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Ranjana, Sidney, it may be safe to say most of us around here are in the same boat with this show -- hanging on by our fingernails for Ravish and Mugdha. Wonderful chemistry and rapport!
Ranjana, so much agreement on the many problematic parts of the writing. You mentioned some things that also frustrated me (Vihaan's post-marriage shift and Aarushi's habit of always going off on her own in particular). We're dealing with CVs who seem terrified to properly explore character and chemistry, but who fearlessly pursue sabotaging tracks and characters. Boggles the mind. It's certainly their prerogative to do so, but at what cost? We'll have to wait and see how this track is received. I'm with Sidney on wanting the Moms to be written as Aarushi's biggest supporters through this amnesia track. It would be far more interesting to watch them frustrate and undermine that woman, if the CVs let it go that way. I'm keeping my expectations at zero.
Coming to the episodes, I've enjoyed reading your daily reactions, Ranjana. I agree on Farida during Monday's episode. I expect this whole situation, Vihaan's memory loss included, to hit Dadi Ma, Narmada, and Aarushi understandably the hardest and we've gotten great reactions from them. As for the others, Geeta is always one tear away from a full weeping session 😆, so I think she was normal. Neelima was emotional when she just found out, but she's also one of the more reason-driven Vatsal women and may come off more restrained like Mini. Priyanka came in scene already knowing Vihaan was missing, and she has always come across very internal and somewhat subdued, so, I agree her reaction might still be low-energy (which is why her track should have been short and framed within a more action-driven story instead of a sluggish 7 week long competition with her daughter-in-law 🥱).
On the upside, I agree that Monday's episode was good (except for the contrived use of Dadi Ma to draw Aarushi away from Mumbai . . . 🥱 ) Also, not much Vihaan on Tuesday's episode understandably, but glad he was found. I agree with you on the Dadi Ma's mention of the "marriage curse". Rare continuity. One of most striking parts of the writing for 7.27 and 7.28 for me was the way the Moms seemed to be waiting for Aarushi to anchor them on Monday, and she did. She came in and, she rallied all of them, sort of describing them as a force of nature -- 8 Vatsal women, 7 mothers-in-law and their bahu -- who were going to do everything possible to get their Vihaan back. It revealed how much she has become the heart of the family alongside Vihaan (if only the CVs would let them beat together more often). I liked what they had her say and her words will be tested pretty soon.
On the downside, we have to brace for La Petite Wacko soon. Btw, Ranjana, while watching the episodes, something you said on another thread struck me as a real possibility -- she may actually say she's Aarushi or maybe police will assume she's Aarushi and she won't deny it. We'll see.
I've been trying to figure where the CVs will place Aarushi and handle things once Vihaan returns and I tend to go to the worse case scenario first. Is Aarushi advised to return to the Pandits so that she doesn't "confuse" Vihaan? Or does she take on the identity of a maid, "family friend" or something along those lines and stay with the Vatsals? Or maybe there's another option I haven't yet considered.
EDITED: I just read about the leap in Wednesday's episode. 🤔 Not sure why, but I'm not entirely surprised by it. Nevertheless, it's still throwing me off and will need to process this for a bit.
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