![]() ![]() Overwhelmed with their grief and unable to talk about it, they both leap to the worst conclusions when interacting with one another. Even before Mohan passed away unexpectedly, things between them were tense, but after his death, it completely splintered. ![]() ![]() When we first meet Devi and Nalini back in season 1, their relationship is fractured. Add to that the overwhelming grief of losing Devi’s father, Mohan, and the added tension of a cross-cultural story, and you get the core of Never Have I Ever. Teenage girls and their moms often have tense, complex relationships. But while those connections ebb and flow throughout the show, Devi and Nalini’s relationship is constantly in the background, a throughline tying the entirety of Never Have I Ever together. Devi has a lot of interesting and fulfilling relationships with other characters - her best friends Fabiola and Eleanor, her absolutely perfect cousin Kamala, and, of course, her romantic interests. Their relationship is basically the bedrock of the entire series. But the important thing is that Never Have I Ever did right by the actual best love story in Devi’s life: her relationship with her mother.įor four seasons, Devi and Nalini have slowly but surely worked to better understand one another. Ending on a clunky and open-ended note is actually pretty true to the high school experience, which the show has always done pretty well. Whether or not Devi’s romantic arc came together nicely is up for debate, but here’s the thing: As fun as those romances were, they were never the most important relationships in her story. But hey - at least they get to redo their awkward sexy encounter from last season and actually have a good time! That counts for something, right? It is not as satisfying as it could be, considering they get together at the last possible moment of this season, after spending half the season barely interacting with each other, and their future is up in the air as they set off for two different colleges. Yes, after four seasons of bickering, will-they-won’t-they tension, Devi and Ben finally end up together. There was crying, hugging, and photo ops, but Lewison wasn't glum because he was consumed by a "sense of luck and appreciation for the work that we had done and the thing that we had built and the part that I had in it.This season, Devi’s romantic life took some new twists and turns, but - surprise! She ends up with Ben. To celebrate the conclusion, the cast and crew threw a big wrap party, the editors assembled a montage paying homage to all four seasons, and Fisher gave a heartfelt speech. ![]() "There are relationships and friendships that I've made there that will, I think, carry me a lifetime," he said. He was leaving behind people that worked with him since the start of the series, who he considers more than just his coworkers - people who he turned to during moments of self-doubt and other hardships. It wasn't just that the actor was saying goodbye to a character that he's played for the past few years. Lewison's last day on set was filled with gratitude, and maybe a few tears Jaren Lewison as Ben Gross and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi on season four, episode 10 of "Never Have I Ever." Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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