This review may contain spoilers.
It took me a full week to finish mouse because my brain honestly couldn't handle it, and I needed time between episodes just to process all the massive plot twists thrown my way. I was so eager to finish it just so I could finally sit down and write this review, and now that the time has come, I have so many thoughts to share. From start to finish, this series is absolutely terrifying, and so deeply psychological that it kept me on my toes throughout the entire season. I literally started talking to myself like Go Moo-chi, trying to solve everything but in the end all my theories proved useless because of how those twists were executed. The writers crafted twists that nobody could have possibly predicted. Every single plot was so meticulous and perfectly timed that it made absolute sense in retrospect. Nothing contradicted itself, instead, the twists blended smoothly with everything we already saw, making the whole show confusingly understandable. That’s exactly why it was so wildly entertaining and shocking to watch.
The characters themselves completely drive the emotional weight of this tragedy, starting with Go Moo-chi, who was incredibly likeable to me. His backstory is very sad, making it completely understandable why he became a cop and does what he does, and even though there were times when a hint was right under his nose and his thick skull completely missed it making me want to knock him out i still really loved him. Then there is Oh Bong-yi, whom I resonated with on a personal level, feeling immense pity but also admiration for her strength and everything she and her grandmother had to endure. But the two characters who completely stole the show and made me question everything were Sung Yo-han and Jung Ba-reum, leaving me shocked and speechless. The emotional aftershock of learning the truth about Yo-han left heavy guilt and sadness swelling in my chest to the point where I genuinely cried for him. As for Jung Ba-reum, my feelings were complicated. I went from angry, to sad, to understanding, and then to confusion. I could not form a single, solid opinion on Ba-reum, but in the end my heart just ached with immense pity for him because the show presents the concept of a monster who actually possesses feelings, which is honestly awful. I felt his emotions right through the screen, vibrating in my own heart. Mouse genuinely rewired my brain and, as much as I think it is a masterpiece, the emotional toll and the shockwaves it left me with means i will never rewatch it again because I am genuinely traumatized
This review may contain spoilers.
It took me a full week to finish mouse because my brain honestly couldn't handle it, and I needed time between episodes just to process all the massive plot twists thrown my way. I was so eager to finish it just so I could finally sit down and write this review, and now that the time has come, I have so many thoughts to share. From start to finish, this series is absolutely terrifying, and so deeply psychological that it kept me on my toes throughout the entire season. I literally started talking to myself like Go Moo-chi, trying to solve everything but in the end all my theories proved useless because of how those twists were executed. The writers crafted twists that nobody could have possibly predicted. Every single plot was so meticulous and perfectly timed that it made absolute sense in retrospect. Nothing contradicted itself, instead, the twists blended smoothly with everything we already saw, making the whole show confusingly understandable. That’s exactly why it was so wildly entertaining and shocking to watch.
The characters themselves completely drive the emotional weight of this tragedy, starting with Go Moo-chi, who was incredibly likeable to me. His backstory is very sad, making it completely understandable why he became a cop and does what he does, and even though there were times when a hint was right under his nose and his thick skull completely missed it making me want to knock him out i still really loved him. Then there is Oh Bong-yi, whom I resonated with on a personal level, feeling immense pity but also admiration for her strength and everything she and her grandmother had to endure. But the two characters who completely stole the show and made me question everything were Sung Yo-han and Jung Ba-reum, leaving me shocked and speechless. The emotional aftershock of learning the truth about Yo-han left heavy guilt and sadness swelling in my chest to the point where I genuinely cried for him. As for Jung Ba-reum, my feelings were complicated. I went from angry, to sad, to understanding, and then to confusion. I could not form a single, solid opinion on Ba-reum, but in the end my heart just ached with immense pity for him because the show presents the concept of a monster who actually possesses feelings, which is honestly awful. I felt his emotions right through the screen, vibrating in my own heart. Mouse genuinely rewired my brain and, as much as I think it is a masterpiece, the emotional toll and the shockwaves it left me with means i will never rewatch it again because I am genuinely traumatized
