Ash--Ohhh, pharmacology. I remember the days of chemistry, structures, Vmax, Kmax, mechanisms of action, haha. Glad I don't have to take that again!
CHARM-I was actually reading you and Ash's discussions on the rewatches of episode 29 and I have to say, I agree with every word. You guys pretty much summarized what I said earlier: Mohsin and Aina's interactions with each other in the episode weren't actually that bad. On my first watch of the episode, I didn't get a sense of distance. The reason I kept complaining about the kids' dialogues was because those truly were the things that haunted me most in the episode because it implies a lack of egalitarianism between MoNa, but Mohsin and Aina's interactions sort of contradict that claim, like you said, so that's why I didn't complain much about the actual MoNa interactions at all in the original review. When I first watched the episode, the little things like their physical closeness when talking about Tabi, when he called out for Aina three times but never screamed for her like he used to, how he needed Aina to reason with Tabi, how Aina sought him out at the end of the episode and had a conversation with him (which we never saw her do before the leap), him telling Raania to give Tabi food after his convo with Aina about her...there were definitely things there to make you see the MoNa bond wasn't gone. In my review of the episode I said that I gave the episode points because you could tell Aina had an effect on him. And we saw a pretty strict Mohsin in this episode, but even Aina said this is too much, even for him, and he admitted he's feeling stressed because his girls are growing up.
We've talked about how Mohsin may have abandonment issues...him keeping Tabi from going to university and deciding when she gets married may be his way of controlling when and who gets to leave him. It's not right, but it is quite in character for him.
I truly hope Tabi's claims that she won't be another Aina are just an echo back to the days when Mohsin used to yell at Aina. If that's the case, then that little conversation Aina had with Mohsin about how not to yell at her in front of Tabi was actually important! If that truly is the case, then bravo to the writers for making such a little snippet be momentous! (I'm fully aware I can be giving the writers too much credit here). I hope Aina and Tabi talk about what Tabi said to her and Tabi explains why she said it. Even Aina seemed surprised by it.
And I agree, Charm, we do seem to be re-evaluating the episode. I think everybody had different takes and interpreted the scenes of the episode in their own ways, and since we're all talking about it here, when we present the scenes we found to be somewhat positive--well, if we put together all of our versions of the episode, the episode doesn't seem that bad.
For example: I didn't think MoNa's interactions with each other were that negative and I tried to say as much in previous posts; Abby and Ash explained Aina's lines about being with a man who can be hot and cold; you and ash tried to elucidate the kids' dialogues and the confession scene; jasmine brought a wonderful insight into how the mere mohsin/favour line were a marital fight, likely started by Aina saying her life was a series of unfortunate events, which triggered something in Mohsin that caused him to say never forget the favour I did for you. When you put the little puzzle pieces of positivity together, you may get a picture that makes a little bit of sense. I think we were all just so perturbed by the concept of the leap, and I myself read comments on Ig that said "Mohsin should change!" before I watched the episode, and let myself be influenced. When we take a step back, the prognosis isn't that bad.
Despite what I just typed, I am a little fearful of the next episode. I will still watch it, of course, but it's giving me palpitations just thinking about it. I'm beginning to think the writers needed a villain, so they just kept Mohsin in this gray role when we all expected him to be a little lighter...But I hope the writers don't make him too dark in this process.
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