[knock on the door]
You have COVID?!
I'm pregnant.
[whimsical music plays]
[gasps]
[whimsical music fades out]
[tense music plays]
Are you f***wits going to say something?
Processing.
Say something!
Congratulations?
Wrong.
Really sorry?
Really wrong.
How?
Come here, I'll show you how.
When?
I'm guessing somewhere between…
the 19th and 29th of last month…
Nineteenth!
How?
But really, how did this happen?
What how! Did you get pregnant by eating an apple?
Hold on. Do one thing…
Take another test.
It might be a false positive.
Very positive.
Very good.
Damn it!
Why are you so stressed?
It's not like Rishi is your secret boyfriend.
What's done is done!
What do you mean by, "What's done is done"?
It's not like she has diarrhea. She is pregnant!
Avi…
Yeah, so? Kadambari wasn't planned either.
[Avi] Why don't you put up a sign in your bedroom?
"Accident Prone Area."
Nobody taught you to use a condom?
This idiot Rishi wears it at the interval point.
Interval? What? Wait a minute!
You open the umbrella after playing for a bit in the rain?
No… I don't even want to hear it.
Swadha doesn't even let me touch her without protection!
Your face is protection enough!
[sighs]
Rishi!
Listen.
I am just gonna…
lie down for a bit.
[whimsical music plays]
[whimsical music fades out]
[title track plays]
♪ Let go… ♪
♪ Of the good ol' day ♪
♪ Of the silent night That's slipped away ♪
♪ Let it go… ♪
♪ Stop! ♪
♪ Freeze this moment in time ♪
♪ Where happiness blooms ♪
♪ Don't let it fade away! ♪
♪ For the Night is Young ♪
♪ Till I have you, my friend ♪
♪ For us the Night is Young ♪
♪ Until the very end ♪
♪ My friend! ♪
♪ O' my friend! ♪
[title track concludes]
EPISODE 8 TAPIOCA RISOTTO
[groans]
[clears throat]
["Ehd-E-Wafa" playing]
Hello.
??
[chuckles softly]
What's wrong?
Pregnant happened!
You?
No, not me.
How could it be me, we hardly…
Radhika.
[gasps]
So they were trying.
- [Suman clicks tongue] - Oh…
No, they weren't trying.
They're stressed out.
Sattu, I am drunk.
I can see that.
I did it for purpose.
It's on purpose, not for purpose
I did it on purpose.
Sorry.
I did it "on purpose".
Why?
I wanted to be honest.
??
[music stops]
[sighs]
Rishi told me.
Who told him?
Probably Radhika.
And then Rishi told you?
Technically, Swadha told me.
Swadha?
- How-- - Why didn't you tell me?
It felt weird.
It's a sensitive topic. So…
I was going to tell you, Sattu.
Forget it, Suman.
Except me, the whole world knows about you and Avi.
You didn't tell me!
What?!
What?
So…
[hesitates]
Swadha told you about
- Avi and me… - Calm down.
She told you about Avi and me?
She shouldn't have?
Didn't I tell you about my exes…
before the wedding?
You didn't let a single one of them attend it.
But when the tables turned…
[stuttering] Satt-- I… Satt--
Avinash and I weren't dating, Sattu.
I had feelings for him,
but it was not really a thing.
It was not a relationship.
I had a boyfriend. Aman. You remember I had told you about him?
In Avi's case, it was nothing.
Just a crush.
I swear.
Nothing shady.
It wouldn't have seemed shady,
if you hadn't felt the need to hide it.
You wrote poems for him, apparently?
[stuttering] Poem… How… Who mentions that?!
Poem…
Sattu, at first, I didn't say anything because
we were doing long distance.
And Avi's a close friend of mine.
I thought you'd be jealous.
And what was I supposed to say years later?
That, I had a crush--
You want me to stop being friends with Avi?
No, not at all!
It's not like I have a problem with Avinash!
What bothered me was…
that if you hid this, God knows what you'll hide in the future.
How would I ever know?
There should be some transparency in the relationship.
There's one more thing I haven't told you yet.
Wake up. I can't sleep.
[groans sleepily]
What do you want? Make-up sex?
No, I just wanted to say I am sorry.
I am sorry, too.
You are an amazing dad.
That always bails you out.
Radhika's pregnant.
What?
Were they trying?
They were trying to not have a baby.
It's not that bad.
I mean, two kids is perfect.
The age gap is ideal as well.
You, I mean-- We want two kids, right?
I do.
I mean,
not at the moment, but that's the plan.
We'll have to earn well for that.
Inflation is out of control.
