When I saw her almost tear up at the coach's words, I knew she was done for. Bring on Stone.

A mother feels the betrayal of her most beloved child in the worst way possible. In Hindustani (which is a mishmash of Hindi and Urdu — spoken throughout Northwestern India and much of Pakistan), there is a word that's almost untranslatable into English. It is "Abhimaan".

And it didn't even… fit. Shoehorned is the word that comes to mind.

My heart sank with that scene.

"I really could watch a version of this show that’s all about Naz’s
parents. His mother’s slow but definite disillusionment with and
abandonment of her son is brutal to see unfold but absolutely
understandable. As for his father, one wonders how much of his
continuing belief in his son is rooted in the sad truth that…