*SPOILERS FOR TODAYS EPISODE*
Honestly, we all should’ve seen it coming that if Zahida was acting even a little kindly to Navera, the ball was going to drop eventually. I’m unfortunately not surprised at Zahida’s reaction to the allegation put on Navera, but I’m glad Navera at least got a few new suits out of the short lived kindness Zahida showed her.
Anyways, I think the entire neighbor-seeing-EssaVera-talk-at-night-and-telling-Zahida was a little extreme. I mean, if the neighbor just learned that Essa was Navera’s brother-in-law, couldn’t she just assume that Navera had something to discuss with him? Couldn’t Zahida think that? Why was it blown so out of proportion to the point that Zahida will now call her damads to her house to discuss? I just think it’s a little unrealistic, but then again they’ve always shown Zahida acting over when it comes to Navera so whatever.
The entire Dawar and Navera scene in the mall was a bit confusing. I’m not sure if they were trying to do a “meet cute” scene lol. But seeing the promos for the next episode, it was done for a reason so ok.
I actually liked the little EssaRida moment in todays episode where he smiled at Rida after giving Navera the phone. I feel like if there was no Navera, EssaRida would be my OTP fo sho. Anyways, I think Essa and Rida will make it to London based on pics that have been shared on insta, but still don’t think she’ll survive.
Maham, Maham, Maham....as I predicted yesterday, her jealousy of her sisters is driving her insane. She can’t be happy for Rida at Rida’s new ring or even Navera for getting a phone. At the very least, Maham is always very consistently written. I still feel for her that nobody is taking her resistance at being pregnant seriously, but when she acts like a jealous, entitled child all the time, it’s hard to take her seriously.
I had always hoped that if/when Zahida and tahir learned the truth that Essa wanted to marry Navera and not Rida, maybe they’d put two and two together and realize Navera “gave up” Essa for Rida, but nope, it was just an aside Maham threw into the convo today and in fact, Zahida was reflecting on this thought when she was putting together this narrative of homewrecker Navera in her mind. Le sigh.
Essa has become more of a background character now, which worries me. I know the show has always made Dawar/Maham/Navera the leads, but man we got so used to him that seeing him go back to being a side character is just sad. He’s probably going to go to London soon and we’ll see him once every week or something with how the sorry is going.
Someone mentioned that Dawar has barely had a character, and he’s always shown reacting to Talat and Maham instead of being his own person. I completely agree. Dawar needs his own persona; he honestly just feels like Maham’s puppet, although I like that he is holding his ground against her these days. For me, it’s always going to be too little too late since his blind love for Maham defined him in the early episodes (whereas Essa was shown as someone who could fall in love but also call people out on their evilpana), but maybe seeing more of a character from him will help make a possible Dawar and Navera ending more palatable.
anyways, not sure how engaged I’ll be with this series if Essa and Rida fade into the background but we’ll see. I’ll always watch for Navera.