his room. those first questions he fiercely shoots out at his father. "when can i get out of this??! what is this?? why is that song playing downstairs? what is this urn doing here??" like he has been trying to run away from it for a really long time now. but i do admit: i was taken aback when he reacted that hopelessly to laluchacha saying that one day it will be forgotten. mostly, 'cause there has never been that about prem that made us even dream that there is this burden of guilt on his shoulders.
i don't believe for a moment that he physically killed her. that song is a clue? someone singing "kya pyar karoge mujse?" hmmm. was that sanjana's question? perhaps prem's answer was no. and it was too much for sanjana to bear? why does it fall on prem to immerse her ashes? hmmm....
* little thing: i do want to know whether those tears was all-glycerine generated. at the start, when those prem-eyes were red and awash in tears - even then? i couldn't tell if his nose and his cheeks had done the prem trick of going pink in his misery 'cause i was blinded by that prem-pink shirt! talk about the perfect camouflage! 🤣🤣
and (like with the 9/11 scene) i want to know how many takes this one took. it was quite remarkably wrenching.. especially given such a gentle, smiley show before that (other than that maya girl. and of course, ratpal's appearance. ... and who can forget, kooky. okay, maybe it wasn't gentle-smiley but ordinary? 😆) that one prem-moment raised the entire temper of the show way above the waterline. gosh, brilliant ending.
* little ending thing: the between-ad-breaks have the title montage all dark, and cloudy with only the moon and the stars. but the promos of the show still has the old prem-grabbing-heer-into-his-arms version. er... are we supposed to make something of this??
guess we have to wait and watch. but i must say -- i am going to try like crazy to get out of my group meeting tomorrow at 8:30pm to get to p's house to see what happens! so much for my resolve to never tick off my group again! argh. i hate prem.... 😆
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stuff that i didn't get to see 'cause i missed monday's episode: heer knows nihaal is her brother? why is beeji weeping? where's nihaal?
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highlight of the episode: prem's blazing entry into the party atomsphere. like the space shuttle's re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. seriously - it was brilliant. the show grabbed me from that point and didn't allow me to breathe till the end. another little highlight was preet's hurt at laluchacha's dismissive words. very nicely done. he got me. 😊