According to Nielsen Korea, SBS's Korean drama "Queen Mantis" ended on September 27 with an average nationwide rating of 7.4% and a peak of 10.3%.
The final episode of Queen Mantis also achieved its highest rating ever in the Seoul urban area with 7.9%.
The film has always been in the top of Netflix Korea throughout its broadcast period and has reached 6th place on Netflix's global non-English TV show chart.
In the final episode, the serial murder case inspired by the "Mantis" case ended with the death of the perpetrator.
The character Jung Yi Shin (played by Go Hyun Jung), the mother of a series of murderers nicknamed "Mantis", is happy to realize that her son - police officer Cha Soo Yeol (Jang Dong Yoon) - has matured with compassion despite not having his mother by his side.
But the final episode of "Queen Mantis" also shocked the audience with an unexpected "twinist".
After risking his life to save Lee Jung Yeon (Kim Bo Ra)'s daughter-in-law from the kidnapper Seo Ara, Jung Yi Shin faces his father Jung Hyun Nam (Lee Hwang Ui) in his church.
At this time, the secret was also revealed. The reason Jung Yi Shin became a murderer is because she had gone through a horrifying past of being abused by her biological father as a child and witnessed her father murder her mother.
Cha Soo Yeol, after learning that his grandfather was using the same trick with other children, lost control and intended to kill him, but was stopped by Jung Yi Shin. She did not want her son to cross the line and become someone like her.
In the end, Jung Yi Shin chose to burn down Jung Hyun Nam, but Cha Soo Yeol promptly rescued his mother.
After everything was over, Jung Yi Shin told his son, "Blood is everything, the way you live is important. I have lived differently from my mother, I have tried to become a police officer and saved many lives. So I'm a different person to you, you like that."
The end of the film quickly follows 2 years later, Jung Yi Shin is in prison when he hears the news that police officer Choi Jung Ho - who once led his son - was murdered.
The ending of the film opens up the possibility of a part 2 when Cha Soo Yeol once again goes to his mother, signaling a new collaboration to find the culprit in the murder case of police officer Choi.
Queen Mantis is praised for its complex plot, unpredictable plot, and shocking scene that turned a mother into a serial killer, then collaborated with her son, a police officer.
Go Hyun Jung's impressive performance, the sharp direction of director Byun Young Joo, combined with the acting of the cast, brought a thrilling, tense and elaborately staged crime drama.
Despite pursuing a heavy topic and being picky about viewers, Queen Mantis still maintained stable ratings throughout the 8 episodes broadcast.
