Meitantei no Mama de Ite episode 5 features dramatic cliffhanger

The Japanese drama ‘Meitantei no Mama de Ite’, starring Ai Yoshikawa, aired its fifth episode on August 14. The series follows a mystery-loving elementary school teacher, Kaede, and her grandfather, who suffers from Lewy body dementia, as they solve various mysteries.

In this episode, a high school student named Kobayashi presents a mystery regarding her grandmother’s disappearance during a house fire. The grandfather uses his deductive reasoning to suggest that the truth may be less important than the love and protection the family provided during the crisis. The episode also explores themes of dementia through an interaction between the grandfather and a friend’s grandmother.

The episode concluded with a dramatic cliffhanger. While discussing the nature of memory and affection, the grandfather appeared to experience a hallucination and mistakenly addressed Kaede by her mother’s name, leaving her visibly shaken.