Barzakh Episode 4 Ending Explained: Is living more painful or dying?

There are only a few shows across the world that manage to bring alive imagination on the screen in the most visually scintillating manner that it almost feels like we are reading a well-written book. One such show has now hit the shores and is made by a filmmaker who seems to have found his niche in telling stories that exist in his mind, a place that doesn't differentiate between the world of the living and the dead. Yes, we are talking about Asim Abbasi and his stellar new show on Zee5, Barzakh. A story of a family that is not just dysfunctional but is about to witness a reunion that might destroy the world. It is the story of a family that has in fragments seen the living hell and is now coping with it, while those who have passed away witness the living in silence. Like a magical audience in the frame, we are also the ghosts watching this world unfold. 

The king is getting married to the ghost of his first lover, who now sits in limbo land waiting for her day of judgment. She is now set to reunite with her Jafar, and their union is set to shatter the world of the living. But isn't the world of the living already shattered to pieces? Well, season one, episode four of Barzakh, which is available on Zee5, is a testament to what the family has been through, what Shehryar, played by Fawad Khan, has been through, and what was the result of his ignorance. There is so much pain that you cannot really differentiate if death is more painful or living.

Barzakh Episode 4 Ending Explained

Fawad Faces His Demons

Titled "The Prodigal Son & The Cosmic Womb," episode four of Barzakh is all about what happened to Shehryar that has made him into this stone-hearted person who doesn't want to see the positives in the world. What makes him so possessive about his son Harris and why he never talks about his wife? In a very interesting scene, we see him meet the spirit of his mother, who confronts him and tells him how we all become what we hate the most. The trauma and the traits are passed on for generations, and eventually, he will also become like his father and be a roadblock for his son. This shatters him from the inside, and he runs away, still in denial that he is somewhat like his father.

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Harris Goes Out Looking For His Mother

A son has lost his mother even before he could learn to say that word that brought him into the world. The father talks little to nothing about her. So where does he look for answers after the same father has called him ungrateful when he confronted him about the cause of her death? He decides to run to the mountains because the fairies have all the answers. Barzakh will now see a boy climb a mountain to meet a fairy who can give him the answers to his existence and probably about his mother too.

Reality Of Postpartum Depression

Never in the world of visual arts has any filmmaker ever attempted to replicate postpartum depression on screen, let alone doing it so well. Asim Abbasi aced his idea of representing the unrepresented, and there is so much anxiety in how things unfold around Shehryar’s wife. She is a woman who has been left in loneliness after giving birth to a child. She has to now embrace this change alone because her husband is away. Remember who did this first? Aqa. Now do you see the similarities between the father and the son? So, when she sees no way out of this, she decides to end her life because that seems like a better option.

Scheherezade Can See Them!

Scheherezade is the most mysterious character in this block, and there is no way we are not dissecting her once the sixth episode releases. In episode 6, she not only brings the villagers into the kingdom to meet their ancestors but reveals she can see them. Not just that, they ask for her forgiveness, and she even forgives them all. But why? You will know in the next episodes.

Barzakh streams on Zee5, and you can also watch it with your OTTplay Premium subscription. Stay tuned to OTTplay for more information on this and everything else from the world of streaming and films.

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