Red Star Comment | After the "Cat Abuse" storm, the score of "The Mission in the House" fell to 2.8. Is it unfair?

Pet     9:30am, 3 September 2025

Since the rumors of "cat abuse", the TV series "The Mission of the House" has frequently been on the hot searches. Some netizens said that all the hot searches in this drama may not be as good as the public's attention to this cat.

Who would have thought that even Jiang Qinqin could not hold on to the mistress of the house, in the end, became popular because of a white cat.

Although the crew posted videos, issued statements and even called the police, the conflict between the crew and netizens remained the same, with only one topic: Is the cat dead? The cause of the incident comes from a plot broadcast in "The Mission of the House". In the play, a white cat fell off the table and died on the spot after vomiting blood from his mouth. Some netizens suspect that judging from the broadcast effect, the death of the White Cat is very realistic, and they suspect that the crew is doing fake scenes during filming. Faced with doubts, the crew of "The Miss Mother" issued a statement and a video of an interview with the kitten owner, saying that the shooting was carried out under the care of professionals and the kitten owner, and was ensured that the kitten was safe. The blood on the kitten's mouth was edible plasma and syrup. At the same time, the picture of the kitten "struggle" is used by the staff to pull the legs with a rope while it will not be injured, simulating the effect of struggle. In the play, a static screenshot in the dynamic picture is used to show the effect of a kitten's death, not the real death of a kitten.

However, the crew's voice did not make netizens buy it. Some netizens who claim to be professional pet doctors analyzed the cat's movements and expressions when it landed, questioning that the cat was dead. Some netizens also discovered that the cat in the play was a female cat, but the cat owner later took it out for an interview, which was suspected to be a male cat, and the color of the cat's eyes was different from that in the play... There were many different opinions and fell into the "Rashomon" with their own arguments.

Things quickly changed again. A netizen who claimed to be an extra left a message saying that he was on the scene, and the cat was electrocuted and buried on the spot after the filming was completed. The netizen's message was like a bomb, which once again caused an uproar in public opinion. Faced with overwhelming doubts, the crew spoke out twice in the morning, not only showing the video of the cat owner holding the kitten, but also issued a statement saying that the netizen's statement was untrue and had called the police. At noon on the 29th, "I am Komi Komi", certified as "the female cat who participated in "The Missing Mother"" was on Weibo, and then #The Missing Mother's Cat is on Weibo# became a hot search. After the mistress's cat entered Weibo

, things still did not subside. Under the comments on the Weibo, many netizens questioned the fraud, and some voices believed that this looked so much like hype. It is worth mentioning that some netizens on Weibo launched a vote of "Do you think this is the cat in the play?" 104,000 people thought "no", and only 23,000 people chose "yes".

This incident has caused a lot of public opinion. It is obviously related to the fact that domestic film and television dramas do not attach much importance to the protection of animal rights. Previously, when the TV series "The King of Dogs" was filmed, a well-trained military dog ​​was killed; in the movie "White Horse Feifei", in order to shoot the scene where the horse slowly fell down, the crew injected a large amount of anesthetics into the horse, and eventually the horse died due to excessive doses; in the movie "Sad Brooke", the director covered the horse's eyes and pushed it off the cliff in order to pursue reality...

At present, the public and netizens still have questions about whether the white cat in "The Mission of the House" is alive or dead, but unfortunately, Jiang Qinqin's comeback has obviously become a target for netizens to vent their dissatisfaction. Up to now, many netizens have called for bad reviews to the show, and the Douban score of the show has also dropped from 5.1 to 2.8, and a large number of netizens have angrily commented on it. The negative reviews of

Netizens are naturally a boycott of evidence that the crew is not convincing. From this perspective, a low score of 2.8 is not unfair; on the other hand, a TV series is a work of many people for months or even years. Every audience and netizen can give evaluations from the perspectives of art and personal appreciation, but if you give low scores just to vent your dissatisfaction, it seems unfair to all the cast and crew members who have worked hard.

Of course, if "The Mission of the House" pays more attention to the preservation of evidence during filming and presents more authentic and credible evidence as soon as possible to calm the public's doubts, everything later can be avoided. The reason for the current situation is that it is closely related to some film and television practitioners’ lack of attention to animal rights and animal protection. The situation of "The Missing Mother of the House" also reminded the film and television producers: In the future filming of film and television dramas, if animals are still needed to participate, how can the filming be completed while protecting animals? This may require practitioners to spend more effort and effort.