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Can't wait for today's episode!

Hope Yash Action sequence is after resolving the PapaSindhya decision abt Aarti and Ansh...!waiting for the episode...!

Ok so again, there was a lot of gradual revelation today, and a further filtering of characters in this time of crisis. Slowly, one by one the less worthy are perishing in this test of fire. And the worthy are coming out, in purer light, forced to declare their allegiance one way or another.

This is what I wrote about the Scindia parents in the previous DC and I think it applies percfectly to the way things played out today so I am transferring it into tonight's analysis.

They are seriously underestimating their son. He is not a blind follower of their beliefs as they expect but an independent being, who makes and stands by his own decisions. It sort of strikes me as their own parenting coming to slap them in the face. I have no doubt that Yash got this strong adherence to his promises from his parents, after all SP is yet sticking to his "principles" stubbornly. But they seem to have no value for their own teachings when they not benefit them in the face of society. This, I think is what hurts Yash the most, in the scene where SP walks off and Yash calls out to him in desperation to be understood. He is only doing what they taught him, and they are the ones failing to understand. I totally relate with Yash on that because I feel the same way sometimes with my parents, disappointed that they fail to appreciate their own long-term teachings at work when they start to counter act their immediate, short-term demands.

As an extension of this thought, we see them today, wanting to blame anybody but themselves for what is happening. Not wanting the blame to fall on Yash himself, Gayatri uses Aarti as her scapegoat, claiming that she has been filling Yash's head with nonsense from day one. For once Papa S is biting the bait, because he is desperate for this situation, which he must never have imagined, to make sense in a simple way, for their to be a simple situation that involves him being right and bringing things back to normal. Unfortunately for him, the solution is not simple. It involves introspection and evolution from him as a parent, going from being the parent of a child to the parent of an adult, the parent of a father. This is something he is unwilling to do.

Hence the condition, where I feel he underestimates the mother in Aarti. I must comment here, that when they are a united force, SP and G3 are quite formidable! I can see where that deference and the hesitance to revolt comes from in their sons. SP pretty much uses his wife as a mouthpiece and then pronounces his final decision, a mark of his supreme position in the family hierarchy. However, the Dubeys have no such hierarchy and Shobha addresses him directly after her pleas to Gayatri fall on deaf ears. But now SP and G3 are united by the pain of their son's actions. And i think SP expected the Dubeys and Aarti to fear society, because that is so normal to him, he expected them to bow down and accept his condition, but he is not too shattered either way. After all, he is the ladkewale and he can recover from this with any excuse.

Ok how many people noticed that when Gayatri told the Dubeys that Yash had arranged the money, Papa Dubey looked anything but happy while Shobha could barely control her elation. Would you believe it? The man's ego is actually hurt! He wants Yash to fail because that would make his son normal, forgivable, but if Yash succeeds he knows that there is never going to be a chance for Prashant's redemption. And when he said that Aarti was destined for a life of loneliness, I almost felt like he was blaming her for the way his son turned out, saying she deserved this punishment. I am so glad Shobha is there as a voice of reason. One of the strengths of this show is that balance.

I am just going to come out and say it. I think Aarti was relieved when Papa S put out that condition. She literally had a get out "jail" free card and she took it as fast as she could. What upsets me is that she is completely bypassing the promise she made to Yash, Payal and Palak at the same time that Yash is trying heaven and earth to fulfill his promise to her and Ansh. But I guess the argument here is that she is making there life worse by being here, silliness. It has been one of Aarti's traits from the beginning to fancy herself quite the martyr, waiting eternity for Prashant, marrying for Ansh...she's gonna snap out of that real soon! Thank god Shobha and the younger Scindias are there to see the complete lack of logic in this argument. And I just love how even Yash looked at her like she was mad and walked away with an expression that said, "lady, I don't have time for your martyrdom because I have to save my son" 😍

Bua was, well, Bua and her issues came out today. I guess if your life is lonely it gets easy to make everything about you, just as she is doing with this situation. Gayatri worrying about what Yash would say, showed that she is not as tough as SP, she does care what her sons think and is in tune enough to know that Yash will not be pleased.

I did love the round table conference between Prateek, Paridhi, Pankaj and Vidhi. I thought each of them showed something interesting in their character today. Paridhi was silent, I believe out of respect for people who knew better than her, but she was there and she was supportive. I also thought it was interesting that in the condition scene, Prateek and Pankaj did not say anything, though they looked shocked and disgusted at their father, until Aarti agreed to the condition. I think they didn't take it seriously until Aarti herself got involved. This makes me think that maybe this is not unusual for them, but that they have learned not to take these things seriously, just like Vidhi told Aarti not to take the Arpita thing seriously. Aarti has not learned this and somehow I feel her reaction took the situation to a finality that need not have occurred.

Anyway, back to the conference. It worried me that Pankaj sounded eerily SP-like when he berated Vidhi for saying they should tell Yash. Could this be SP and G3's past before our eyes? Was Gayatri too involved in household stuff to give SP attention and so he went to Chandi Ba---err became resentful of her? Anyway, it bothered me because he listens to the exact same advice from Prateek, and though it was backed with a little more reason, it was still the same advice. Good thing is that Pankaj and Vidhi are only on the brink and I think such situations could pull them back in the nick of time. I am so glad they decided, first of all that the marriage could not break, and second that they had to tell Yash before anything happened further.

The Scindias have basically created their own three Frankensteins. They created these strong, principled men and now they are facing the consequences.

I actually liked the fact that Yash talked to Arpita. It was character consistent. The poor chap needed someone to talk to and he went to the one person who never let him down. She has now become his conscience through his own version of her in his head, and when he feels confidence that she would approve, it is really his own mind giving his heart the full permission. Aarti is back in her comfort zone when she apologises to him formally and says she will return the money. But there is one bullet out there that will not let her be comfortable, that will force her to take responsibility, the way that Ansh's kidnapping forced Yash.

Hope G3 gets an ultimatum or two!

Today's episode reminds me of the way earthquakes just break the ground into a deep cavern ... and people are left standing on both sides of the divide, unable to cross over to the other side ...

The question is: How deep and long is the divide in this family ... and who is left standing on which side?

Oh goshhh My nails hv finished 😭