BABY REINDEER Series Recap/Review (Episodes 1-7)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph spoil Baby Reindeer - a 2024 British black comedy drama-thriller miniseries directed by Weronika Tofilska and Josephine Bornebusch.
Premise: The story follows writer and performer Richard Gadd's warped relationship with a female stalker and the impact it has on him as he is ultimately forced to face a deep, dark buried trauma.
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Cast:
Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn
Jessica Gunning as Martha Scott
Nava Mau as Teresa "Teri"
Tom Goodman-Hill as Darrien O'Connor
Nina Sosanya as Liz
Michael Wildman as Greggsy
Danny Kirrane as Gino
Thomas Coombes as Officer Daniels
Shalom Brune-Franklin as Keeley
Tom Durant Pritchard as Jason
Laura Smyth as Glenda
Will Hislop as Billy
Amanda Root as Elle
Mark Lewis Jones as Gerry
Hugh Coles as Francis
Alexandria Riley as Detective Culver
Keywords: ending explained, reaction video, trailer, Netflix, Fiona Harvey
He should’ve known how dangerous she was that she thought Eggbert was a solid choice for a baby.
95% of Netflix shows/movies are either bad, overrated or mediocre, but this might be the best Netflix show I've seen on their streaming service. It was an emotional rollercoaster throughout that I could not stop watching. Great review and fantastic show!
Completely agree. I was blown away, after watching it.
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Sameee! I cried at the part when he came out to his parents and the end when we heard why Martha called him baby reindeer.
I agree!! I feel like Netflix shows/movies can be either really good or super bad!!!
I live in England, the pub was doing illegal lock ins where they keep trading into the early morning when they're legally supposed to be shut, this is why his employers didn't want him to report the attack. I worked hospitality for years and I don't remember police ever being called when threats and assaults happened.
I truly loved this show. Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning were incredible. Baby Reindeer is so complex in its treatment of such themes as mental health, sexual abuse, loneliness, self esteem, sexuality, emotional co-dependency and the supression or confrontation of several traumas.
This was such a good show! I was a bit traumatized from episode 4 that was intense. The real Marta came out and did an interview with Pierce Morgan last night and you can tell from her behavior it's really her. It was fascinating to see the real character in the flesh and the fact the actress that played her never met her and had all her craziness down just based on the writing, she deserves the Emmy!
I've been waiting for this critique. I binged it with my 80 yr old art photographer dad. It was poignant and he hated it.
I really related to the struggles of the main character, such a powerful tale of how we handle trauma
Yay thank you guys for doing this and giving us your thoughts! 🙂This had to be one of the best Netflix shows in a while across all genres. No 35-episode, 80-hour nonsense here lol This show came in, made me laugh, made me cry, horrified me, made me think and then left before it wore out its welcome, with a whole bunch of feelings and thoughts. and reflections on my own questionable life choices. 👏 Great review!
I wish the review had been longer😭love your reviews❤️couldn’t wait for this one
Just watched the Piers Morgan interview of the alleged real Martha.
So did I, she’s clearly guilty of everything Richard said about her ☠️
Netflix could actually work this up into a season 2 if the drama continues and has a defamation trial component
I can’t believe the media actually gave her a platform. Imagine if a female actor’s documented stalker was interviewed on television about “his side of the story”? Mad.
@@3vaLuna12 they did it for ratings and views unfortunately. They’ve probably made millions of dollars this week off of that interview
This was the most bat shit series I’ve ever seen. Lol the real Martha was on an interview with pierce Morgan and yall, nuts! 😭 loved the review! 👏🏽
I had to give a trigger warning ⚠️ for this series to my sister, because her bf was SA’ed as a kid (& is still dealing with the fallout from that). I don’t think he could handle the left turn the series took. My sister watched it without him, & said she enjoyed it, as did I.
It might still benefit him to watch it. I did not get a warning I watched it last night with my friend it was triggering bc it was the most raw and authentic representation of SA I’ve ever seen, but bc of that it was cathartic in a way bc you can see yourself in him. I learned so much about myself from watching it and seeing how he begins to heal Is nice too.
@@Luvvserena111 No. No. This guy is very, very damaged. He can’t even work. He’s barely able to function. Seriously. He can’t even walk the dog. -And my sister is a therapist to boot.
