Bin Roye - Episode 2

After an Indian movie inspired episode introducing us to the characters and making sure we understand Saba is in love with Irtiza, episode two opened up with Eid...

Dadi passed out a stingy 100 rupay ki eidi (and then spent the rest of the episode handing money out like M&Ms to Saba).

And the award for the most awkward father-son hug goes to...

And what's the point of this useless cameo appearance? 

After a whole episode dedicated to the ronak of chand raath, the most boring eid proceeds to happen. And for the sake of my sanity please someone tell me WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE SHEERKHORMA IT TOOK 5 PEOPLE TO MAKE?!

How did this old people romance pass the sensor board? *lol*

Hang on a second... Last episode these two were all coy and hiding their romance from Dadi and now they're cheek kissing in from of her? 

All that song and dance in the Bazaar and this is the mehndi Saba gets done???

Totally legit cousin  behaviour... Gently stroking the hair while asking for coffee.

And then OUT OF THE FREAKIN' BLUE, Irtiza's life depends on going to the US. Apparently he has to go study something to be something to establish something. Saba is obviously as blind-sided as us.

Irtiza channels Govinda... #WhiteShoes #FashionDisaster

The good news is, Saba finbally gives Irtiza permission to go to the US, where he meets Saman. I think these pictures make a couple of things clear:
1 - There is obviously no love at first sight going on.
2 - Irtiza looks old enough to be Saman's dad.
3 - Saman is smaller than that mamoth cat she's holding.
4 - Irtiza is as creepy in the US as he was in Pakistan.

Episode two and I'm ready to tag out. Does it get better???

I'm not going to screenshot all the boring conversations happening in this episode. I'm just going to give you a list.

One look at Saman's amazing house and you KNOW Irtiza is after all that daulat...

No way. Dadi may be handing out  twenty rupee notes in Eidee envelopes but she has five maids making sheerkhorma. And those millions of fairy lights hanging on that big old javelin didn't come from a hundred rupee shop.  I don't think it's the money that Irteza is attracted to.

...Cos it sure as hell isn't about him falling in love with her fashion sense. 

There seems to be some strange time warp going on here 

.. Irteza wants to Skype from America but in Pakistan cordless phones and email haven't been invented yet. 

The songs might have worked in the film but their random appearances in the drama makes zero sense.

More boring conversations....Yawn. seriously what's the point of this episode?

After most boring Eid ever Bin Roye proudly presents the most boring dholki ever.

Speaking of fashion disasters, barring Zeba Baktiar, everyone's wardrobe pretty much sucks. There's absolutely no attention to clothes or make up because just look at Saba's hair when she goes to her friend's brother's dholki. Aik cheez hoti hei blow dryer. Sheesh.
I think they're trying to show her as a teenager. Which they're doing by reminding us of the fashion disasters we were at that age.

We can't really blame Saba for being deluded. Irteza had been giving her non platonic cousin vibes. Too bad her friend doesn't push her point further. Could have spared us the torture. 

If episode 1 was overwhelmingly filmy, then episode 2 was choppy and suffered from a lack of attention to details. Once more I found it unbelievable that this actually made it to the big screen.

Until episode 3...