Alvida - Episode 19

Finally finally a good episode...but before we get to that...

you live with a psycho and you spend precious time watching bad horror dramas on Hum tv instead of thinking of ways to escape him??? get yo priorities straight woman.

back to the good bit

 maybe next time don't taunt your husband's manliness before telling him he can't divorce you...lolz

Yep! Yep! All that awesomeness from Hadi right at the start - though question: who keeps talaaq papers lying around in a drawer? (Yeah, I had to spoil the moment with that huh?)

Bye bye Fareesa - look, we even baked you a cake!

Good to know the director remembered ke Hadi ka aik adad baap bhi hei.

jaatey jaatey Fareesa delivers "best dialogue of the episode"

Hadi lets Fareesa take the car - guess, we know how she's gonna pay for her airfare to the U.S. *snort*

More awesomeness where Fareesa gets served! (And Saim competes with Rameez on being crazy)

 Moment of silence for anyone who did not see this coming

this was the most unsatisfying plot twist ever. it was obvious from the start...complete copy of the Janam Jali plot, and no flashback to tie in the loose ends together...like how did someone who was once as poor as fareesa suddenly have enough cash to buy her expensive dresses, drive a flashy car, or live in a posh house like this?

:-/ poora din Haya walks around without a dupatta then when she's trying to get away from rameez usko dupatta pehena zaroori hai?

I thought she was going to run away... But this idiot wants to make breakfast and babies for this psycho. 

so for Rameez to trust Hay he's going to test her by taking her to meet Hadi...ummm...don't you want to test her by seeing how long she can stay away from Hadi??? I guess the writer knew no other way of revealing about Ha-Reesa divorce in front of Rameez.

And all the warm fuzzy feelings I had after the beginning awesomeness abated with this horrible scene - I mean he barely got hit by the sofa and he's limping like he was maimed. Pffffft


i'm not a fan of terms of endearment and thanks to Rameez now, i will never hear a husband calling his wife sweetheart without getting a creepy shiver up my spine

also they could've used a more realistic looking blood alternative instead of squeezing a glob of Heinz ketchup on Rameez's hand...you can even see the pulpy tomato texture in the closeup 

So basically, Haya and Rammez live on the hundredth floor of this building...

Let's just face facts and move on: SADI IS NEVER GROWING UP. Like, ever. 

#TwoGenius

More proof that Alvida is shot in another dimension where space and time work in mysterious ways...in the time it talkes for Hadi to figure out Haya is being abused by her husband and for him to drive to her place is the same amount of time Haya takes to run down the stairs in her building

So explain this to me...in Indian dramas the husband and wife like each other yet somehow their marriage remains un consummated, sometimes even after a whole year has passed. Whereas in Pakistani dramas the husband and wife hate each other... Or at the very least have strong dislike for each other... Yet somehow the girl ends up pregnant within the first month. Errrrrr...no wonder we have an over population problem.

More importantly, if Haya and Rameez have a baby, will THAT baby be allowed to grow up?? 

In conclusion, Haya is pregnant and wants to go back to Rameez, because, you know, he's gonna hear about the baby and miraculously be cured. Last time Haya nei deemagh par itna zoor dala tha, she ended up married to Rameez, so, sorry Haya, but I don't think you should be allowed to think. Or make decisions.

P.S: episode 20 promo... The poopies is about to hit the roofies. 

Alvida - Episode 16

This episode opened up with this scene: Haya, rejected by Hadi, asking Rameez to take her home. (Correction... The episode opened with ramwez staring at Haya crying, complete with horror movie background music and psycho killer smile in place)

  As I watched this 5-second scene, I came to the conclusion that Rameez might turn out to be crazy but it's Haya that is definitely in the wrong. First, she tried to make Hadi jealous by hooking up with Rameez, then she goes running back home and now that Hadi draws a line, she again turns to Rameez to escape Hadi. It's pretty cruel the way she's treated/treating Rameez. Sorry...from last episode's photography session it is quite clear that Rameez has always knows about Haya's obsession with Hadi and he still pursued her relentlessly. So no sympathy from me for psycho Rameez.