Sometimes when Rahi pees on me when I'm changing the diaper,
I feel glad that we saved 22 rupees.
What are you talking about?
[Avi sighs]
Chirag gave me a job offer.
That's a healthy package.
Dude!
You have company stakes and all!
You're that good at your job?
I thought my career went down the drain.
I'd have to be a content creator.
This feels like a double promotion for no reason at all.
[stutters]
This is the kind of job that lets you live in a penthouse in three years.
And take annual European holidays!
You mean I should accept it?
Duh!
But wait, is there a catch?
I mean… lots of travel.
That's fine.
I don't travel that often.
We'll make it work.
This is the right time to make money.
We will get one of those awesome nannies.
One with the uniform.
No, those aunties look very uncomfortable in uniforms.
I have seen them with celebrity kids.
We'll get a simple sari one.
We'll get a bikini one. I don't care.
I'm very happy, Avi.
I'm very happy. I'm so proud of you.
[gentle music plays]
[microwave door bangs]
See.
I am very happy with our life right now.
I mean, we were supposed to be a family of three.
Cute, little, and sweet.
I'm also happy.
Will we be more happy?
Look, of course, the baby is high risk, but…
it's also high reward.
You think it's a mutual fund?
First time around when you said you were pregnant
I was very happy.
- We were pregnant. - What "we"?
I didn't feel pregnant at all.
But, yes, your ghee-loaded sweets…
did add to my weight and my waist.
What farts!
Sorry.
How will we figure out if this is a gut feeling or just fear?
Maybe we feel we don't want this right now.
But what if we regret this in the future?
That's not a reason to have a child, right?
They're not tight clothes that I'll try to fit into later.
[Rishi] Listen, I'm with you.
No matter what you decide.
What do you mean by "what you decide"?
Isn't that our decision?
Don't put it on me.
You know this can give us lifelong regrets, Rishi.
It can potentially f*** up our relationship.
How can it be an equal decision?
Even if I become the most hands-on dad in the world, it's still your body.
You'll be making the biggest sacrifice.
Look how we've done so far.
You look after Kadambari 70% of the time, right?
My contribution has been only 30%.
So the decision should be 70% yours and 30% mine.
And no decision in this world has f**ing power
to f*** our relationship up!
I'm brushing my teeth, man!
[water gushing from faucet]
How could we be such educated fools?
Start wearing a condom from the beginning, please.
- Condom? - Yes.
I am gonna tie a knot on my willy.
Let's have sex one last time.
We'll never do it again.
It's so unfair.
People try for years… IVF, surrogacy, and still don't get pregnant.
And here we are not even trying to get pregnant and this happens to us.
Don't take these life problems so personally.
Everyone gets their fair share of problems.
This was our share.
It is what it is.
[Rishi blows a kiss]
[pensive music playing]
[birds chirping]
[sniffles]
- [Rahi babbles] - [Avi] What's up?
Hey, Rahi.
I wanted to talk to you man-to-man.
So…
I have got a bada** job offer.
So your mom will be your new dad.
You might feel that I'm abandoning you.
[voice breaking] But that's not true.
[inhales deeply]
These were the best nine months of my life.
I'll never forget them.
[somber music plays]
[Avi] Yes, I will go back to work
But who will we spend the money on?!
If everything goes to plan we'll enroll you in IB Board.
If…
everything goes well, when you're older,
any damn college you wanna go to,
I'll get you in.
[Avi sniffles]
[emotional music kicks in]
But you have to make a promise.
[voice breaking] Whenever you take your first steps,
or say your first words,
please make sure it is a weekend.
[sighs]
Are you listening?
I'm going to take that as a yes.
[sobs] I'm going to miss you, buddy.
I'm going to miss you, buddy.
[exhales deeply]
It's okay.
[somber music fades out]
Just woke up?
No, I didn't sleep.
Another night that's young?
Yes, but not because of the kids.
I'm damn hungry, wanna grab a bite?
Come on.
[Avi humming]
[Radz] Avi.
I'm hungry. Let's grab some breakfast.
[Avi groans in agreement]
Come on.
I'll leave him with his new dad.
Hi.
- Hi, Rahi. - Hi, cutie pie.
- Okay, go and sleep. - [Avi groans]
Come.
[opera music plays]
I want to eat sabudana khichdi.
You hate it.
You call it cooked thermocol balls.
Yes, but I'm craving it.
- We'll get some there-- - Avi, why did you tell Swadha about us?
Huh?
Swadha got drunk last night and spilled the beans to Sattu.
It was a huge problem.
Sattu called me shady.
Why did you tell Swadha?
