Dont have a whole lot more to add to what you have said ...
- it was a good episode ... loved Avinash's portrayal of the various complexities in dev
- i too think that dev has, at this time, chosen to go with his gut instinct bcos of his fear of losing rads
- to some extent, rads enabled his behavior towards her ... so RK being stern with him was perfect to get him to back off from having her prove herself over and over again
- as you pointed out, he has been fed on dadaji's ideals and bends over backwards to show his family that he is being fair ... in his eagerness to appear impartial to them, he has put rads through a lot
- your point about leaders who are so obsessed with their ideals and how it impacts the people who are closest to them is very well made ... hope dev slowly realizes this
- i dont think he has stepped out of dadaji's shadows yet but he is beginning to take the first baby steps towards it ... would be very interesting to see his progress
- dev wants to appear like a leader in front of his family and does not want to second guess himself ... but privately has plenty of self doubt ... loved the scene where he talks about not wanting to open the book bcos he does not know if he will like the answers he will see there ... that is his problem with a lot of things going on in his life right now
- if he were to find out that virat was the one who actually tried to kill barkha, what will he make of why barkha was lying to him about it being rads
- liked rk's insistence on knowing why dev did not trust rads the first time around and how it is different this time ; also the refusal to put rads through one more test
- for padma, she sees herself in barkha but she is also steeped in dadaji's ideals and does not want to lose the life she is currently leading
- I am bummed that dadaji died ... would like a fully evolved Dev (at some point of time in the future) to take him to task for all of the havoc he has created in their lives
For me, acting wise it was Avinash, Rubina, Padma ... BB is hilarious with her expressions and dialogue delivery regarding rads being a bhooth
Am curious to see what trps will be for last week ...