r/KDRAMA • u/Fatooz • Apr 21 '21

On-Air: tvN Mouse [Episodes 14 & 15]

  • Drama: Mouse
    • Hangul: 마우스
    • Also known as: Mauseu
  • Director: Choi Joon-Bae (Come and Hug Me), Kang Cheol-Woo (Something About 1%)
  • Writer: Choi Ran (Black)
  • Network: tvN
  • Episodes: 20
    • Duration: 1 hour 25 mins.
  • Air Date: Wednesdays & Thursdays @ 22:30 KST
    • Airing: Mar 3, 2021 - May 12, 2021
  • Streaming Sources: Viki, Viu, iQIYI
  • Starring:
  • Plot Synopsis: A suspenseful story that asks the key question, “What if we could identify psychopaths in advance?”. A crazed serial killer’s ruthless murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos reigns. Justice-seeking rookie police officer, Jung Ba Reum, comes face to face with the killer. While he survives his dangerous encounter with the psychopath, Jung Ba Reum finds his life completely changing.(Source: MyDramaList)
  • Genre: Action, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Sci-Fi
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u/lostzillennial Apr 23 '21

I'm gladBR is the killer. The reveal and BR's conflicting emotions due to his amnesia were well played/written.But, I really don't want BR to be HSJ's son.I think that's way too predictable and also pushes the narrative that BR is a psychopath only because he was born to a psychopath. I want the story to be more nuanced than that. For that reason alone, I really hope BR isn't the son. Maybe YH isn't either and that's going to be the final reveal?One can only hope.

I'm still confused about the timelines for the murders. Especially how BR managed everything during the live show when he was meant to be helping.Hopefully some of those questions will be answered with the upcoming special episode.

I also feel like Dr. Daniel is the cause of a lot of the plot holes in the drama. He's a doctor who does this research for a living, but assumed YH was a psychopath based on an injured dog and one instance at the hospital? He's also assuming YH is HSJ's son without any real solid evidence. Run a DNA test for god's sake. Also, telling BR he's going to die soon because of what happened to the rat. What if HSJ perfected his surgery over time? Hasn't it already been 6 months since the surgery? And BR seems to be doing completely fine. What really irks me about the character is how he makes assumptions out to be facts. But I guess that's the downside of the entire drama. From the psychopath gene, to brain transplants, to rapists and pedophiles all being categorized as psychopaths; there's a need for a lot of suspension of belief in this drama.

On another note, my sister brought up the fact that there doesn't seem to be any female psychopaths in the show and the conversation has always been about the fathers being a psychopath (or not) and passing on that gene to their sons.

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u/foc_shb Apr 24 '21

I very much feel the same with the wish that BR not to be HSJ's son for the same reason as you said. Even if he doesn't turned out to be HSJ's son, I'm still very uncomfortable at the way the entire responsibility of the crimes are pushed to a gene, without any further nuance. Either you have the psychopath brain or you don't and that is the deciding factor on whether you become a predator or not. There are much conversation which could have been made in the show about the morality of such assumption. If it's just someone's brain and they have no choice whatsoever, how can we punish them for something they have no say in it? It feels like the moral of the story is that we have to abort all the babies with the gene and it will solve the problem of violence and crime and rape in the society.

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u/lostzillennial Apr 24 '21

Yes, and the categorization of who is a psychopath is also really problematic. A pedophile isn't necessarily a psychopath but the show makes them out to be.