- It's not like-- - Why won't I tell her?
She's my wife.
You should tell Sattu.
Now, because of this, my in-laws are going to come and stay with me.
Huh?
What?
What's the connection?
[whispers] What did you want to tell me?
Mummy ji and Daddy ji's plan…
What about it? You're okay with them moving in, right?
[Sattu stutters]
If you have any issues, let me know now.
Otherwise, it could turn into a huge mess.
[gulps, chokes]
[stutters] I'm okay with that.
[Sattu sighs]
I just wanted to celebrate Diwali at our own house.
Can we go there after Diwali?
[Sattu] Sure.
That's okay.
That's all?
[gulps] Hmm.
[whispers] Alright. Let's sleep.
[children cheering]
Sattu gave you an easy ball, and you didn't hit it?
I was on the back foot!
Because of Swadha.
Suman… don't blame Swadha for your lack of courage. Please.
But why did she have to go
- and tell this to Sattu? - What the f*** is wrong with you guys?
I came for a walk to process my problem.
I took another pregnancy test this morning.
And it's positive. I'm thinking about…
terminating this pregnancy.
Do you know how big this is, Suman?
And here you are cribbing about your stupid self-inflicted problem!
Just go and talk to your damn husband!
What's the big deal?!
Stupid problem?
Radhika, who are you to call my problem stupid?!
My in-laws are gonna live at my house because of this stupid miscommunication.
And I can't tell this stupid thing to my husband.
That's what I'm saying! Go and speak to Sattu!
Why are you cribbing here?!
I can't do it, man!
I can't just tell anyone…
[Suman sniffles]
…not Manju, not Sattu.
Only you guys!
When I try to confront people…
[sad music plays]
- I choke up. - [emotional music plays]
And you two just keep bullying me!
If it was that easy, I would've told him!
[sniffles]
It's not easy!
You don't know how it feels to be me.
[Radz] Suman.
My crisis is bigger than yours.
When did I say it's not?
Why didn't you find some other weekend to play crisis-crisis!
Radhika, it's not like we are gonna weigh in on your decision?
You have decided everything.
How have you decided what I have decided?
How do you know?
And don't hijack my crisis.
I am not hijacking anyone's crisis here!
Can't two people have a crisis at the same time?
During earthquakes and Tsunamis,
so many people go through a crisis at the same time!
Stupid!
Coward!
Bully!
There we can get Sabudana…
Maybe we'll get fritters too.
I'm probably getting back to work.
And this is just information.
I'm not trying to hijack anyone's crisis.
Why?
Chirag offered me my… "dream job".
[Suman] You'll seriously join him?
[Avi] The money is really good.
I'll get my "Being a man" status back.
- What's the rush-- - No, I'm done with it, man.
When a mother quits her job for the baby, everyone appreciates that.
When a father does that, they call him a freeloader leeching off his wife.
And I would honestly like it once in a while,
when I go home, my parents ask me "How are you?"
As opposed to "When are you gonna start working again?"
You're pretty sad for someone who's just been offered his…
"dream job".
[somber music plays]
Guys, I think we were all just hangry.
And hungover.
We are exactly like our kids.
Just potty-trained.
[all chuckle]
[gentle music plays]
Thank you, uncle.
[Radz] I won't regret it, right?
I just don't think I am ready for another piece of my heart to be…
to be beating out of my body for the rest of my life.
In case you decide to terminate the pregnancy,
you'll have to deal with the regret that comes with it.
But if you're not ready,
and still have the baby,
the baby might have to deal with the regret that comes with it.
I got really mad at you today, huh, Suman?
I'm sorry for belittling your crisis.
It's okay.
[somber music fades out]
Can I ask you something? Will you be honest?
Do you feel that if you speak your heart out,
we'll hate you for it?
No.
I mean, I know no one will hate me.
But maybe…
maybe you'll love me a little more…
if I don't say what I feel.
[chuckles nervously]
Actually…
Sattu and Eshu will be very happy if Mummy ji and Daddy ji move in.
It will only be tough for me.
But two out of three should win, right?
Your training is top-notch, buddy!
Your mother only treats you like she's your mother-in-law
Your Mummy ji, I don't know her name,
she'll be better than Manju, I'm sure.
- [Suman] Dharam. - What?
Her name is Dharam.
[in Punjabi] Your mother-in-law's name is Dharam?
You mean Dharam and Paaji?
Dharam Paaji's moving in with you?
[all laugh]
[Avi] Basanti, don't dance to Mummy ji's tunes!
[Suman] Jerk.
- [all laughing] - [music swells]