Undercover Mama

Following in the footsteps of her last drama Time Spiral, Meisa Kuroki is back with yet another dark and mysterious show in DESIGNER BABY. When I first heard the title, I had some idea that it was going to be about fashion, i.e. clothes for babies or something- instead what I got was a show more akin to movies like GATTACA, where babies are created in the labs for the optimum desirable traits for the rich and prosperous.
 The drama opens with a mysterious kidnapping in the maternity ward of a successful hospital- a baby has been snatched right out of her crib, and to get closer to the facts the metropolitan police send in 8 months pregnant agent (Meisa Kuroki) to pose as a patient there and get her information undercover!

Disappearance

A Distraught Mother (Yumi Adachi)

Agent Hayamizu is brought in (Meisa Kuroki)

 I thought this was going to be a basic story of kidnapping and conclusion, but the more Meisa uncovers, the more she realizes there is something a lot more secret and sinister than what is on the surface. The doctors, the kidnappers, and even the distraught mother herself, all of them seem to have their own selfish agenda to the events transpiring, where everything seems to be part of a bigger criminal thing.

Interviewing the Doctors and Staff

As well as patients and victims

Suspicious Doctor #1: Atsuro Watabe

Suspicious Doctor #2: Ikkei Watanabe

Demands From A Kidnapper

Trying to Diffuse the Situation

Making a Game Plan

So far a REALLY interesting Drama, one that is keeping me on my toes- I simply cannot GUESS what is going to happen NEXT!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com