Comedy or buffoonery? SG essence vanishing

29th Sept episode

There's some semblance of story, but the way it's being treated is just pathetic! After the intensely mature and beautiful SG track of S2, this is really miserable to watch. And the problem is that we have developed high expectations after those two months, so we waited patiently for the expected MN track and the Nups mystery to be solved so we could go back to that beauty and intensity again ... and we keep getting disappointed. Every time they start off a new track or a new idea, and we speculate and theorise endlessly ... only to have our hopes come crashing down again. And the worst is that the essence of SG is getting lost, and even Mohit and Sanaya seem to be losing interest. They are just not Samrat and Gunjan any more - not the Samrat and Gunjan of Season Two which we had started loving so much. I miss them - why have I gotten so attached to a fictional couple so much?

So we have Sam acting the buffoon in a Board meeting, refusing to go to Bahadudurganj, so that he can get fired, because suddenly he realises that this is not the way he wanted his life ... and Gunjan getting all agitated and behaving most un-Gunjan like, trying to persuade him, reason with him, getting angry with him ... in a way, I suppose this is somewhat Gunjan of Season Two, who has learnt to speak up much more, to voice her opinions, rather than agree to what everyone else is saying. Also her focus is shifting back to Samrat for sure - in the scene where all four are arguing, she actually tells Nupur that her bigger problem is not Nups, but Samrat ... am I actually trying to find some positives in that horrendous episode?
Mayank's one line was cute - so were you Dead Man Walking all this time?

Sam actually comes out with his issues - but in such a way? All in comedy? What was so beautiful in S2, the pain, the angst, the torment, the emotions - all have been treated so casually and stupidly - is this all they're going to show? And most importantly, what about the SG relationship? Where is it heading? And on what road? When Sam tells Gunjan, Nups was missing, Mayank was acting Devdas, and you - you even refused to recognise me ... and NO reaction from Gunjan???!!!! PATHETIC!

And even when Gunjan drags Samrat off to the music room - I thought that alone they would have some semblance of a normal conversation, some emotional issues would come up, but no ... again, Sam is playing the joker, and Gunjan has no idea where he's coming from. One interesting comment - the question about his mother - when she asks him, have you fought with mom? So is mom going to make a re-entry?

Next morning - Gunjan tries to call Sam, he refuses to wake up, tells her to postpone their date, upon which she tells him she wasn't asking him for a date :) She wants to talk about his future.

And screeching banshee Nups is back, as unreasonable and stupid as ever - barging into M's classroom and harassing him in front of his students, making scenes - no wonder the guy doesn't want to acknowledge her as his wife! No further comments on MN - Nups has really ruined S2 with her return.

Naveen's links
Sajan and Gang - Sam resigns
Gunjan asks Samrat his reason for resigning
Gunjan calls Samrat to wake him