Episode Review: October 4th, 2012

Shyam is applying shaving cream and is relieved no one saw him remove the cameras.  As he puts the blade to his face, he gets a cuts.  He then touches the razor and his finger also gets cut.  He looks at the razor to notice that the blade has been replaced with a broken glass piece.  Anjali walks in and looks worried for him after seeing the cut on his face.  She goes to Arnav's room and asks for a first-aid kit, explaining to them that Shyam cut himself while shaving.  Arnav is still upset at the fact that Anjali still cares so much for Shyam, even though he only gave her pain.  Anjali returns to her room and begins to take care of Shyam's wound.  When she asked how he cut himself, he explains to her that the razor blade was replaced with a broken glass piece.  When he shows her the razor, she sees there is no glass piece in it, making Shyam look like he's crazy.  He then gets a phone call and seems upset, telling her that someone has been prank calling him all morning.  When Anjali picks up the phone, she talks to his assistant, making Shyam look even more crazy.  Anjali leaves the room, worried about Shyam as he is furious at what is happening to him at the moment.  He then goes to the bathroom to clean up.  When he comes out, he suspects that someone has come into his room and checks around to find nobody.  Feeling like everyone in the house is going to make him go insane, he decides to leave for a little while.  After he puts on one of his socks, he gets up to answer his phone.  Just as his foot hits the ground, he gets a stricking pain up his leg.  He takes off his sock to find that he's been hurt by glass pieces stuffed in his sock.  He calls Anjali upstairs and Nani wonders why Shyam has been screaming like this.  Khushi on the other hand is secretly smiling.  Shyam tells her about glass pieces being in his sock, due to which he hurt his foot.  When she checks his sock, she finds no glass pieces.  Anjali is worried about Shyam hallucinating about seeing things and he says to her that he is not lying.  He then requests to be left alone.   

Anjali heads to the kitchen and tells Nani and Khushi that she is worried about Shyam as he has been hurt twice this morning, and that to by mysterious glass pieces.  As he leaves his room, Shyam sees HP carrying a dust tray with a broken bulb.  He questions him on where he got it and HP tells him it's from Arnav's room.  Just as Shyam turns around, he finds himself face to face with an angry looking Arnav.  Shyam informs Arnav about the injuries he's received since the morning from broken glass pieces and tells Arnav to be a bit more careful.  He says that he doesn't want to see Anjali get hurt and it will break his heart.  On hearing this, Arnav's reflex kicks in and he begins to choke Shyam.  Khushi convinces Arnav to let him go and Shyam wonders what he must have done for Arnav to be choking him.  Khushi explains to him that she broke the bulb while hanging pictures and was on her way up with a replacement, even showing him the box.  After Shyam leaves, Arnav and Khushi head up to their room where Khushi tells him to be careful of the things he does (throwing the broken bulb in the trash) as Shyam is very clever.  Arnav says that he can no longer take this and wants Shyam to be punished.  Khushi promises that Shyam will be punished and asks Arnav to have some faith.  Arnav notices a cut on Khushi's hand and see tells him see got it while putting the glass pieces into his sock.  Arnav kisses the wound on her hand and she is touched.  Arnav then asks her how she was able to remove the glass pieces from Shyam's room if she was in the kitchen the whole time. She said she had help from someone and NK enters their room.  Khushi tells Arnav that NK was the one who switched the razor and sock when Shyam wasn't looking to make it look like he was crazy.  NK praises Khushi's remarkable plan and justifies it to Arnav.  Arnav then asks her what's next and she says it's their next step.

Khushi sees Anjali coming down the stairs by Arnav's room.  She makes sure Arnav is ready for their next step but he says that he won't be able to do it.  NK says that he has to but Arnav is hesitant.  Khushi tells Arnav that he is a coward and that he's afraid of getting caught.  Hearing this, Arnav defends himself, saying that neither is he a coward nor is afraid of anything and thus, they begin their next trick.  Khushi and Arnav pretend to have a fight but Arnav quickly ends up forgetting what to do next so Khushi improvises.  Anjali walks in to the two fighting and asks Arnav why they were fighting to which he responds "I don't remember".  Realizing that he won't be able to carry the act through, Khushi improvises, making up a story of Arnav having nightmeres and then having a headache from so much work and her insisting he take medication.

