Mehram - Last Episode

As usual, I live under my own personal rock, and I had no clue this was supposed to be the last episode of this drama. But, last episode it was and end it did, so let's celebrate the final minutes of this saga until Hum TV figures out what to air that could possibly be even worse...

As we all remember, Molvi Sahab finally Allah ko pyaray ho gaaye. Iqra Ji is all alone in the world now, except for her namehram-but-mehram husband Hamza and the ever-imposing khala ji. Coming back from the funeral with Rashid, Hamza has the following deep and eye-openning *cough cough* conversations with his bestie...

Seriously - Rashid must be paid peanuts. This car is from the 1980s or somethings. Wheel caps tak nahi lagay huay...

I'm glad we got to see Rashid one last time. He's been the only who stuck with Humza through thick and Thin. Best bro-mance ever in pakistani drama history.

Maya is waiting for Hamza...nonchalantly fondling her passport...And we totally didn't see the camera focus on her passport when she got up from the table...

Maya calls Hamza a jerk for leaving his tragedy-ridden wife (Iqra) all alone and how he needs to go get her. Maya nei unka kamra bhi ready kar deea...

Oh - but it comes with a caveat: Iqra comes, Maya leaves. 

Humza's character was the most frustrating in this episode. For a guy who was suicidal when his two wives left him...who was seething with anger when he found out their plan to stick around until he got better then make him choose...is suddenly okay with one wife leaving him. Phir why was he being such a sourpuss when Iqra left? Ugh.

So Hamza calls Iqra to tell her he's on his way to pick her up.

Maya "prepares" Iqra's room for her entry into the house as Humza's non-platonic wife. Basically she walks around the room and leaves things untouched. What happened to all the talk of "Mai khud apki saij sajaoongi"??? 

 There were hardly any dialogues in this episode...lot's of standing around...looking into space for Humza

Lot's of packing for Maya and Iqra...

Humza's reaction to Maya's exit is just...i don't think i have the words to explain this...for a guy who is about to lose the wife who is supposedly his one true love the benign smile on his face makes no sense. Ofcourse we don't get any dialogues just musical silences so we have to assume what he must be thinking.

and then when he does speak...

yeah. Just keep quiet Humza.

Maya seems so confused that Iqra lives in this dump...

Maya beta...just because maulvi daddy is dead doesn't mean you should enter his house dupatta-less. If he wasn't dead already he'd have died now.

Bus - Farhat Aunty aa gaeen tu samjho kuch burra he honay wala hei.
Yup, Iqra has left and she's left a final letter to Hamza.

...now Maya wants to cuddle...

No joke. These two came home and next thing you know Maya is knocked up.

After ALL that...episode after episode of back and forth and back forth and back forth - and she just leaves and Hamza doesn't even bother to LOOK for her??

Hamza and Maya have a little girl jo bilkul ma pe gaee hei. 

Seems to me... She's more like her dad.

Wohi suicidal tendencies. 

Also, someone needs to fire the stylist for this drama. Everyone's wardrobe sucked. Big time.

Oh look Hamza! Your wife-but-not-wife has become a famous poetess!

We must have missed our calling because Hum TV would have us believe that writers are raking in the big bucks - pehle Fareeda from Digest Writer and now Iqra. 

In the time it took for Hamza and Maya to have a baby and Iqra to amass a fortune and get a decent blow-dry, Farhat Aunty has become old and (apparently) Iqra's nanny

Maulvi daddy ki death did wonders for iqra... She got a nice haircut, bought better clothes,  wrote and published x-rated poetry with not a care in the world. The first book, titled quite unimaginatively as "mehram" did well. But then Iqra got lazy and now the publisher is hounding her for a new anthology of poems. 

All we have so far is a name...

I have no idea why the publisher has such an OTT reaction to the name of the book. Its called "Terey Baad" not "I want to be a publisher's non-platonic wife"

And on that unsatisfying note this drama comes to an end...

with Iqra staring at the sunset...

and a dozen questions swirling in our head...

