Hibernation review:
Forensic report: Fire alarm used to create confusion was laughable. But appreciate them for using a different camera angle for the cctv. The two detectives didn’t notice some elements… feminine physique of the culprit??? We do get into ‘detective mode’ (at least I have) when we check cctv footage, no matter how lamely we may do it.
Was good to see Virat trusting Ammu despite ‘proof’ against her… but lasted only one ep.
Mehndi eps were bland. Was hoping Virat wont jump in and accuse Ammu… but not surprising at all that he did. Its all in the ‘its possible’ zone. No comments on ‘glass pieces in mehndi’.
Thought Virat will know Shankar – they had taken pains to make him not see his face (think Babs had mentioned something similar in the car?) … but didn’t make any difference.
Thought Poem will react – now or later – to Bab’s “get out” … but hasn’t happened yet.
Good to see Harsh back in. Those were good scenes.
Toe-ring scene… was decent - nice… but Bhavani and Jahan praying they get married felt way off…. Sure, Virat may be a good guy ‘now’… but hope they know it also means her daughter has to live with Babita and the rest of the Ahujas – and go through whatever that entails. Bhavani should stop pushing Virat on Ammu. From the latest ep does seem like Bhavani will be sadder than Ammu if they don’t get married
Redoing an old plot – truth serum – was cringe. But it did lead to good next 1 or 2 eps imo. Bhavani did well in the intoxicated scene. Wont be surprised if 20th May ep will be the highest rated one of the week if and when lav2725/gossips share the daily ratings.
[The 1.2 for the previous week is for the ep where they decide on the fake wedding and also has Ammu confronting Ahujas. Hopefully that shows people like it when she is shown strong… (as against the pains they take to have these ‘extended’ humiliation sequences.)]
Ammu-Virat and Ammu-Babita confrontations were nice. The latter, if they are consistent, does have future implications – and think that’s where the story is. Hadn’t expected Ammu to confront Babita.
Ammu-Virat confrontations… did feel a bit underwhelming… (cough) and part of the reason was the dialogues felt odd at times. “Don’t you dare” was apt… but then it was followed with “mujhe nahi aana hai aapke paas”… that felt odd– one of those where ‘I mean this… but it also means this other thing that I am not saying but serves another purpose’… those dialogues feel really forced now and takes me away from the emotions of the scene. ‘~But I know aapke dil me yahi tha’ was another one. [It also happened in Ammu-Bhavani scene where mom asks her to be ‘kareeb’ to Virat.]
Those two VA scenes had the potential to be ‘wow’ scenes but sadly it didn’t. These are the emotionally intense scenes that I usually ‘look forward to love’ but it didn’t get there. In effect, Virat’s scene with Bhavani outside her home still remains his best scene for me, which is sad cause one of these two scenes could’ve taken over.
I really loved the car convo – which fortunately was also well written. [Will be good if they don’t edit the volume of some dialogues though – we know they will end up together… no more ‘hints’ needed]. Another one of those convos that are rarely done in shows. Appreciate the writers for this scene.
Did feel it quite odd that they are cutting from one function to another… with nothing planned for anything in between … and yup… One order for Aaichi kadhai made Bhavani independent… wish life was that easy.
I see no reason why Jayesh and Ishika are to continue in the show. Ishika scene during sangeet was cringe, forced, and needless. Might as well move to Delhi… or even better ‘Bangalore’ … Can be part of the story if there is a separation phase.