Hi all, Paddy here. No I won't make references to the original 24. 😊
Aditya Singhania, the idealist politician with a pragmatic approach wasn't going to come out smelling like roses. No, of course not. He has a past that journalists will dig up. Don't know how he forgot about the police report involving his graduation party. Mommy dearest is going to blow a gasket soon. ( Is that Anita Raj?). The Singhania campaign is a fully family concern. Brother,sister and wayward brother - in-law are all part of his team. No doubt, some people in there will be playing a double game.
Speaking of double games, the ATU (Anti-Terrorist Unit) is chock full of them. Nikita the old flame of Jai (or is it on again,off again), seems to be a bit obsessed with Jai. Follows him around the unit asking "Jai, what are you doing?" Jai doesn't bother with her too much except to get her to spy on his rebel daughter Kiran. Niki of course drops everything and hacks into Kiran's email...anything for Jai ! Sigh!
Jai Rathod lives in the darkest apartment in India. No, it's a nice change from bright brighter brightest TV sets, but maybe gone a bit too far into cave land. There he tries to celebrate wife Trisha's birthday with no interruptions but alas, Niki calls to summon him to urgent business at ATU. Trisha and Kiran sulk. Then Kiran switches on her rebel (stupid) switch and goes out partying with obviously not good results. Mother Trisha and Papa Jai have tiffs over the phone about how he's an absentee dad and is to blame for Kiran's unhappiness. Then Trisha also gets into Kiran's friend's dad's car 😳 and goes looking for Kiran. I seriously don't want to see people getting into cars of people they hardly know, but it's too late in this show already.
Anupam Kher's character is still a bit of a mystery. He seems to be an old veteran of past encounters with baddies and keeps his ear to the ground. He's also Jai's outside informant.
Max, the would be assassin met with a bad end. What a waste. But he was really maha stupid not to see that the girl seated next to him on the plane was playing him. While he bragged about 'shooting' Aditya Singhania and ended up dead, his assassin, jumps out of the plane by crashing it. Lot more people dead? Does this woman work for the ATU? Or is this a double-double agent. All will become a little bit clearer next episode...