I want to know something..
Why is Pakhi being reformed not a possibility? If Jagtap, a serial molester & double murderer can change, that too within an episode, surely Pakhi can too. While both redemption arcs are shallow, Pakhi's is more convincing than Jagtap. Pakhi is not from a criminal family...let us say, in her 'love' for Virat she transgressed...broke moral, ethical & legal codes. The transgression is so huge that it is difficult to forgive her as a character. But becoming a mother, losing respect in Virat's eyes, and a taste of prison & being looked upon as a criminal might have put some sense into her...of what she lost & the wrongs she did to others. I repeat here that the redemption is not convincing. But compared to Pakhi, Jagtap is from a criminal family - and a worst offender than Pakhi. It is ridiculous that Sai treating him suddenly changed his heart into gold - hardcore criminals don't change..he is more likely to have taken Sai for a fool for treating him, or thought Sai is interested in him, let alone getting redeemed by the act.
I have no doubt she will turn negative in the furture. She is a weak person. But that would serve another purpose - of whitewashing Virat's culpability in her life as well as justifying his eventual move towards Sai. Imagine if Pakhi remains sane, Virat using her for adoption & abandoning her will be unpalatable - but a negative Pakhi makes Virat's eventual re-union with Sai less squirmy. It is poor, lazy, manipulative writing - one that was used in Imilie as well I heard. I continue to say that in the Virat-Pakhi-Sai triangle, if anyone is a bigger villain, it is Virat. All this while we thought Virat was Pakhi's well-wisher..but he made a complete u-turn by wanting Pakhi for surrogacy...that tied her to him, his brother's wife & weakened her chance of moving on. And now, he even married her for getting Vinu. After playing house & family for so long, can one blame her for feeling insecure? He comes across as so selfish & ruthless...he is capable of going to any lengths to get what he wants - very Bhavani-esque, not even Ninad.