Major points from today's episode:
1) Abhi's questions in the beginning of his monologue were spot on. It is what I expect every male lead to ask every female lead in ITV. In each show, the FL is shown as this mahaan, all-doing superwoman, and for her sake the ML is either shown as a mute bimbo or an angry violent human (which he never really was to begin with). And every time the audience asks why does the FL have to do everything by herself, stick her nose where it doesn't belong? Why can't she focus on her own life with her partner? I have had this complaint from soooo many FLs (Akshara, Naira, Ishita, Preesha, and so on).
Abhi asks these exact questions. And it's not just about Neil's death, he has these questions about everything that has happened in their life so far. I wish every ML asks these questions to the FL of every Indian show. Why does the FL insist on doing everything by herself? Why doesn't she stay out of matters she has no business in? Why does she keep things to herself, trying to fix them on her own until it all implodes and backfires on her?
The only problem is... Abhi never gives Akshu an opportunity to answer.
2) The place where I lose all respect for Abhi is when he starts saying maybe Akshu is responsible for Sirat's death. It's the beginning of him supporting Aarohi basically. And you can see on Akshu's face that that is the precise moment when she loses every last ounce of courage and hope she had left. That's the moment she breaks.
Another thing I don't understand is why is the babies' miscarriage such a big point of contention? I get that he's grieving the loss of Neil, who is like a son to him. But until a few days ago, wasn't he okay with aborting the babies if it meant saving Akshu's life? How did he turn from wanting only Akshu and no children, to divorcing her over the death of said unborn children? It's a 360 degree turn I can't figure out.
They could've kept the focus of his hurt on the fact that Neil died. It's more digestible then Kartik leaving Naira over Shubham's death. Because Kartik and Shubham never really bonded as brothers, but Abhi and Neil were very close.
3) Manish was really good today. He insisted on taking Akshu home so that everyone has some distance and some time & space to grieve. This is what I was suggesting yesterday. Everyone's wounds are raw. Take some distance, let the emotional upheaval pass, then re-evaluate where the relationship stands.
What didn't make sense was that Abhi comes downstairs and says Akshu left. How and from where did she leave? Everyone was downstairs so how did she just vanish into thin air? How are they going to justify the fact that Akshu had the entire Goenka family there who insisted on taking her home, but she up and vanished onto the roads?
Every time there is a FL fake death, this is what I can't digest. If you can't stay at the in-law's place, then at least there's the maayka. What about that? Why leave the family that birthed and raised you because of a trash husband and in-laws? It's never justified enough.
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