Never Have I Ever
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The solution is temporary but effective, and honestly?
Im taking notes, thats a genius strategy.
Ranjita Chakravarty continues to be a showstopper, the energy she brings to all of her scenes is unmatched.
Mr. Kulkarni instead challenges her to continue hanging out with Ben until shes not in love with him anymore.
As he says, distance makes the heart grow fonder, and proximity makes the heart want to barf.
To Devis surprise, it works perfectly.
She embraces Bens annoyingness and feels herself falling out of love with him.
Once again,Never Have I Evers unique approach to TV tropes pays off.
In an unexpectedly sincere moment, Devi apologizes to Ben for cheating on him.
Something is different about the way he looks at Devi when Aneesa isnt around, though.
Its the first tell that maybe Ben isnt as over Devi as he seemed to be this whole time.
Eleanor takes center stage in a B-story that highlights another pertinent issue for young people: emotionally abusive relationships.
As is expected of hopelessly romantic adolescents, she makes poor excuses for his behavior.
Whats the right way to tell your friend that they are a victim?
Is there one, even?
There are smaller subplots peppered throughout the episode that foreshadow what to expect down the seasons home stretch.
Nalini starts sneaking off at night to god-knows-where, presumably to hang out with Dr. Jackson.
As Paxton and Devi reach her house, Devi asks him to pull up by a fire hydrant.
But, to their surprise, there is another car at the fire hydrant.
When Devi looks over, she notices her mom sitting in the passenger side seat.
Then again, Nalinis the one who decided to raise Devi in a household that stigmatizes dating and sex.
Overall, this episode is strong but serves more of a move-the-story-along purpose.
