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Another action-packed episode following the last one. Hot on the heels of her revealing she knows the truth about Abhimanyu, a silent bond has been forged between Pratigya and him because of the secret they now share. Well, that the three of them share. And I am glad, because someone in that house has to keep the peace and it certainly isn't going to be most of the Thakurs.
Abhimanyu is completely right. He could have quickly made a case for himself versus SS and won it in the courts. If he didn't, it was because he wanted SS to admit his actions in front of everyone without being forced by people. It would have been humbling but too easy. When SS chooses to do it himself, and methinks he will, it will be of his own free will and his inner acceptance of his other son. It is Abhimanyu's birthright to be treated as a human being. The scene with Arushi calling Krishna was so nice, and so kind of him to loan her his cooks for a day along with Chandu. We never get to see Chandu anymore now that Krishna is married so this is a good chance. The kitchen scene where Kesar refuses to let Shakuntala cook there and then tries to tell off Pratigya was disgusting. Pratigya is the one who tried to save Kesar's unborn child and she did it at one point, then later she got Kesar treated by a doctor and made sure she had medical care. She was always there for her SIL, like a real sister and this is the thanks she gets. Kesar just acted really badly. Who looked after Samar when Kesar was away? Kesar is turning into a real Thakur and it isn't attractive.The scene in the living room where Shakti loses it and tries to humiliate the servant is nothing new. He never shows any mercy on others. And for the lawyer to intervene, I would expect nothing less. It is so typical of the Thakur brothers to tie up Abhimanyu, who has more brains in his head than the two of them put together, and punish him for defending what is right. This is because neither one of them has the brains to argue with him and use their head so they have to use their fists instead. Did you see the glance between Pratigya and Abhimanyu? It was telling. Like "see what these people are like"? There is no man on earth who deserves to be beaten like that, and Abhimanyu did not do a thing to deserve it unless you count being born smarter than the family he has dared to oppose. SS defending him was the one thing I have seen him do right all year. Come on! The man is no less flesh and blood than the other three Thakur children. I can't believe Shakti calls himself a father, the man has absolutely no shame in his heart. Shakti Singh has never been on the receiving end of any of the garbage he dishes out to people, so I find it hard to sympathize with him on any level.
It was a tough call for me to make between Pratigya and SS, but the line of the episode went to SS when asked what he would do to the person who beats Abhimanyu and he said he would break the guy's hands. The look on his two sons' faces was priceless. When SS looks directly at his volatile elder son and tells him that if he hates others so much one day he will hate himself, I truly admired him for the first time. He spoke as a father.
Stars of the episode: Abhimanyu and SS.