With the help of NK, the three of them are able to pull of the act, with Anjali convincing Arnav to "take" the medication.  Just then, Anjali mentions that Shyam has been acting in a similar way and Khushi suggest Anjali give Shyam the same medication.  Arnav hands Anjali the medicine bottle and she goes to give them to Shyam.  Khushi then praises herself for her plan until her and Arnav get into a small argument.  NK is able to settle them down but questions them on the story behind the medicine.  They explain to him that they saw a video on Shyam's computer where he switched Anjali's medicine.  After looking further into the medicine, they found out that the switched pills were for aborting an unborn child.  NK is shocked hearing that Shyam wanted Anjali to lose her baby and Arnav becomes angry again, clenching his fist.  Seeing this, Khushi holds his hand, calming him down.

What worked: Khushi's plan.  Khushi said it the best today, "a plan made by me not working, that is not possible."  So far, Khushi's plan to expose Shyam has worked amazingly, torturing Shyam and giving him a taste of his own medicine.  This time around, she took a page out of Shyam's book to get back at him; cheating and manipulating the evidence just like he did.  This made him look completely crazy in front of Anjali.  This plan of hers is not only making Shyam paranoid, but is also reminding him of all the bad things that he's done to Anjali.  The best part of her plan is the inclusion of NK.  He helped her before in rescuing Arnav so it's natural for her to ask him for help again.

What didn't work: Shyam shaving in the bedroom.  I thought shaving was meant to be done in the bathroom, not the bedroom.  I know it's suppose to be a story but a little logic here would have worked a lot better writers.  Let's keep things consistent and not odd.

Highlight: Arnav, Khushi and NK's act.  This is not the first time that Arnav has gone along with one of Khushi's plans to only be stumped on what to do next.  Remember the Payal scene with the false suicide letter.  Sanaya, Karan and Barun were amazing in this scene, each playing their characters perfectly: Khushi a little crazy, NK being supportive and Arnav being lost and confused.  Clearly, Arnav doesn't know how to act but can sure pull it off if Khushi annoys him a lot.  Best part has to be when Anjali asks him the reason as to why they are fighting and he responds with "I don't remember."  Oh Arnav, you're going to have to learn how to keep up with your crazy wife. 

Episode Review: October 3rd, 2012

Shyam walks into his room and looks surprised to see no one there.  He goes to his laptop and opens it but before he can do anything else, NK arrives and forcibly leads Shyam back downstairs.  Khushi and Arnav are then seen hiding behind the closet and Khushi tells Arnav to control his anger before they leave the room as there are cameras outside.  Khushi comes downstairs and tells Anjali about a massage oil that Buaji gave her which will help to relieve the pain in Anjali's foot.  Arnav comes downstairs and Nani points out to him how much Khushi is doing for Anjali.  As she continues to massage her foot, she looks down and sees the cuts on the bottom of her foot.  Scared, she looks at Arnav, confirming both their suspicions.  As Anjali teases the two, both of them are focused on what they saw in the video.  After finishing the massage, Khushi tells Anjali and Nani that her and Arnav are going out for some work and the two leave to talk outside.  Outside, Arnav states that he was right; Anjali's miscarriage was no miscarriage but was a purposely done murder.  Khsuhi can't believe Shyam would do such a thing and apologizes to Arnav for bringing him back to the house.  Arnav goes to teach him a lesson but Khushi stops him.  She says that even though they know it's Shyam who put the glass pieces on the carpet, they have no exact evidence.  She reminds Arnav that Shyam can twist and turn any piece of evidence against him into something else.  Just like he did during Arnav's kidnapping.  She says that since Anjali believes everything Shyam says, they need to break this blind faith first.  She tells Arnav to believe in himself and them as a pair and that as long as they work together, they will be able to figure something out.  Just then, Arnav remembers the drummer group and wonders if they may be able to help them out.  Inside the house, Mami is fast asleep as Nani and NK come by to wake her up.  Nani tells NK that this is Mami's sleeping time.  Nani then tells him that Mami may have her faults, but she's not bad at heart, except for the fact that she never accepts her own mistakes.  NK looks at Nani with a determined look and tells her that Mami will accept her mistakes one day.

