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"You have to know the past to understand the present" is a saying by Carl Sagan, an astronomer. This applies to science, fiction and real life for me
One of the strangest things in the Crown is the portrayal of Queen Elizabeth as a mother. She is shown pregnant, even giving birth, but rarely raising her children or even interacting with them. Instead it is husband, husband, husband. She seems to spend all her time creating a relationship with her husband, nurturing it,finding a role for him, things to do for him until they are shown becoming a strong unit at the end of season 2. The reason I think is she saw her parents were both needed to do the job of king of queen even though only one had the title. But there is a price to pay, always a price to pay and Queen Elizabeth paid it with her relationship with her children.
Satrupa was the LM Bahu and a good mom. But she ignored her relationship with Baldev. In fact both did. They both got together to make a legal heir and that was the relationship. But a relationship or a marriage is more than giving a legal heir. Direct parallel to the real life British royal family story of Charles, Camilla and Diana. Satrupa like Diana is the right person on paper, but very wrong for Baldev like Diana was for Charles. It is well documented Charles still loved Camilla through his marriage to Diana even if she was younger and more beautiful, but there was no connection. Do Baldev and Sudha have that ? They were in love. Sudha was Baldev's choice and I do not think that is infidelity because he was not married to Satrupa. But today he could cross the line into it easily. Satrupa dug her own grave.Like Charles and Diana again, though Charles had an affair Diana was not entirely clean herself. She too had multiple affairs. You can justify each of them probably but she too is not without fault like Satrupa here.
I would like to know the past of Satrupa to understand how she became who she is. She has zero reward for being the LM Bahu. What is she getting out of it other than money and power ?
Coming to Ladoo, I remember writing around the time Satrupa brought him to be Abhimanyu that there is a price to pay and it is not always death. Could be disability. I expected something like becoming lame. But this is even better. Now Ladoo's drawings are even more important.
Being in power is tough and some decisions are inevitable even if people do not want to do it, one can't dispute that. But when one deliberately makes a choice like Satrupa did to bring an innocent Ladoo in that is inexcusable. She will pay for it and I think the price will be steep as it should be. Anami need not do anything, Satrupa's conscience will torture her.
Sudha killed her brother today. Like US law states, self defense so justice system will say ok. But killing is never ok. Sudha has become even more enraged. Satrupa because of her one wrong step is surrounded by darkness now. I feel for her, but I think she like all others have to pay a price. There is always a price to pay for wrong doing whatever the reason or motivation. Very good episode again.
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