Shab E Zindagi - Episode 20....Random Thoughts

This is definitely one of those dramas that, episode after episode, leaves me wondering why I actually watch this show.  Irritating would be an understatement.  

We have Mariam (Sumbal Iqbal) who lost her husband Yasir (Agha Ali) and is left with her two children.  And the world inflicts zulm on her.  And inflicts more zulm on her.  Her family inflicts zulm on her.  Her in-laws inflict zulm on her.  Her bhabi inflicts zulm on her.  Her new husband (who was once a supportive figure in her life) inflicts zulm on her.  OH MAN!  SHAB E ZINDAGI!  

This show feels like complete and utter nonsense.  Mariam does not take responsibility for her own bratty behavior.  She does not acknowledge that her children are ill-behaved - to the extent that they openly insult her new husband!  She does not accept that she or her children could ever be at fault.

Is Mariam only at fault?  No.  She also has an insane brother-in-law who randomly decides he wants to marry her, only after his wife becomes suspicious of his intentions (Yes, what the hell?).  She has an insane mother who always takes the side of her brother.  She has a brother and bhabi who are a rotten, money-grubbing, evil-thinking duo who make Mariam and her childrens' lives hell. She has an evil cousin who wants to tarnish her reputation by having relations before marriage - or was marriage even on the table?  Not sure.  Either way, he's skeezy.  Mariam has a new husband who she used to call Nasir CHACHA - a man her father's age.  Nasir Chacha was once the gem of the show, but now even he has become a bitter old man who hates her children.  We can attribute this to bad writing which makes characters and their natures change to suit the situation (Read:  How majboor and bebas Mariam can become).  

This show has done my head in.  Zaalim samajh, zaalim log, zaalim duniya.....we are fed all sorts of nonsense like this throughout the show, as if no windowed women with children have ever lived independently and happily in Pakistan.  EVER.

This show is HOPEFULLY nearing its end.  I can't imagine it'll run past episode 24.  And if it does, I might just slap myself for watching it for that long.