Mithya Season 2 Review: Same Same And Not Different

In the second season of this 2022 psychological-thriller series, we follow estranged sisters Juhi and Rhea, who start a war of revenge against one another after the devastating events of the first season. Triggered by a tragic event, the two women go on a destructive path that leads to chaos that threatens to destroy everyone.

Mithya Season 2 Review

If I could sum up Mithya‘s second season in two words, it would be “daddy issues”. Following the events of the last season, the series delves deeper into how the men in Juhi’s life continue to destroy her hard-earned success and respect and then cry when they get caught. While we don’t get to see Parambrata Chatterjee’s Neil Adhikari this season, her father Anand continues to disappoint her and all of us by making one bad decision after another. New character Amit Chaudhary (played by Naveen Kasturia) harps on and on about how his father was abusive in almost every scene and Avantika Dassani’s Rhea Rajguru is also not far behind about not being loved by either of her fathers.

In a story that tries to focus on revenge, there’s a lot of crying and pleading, with the “antagonists” Rhea and Amit constantly trying to get after Anand and Juhi and the latter conveniently finding ways to wiggle out of these situations. Of course, the revenge story that we started with, surrounding Amit, gets solved so quickly that it will give you whiplash as you wonder the point of it. The season also features nothing of note and there are no psychological mind games to spot anywhere. It’s an over-the-top drama that makes you feel mildly annoyed and the feeling never really goes away for most of its runtime.

The problem with this season is that it feels forced and unnecessary. Season 1 ended on a threatening cliffhanger which would’ve been a good place to ponder. However, this season feels uninteresting and has no thrills in it that will leave us hooked because other than mild threats, nothing really happens that makes you get up and take note. Rhea starts to act a little unhinged this season and her motivations feel skewered and convoluted. And it’s not just Rhea, the storyline is also extremely convoluted and nonsensical and things just happen because they need to. The situations and Rhea’s revenge story feels lacklustre and things feel like they are strung together instead of making cohesive sense.

There’s a point in the fifth episode of Mithya Season 2 where I couldn’t help but find myself questioning the point of it all. In a bid to give us the most insane twists, the series includes the most outrageous twists that don’t make sense in a show that is supposed to be realistic and grounded. The first season featured a story and characters whom you could relate to, but this season just tries to one-up its predecessor in any way possible and that shows in every scene.

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In the end, thus, it’s a really underwhelming series that leaves you questioning your sanity. The twist in the end not only makes you hate the protagonist but it makes you question her as a teacher in charge of creating children’s futures. Rhea isn’t any better and is just written as an unhinged character who does stuff to others regardless of the consequences. There’s a discussion here surrounding how a lack of parental supervision and care can wreck children well into adulthood but Mithya doesn’t have those nuances and is unironically unhinged from start to end. The performances are fine, especially from Qureshi, but Dassani leaves a lot to be desired. Poor Naveen Kasturia didn’t have much of a character to begin with but is great either way.

Final Thoughts

Mithya Season 2 is something – it’s not good, but it definitely is SOMETHING. Although it’s not the worst thing I have watched this year, it leaves everything to be desired and could’ve been a layered, nuanced story surrounding the emotional toll a parent’s rejection can have on people. However, it is happy being mediocre and focusing on the same-old revenge story without a clear direction. In the end, it hints at a third season and I don’t know what I feel about that threat.

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