Khushi and Arnav go to meet with the drummers.  The employer tells them that on the day of the mehendi, one of the drummers was replaced with a temporary one.  He describes the temporary drummer to them and Arnav realizes that Shyam was present at the mehendi ceremony.   After evening prayers, NK hides behind the Devi Mayya idol and begins to call out Mami's name, pretending to be Devi Mayya.  Mami falls for the trap, thinking Devi Mayya is speaking to her, and comes in front of the idol.  NK tells Mami to reveal her bad deeds in front of everyone.  Mami begins to reveal the bad things she's done, including mixing Buaji's drink with alcohol while Anjali and Nani have a good laugh.  Arnav and Khushi return home to witness Mami's strange behaviour.  Mami then admits to being the one who made a hole in the sari that Khushi brought when she came to the house for the first time.  Feeling like she's had enough, NK comes out from behind the idol, surprising Mami and giving the rest of the family a laugh.  As she leaves, she promises to sort our NK for his little prank.  When Khushi asks NK why he did this, he tells her that by pulling this prank, he was able to get Mami to fess up to all her deeds.  This gives Khushi an idea.  Khushi tells Arnav of her idea to get Shyam to expose his own deeds.  Arnav thinks the idea won't work but Khushi assures him that this may be a way to expose him to the entire family.  The next morning during breakfast, a group of painters arrive at the house.  Arnav explains to Nani that he's arranged for the house to be painted before Diwali as it has been a while.  Arnav and Khushi notcie Shyam's behaviour as he's worried about the cameras being found.  Shyam makes an excuse about work, leaving the breakfast table.  In his room, he's upset at this new problem that's arised.  He knows that if the painters notice the cameras, they will tell Arnav about them so he decides to remove the cameras for a few days.

Shyam begins to remove the cameras, staring with Arnav and Khushi's room.  As he begins to remove the one attached to the plant, Arnav enters the room.  Shyam hides, waiting for him to leave but Arnav senses that someone is in the room.  Knowing who it is, he picks up a file and leaves the room.  He goes downstairs and with a nod, lets Khushi know that everything is going according to planned.  Shyam begins to remove all the cameras

Khushi and Arnav re-enter their room, nervous and alert.  After a check of the room, Arnav assures Khushi that all the cameras are gone and she is relieved, saying that they can now do anything they want.  Taking her hint, Arnav starts to walk towards her.  Khushi thinks he's approaching her to flirt with her so she tries to retract her statement, to only realize he went to pick up his phone.  When she tries to leave, he pulls her towards him and teases her about what she thought he was going to do.  Arnav then tells her that her plan will not work as she doesn't know Shyam's will.  Khushi asks Arnav why he thinks so negative and is now miffed with him not supporting her plan.

What worked: Arnav and Khushi's plan in action.  We now officially have a story going here.  Arnav and Khushi have teamed up to take Shyam down and have put their plan into action with the villain so far not noticing.  The idea of painting the house to get rid of the cameras for a while has given them a few days to expose Shyam, without having to sneak around and avoid being spied on.  Currently, Shyam doesn't know that Arnav and Khushi know about the cameras or have seen the videos, allowing him to be easy manipulated into their trap.  Shyam sometimes hasn't been the smartest villain but when he realizes that he's about to be taken out, he usually comes up with a counter plan that unfortunately succeeds.  Let's hope this time around, Shyam doesn't get whif of Arshi's plan and the couple is able to finally take him down.

What didn't work: N/A

Highlight: NK. This is why I love his character so much.  He's the perfect combination of humour, advice and support.  He's is the type of character that doesn't have to be exaggerated and can work just about anywhere.  Bringing Karan back to the show has been the best decision the production house has made.  Today, not only did he bring a smile to everyone's faces with his prank on Mami, but he also provided Khushi with an idea; get Shyam to confess to his wrong doings.  Yes, like Arnav said this plan may not work but it is the only way to expose him in front of Anjali as she has blind faith in him.  NK has always had great plans, from using a camera to figure out Shyam's password to pretending to be clueless.  Like I've said before, his intelligence is not to be underestimated.  A job well done by Karan today.

 

Promo: October 4th, 2012

Here's the latest promo for October 4th, 2012. 





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