28/5 - 262 ... Tense Hilarity ... or Hilarious Tension?

Monday 28th May

When you have  a scriptwriter and director who manage to make the most tension-filled situations full of mirth ...  coupled with two brilliant actresses on screen, who can translate that script with their acting and make the most tense moments lighten up into hilarity, I think you have a winner! Not once did the tension let up, and not once did the smile leave my face during the episode ... except for those few minutes with Shyam and the papers ... how I hope Laxmi gets into the room and eats them! Fair compensation for her having led the Evilwa to them in the first place!

Mami and Khushi - what a team!!! Bravo!!! =D> Suspend all logic today and the episode was great! Don't ask why such high security tapes have only one sleeping security guard, no security alarm systems, and only one CCTV camera ... and one old-fashioned lock on the door, whose keys are with said security guard ... Okay, I won't find any more bloopers, will leave that for our BBE. I just enjoyed the episode with Mami the rockstar!

Loved that little moment when Khushi sees Arnav on screen and goes all teary, and Mami sees her and almost gets emotional herself ... and then pretends that All Izz Well.

Mami had a zillion one-liners today ... all coming in the update :) 

SN - I really wonder how Sanaya and Utkarshaji performed their scenes today without cracking up ... I would love to see a behind the scenes segment on this shoot!

*edited*
The episode was more about Mami's one-liners, and it was a two-woman show today! Both these women are superb actresses ... I always say this, good comedy is so difficult, both to write and execute ... today both clicked!

Khushi fails to get any help from airport security, but does manage to get the name and address of the security company - outsourced?

Appearance of Creepwa - getting suspicious about Mami and Khushi ... is Khushi getting suspicious about his role in the disappearance of the papers? Has she found them? So he checks - nope, still safely taped to the underside of the cot. Now what exactly is he waiting for? I am zapped ... he's obviously not doing anything useful with them like validating the will ... nor is he doing anything useful with Arnav, like bumping him off ...
Is he waiting for instructions from higher authorities? I am NOT giving up on the wicked chachaji yet ... ;)

Mamiji using her brains - well, we did say she was the sharpest among the Raizada clan ... checking all the 5 Star hotels in Scotland for ASR ... and getting seriously worried for Arnav ...
And another bright thought strikes her ... this was really good, actually ... how come the service provider is speaking in Hindi ... 'Isscotland mein announcement toh Isscotiya mei hoye ki padi' ...
which means Arnav bitwa is very much in India ... golmaal hai bhai sab golmaal hai ...

Khushi trying to speak to the security company, trying all fair legit means to access information ... Mami appears in her room, and brings her up-to-date with her inveshtigations ... Arnav bitwa not in any 5 Star hotel in Scotland, unreachable on phone, and brightest of all, the service announcement is in Hindi ..
'Do not interruptions, puleej' ... and she tells Khushi her deduction ... Arnav bitwa is in India. And Khushi even more worried, he is in some danger for sure.
Mami sees the Security company card in Khushi's hand ... and Khushi tells her where the CCTV tapes are kept ... so Mami takes over the invheshtigationz ...
'I talk ... you doez ... okayz?'  Dday is tonight at midnight ...

HP is stunned to see Mami talking to lovingly to Khushi :))

And Mami leaves with a last message to a flummoxed Khushi ... 'Aaj raat barah baje ... forget not ...'

So midnight comes and Khushi is waiting in the dark ... literally and figuratively ... :))
Woman In Black i.e Mami Bond appears, having done all her homework ... and dressed for the occasion ... Detective MR and Detective PS ... ready to raid the basement and find the tapes, watch them, get the information and return them ...

and the clothes are because 'chori kare ki khatir kya Banarsi saree pehen ke jayee?'
She has a point! :))

She also has a pouch filled with necessary tools ... result of her research of watching all the latest English detective movies all afternoon followed by a shopping trip.
Khushi reminds her this is real life and not a movie ... Mami not pleased ...
'Do not interruptions puleej ... frront front see bhat bhat happenzz ...'

Khushi flummoxed again so Mami translates .. 'aage aage dekho hota hai kya' ... and almost trips over her own shoelaces ...

Security company warehouse ... I would be very wary of engaging this security company for my own use ... one single sleeping security guard, a gate that can easily be scaled, no high-tech alarm system, a door with a single lock, a single security camera ...
Okay, suspend all logic here and just enjoy the fun ...

Mami refusing to take off her goggles ... Khushi keeps telling her this is not a joke ... WIB MR in action ... scaling walls, blithely ready to chloroform the guard, dissuaded by a panicky Khushi ... and the guard, like Kumbhkaran slept peacefully through the entire ruckus the two women made ...

What made the scenes genuinely funny was that MR was well and truly in character, Khushi provided the saner, serious counterpoint (much like the Arnav Khushi scenes) and neither of them so much as cracked a smile ... and even through all the nonsense, they kept the tension alive ...  
Though I really wonder how Sanaya manged to keep a straight face through all this ... :))

Khushi opens the door, next hurdle - a CCTV camera ... Mami wants to spray paint it ... Khushi has a better idea, she asks Mami, do you have anything sharp?

Mami answers - 'my tongue ... nothing sharper than that in the world' ... =))

But she manages to find a wire cutter, also a toy gun and magnifying glass, the latter two ignored by Khushi ...
Khushi sidles up to camera, cuts the wire ... and no alarm goes off.
Nope, not my choice for security company at all =)) ... I hope these tapes have already been seen by whomsoever is in charge and discarded ... otherwise I fear for airport security, I really do =))

Mami stumbles in, still wanting to spray paint the camera, and Khushi has her first emotional break point ... 'Stop it, Mamiji, this isn't a joke ...we're here to find Arnav ... and you're going on about your toys ...' 
And Mamiji sees the fear and dread hidden inside Khushi, that she's close to breaking down with worry, and snaps her back to reality ... 'I've come to find him too, he may be your husband, but he's my nephew as well ... our ways are different, but mine are effective too, so stop the emotional breakdown and get to work ...'

So they hunt frantically for the required tapes ... wouldn't the tapes for one day and time be kept all together? And not scattered over multiple shelves?
Repeat after me ... no logic, remember ... NO logic!!!

And start watching them one by one ... till Mamiji spots him ... 'Uhi hai Arnav bitwa ... Eye Spies the boy ...'
And Khushi tears up seeing him after so many days ... reaches out to the screen as though wanting to touch him throught he screen, make sure he's all right ... and Mami is touched, and actually reaches out to comfort her ... before she realises what she's doing,  and pretends to brush off some lint from her shoulder instead ... but Khushi understands ...
Methinks Khushi, in this phase of Arnav's absence, has learned a lot ... about her own feelings, Shyam's true colors ... and now about Mami too ...
And Mami about Khushi ... so Khushi has gotten one more staunch ally.

And the camera follows Arnav bitwa lovingly :)) all through his walk through the airport ... I thought CCTV's were fixed cameras?
No logic, Dia ... NO logic!!!

And some four commando type MIB guys follow Bitwa, one moves forward and taps him on the shoulder ... I thought Bitwa was already turning to go back to Khushi when the tap happened? And nobody found those four MIB the slightest bit suspicious?
CCP - No logic, Dia ... NO logic!!! Bitwa mil gaya na ... what more you wants? 

Precap - Arnav, all haggard and disoriented, hallucinating about Khushi ... so Tuesday will be Bitwa's dream sequence?