This show was unfortunately bad on pretty much every level and I did not enjoy it. I don’t want to be overly harsh and dissect it in too much detail but to summarize: the plot was so thin and made almost no sense (especially for how long the show is), the scenes and musical numbers started getting repetitive and did not explore any other dimension to the main character’s ethical struggle other than “I feel bad about this”, the acting was strained at best, the music was out of time and off-key, and the overall arc of the story ended up coming off as anti-science but didn’t delve into why.

I was actually really excited for a show that explored the trade-offs and complexities of animal testing for human progress. I think most reasonable people dislike the thought of animal testing and know there are alternatives that should be explored more, but without the show even setting up why animal testing was the only path for this particular scientific advancement, the critique didn’t make any sense and the whole journey seemed a bit pointless. 😢