Now that she's at her aunt's house, Sarah has an opportunity to dig deeper into her mother's past. Everyone she asks gets teary-eyed and walks out of the room, so she looks herself for clues, and finds shocking evidence that Arfeen and her mother were once married. Meanwhile, the flashback segments show Afreen who has travelled abroad to study, and his family's frustration (in particular his mother) at him phoning Saba constantly but showing almost complete disregard for his own family.
The series continues to give us a little piece of the cake at a time as what Sara begins to unravel in real time we are presented with in the past timeline. A little more information of Arfeen and Saba's past is detailed here but there isn't too much too report, aside from the already mentioned news that the two were once married.
Performances and direction were OK. A little below-par from the usual standards since Arfeen's mother and sisters at times delved too far into the Bond villain caricature trope and the music, which usually goes hand in hand with the images so well, was bombastic at times and over the top. It derailed scenes that should have been emotional whilst upping the cringe- factor. Aside from that it was a decent episode.
The series continues to give us a little piece of the cake at a time as what Sara begins to unravel in real time we are presented with in the past timeline. A little more information of Arfeen and Saba's past is detailed here but there isn't too much too report, aside from the already mentioned news that the two were once married.
Performances and direction were OK. A little below-par from the usual standards since Arfeen's mother and sisters at times delved too far into the Bond villain caricature trope and the music, which usually goes hand in hand with the images so well, was bombastic at times and over the top. It derailed scenes that should have been emotional whilst upping the cringe- factor. Aside from that it was a decent episode.