Parulkar pulls Sartaj off the Gaitonde case
Outside the bunker the constables gossip about the tip, then Parulkar arrives, hands the case to Majid and mocks Sartaj for claiming it.
S1E2 · Halahala
20 moments · 25 min of essential viewing in a 50-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Bhonsle promises a water train, then hears Gaitonde is dead
The home minister works a rally crowd with a grand pledge for Maharashtra, and is told about the bunker before the bouquet reaches him.
Bhonsle threatens Parulkar with a Gadchiroli posting
On the phone the minister demands a report, warns Parulkar about helping RAW, and hints his career could end among the Naxals.
Sartaj's debrief: a bulldozer, a 25-day warning and the name Trivedi
Sartaj recounts the raid to Anjali and Parulkar, insists a dying man does not lie, and passes on the one name Gaitonde said would survive.
Parulkar writes Sartaj off and points Anjali at Bunty
Asked what he thinks of Sartaj, Parulkar lists pills, weight and a hunger for attention, then names Gaitonde's oldest aide as the lead.
Anjali reads the dead woman; Sartaj fears the case will ruin him
Anjali argues a shot to the face means rage, not a paid stranger, and Sartaj admits what cases like this do to small officers.
Parulkar suspends Sartaj, then flinches at the name Trivedi
Parulkar dangles a deal over the Bengali Bura case, takes Sartaj's weapon for killing Gaitonde, and goes quiet when Sartaj mentions Trivedi.
Why me? Sartaj asks Katekar why Gaitonde called him
Katekar shoos away a Bengali Bura mother looking for her son, then shrugs at Sartaj's question: the gangster must have known his father.
The leopard: Gaitonde decides to ravage Bombay
Back in the bunker Sartaj hears how Gaitonde and Mathu sat on buried gold until a leopard in the jungle made him feel like God.
Gaitonde's recipe: a money man, a gang and a sharp mind
Gaitonde lays out his plan to take Bombay, recruits a treasurer who worships his safe and the Badriya brothers, then waits like a cheetah.
Gaitonde meets Kanta Bai and learns the money is in the garbage
A drunk Gaitonde gets thrown out of Kanta Bai's bar, wins her over with moonshine, and hears about Momin's garbage empire in Gopalmath.
Gaitonde buys ten plots and threatens the municipality man
A bribe-hungry clerk promises Gaitonde a place in the land auction; Gaitonde pays and spells out what happens if he is cheated.
Turned away at the door, Gaitonde sees Isa for the first time
Bouncers call him a beggar with money, and from the gutter Gaitonde watches Suleiman Isa walk in, deciding on the spot to bring him down.
Young Parulkar books Gaitonde and tells him to leave Kailashpada
Beaten by Momin's men, Gaitonde lands at the station where Inspector Parulkar sniffs the garbage on him and lectures him on being brave.
Mathu quits and goes home, leaving Gaitonde with nothing
Mathu packs his bag and finally admits he is scared; Gaitonde counts what is left after Momin, Parulkar and the municipality close ranks.
Fire and smoke: Gaitonde takes Kailashpada from Momin
The clerk dies first, then the fuel goes up, and after five days of smoke over Bombay everyone knows who the new boss of Kailashpada is.
Sartaj lies to his mother about the Gaitonde case
A late-night call home: his mother saw Parulkar on the news and hoped to spot him; Sartaj tells her he was never there.
Anjali is told fieldwork is passion for a man, obsession for a woman
A colleague needles Anjali about Istanbul and her analyst desk, then suggests her hunger for the field comes from how her father died.
Shalini dresses Katekar's wound and blames the Sikh
At home Katekar's wife tends an infected wound, rages about ten years of unpaid 26/11 compensation, and accuses Sartaj of bewitching him.
Katekar urges Sartaj to lie in court over Bengali Bura
Nursing his wound, Katekar repeats Parulkar's offer, rants about the Bangladeshis he would not fight for, and gets ribbed about Zoya Mirza.
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