Case No.9 is a drama in which we know the ending. We know that Sehar (Saba Qamar) will get justice and win the case but the suspense is in how.

Even if the way she gets it wasn’t suspenseful enough, it is her family's raw emotion on the witness stand in episode 13 this week and the hateful policeman (Gohar Rasheed) in episode 14 that will keep you thinking about the drama long after you saw it.

The feeling of helplessness, when someone does not fight for justice tears through the family on the witness stand in episode 13. Kamran (Faysal Quraishi)’s lawyer Bokhari (Noorul Hassan) gives the performance of a lifetime. His biting lies and brilliant acting are so intensely portrayed, you can’t help but hate him and feel helpless along with Sehar’s family. The episode is a must watch because you really feel what the family feels when they realise perhaps it would’ve been much, much better if they had just reported the rape on time instead of wanting to hide it because of 'log kya kahein gay'. 

But episode 14 also shows that log bohat kuch kehte hain. Sehar’s brother could not help himself on the stand, attacking Bokhari when he's being questioned. Things come to a head in episode 15 when he engages in a physical fight with men who live in the apartment building they reside in and comment on his sister.

He is a crucial piece in the story because he shows that our society has a disturbingly deep sense of ‘manhood’ and the ‘protection of the women’ that can only be done by a male family member. God forbid, Sehar had a sister rather than a brother who could ‘protect her’ and show his anger by attacking others. That is what unfortunately the drama shows - that we, as a society, are ready to take justice into our own hands, the hands of men, but are not willing to trust the system.

But Shahzeb Khanzada isn’t done yet. Clearly he has written the drama invoking all of the characters that reflect society and then you get an inkling that the hero(ine) is yet to emerge. It is Beenish (Amina Shaikh), Sehar’s lawyer, who is going to fight the fight - the right way, but investigating facts and ultimately, as seen in the teaser for the next episode, convince Kamran to answer her questions by doing exactly what we saw with Sehar’s brother - playing to his emotions and pushing his ego.

It is clear that Kamran, the loaded businessman, will fall because of his own bloated ego and conviction that money will get him anywhere - and in many ways it has. But Beenish isn’t finished yet and we can’t wait to find out what happens next.