MOZU Season 1 Episode 8 and 9

MOZU Season 1 Episode 8 and 9

 Finally I have some time to continue the review of this drama, the only one left for this season (by that I mean, the shows I’m covering).

Kuraki couldn’t get anything substantial from Muroi who was in charge of the Glarke Alpha mission. The only thing he told Kuraki was that Kuraki’s wife was the sole survivor after the mission failed.

As much as this scene was pretty much useless, I really liked the shot of both of them in the diner. The whole ambient and colours were nice to look at. Especially this last shot.

I still can’t get over why Kuraki never asked his wife about their daughter and about the mission. I get it if the mission was supposed to be top secret but what about their daughter’s real father?!

So Kuraki’s wife was ordered (or tricked) into activating the bomb but obviously, that’s not the end of the story. There’s also this whole thing about the Saldonian President’s assassination plan. In fact, I’m getting a bit confused myself.

But I did guess one thing correctly. Muroi was the mastermind behind the bombing. God knows why he wanted to initiate a terrorist attack in Japan.

Muroi wasn’t as clear-cut as we were made to believe he was. Portraying him as a loving father who never fails to visit his bed-ridden daughter and apologizing to Kuraki about his late wife…it’s easy to think of him as a nice person.

Can I just guess that Kuraki’s daughter is actually Muroi’s?

Episode 8’s highlight for me though, was when Hiromi just waltzed into the police station and stabbed Wakamatsu like nobody’s business.

That drenched makeup with a clown after-effect was both funny and thrilling too.

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- Episode 9 -

Right…I should’ve seen this shot coming.

Kuraki smoking in the rain.

I love all the night shots for this drama.

That’s a friggin luxurious place for a safehouse!

Aha…is Miki trying to console Kuraki here?

And here we have one of those rare bro-talk.

Seriously though, does every male police (except Tsuki) in this drama has to smoke?

WTH?! Miki, why didn’t you just SHOOT?! What kind of Public Security police are you???

Of course, I didn’t want Hiromi to die because let’s face it, he’s the only exciting factor in this show. Still that’s just lame. Real lame.

It’s like the screenwriter couldn’t think of how NOT to kill Hiromi.

I really don’t see the purpose of this Miki character in the show. Maybe it’s not such a bad thing for her to die anyway.

*of course she didn’t die.

I’m actually liking this Higashi guy but he chose to die instead mehhh….at least the way he died was quite beautifully depicted, in its own way.

So Muroi escaped and with that extra bomb he had, how will he disrupt Japan’s peace?

Another under-utilized character.

Watch MOZU Season 1 Episode 10 online at dramanice.com