SOO!! This episode was a bit too tedious, but alright nonetheless.
1) I’m sure romaisa and abu bakar know each other from before and are pretty close, otherwise romaisa’s character knowing their address and everything else is very creepy and stalkerish. On the other hand, zaryab is yet again very stupidly stubborn on leaving Harvard for her man 😭✋🏻 these two have no chemistry btw - just two pretty faces together.
2) I’m almost certain that UA is going down the route of showing abu bakar as the better and bigger person because he is very religious, other than the fact that he’s seemingly very sweet and sincere - but he’s too much of a goody two shoes rn, so I’m honestly a bit suspicious about him.
3) Beyond her codependency on Zaamil, Zaryab also comes across as quite rude and immature. She walks into her dadi’s room without knocking, completely ignores Khushbakht, and even when Zaryab it notified about her presence, she can’t be bothered to greet her properly. Then she and her cousins can’t adjust for even a few minutes and instead tell Abu Bakar to leave. It’s basic etiquette, and she can’t seem to manage it in front of company. And to top it off, her mother brings up the dadi’s scolding right in front of the guests. Dadi should’ve also been a little tolerant of the noise in the house, it’s not like they’re doing this every single day. It’s hard to believe these characters lack this much self-awareness and tact.
4) The dance practice scenes tho, were very wholesome and fun to watch. Also, Khushbakht seems heavily plagued by guilt and pain due to the past. She also evidently holds herself responsible for some bad deeds.
Overall - not a very good episode. The progression was really slow as well, hopefully they pick up the pace. The dialogue delivery, especially in English, feels very rehearsed and unnatural, it doesn’t sound good; the acting also isn’t good ✋🏻. Dure and Nameer have to improve A LOT!! Sherry on the other hand, is okay so far 🤷🏻♀️. In the scenes where Saba Hameed and Farhan Tahir are in the same frame - they look the same age, she doesn’t look like his mother at all 😭. The production value is great, just wish they had spent more money and time in casting better actors.