The Shiv Bhakti piece, we can be rest assured for the the dialogues are pretty well leading to that.. Even in Lanka, Raavan's dialogues while lacking in humility certainly rang true to the deep devotion he had.. so yeah.. we may get there sometime.
BTW, can I just say that the CVs did make up for the previous scene at Ayodhya where Kaikeyi convinced everyone that the Swayamvar should not be attended by Ram.. Today Dasharath said what I felt he should have previously said in that scene.. Raja Janak was a great king and King Dasharath and the queens wholeheartedly accepted the 4 girls into their lives. So hopefully Dasharath voicing the fact that he would have sent Rishi VIshwamitra a note to send Shri Ram for the Swayamvar is heartening.