Blind 블라인드 [tvN]

So I've completed the entire 2022 16-episode 블라인드, albeit with some delay.  What can I say?  I'm still a little overwhelmed by the screenplay, up to the last episode.

블라인드, as the translated title suggests, is not simply about trying a murder case by a public jury, but about how people simply turned a blind eye to the abuse of children sent to a welfare home.  블라인드 would have made for an interesting "case study" discussion in psychology class, where Freud's psychoanalysis theory might have had a good airing.

From the screenplay, I had sorta guessed that the male lead's older brother was a little odd, yet the hurtling at the last episode of the magnitude of the truth behind the murder cases was still rather shocking.  And I won't have been entirely surprised if the screenplay contained some elements from actual cases, given that some actual criminal cases had been mind-boggling when they were revealed in the mass media.

The screenplay of 블라인드 certainly didn't try to be overambitious, however, there were still some story arcs that seemed to been conveniently forgotten in the explanation of things.

Boy 11 was a teenager at the time he decided to take revenge on the adults who abused him and the other children at the welfare home.  How was he able to identify all the relevant parties and their children to carry out his plan?  To be able to perserve at his plan would take a huge mental toil.  And why did he have the habit of self mutilation?  That seemed to point to some psychological stress he experienced.

Is boy 13 a psychopath since he was a child?  The interactions between him and the other boys around him when he was at the welfare home certainly hinted at that.  And how was he and boy 11 able to manipulate that bingo system to pick out all the relevant parties to make up the jury?

I'm not sure what role Jo Eun-ki played in 블라인드, her character seemed rather unbelievably righteous, compared to the more nuanced character personalities of the other characters in the drama.

There were some familiar faces in the cast of블라인드, so it was interesting to compare their performance across different dramas.

The corrupted police chief was also a negative character in Military Prosecutor Doberman and had a very different character as the female lead's deceased father in Secret Garden.

The primary abuser of the children was a police in Voice 4.

The psychopath killer was Fish in The Killer's Shopping List.  It was interesting to see how he portrayed 2 entirely different characters.  However, I guess his appearance may limit the roles he might receive in future.

All in all, the topic of the screenplay was certainly very heavy, and surprising that in 2000, there were abuse cases in welfare homes that authorities turned a blind eye towards even when the children sought to publicize their plight.

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I'm at the half-way mark of the 16-episode 블라인드 that is currently on tvN and so far the screenplay has been keeping me interested and in suspense and guessing what exactly is happening.  There are certain parts of the screenplay which does not seem quite relevant, but I'm waiting to see how it all comes together at the end.  

So far, it does not appear as if the screenplay would be over ambitious like Mouse, or too bizzare like Hometown.