Whoa! What an episode. I must say this was one of
the greatest things to ever appear on any media, let alone internet shows. I
doubt anyone could ever make a series like TVF Pitchers and execute it so
beautifully. This was even better than Permanent Rommates finale or any other
episode of Pitchers itself. So lo and behold, the best episode yet. And that’s when
we’re talking about a series whose each and every episode is crafted with so
much heart and hardwork that all of them are standalone masterpieces in their
own right. TVF Pitchers is the perfect example of how one show can get better and better as more and more of it unfolds.
This time we found Mandal as the star of the episode and saw a never seen before side of Jeetu (a much much more fun side). The episode started with how things were left with the previous episode with the guy securing a meeting with Puneet, who works for a venture capitalist firm. Now we see how Puneet is now tied with our guys as his own promotion depends on their success. He likes the idea and everyone else at the firm also likes it but funding needs the final approval of Ankit Bhardawaj, a senior partner at a firm. A man who is known to have the Midas touch when it comes to investments and has a reputation to pick up the most successful startups and those who get rejected by him don’t usually get funding from anywhere else around. Despite all this, Ankit is quite a calm and rational person though teensy bit arrogant but yeah he’s no villain. He’s a neutral character who just wants to get the worth of his investment and maximize his gain like any other investor but unlike many others he sees the potential in Naveen and the gang’s product. But the dilemma he faces is whether to invest in these guys or the one’s who presented the same, exact same thing to him few days ago. Now deep within he might also know that the guys who pitched earlier were fraud yet he wishes to make the most profitable investment regardless of where he’s investing in. Now this was a really unexpected twist which brings back one of the craziest characters to be introduced in the show, The Dungeon Master aka Jeetu’s replacement coder. Now he stole their idea, their sales pitch and revenue model and presented it before them. But to start with he wasn’t the only suspect.
To explain this we need to go into the beginning. The episode starts with Mandal feeling very low over his status in the startup and how others treat him disrespectfully. He was venting all this with his new friend Ravi Ram Rastogi over a few drinks. But, unintentionally, Mandal reveals that all their work is stored in a single flash drive which he always carry. This ignites the diabolical mind of Ravi Ram and he gets Mandal drunk and steals the flash drive. When our heroes get to know what had happened, Ravi becomes their prime suspect but naturally he’s out of reach now. This makes Yogi to snap at Mandal and he leaves them. But soon a call from Puneet confirms that Bhardwaj met someone with an email ID- dungeon_master a few days back. This proves beyond all doubt that it was none other than Yogi’s contact who cheated them in the end. Oh how should I describe the scene when they re-enter the Dungeon Master’s evil lair. Through that eerie hallway to that single door which opens into an oblivion of malicious darkness with 17 year geeks laughing at Jeetu and Yogi after stealing the idea of a lifetime and saying it to their faces that there isn’t anything that they could do about it. This scene, which was so remarkably shot is both visually exciting and solid in terms of character development. After they tease Jeetu enough, he decides enough is enough. Jeetu who is always shown a mild mannered and peaceful human being who avoids any conflict whatsoever at any point and puts his family over everything else suddenly turns into this violent and terrifying beast who destroys the kids toys and leaves them shivering in their shorts. I must say, of all the magnificent things achieved in this show, this one scene got me the most excited. The adrenaline rush while watching Jeetu smash the computer screens was overwhelming.
Another major arc in this episode which was closed
was the relationship of Shreya and Naveen. Shreya faces the difficult decision
of choosing between Naveen and a dream job in London. But on Naveen’s advice,
she chooses the latter. Their chemistry and the loss of separation is really
quite apparent in the very convincing performance of Manvi Gagroo. If these two
don’t make you cry then I don’t know what else will. Talking about emotional
scenes, Mandal rises from the ashes he left behind as the savior of the team
when Ankit Bhardwaj refuses to invest as the other team his offering him a much
better deal. Mandal swooshes in with his metaphorical cape and very literal Band-Aid
on the neck. Here, he presents a very touching presentation about all the
things these four have done and the sacrifices they made in order to make
progress with their dream project. And at the end when Mandal tries to strong-arm
Ankit Bhardwaj, that was very impressive display of confidence from someone
like Mandal.
So this was it. They did it. TVF made a show which was inspiring, fun and really thoughtful which successfully completed its first ever season. A season which redefined everything. Now next year if the hype for season 2 is not as much as the next season of Game Of Thrones itself, then frankly I’d be disappointed in the audience. This time they delivered an episode which was so emotionally compelling yet visually exhilarating. The stakes were high, ties were tested, things were broken but all in a very light, realistic and thus convincing tone. What makes Pitchers unique is this very fact- showing hardships in the lightest way. Making the viewers believe that persistence is power and is no easy task, believe me but TVF Pitchers succeed eloquently in doing so and that too almost effortlessly through the subtle emotions and fluid background score and above all, flawless writing. If this isn’t a smart series in the urban tongue then the phrase holds no meaning.
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