Trial By Fire
Perhaps the worst fate that can befall anyone is when parents have to bury their children. Trial by Fire presents a somber tale about greed, criminal negligence, and corruption. Locking the doors, adding seats to narrow the aisle, illegally adding boxes and sections that block fire exists, failed PA systems, lack of fire extinguishers, and lack of safety protocol - all to be able to make more money - only in India. Over the course of seven episodes the show sheds light on the struggles of victims trying to get justice.
Personally, I found the narrative a bit slow-paced. I felt that many background narratives could have easily been trimmed. But the payoff is the investment in the characters.
Abhay Deol is such a good actor, it makes you wonder why he never made it big time. At least in the world of character actors, he's a force. Rajshri Deshpande was a revelation. I am in awe of how she silently conveys so many emotions. Her eyes have immense sadness but also determination. The way she sighs at every setback, perks up at every potential, and hunches her shoulders to get to work no matter how exhausted she is.
The final episode is a whirlwind gut punch. Everything that you have seen till now just culminates in a finale that has you on the edge.
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Dang. Transformers blowing up is no joke. When the transformer blows up during the show, I was reminded of the Summer of 2019 when a transformer blew up by me. I live 1500 feet from this explosion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjq7diPltU8
I high-tailed it with my cats to the far west of town. There were two transformer explosions. One by me and one by a campus dorm. It was during a massive heatwave and the power grid was overloaded. Fortunately, they were both put out quickly before it spread. No one was hurt that day.
Someone on the other side of the lake captured the two fires burning. The one on the right is mine.
The transformer that blew up in the show was much smaller than both the transformers that blew up in Madison. It definitely took gross negligence, lack of safety protocols like fire extinguishers, and slow response times (fire engines were not called for an hour) to cause the disaster. If a transformer blows up - call the fire brigade. Had the fire department had as slow a response time to these fires as they did in the Utsav fire - it would have spread and buildings in my neighborhood and multiple campus dorms would have burned down.
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