Did Areeb have a successful music career in London? Does Rashid get his own non-platonic wife? Where is Farhat khala's husband? Did she even have one? Will Maya ever discover the miracles of anti-frizz serums and a good blow-dry at the salon?
 and finally 
Did Humza buy the book of poems?
Someone suggested on another review page that there should be a sequel called "tere baad" where Iqra and Humza finally get together. To that person all I have to say is 

 Bye bye mehram, thanks for the laughs.

Mehram - Episode 24

This episode...what can i say...this episode was such a goldmine for screenshots. It's like they we're in a panic before the drama ends and just unloeashed all the craziness at once. Let's begin.


Humza arrives home in a huff and tells iqra to pack her bags and leave with Areeb.

BHAIJAAN PICHLAY CHAAR EPISODES SE AUR KIA KAR NEI KI KOSHISH KAR RAHI HEIN YEH?? She leaves and you keep bringing her BACK. Or you threaten to leave Maya and bring her back. #DoubleFacePalm

Maya cant believe she's being left behind to baby sit humza.

Iqra takes her bag (or not) and walks out of Maya-Humza life (yeh we all know how long that's going to last)

Maya isn't entirely pleased with how once again Humza has let one wife walk out on him without truly setting her free. She's right to assume that by not giving iqra a divorce Humza is still hoping she will return to be his mother/wife some day.

Areeb wants to take iqra somewhere before dropping her off at maulvi daddy's digs. 

oh yeah?? get used to it.

Where are you taking her aareeb? Long drive? Romantic dinner? The beach? A lawyer to get her marriage annulled? No, he takes her to a publisher where he's turning her poems into a book. 

Racy shairi likhnei se pehle sochna tha na.

for a Maulvi's daughter...her interpretation of hijab is pretty loose. except for the first episode where moammaer Rana falls in love with her eyes, I don't recall seeing Iqra in a burqa.

Oh look - Khala is back! And she's trying to convince Iqra to marry Areeb...cos what would happen to Iqra (who is still married to Hamza) if Molvi Sahab died? Overnight from #TeamHamza to #TeamAreeb. 

Khala tells iqra she wants to choke the life out of her.

No need to look so shocked iqra. Right now everyone watching this drama wants to kill you. 

As for why she won't marry Areeb...

Are you counting Maya and her parents in that list of "kisee k saath"

Areeb after much blackmailing from Maya goes to Humza's office

Humza Tells Areeb, "nikkah-nama do, divorce lo"

Areeb and Maya try fiding the nikah-nama unsuccessfully.

These two scheming. *Sigh* 

Can someone tell me what Maya wants? First she tells Areeb to help Iqra get a divorce. Then she demands he go and bring her back. I'm so confused...

so it turns out Humza sent Areeb on a wild goose chase...

dude you evil.

so something happens and Maulvi daddy ends up in hospital.
Areeb figures he should go see Iqra at the hospital and ask for her nikkah-nama so he can get her the divorce she doesnt wan't. Iqra, as expected, isn't too pleased to see him.

Khala ki bari kali zuban hei....

I will be eternally greatful to the director of this drama for not showing us a morbid shot of "dead" maulvi sahab.

Humza is being all emo in the office...but thankfully we have Rashid to talk some sense into the guy.

Rashid and Humza arrive at Maulvi Sahab's house just in time to see Areeb giving his shoulder to carry maulvi sahab's coffin...

oh rashid..i'm going to miss you. Someone please cast this guy as a romantic lead in his own drama. All his pyaar bhari nigahein wasted on doh biwyon wala Humza.

areeb tumhara naam Maulvi sahab hai kya??? he's not talking to you so keep yo big mouth shut.

wut-da-hell Areeb. I told you to keep your trap shut...

Poor Maya. She doesn't stand a chance...

Waise Iqra ko itna pyar tha Hamza se tu why the heck did she marry him off to Maya? Just to take Hamza back from her?