And then we have these two...I don't think I have the 'will power' to watch them be a couple. What are the chances Saim is going to convince Fareesa to run away to the U.S. with him? #Please #WishfulThinking

 We know what that means

yes but i don't think the viewers have the will power to see all that Ha-Reesa romance. Fareesa's response and excuse is totally lame

 Although i dont blame the gal...if doctor Hadi was looking at me with those come hither eyes and suggested we use will power to take our marriage to the next level...i would totally throw past misdemeanors in his face too...pfft.

meanwhile Rameez is at home unleashing all the crazy that's been making us uncomfortable about him.

How does he manage to make this sound so sinister and creepy??

Pfffft. Whatever. You know we were all thinking it...

Yeh? Yeh hei tohfa? Lagta hei Fareesa ke saath ja kay leea tha.

i dont know...i kinda liked it.

Multiple feelings about this:

1 - Glad Haya is as creeped out by Rameez's picture taking as we are. 

2 - Even though Rameez is saying the exact same thing I said at the beginning of the review, his vocalizing the same sentiment is hair-raising. 

3 - Haya's devotion to Hadi was no secret. Rameez even walked around HS Bhai-ing our ears out. But is he now implying that he didn't have a clue, until Haya made Hadi sandwiches, that Haya is devoted to Hadi?

4 - Maybe Rameez will turn out to be not psycho but just abusive? Maybe Hum TV can turn this drama around and make it about domestic violence? Umeed pe dunya qaim hei after all. 

here's what i want to know...how did Rameez manage to get those pictures of Haya and Hadi's??? Ye khidki se li tasveer, yeh darwaze se aur ye pics k liye i turned invisible and stood right next you guys...

Fareesa sneaks out of bed to chit chat with her boyfriend and gets caught. The conversation that follows - ie her excuse - is just too stupid to repeat. Hadi is as dumb as a door knob. That's all I know.

Umm....that looks kind of dangerous...

"Tumhara cousin shadian karta Ja ra hei, karta ja ra hei..." Hahaha.

This must've been the FIRST conversation (or monologue by Rameez really) that actually made sense, and actually sounded rational. 

and all i kept thinking was why they're having dinner in the bedroom when they have such a huge flat???

Oh. Wait. Hadi wasn't fooled by the "I'm talking to my mom" excuse. Phew. There's hope after all.

Aur yeh kon sa time hei raath ka that these two are sleeping and those two are having dinner?

Playing Haya must've turned Sanam Jung off of marriage for life. This scene crushes any hope of Rameez just being abusive. He's definitely a little cuckoo. a little???

yeah...sure...a little psycho

Yeh hein Tayi - fasaad ki jardh. Pehlay Hadi ki shadi Fareesa se ki Aur ab Haya ki Rameez se. Someone really needs to tell her that her match making skills suck. She should stick to going to the family clinic and doing whatever it is that she does there.

who else got the heebie jeebies from the lunch box scene??

Finally for me Zahid Ahmed has broken the Mehram chains and come into his own in Alvida. He makes a great psycho. While he was being creepy stalker boyfriend i couldn't stand him. Now that he's the psycho husband his dialogues have gotten better, and his acting skills are on glorious display. Thumbs up psycho Rameez.

No internet. No phone. And he will probably lock the apartment door from the outside. This guy is like a shoo-in for most thorough villain at the next Hum TV awards. 

Check it out. Sadi is still like 6 months old. And no one is concerned he will roll off the bed. Yeh doctors ki family hei?

Also, I'm happy to announce that after like 10 (?) episodes I finally know Sadi is a boy. Someone needs to give Taya a head CT. Koi apne wali-ahed ko itni la parwaee se treat karta hei?

Guess who turned into father of the year overnight?

Meanwhile, poor Haya has to resort to sending out SOS notes from her window...smart move haya...i dont see this going wrong in way or form...taaliyaan apki aqalmandi pe.

And so another episode of Alvida comes to a close. It's like the writer couldn't manage to work in parallel stories moving together - so this episode the writer was so focused on the Haya-Rameez story developing we don't see developments in anyone else's stories. And I'm still really curious to know if Saim's return will contribute anything to the story, or if he was just a time pass for Fareesa for the past few episodes. 

I guess we will wait and see...

p.s: sorry about the massive delay with alvida for last two weeks. I've been really sick. once again props to shamsi who was extremely busy but still managed tro churn out 4 reviews, Muahs. I love this girl :-D