No marriage is problem free; all marriages have ups and downs and more than their fair-share of misunderstandings. While some of these problems get resolved with time, effort or help, others are meant to stay and drive couples further apart. Such couples are destined to go their separate ways and there is no “happily ever after” for them. In my opinion both the couples shown in Maseeha fall in the second category.
Aabish is struggling to survive without Sherry. It is not just the burden of all the responsibilities that have been suddenly forced on her that is tearing her apart but the fact is that she cannot deal with living without Sherry. Aabish lost her best friend today, the only person who she used to confide in, due to problems at home. With Sherry gone Aabish has developed a stronger bond with her Mother-in-Law and it was great to see both of them having a heart-to-heart. Sherry’s unreasonable behavior breaks Aabish’s heart, although he realizes soon enough that he was wrong but he really needs to stop being so emotional. Aabish did not marry him so she could be the chauffeur and the maid for his family, it is nice of her to do whatever is it that she is doing for Sherry’s family and all she would want in return is some credit. In Sherry’s opinion money is more important than anything else and a 20,000 should make up for all the damage! The marriage between the two may have been based on mutual consent but they are total misfits for each other and I don’t see the issues between them being resolved anytime soon.
Sherry’s sisters rely on their bhabi now that their brother is gone; things would be much easier for everyone if these sisters decided to take more responsibility and did not expect to be taken care of like ten year olds. Given the kind of household they come from they really should know better. On one hand we have Aabish who was spoiled in the true sense of the word but is now coping quite well given the circumstances and on the other hand we have these sisters who will stay the way they are no matter what the circumstances are like.
On the other side, Zara is enjoying being Basit’s counselor and his “boss” at work. She is overjoyed by the fact that Basit finally accepts her as his better half. It is great to see her doing wonders for Basit’s business but going as far as taking money from her father and that too the money he had been saving for his operation was going too far. Zara is too busy playing the hero to Basit to think ahead. I think she is being very foolish and may just regret all that she is doing for Basit. She does ask Basit to return the money whenever he can since it is for her father’s operation but there is no guarantee that he will.
Overall, this was an okay episode, the pace as usual was extremely slow and even after 13 episodes the actual story hasn’t even started. I am waiting for the “Maseeha” to enter Aabish’s life, when and how that will happen is yet to be seen.
Author: Fatima Awan
