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Ranjana, as always, I enjoy reading your quick reactions to the eps. Your new thread title gave me a jolt, though. 😆
Coming to 8.3's episode, where do I start? 😆 Most noticeable was Aarushi's wait vs. the Moms en masse. Both understandable and, surprisingly, both sides in character. For Aarushi, maybe her decision to hang back was a combination of shock and her natural way of observing things first. If the CVs choose, this may be helpful her later on, making her the person Vihaan feels safest to talk to without feeling bombarded on one hand or controlled on the other. Poor Vihaan! The deluge of questions and facts just threw his already confused mind into tailspin.
Coming to the Vatsal women, I agree with you that they need to ignore what she says. But, you know how these CVs write. Watch these smart, powerful women brought to their knees by a twisted, certifiably insane woman. 🥱 Mini's heart was in the right place and since she's typically a knee-jerk kind of reactor, I'm not surprised she went off first (I probably would have done the same in her place). But I agree, her timing wasn't right. Destabilized Vihaan even more and also played right into the psycho's hands.
Ranjana, this obsession of hers clearly knows no bounds. Petite Wacko finding him first was because these CVs contrived reasons for the Vatsal women to stay inactive, and to give her basis for her sweeping generalization. Typically, these women would crawl on glass for Vihaan. Now, all of a sudden, they conveniently stand still? The track so far has been a patchwork of silly, unnecessary contrivances to force this psycho nonsense to "work". She's as crazy as the show's writer(s). 😆 It's another reason I have little faith in the writing -- they don't let a story organically unfold and weave in drama that naturally comes from the main framework. Instead, they jackhammer outlandish things into the story, compromising potential authenticity. Although a little too late, she has finally shown everyone she's full-on cray cray with her "we are meant to be" rant and her calm retelling of her opportunism when Vihaan surfaced. 🤪 She lives in her fantasy world where she thinks Vihaan's amnesia and Aarushi being hidden or downtrodden will give her leverage. She's surprisingly aware she has a false sense of control (probably the only truth she's aware of). She blusters in their presence, but she's verbally admitted she's afraid of Vihaan's memory returning (if he had his memory back she wouldn't stand a chance) and she simultaneously shows she's afraid of Aarushi's presence. No focus on the baby yet, but will she attempt to do something to the baby before or after it's born?
Since she is hinging her hopes on Vihaan's memories not returning, the most tolerable writing option would be using however long his memory is gone to reset Vihaan-Aarushi's love story (as the new TellyTalkies spoiler implies) and to reset Vihaan-Moms' relationships. But they shouldn't let this just be about Aarushi fighting. Vihaan also needs to put up a fight at some point. He's been back for only a couple of episodes, so he needs to process a lot of his new environment right now. However, he can't be paralyzed by headaches and fainting spells all the way through this. He needs to be active in his own story and exercise his own agency. As the track progresses, his own actions need to be written as frustrating the psycho to the point where she realizes his continued amnesia gives her no leverage at all because he'll always be drawn to Aarushi, and his bonds with his Moms go beyond memories. But my expectations remain low on how this will be handled.
As we said, it's up to the BARC viewers to stake their claims on what they like and don't. For these fantastic actors, who are delivering great performances despite this story, we can only hope we're all on the same wavelength in the coming weeks. Aaand, I prattled on longer than I should. 😳
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