The date is going well for Parvati and Prabhu. Lin is really into Karla and she seems to be reciprocating his feelings. However, Maurizio has threatened Lisa and taken away her and Modena’s passports. Modena has actually taken the money they earned selling the drugs, planning to run away together. Lisa is pissed at Modena for doing so without her involvement and asks him to go away with the money.
Didier recalls how he left his former lover, Alberto, when he saw he had gotten old and lonely. Didier now feels he is turning into a man like Alberto and has not left the house for the past week. He is traumatized after the beating and the shame that was brought to him. But he has not been able to make the passport for Lin, who finally reveals his own chequered past to give Didier a sense of how desperate he is.
In the episode “Pandey falls into Karla’s trap”, Sunita and Pandey meet and get pictures and recordings of them. Sunita tells Pandey that she is in love with him, but he does not believe her. Karla takes a moral high ground to the entire situation and feels they exploited Pandey’s vulnerability and love for Sunita. Khader lives up to the promise he made to Karla in episode 6, allows her to move away from this life with a decent amount of money, and agrees to pay off Sunita’s debts. Lin once again unite with them, discusses their feelings about him, and they all agree that they regret their past relationships.
To save his own skin, Maurizio makes Lin culpable as the one who has run away with the money to Raheem. Despite having the chance to leave, Karla decides against it while on the date with Lin. There is an unsaid mutual sadness in their eyes but both seem helpless to do anything about it. Nightingale, who is waiting for an iota of encouragement to take down Lin, strikes gold luck as Nishant gets desperate and sends out daces with Lin’s photo to various police stations in the Oceanic twins. The sergeant feels they have finally got their man and reverse to Nishant that Lin is their man.
Charlie is soon found out, owing to him using someone else’s name for the money. At his hideout, he is unfortunately killed in the crossfire. But not before helping out Lin in a big way. Nightingale asks him about Lin’s whereabouts. Charlie refuse to give him up and even admits that he killed Flores, not Lin. What will the officer do about his situation? Will he give in to his personal enmity or remain professional and report back neutrally? ..
Nishant has already sent the fax to Nightingale. Despite Didier’s best intentions to keep Lin safe, Raheem has them followed and Lin is almost killed. But he has no idea what is going on and the episode ends abruptly with Lint trying to figure out what went wrong exactly.
The Episode Review
Despite their flaws, the characters of Shantaram have a certain charm about them. This episode had many manifestations of that dynamic in the form of Lin and Didier and Karla and Lin. ..
Karla has turned out to be a surprisingly powerful player in the game. It remains to be seen how much control she can actually exercise when push comes to shove. ..
There are a lot of moving parts in the story right now. But I do not like how Walid’s threat has been neutralized for now. Maybe with Pandey’s betrayal, he will again come to life. The tall rivalry that was projected pitting Walid and Khader up against each other has not manifested in the water wars. Surely, there can be more? There must be.
After a slow start, “The Office” appears to be on the upswing and may have a strong finale. ..
