So i didnt think episode was "dragged" but thats coz i skipped 10-12 mins of it. So for me epi was 10-12 mins shorter than usual! I see no reason to watch pp. If i had, may have thought its a drag but i dont care to watch pp.
I think that there was no reason to have sunny/mohit present in Mahabaleshwar if they were not going to say something valuable to virat that would make him see Sai's pov. They themselves didnt understand Sai's anguish. They seemed more upset about the surprise bring ruined and not getting cake. Out of all 3 of them, only virat cared where Sai went n they looked for her because Virat was upset. But when she was leaving, neither of them went behind her to make sure shes ok. They both knew she was just recovering from an accident but they let her go away.
Sunny had understood Sai's possessiveness n her issue with pp even before this outburst. He explained to virat that sai loves him, feels for him. He gave pp a solid thrashing. So i had high expectations from him thinking he's a perceptive guy who knows the dynamics. But today when Sai has made that love and anguish clear in her outburst, he is not seeing Sai's pov and saying inconsequential things to Virat like- its my fault, dont make decisions in a hurry, ... Instead he should've explained why Sai had the outburst.
Mohit knows what has happened to Sai even in virats absence, how much she puts up with for his sake, because she is virats wife n to live with/be with him shr needs to accept his family too . When Virat is questioning Sai's feelings n saying she feels nothing for me- i wish mohit had told him everything that happens with her in his absence n how despite all that if she has not left virat, she clearly cares for him a lot. Mohit is witness to pp's attitude, stunts n how his parents/bk/ninad react. He has seen how pp acts as if Sai had "stolen" virats attention, love, care and time that should be hers....
I dont see the use of 2 other actors in this scene if their dialogues are completely unhelpful to further the track. If they can't add value to the scene, why have them. Its covid time anyway. If they are not gonna give actors something meaningful to contribute to a scene, why have them all there
They could have had virat reach the wrong conclusions on his own because he is hurt. Why bother to have 2 other people there who despire being objective 3rd party obervers stood there not being helpful.