This latest episode focused on Maya’s reunion with her father and we found out that there is more to the story than what appears on the surface. The thought did cross my mind that Maya may just be Shahzib’s daughter but that seemed like a very ugly thought and something that would just make things even more complicated. Zeb’s Khala calls Shahzib and I am glad that she did not turn out to be another one of those villainous characters. Shahzib’s meeting with Maya was extremely moving and in my opinion Maya has more of a reason to be upset with her father.

Unfortunately this episode focused just as much on the Zarmina and Faiser track and I did not enjoy the never ending conversations between the two. Naima’s presence did not help much too, Naima’s character could have been portrayed as fun and bubbly but thanks to the way it has been acted out it just seems annoying. The Zarmina Faiser scenes were dragged for no reason and there was enough reputation to make someone use the fast forward button.

Maya refuses to go with her father and does not want Zarmina to find out the ugly secret. How much longer will it take for her forgive her father and how will Zarmina react when she finds out the truth? Attiya still feels upset over not being informed about the latest happenings in the house and I can only wonder why she thinks anyone would think of her as family anymore. Alam Ara is obviously closer to the girls than Attiya and deserves it too.

I am glad that Rashid is going to be in jail for an indefinite period of time, I had a bad feeling that he may resurface at some point. Attiya deserves to be punished also for totally running Shahzib’s household. I must add that Shahzib is too simple although he has had so much exposure of the outside world. Shahzib has lost all hope and does not expect Maya to come back home but I totally agree with everything that his friend had to say to him. Shahzib leaves it to Zarmina to get in contact with Maya.

I truly felt fro Maya today and Annie Jafrrey did a great job in most of the scenes. A lot of scenes in today’s episode seemed like fillers and the long conversations could easily have been chopped up.

Fatima Awan.