Recap: Shantaram - Season 1, Episode 10


With Lin on the run from the Australian Police and a gang of heroin dealers, things are not looking up this week. Lin, Prabhu and Didier discuss how to deal with the gang, and decide laying low is best until they find out what it is they want.

Karla arrives home to find Lisa in her apartment, and Karla tells her about the deal she made with Kavita. Lisa agrees to help, as she has no love for Madame Zhou. Karla is convinced Lin will be able to stay if she can get Kavita’s attention off him, not knowing Maurizio has sent the drug gang after him. With the gang also chasing Lisa and Sebastian, this isn’t going to end well.

The next morning, Didier brings Abdullah to where Lin is hiding and informs Lin that Rahim is the one hunting him. Lin quickly realizes Maurizio has set him up. Abdullah promises to deal with it. Prabhu keeps watch for Rahim, and is able to identify which hotel he’s staying in. Abdullah and Lin set out to find Rahim and set the record straight.

With the help of Prabhu’s friend, the group enter Rahim’s hotel room and a fight ensues. Lin and Abdullah quickly overpower the group and get the message through that Lin has nothing to do with the money or the drugs. With them now off Lin’s back, Maurizio is in way over his head as a very angry Lin is on his way. Prabhu tries to talk Lin out of further violence, but Lin needs to settle this score with Maurizio once and for all.

Lin’s anger rises as he has flashbacks to being set up in Australia, and how other people have nearly cost him his life twice now. Maurizio desperately tries to escape his captors before Lin arrives to kick his ass. Meanwhile, the Australian police sergeant on the hunt for Lin arrives in Bombay. He asks to speak to Nishan, hoping he can lead him directly to Lin.

Lisa spills everything to Kavita – the drug deal, how she had to spend the night with Rahim, Madame Zhou’s dealings, Sunita and Pandey, Walid and Khader. Karla watches on and fills in the blanks, complete with photos. Karla and Lisa will need to be long gone by the time Kavita publishes this story, or they won’t survive a week.

Lin arrives at the house where Maurizio was being held, only to find he has murdered his captor and escaped. Lin finds Lisa and Sebastian’s passports in the room and hears people scream downstairs as the body of Maurizio’s captor is discovered. In a not-so-smart move, Maurizio goes to the cafĂ©. He is quickly grabbed and dragged off by Madame Zhou’s men. Meanwhile, Abdullah arrives at Karla’s house with the bag of cash for Lisa. He is suspicious of Karla’s motives for needing passports and exit visas, and will most likely inform Khader of her request.

Kavita is summoned to her office to find the Australian police sergeant. He wishes to extradite Lin back to Australia, but Kavita lies and says Lin is gone. The sergeant is understandably pissed when she stands up to him. The Bombay police back Kavita up, and the sergeant leaves. Kavita is angry at Nishan for sending the fax to the police, as now it has put her big shiny new story at risk.

Lin shows up to Karla’s apartment hoping to find Lisa, and he’s in luck. He expresses his anger at Maurizio framing him for stealing the heroin money – which happens to be sitting right there on the table. Lisa tries to say she doesn’t know anything, but Lin isn’t having it. She confesses Maurizio ripped off Rahim, but not that Maurizio had named Lin as the thief. Lin decides Lisa will help him locate Maurizio in exchange for the passports Rahim stole – and it’s not optional. Lin is adamant he will settle his score with Maurizio before he leaves Bombay, though Didier promises he will have his new passport tomorrow.

Madame Zhou is hiding Maurizio in her compound. She demands to know where her drugs are – along with the money owed for them. Karla arrives, unaware Maurizio is here. Somehow, Maurizio did not know Karla works for Khader until now.

Karla sits down with Sunita and tells her Pandey won’t leave his family for her. She tells the young girl Pandey is a coward and a liar, and that she should know her own worth. Karla frees Sunita from Madame Zhou, and gives her enough money to start over fresh.. if she tells Kavita about everything. After seeing exactly how much money, she agrees. Madame Zhou gives Karla a veiled warning as she leaves the house… and sure enough, Madame Zhou sends a tracker after Karla and Sunita.

Maurizio calls Lisa to make a deal. She sets the meeting place, with Maurizio not knowing Lin will be there. Lisa asks why this is so important to Lin, not understanding people continue to try to ruin Lin’s life and he just cannot take it anymore.

Karla drops Sunita off at Kavita’s apartment before returning home to find Lisa missing. Unknown to her, Lisa and Lin have gone to meet Maurizio, who thinks he’s meeting Sebastian. Lin and Maurizio fight as Lisa begs Lin not to kill him. Maurizio again claims he did not know Karla worked for Khader, that he thought Lin was the one who set him up… but he now thinks it was Khader. After knocking him out, Lin leaves.

Lin and Lisa arrive back at Karla’s. Lin hands over Lisa and Sebastian’s passports, as Karla asks for an explanation. He questions Karla on her relationship with Khader, and how she’s been lying and using him for her own personal gain. What was once a blossoming relationship is now going down in flames fast, and now Lin doesn’t have any reason to stay. He tells Karla he never wants to see her again, and leaves. Ooooof.