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 18

How can Haya be all smiling and touchy-feely with this guy? He makes my skin crawl. 

Speaking of skin crawling...how creepy was his speech to Haya outside Taya Ji's front door? First he made my hair stand up by how casually he says he will throw acid on her and harm Hadi. Then, he smoothly turned it around - as if he is totally normal and if he messes up it will be because of Haya. A great spot of good dialogues and acting. *Taalian*

Oh Alvida - you bring me up and you throw me down. Really, ZERO thought and effort was put into the mom's character.

More fuzool dialogue between these two. Instead of Haya using the opportunity to say, "Save me from this psycho, my knight in shinning armor!" Thanks to Hadi being all defensive and stuff she ends up telling him how amazing her husband is.

Fareesa being all pot calling the kettle black...then Haya overhears her saying, "I love you Saim. You're the best."

wow..height of laziness taayi ji calling hadi from downstairs on his cell phone to tell him to come downstairs

Wow - apparently when people come from defense to karsaz, they call it a 'picnic.'  Rameez even has munchies for his 25 minutes car ride...

whereeeeeee is this place in karachi?????? i want to go next time i'm in Pakistan (lol.  It's Arena, on Karsaz) Clearly i'm wasting my karachi trips at the tailors i should be spending time at Arena.

Check out Hadi walking off in a sulk - in his two sizes too small shirt...

does anyone in that big hospital of theirs do eye checkups? cos Haya really needs a new pair of glasses....

ugh....these two co-conspirators...

Nausea-inducing flirting between these two. Ewwww - get a room!

ugh Fareesa makes me want to commit murder

Hello? That would - by your own declaration - make Hadi's idea about you correct. Especially since he saw you all cozying up with Saim in a PUBLIC PARK. #WhoDoesThat

Oh wow. Fareesa thinks she's running the show and playing Rameez like a pawn. Can't wait to see which of these two psychos brings the other down. #Sarcasm

Alvida - Episode 17

To paraphrase Shamsi "what the EFF happens to Pakistani dramas at the halfway point?" We've always prided ourselves over the fact that Pakistani dramas take 30 episodes to show a story compared to Indian standard which can take up to 3 years and still go around in circles.
But suddenly Pakistani dramas can't even handle 30 episodes? It's like 15 episodes... Everything's peachy and sweet... Episode 16 rolls around and all hell breaks loose, and Alvida was no exception. Then, as though episode 16 wasn't bad enough... They had to take the crazy level up a notch in episode 17. Like...wuh?

After walking around the apartment for some time, Haya's big reaction to finding out she's married a Looney toon is...changing her clothes and removing makeup. What happened to all those "help me" flyers she threw out the window?

Haya hears a phone and picks it up. From the trash. What kind of a hiding place is that?

Rameez calls Haya to trash talk - hahaha. Ok. Ok. Sorry. 

Ramirez calls Haya to reinforce she is now his slave and should look forward to having his babies justifying his behavior by playing the, "I'm an orphan" card. Haya is totally #LookingForwardToIt.

oh look who ditched work to come home and make some psycho babies with Haya

In Hadi-land, one peptalk from his pal, and Hadi seems to start dreaming of something like THIS taking place between him and Fareesa...

His doctor friend must be a psychiatrist... A damn good one too.

psst...did you notioce that in between getting a degree and doing humanitarian work in Somalia, Dr Hadi managed to get a degree in Emergency medicine from the Philippines...

Hein? Kounsa Kaam?? All she did was change clothes. Apron pehn ke professional chef duties tu Rameez nei poori ki hein. 

and did you notice the little product placement in the apron

masala Tv...finally pakistani dramas catching up.

All Hadi's come hither eyes in the world aren't able to stop Fareesa from meeting up with her 'friends.'

Check out Hadi wearing Sadi's sweater...seriously, whoever was in a charge of wardrobes should rethink their profession...

How could Fareesa make such a novice mistake? Who the heck sneaks off with their lover in their husband's car WITH HIS DRIVER? Sheesh. 

The jig is up for Sa-Reesa romance. Dr Hadi's brain starts working and he follows Fareesa to her date with Saim. We're treated to another non reaction. Instead of walking up to Sa-Reesa and bashing saims face in for his behooda romance in a park with his wife (where's Maya khan when you need her?) Dr Hadi, good Samaritan extraordinaire walks off in a huff and locks himself away in his room.

Did anyone else pee their pants laughing at this phoney jogger? *Still can't stop laughing*

Fareesa is like the ultimate con-woman. First she marries Hadi for his money. Now she wants to run away with Saim to America. Matlabi aurat. 

Dude - pull yourself together. You didn't even LIKE her...Ok. Ok. Let's be fair, regardless of whatever feelings Hadi has for Haya, you can't say he didn't (eventually) try to work on his relationship with Fareesa. (Admit it Hadi - dil mein tu laddo phoot rahay hoonge. Fareesa se jaan chooti...)

I thought Rameez making snide remarks was punishment - but nope. Apparently he's making kaleji and bheja for Haya. Now THAT'S punishment. Ewwww...

Good to know - Hadi Ji looses his cool and has some ghairat left...(though I still think he should take this out with both hands...)

Tayi proves she's still the foremost contender for Worst Mom Ever by consoling and siding with Fareesa instead of trusting the son born of her loins. 

So Fareesa calls Saim in a panic, and Saim tells her he can't take her to the U.S. Immediately because he isn't settled. Can the real Saim please stand up? Cos the one we've watched in the past few episodes bought Fareesa do lakh ke kapray, dinners and lunches at 'expensive' restaurants, and drives a better car than Hadi. Daal mein kuch kala...?

Since there isn't much to look forward to - Alvida mein - I thought I'd leave you with this yummy quiz...

angry Dr Hadi or Deadbeat Sikander?????

FYI - I had to scroll through numerous Jackson Height episodes to get this Ali Kazmi still, which means I had to relive what a douche Jamshed was and feel all riled about why he got a happy ending. #Grrrrr

oh no you di'unt....