Viewers in an uproar over the next episode preview of the drama "The Kidnapping Day"

The fourth episode of the TV drama series "The Kidnapping Day" (TV Asahi, Tuesdays at 9pm), starring actor Saito Takumi, aired on July 29th, and the final development and the preview for the next episode, Episode 5 (to air on August 5th), attracted attention.

◇The following contains spoilers.

Masamune (Saito) decides to temporarily separate from Rin (Yuno Nagao) at the suggestion of medical doctor Mizuhara (Uchida Yuki), but after learning about her circumstances, he decides to protect her. They go their separate ways and try to escape from their pursuers.

Rin manages to escape from Mizuhara's research facility, but Kevin Fukuzumi (Kosuke Suzuki), the head of the Japanese branch of the investment company Z Capitals, appears with an evil smile and says, "I found you." Meanwhile, Masamune also manages to evade the assassin who is trying to kill him, but is discovered and captured by detective Tsukasa Sunouchi (Yosuke Eguchi), and the fourth episode ends with this development.

Then, a preview of the next episode, Episode 5, was shown. It showed Masamune, who was supposed to have been captured by Sunouchi, traveling with Rin, and a scene where Masamune was heard demanding money from someone over the phone, saying, "Prepare the money, 3 billion yen," with the words "Counterattack begins" displayed on the screen.

On social media, viewers were quick to comment, saying things like, "What's going on in the preview for the next episode?!", "What happened between that scene at the end and the one in the preview for the next episode?", "They're caught, but they're not caught...? It's interesting because you never know what's going to happen," "Is Eguchi Yosuke on their side too? A reversal part?!", and "I can't wait for the counterattack to begin."