Somewhere ... over the rainbow

Way up high ...

there's a place I once heard of

in a lullaby

skies are blue and the dream

that you dared to dream

came true ... oo ... oo .. hoo

'Cept the grass is not greener ... on the other side either ... did you notice how dry the Taj Mahal lawn was? That's OK, there will be enough tears here soon enough that tiny green shoots will reach those blue skies, and then the dreams will be oh, so, soooo true ...

'Cept mine ... and those of some like minded people ...

We're still in a nightmare! 😕

Oh that wonderful heart rending advice session where everyone wasn't prostrate but sitting upright on the couch ... and Poppa Freud Sethi was doling out bad psychoanalysis ... with even worse cures ... 'You Mili, you are our Horatio Nelson, standing on the deck in the face of fire and brimstone' ... 'You darling Neetu (who magically got into a change of clothes), you must understand how love can make 2 brothers thicker than thieves' ... 'You Anuj, you're finally back on track' ... 'and you, Abhi, my Number 10, it's time for you to return to your rightful home' ... 'Manju-ji, please prepare for the parting of ways' ... oh the heart rending plangent tunes of a Bidaai ... the buckets full of tears ... the sorrow ... the grief ... 😭

Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo! 😭

But hey! We did get that right dose of reality with Anuj dragging along a suitcase and Poppa S. hobbling down the drive-way ...

'Mom! I'm home! Forever and ever and ever!!!'

Ohboy!Ohboy!Ohboy!Ohboy!

'Honey!! Yoo hoo honey! Look who's here! Our long lost boy!!' 🥳

'OUR BOY??!! WHAT BOY??!! SHUT UP! AND GET OUT! SCOOT! SCAT! BEGONE!' 😡

'Ohno!Ohno!Ohno!Ohno! 😭

'Abhee!Abhee!Abhee!Abhee!' 😔

'OhDad!OhDad!OhDad!OhDad!' 😭

I remember back in the dark ages when I had twisted my version ... where the Jr. T's return home 'cause Momma T. has cancer; Simi nurses her; Anita still detests them; Momma T. comes to love her dinlaw; Momma T. leaves in time for her appointment with St. Peter at the pearly gates of heaven ... behind which Matarani sits ... doling out bad psychoanalytic advice to her devotees ...

So ...

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up High

And the dreams

That you dare to dream

Bloody 'ell, never come true .. oo.. hoo!

Originally posted by: SValeCalGal

'Cept mine ... and those of some like minded people ...

We're still in a nightmare! 😕

Oh that wonderful heart rending advice session where everyone wasn't prostrate but sitting upright on the couch ... and Poppa Freud Sethi was doling out bad psychoanalysis ... with even worse cures ... 'You Mili, you are our Horatio Nelson, standing on the deck in the face of fire and brimstone' ... 'You darling Neetu (who magically got into a change of clothes), you must understand how love can make 2 brothers thicker than thieves' ... 'You Anuj, you're finally back on track' ... 'and you, Abhi, my Number 10, it's time for you to return to your rightful home' ... 'Manju-ji, please prepare for the parting of ways' ... oh the heart rending plangent tunes of a Bidaai ... the buckets full of tears ... the sorrow ... the grief ... 😭

Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo! 😭

But hey! We did get that right dose of reality with Anuj dragging along a suitcase and Poppa S. hobbling down the drive-way ...

'Mom! I'm home! Forever and ever and ever!!!'

'Oh! Abhi!! My boy! My boy!'

Ohboy!Ohboy!Ohboy!Ohboy!

'Honey!! Yoo hoo honey! Look who's here! Our long lost boy!!'

'OUR BOY??!! WHAT BOY??!! SHUT UP! AND GET OUT! SCOOT! SCAT! BEGONE!' 😡

'Ohno!Ohno!Ohno!Ohno! 😭

'Abhee!Abhee!Abhee!Abhee!' 😔

'OhDad!OhDad!OhDad!OhDad!' 😭

I remember back in the dark ages when I had twisted my version ... where the Jr. T's return home 'cause Momma T. has cancer; Simi nurses her; Anita still detests them; Momma T. comes to love her dinlaw; Momma T. leaves in time for her appointment with St. Peter at the pearly gates of heaven ... behind which Matarani sits ... doling out bad psychoanalytic advice to her devotees ...

So ...

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up High

And the dreams

That you dare to dream

Bloody 'ell, never come true .. oo.. hoo!

Come on D. This was a wonderful over the rainbow perfectly done in the hot steamy Capital..& the party just started and the couch sermon wasn't that bad.... I thought it was beautiful done and R.S at its best and very highly instructive speech with a lesson of high moral .......

O.K it was BAD.....ABOMINABLE ..🤣🤣 and the scene with the dragging of the suitcase and then at the end leaving the luggage unattended at the drive-way.....
What all was in those suitcases??

