When I initially started watching this drama, I felt it to be slow, repetitive and mildly boring. The only real positives were the star cast and the beautiful OST. Eventually, I stopped watching. Then, somehow in a moment of boredom, I started watching it again. Up until episode 20, after each episode, I would ask myself "Why am I watching this again?" However, after the leap, the drama became interesting again. Was the ending a redeeming factor?
I'm not sure I can argue that it was. Something about the entire episode felt rushed, as if the producers could no longer bankroll another episode, so they needed to jam-pack everything into these last 35 minutes.
In this episode, we saw Rania speaking to Paras about her bad decisions which lead to the destruction of all of their lives. She tells Paras that she's leaving and encourages her to go back to Sheharyar. That's fine - but this came off as her own distress at her bad marriage and lack of conceiving a child rather than real regret at what she did to Paras. The entire character of Rania was faulty. In the beginning, we see her as this strong, confident girl. But this girl had loyalty and a heart of gold, so that's why she obeyed her father and broke off her relationship with Sheharyar. So Sheharyar married Paras. HOWEVER, the girl we see Rania turn into after her accident was an example of bad writing. Why was Rania suddenly so needy and selfish? She turned into a completely different person!
Moving on, we see Sheharyar and Paras at their "custody hearing" (which was really just a one-woman show in her office) where Sheharyar wins custody of his daughter. Up until this point, Sheharyar has really come off as a heartless mo-fo, considering all that Paras has done for him in the past. Paras gave him her kidney and saved his life - he repayed her by taking a second wife and not batting an eyelash when she left him. And NOW he decides he's going to take her daughter? Yeah.....real classy. Paras made her own share of mistakes, including lying about Ajwa and being stubborn, but it still does not match up to Sheharyar's faults.
Taaya Abba goes to speak to Paras in a moment of regret for what he's put her through. He apologizes for always being cold towards her, despite loving her like a daughter in his heart. The scene was very heartfelt. UNFORTUNATELY, this was another case of faulty writing, because Taaya and Taayi always seemed very cold and calculating. Let's not forget how Taayi would instigate Taaya Jaan against Paras and her sister at every chance and how Taaya Jaan would label both girls as heading on the wrong path. HMMMM.
I also want to take this moment to mention that the writers seem to have COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN about Sarmad and Sarah - it's as though they were never characters on this show! They were mentioned by Taaya and Taayi on two separate occasions, but were never seen after the leap. Ugh.
Sheharyar goes home to find a letter from Rania, wishing him well and telling him to reunite with his family. Bye bye Rania. Good riddance, Rania. See you never, Rania. That's the end of Rania, thank goodness.
Sheharyar and Paras reunite in an emotional scene. We are also treated to a scene between Paras and Taaya Jaan where she apologizes for troubling him and accepts him as a father. This was nice.
In the final scene, we see Sheharyar, Paras and Ajwa as a happy family. But WAIT.....
MOMENTARILY, we catch a weird glimpse of Bia sitting in her room with a weird smile. What on earth? That's it. You blink and you miss her. Did the writers FORGET about Bia as well? The scene looked like an afterthought that was edited in quickly at the end. HUH!
Well, all's well that ends well and the ending was a happy one. There are some dramas that remain etched in your memory for years to come or at least stay with you for a year. "Ek Kasak Reh Gayi" is one drama that I enjoyed while watching, but will probably forget about two weeks from today.
Happy watching!
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