With 10 episodes to go, Jackson Heights is finally picking up the pace again. Salma over hears Sikander talk about the jewelry (with Kash?) and realizes how naive she has been, even after 12 years of being married to the con artist known as Sikander. She did learn a thing or two from him though…getting Iman to ask her father to take her to school so Salma can take the jewelry back where it belongs, the bank was a nice save. Why Bhatti had to be involved, I do not understand. Of course when she confronts Sikander and refuses to give the jewelry, she gets beaten up again…no surprises there. Run Salma run!! Why have I never seen Ali Kazmi act before? it’s like Sikandar’s role was tailor made for him. The creepy smiles, the back and forth between the fake sweet husband, and the wife beater, the mama’s boy, he switches between all of these roles without pause. This guy is incredible and MJ extracts the best out of him!
In the land of Bhatti and Kathy, Kathy seems Salma and Bhatti together at a cafe and I really thought she was going to give him a piece of her mind. To my surprise her entire behaviour changes after that. She was being very nice to Bhatti and wants to work on their marriage… but Bhatti is not in the mood. Perhaps seeing him with Salma gave her a new perspective? Perhaps there actually is love there somewhere? The immigration lawyer is there and the hearing date is near. The lawyer tells absolutely no fighting in front of the judge otherwise no citizenship. Kathy tells him that she has a concern he will leaver her just after his citizenship, which by the way is a very valid concern, especially after how mean he has been the last few days and given his growing proximity to Salma. Bhatti is just not someone I trust and Nouman Ejaz does a fantastic job with the over the top, many shades of gray character of Imran Bhatti. Low and behold, he calls Salma to complain about Kathy. I honestly was not expecting such a calm and rational response from her. Vasay gets full credit for this pleasant surprise. We finally see that American women really are afraid that as soon as their husbands gets citizenship, they will leave them. It happens all the time.
Speaking of marrying for citizenship, Jamshed and Michele are now actually a couple. She is back to work, nice to the employees and even the cabbies. She couldn’t care less about what people think anymore. She tells Jamshed about how she used to be so nice in college and doesn’t know when she became bitter. Rizwan come back!!I
Nadir calls jamshed. Its his Nikah with Asma. Do we still have to put up with these guys? Can they please finally get married and live happily ever after far far away from JH? Anyways, Jamshed tells him that ‘Jamshed Apni maut khud hi mar gaya.’ Looks at Michele and says ‘tum woh kar rahe ho jo tumhe sahee lagta hai, aur mein woh ker raha hoon jo mujhe.’
When jamshed and Michele are out for a walk and sit down on a bench, Cash sees them and there is a strange look on his face…I’m guessing there is a background to this also.
All in all t his was a much better episode of JH. The script was sound, direction was superb, which made watching it an enjoyable experience. The cast as always, was fabulous. Looking forward to seeing what’s next. Well done team Jackson Heights!