But the part I am confused is why Anita who does not want to go back to 12/24 Karol-Bagh,..,does not love Anuj and has no remorse for what she did to them and on top of it does not even love her unborn child so Why..Why... still has the sindoor in her MAANG & where is the logic in it

One thing is for sure pregnancy suits her appearance in general...or may be SIMPLICITY does this magic for her?/.....And poor Anuj's MOUTHPIECE was missing 😆& oh yeh Anushka's windbag seems to be still missing ...😆

Way up high ...

there's a place I once heard of

in a lullaby

skies are blue and the dream

that you dared to dream

came true ... oo ... oo .. hoo

'Cept the grass is not greener ... on the other side either ... did you notice how dry the Taj Mahal lawn was? That's OK, there will be enough tears here soon enough that tiny green shoots will reach those blue skies, and then the dreams will be oh, so, soooo true ...

'Cept mine ... and those of some like minded people ...

We're still in a nightmare! 😕

Oh that wonderful heart rending advice session where everyone wasn't prostrate but sitting upright on the couch ... and Poppa Freud Sethi was doling out bad psychoanalysis ... with even worse cures ... 'You Mili, you are our Horatio Nelson, standing on the deck in the face of fire and brimstone' ... 'You darling Neetu (who magically got into a change of clothes), you must understand how love can make 2 brothers thicker than thieves' ... 'You Anuj, you're finally back on track' ... 'and you, Abhi, my Number 10, it's time for you to return to your rightful home' ... 'Manju-ji, please prepare for the parting of ways' ... oh the heart rending plangent tunes of a Bidaai ... the buckets full of tears ... the sorrow ... the grief ... 😭

🤣I saw a few minutes of it and groaned. And people get paid to do write this stuff? I am really in the wrong business and so are you. Please someone explain to me, why does Mr. RS. think he is able to resolve the situation just be showing up at the Tarenja household? And his attempt to get Mr. T. to see reason was beyond diabolically bad. I preferred it when Mr. S. was speechless. I realize now how much I do NOT miss this character.

Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo!Ohboohoo! 😭

But hey! We did get that right dose of reality with Anuj dragging along a suitcase and Poppa S. hobbling down the drive-way ...

'Mom! I'm home! Forever and ever and ever!!!'

Ohboy!Ohboy!Ohboy!Ohboy!

'Honey!! Yoo hoo honey! Look who's here! Our long lost boy!!' 🥳

'OUR BOY??!! WHAT BOY??!! SHUT UP! AND GET OUT! SCOOT! SCAT! BEGONE!' 😡

'Ohno!Ohno!Ohno!Ohno! 😭

'Abhee!Abhee!Abhee!Abhee!' 😔

'OhDad!OhDad!OhDad!OhDad!' 😭

I remember back in the dark ages when I had twisted my version ... where the Jr. T's return home 'cause Momma T. has cancer; Simi nurses her; Anita still detests them; Momma T. comes to love her dinlaw; Momma T. leaves in time for her appointment with St. Peter at the pearly gates of heaven ... behind which Matarani sits ... doling out bad psychoanalytic advice to her devotees ...

So ...

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up High

And the dreams

That you dare to dream

Bloody 'ell, never come true .. oo.. hoo!

Originally posted by: Laila2009

saw a few minutes of it and groaned.

I bypassed over 90% of the 'sermon on the couch' ... you're right about Poppa S. having been better while in the throes of the 'sounds of silence' ... but did you see how improved his speech was??!! Wonder if they were doing Maalish, tel Maalish of his speech apparatus as well?! 😕

Anyhoo ... Poppa S. has great confidence in his powers of persuasion ... 'just reach out and touch someone' ... wasn't that some half-a_sed song way back when?

Just for kicks - anyone know if a Myocrdial Infarction causes one to behave the way Poppa T. was?! Doesn't that sort of thing come on gradually?! If it's sudden, don't you just keel over and kick the bucket?!

🤣🤣

O most definitely, they had to massage that speech apparatus and before you know it he is talking. Methinks his brain hemorraghe (I am so not going to google the correct spelling of this word right now), clealy did some damage to his brains. When he showed up the Tarneja household and gave his "convincing speech" about how elders forgive the younger ones, I thought, mmm, that looks like someone lifted that off the back of a coffee cup. WOW, the talent required. Incredible.

The speech takes years of speech therapy. Yet did we even see a physical, occupational or speech therapist show up at the house? Heavens no. In zeetv land all we have his MAGIC and zip zap zoom - yep that is really dorky term - he's recovered.

My bucket is so full, I am thinking of using two for furture episodes.

Originally posted by: Laila2009

My bucket is so full, I am thinking of using two for furture episodes.

You know buckets are used for all manner of things - right? What are you using yours for??!!! I'm thinking along the lines of 'night-soil'! 😉

I had thought of mailing it back to them.