Inside Edge Season 3 Episode 1 Review: Cricket power play drama

The first episode of the third season of popular sports drama on Amazon Prime Video, Inside Edge Season 3 takes a dive into the murkier pasts of the characters, replete with flashbacks setting up for what is to transpire in season 3.

The episode starts off with a sepia-toned flashback into the past of Vikrant Dhawan (Vivek Oberoi), a bastard to a wealthy politician, who on his death bed, leaves Vikrant’s responsibility in the hands of his elder son Yashvardhan Patil aka Bhaisahab (Aamir Bhashir). Cut to the present, we see a dwindling relationship where each brother is out for blood of the other, in their quest towards total domination over the game of cricket replete with betting, match fixing et al.

The episode also delves a lot more into Vivek’s character, his indiscretions and why is he hell bent on ruining his half-brother’s life. Inside Edge Season 3 episode 1 also sees the return of Richa Chadda as Zarina Malik, an actress and co-owner of Mumbai Mavericks – the team accused of match fixing and betting – stuck between the powerplay of the two brothers, even as she unleashes a little game of her own.

The thing that works for the first episode of Inside Edge Season 3 is the fact that the makers have deftly woven in bits from the past while taking the plot forward, which will not leave the audience confused regarding the plot movement even though the episode starts in media res.

Aamir Bashir, once again, as Bhaisaab excels in his conniving act as a businessman first, who for power does not hesitate to send his own daughter to prison under false charges. Vivek Oberoi as Vikrant, the lone wolf baying for blood is excellent in his act, showing sparks of the great actor he is.

Overall, the first episode sets up the pace of the series perfectly.

Backed by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment, the first episode of the third season of Inside Edge lives up to the momentmun perfectly set by the earlier two seasons.