I dont' think it was them ...
My honest opinion - don't kill me for this, just stating what i think/feel - they're not doing a good job of building the story anymore. Up till Maan and Geet hadn't confessed, and hadn't aired all their skeletons and reached an understanding, there was interest and something to keep us glued ...
now, there isn't much. The romantic scenes are almost exactly the same as before. The only thing is that Brij is back, but I wish that SBS/SBB would stop spoiling the mysteries by telling us all about it before it happens.
Take now for example - i haven't really watched a single complete episode for 3 weeks now. It's the same old same old - the scenes i watched were when Annie yelled at Geet, when Annie apologized to Geet, when the measurement taking romantic scene happened (loved it, it was very unique), and when Geet passed out in the bathroom. the rest i read up on or skimmed through within seconds.
If they change the story a bit, bring out a story line that will showcase the actors talents (GC does very good intense and angry scenes, DD does very good sad and romantic scenes), and KEEP the story a mystery, that would be good.
For now, I KNOW they're getting married, I KNOW there will be drama ... well, honestly, I'm watching teh next few days for the singing and dancing.
Look at Ekta's tere liye and kmh - we have an idea that twists are coming. We even know that one will end up in an asylum, but she's kept ALL the twists a mystery. And in KMH - the girl is about to get married. we're clueless as to what will happen, so we're watching each episode.
It's not the actors, it's the entire package and the advertising that will sell this to the viewers. And in my opinion, the actors are the same and they have the same talent, but the CVs and the PH are stuck on teh same old thing they've been doing for 1 year now. It's not Annie and Arjun, although I don't like the guy and I would have LOVED it if they had retained Abhinav Shuklha and Parneet and focused on THEIR love story instead. oh well.
-S