Pakistan, July 4 -- Danish Taimoor has once again taken social media by storm, this time for his over-the-top portrayal of mental illness in a recent episode of Sher. The now-viral psych ward scene, where his character Sher Zaman breaks down in a scribbled-up room, has left viewers laughing-and questioning the drama's portrayal of mental health. From dramatic lines like "Shut up, I am sad" to bizarre scribbles of "Corona Virus" in Urdu, the scene quickly became meme gold.

The set design did not hold back either. The walls, cluttered with chaotic messages and random brain diagrams in cheap photo frames, failed to reflect the professional setting of an actual psychiatric hospital. Sher, seen shackled to a bed like a dangerous criminal, spa...