I’m so glad you guys reviewed this. As soon as I saw it I knew I’d want to hear others’ perspectives but not many people around me are talking about it!
I'm so glad you're doing this review. I follow you on UA-cam and also listen to your podcast. Keep up the great work to both of you. Wishing you all the best.
Wonderful review! And YES so many of the things he did made me wince - especially following her home (and who really has their email notification sounds on?) and setting her up.
Some of the things he did, like the excuse for not wanting to get involved, I kinda get. As a straight woman, we sometimes have to be careful how we let men down for fear of consequences. Donny had been hurt so badly and he also had such self-loathing that he couldn't risk turning off the stream of admiration, as twisted as it was.
I also understand Teri not responding like a therapist. It's always harder to take your own advice when you're emotionally invested.
I loved Donny's dad! That scene on the train 😂😂😂
So so glad you made this. Wanted to hear your opinions so badly!!!
Yeah I’ve been waiting!
This series was crazy good!🤪 Couldn't stop watching it.😊 The lady that played Martha was outstanding.
This is the most accurate thorough review I’ve seen on UA-cam, thank you!
Fiona Harvey, who is the IRL character 'Martha,' was recently interviewed by Piers Morgan.
Baby Reindeer was so good. I was on the edge of my seat watching
I think we get so frustrated with Donny because he seems to lack courage throughout but he (the real guy) did the most courageous thing of all in the end by bringing this to the public. Also, brought up a subject not much discussed as it pertains to men. I grew up in the age of Menudo and the Coreys after all.
Not that I would ever know, but the stuff that looks like those snaps that you throw is powdered molly/ecstacy wrapped in tissue. It makes the powder easier to swallow.
The last voicemail man wowwwww totally emotional
I‘ve been waiting for your Back to Black review for feels like forever now. Can‘t wait 🥹🫶🏼
I really enjoyed this series, very complex, and interesting
He literally was an addict. I felt like that was why he was going back to this rapist. From episode some I said this is basically misery with a twist. Terri is his real life girlfriend too.
2:58 Well, marta did actually SA him earlier in the series when she groped him without his consent. But off this show was really good but super triggering. I’ve been SAd and stalked before and like the show, there really is no justice. It takes so much for the police to actually do something. Pretty infuriating. I love that you guys reviewed this. Keep up the good work. 31:35 I think this last part was about him not hating himself as bad because he did a kind act for her and it turned out the way it did. Like giving her a free tea didn’t warrant her to do any of that. I hope that made him hate himself a little less.
Definitely impressed by this series. I thought the writing and acting were excellent. And his breakdown on stage that whole monologue was just so honest and wonderfully done!
I found out it was his real story and that is incredibly brave… when an artist uses their creative power to transmute pain or trauma into healing not just for themselves but for so many others 👏🏾👏🏾
thank goodness you guys uploaded this so i can decide if this show is worth watching 🖤
I absolutely loved every moment of this show. Holy shit, all the way the the last scene was pure gold.
Omg, I thought that was Nick in the thumbnails lol😂 BUT Thank you Joseph and Nick. Your reviews are great🙌🙌🌹🌹
Also I recommend Jessica Gunning in The Outlaws. Another Brit series... but comedy. It's not Baby Reindeer so I don't want people to mistake. It's just a fun, relaxing series with heart. I think many will love it.
They looked like speedballs in the uk. Speed wrapped in smoking paper.
Everyone has said all the things so I'll just add this. The drug scene with the little 'parachutes', probably some form of ecstacy in a rolling paper/piece of toilet paper/paper towel and then twisted at the top and swallowed. There would always be some weirdo at parties trying to make everyone parachutes. Supposedly, it hits you faster but it just felt like eating toilet paper 😂
aren't those poppers???? like they had in the 90's
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I’m going to watch it again. Because ,it made me super frustrated.
Loved your review! Like you Joseph, the ending scene with her on the witness stand was the most emotional for me. Also, there has been a fair bit of commentary from newspapers and magazines about how in this day and age of armchair detectives, it's easy to figure out who the real Martha and Darren were. Apparently, both Gadd and the woman that plays Martha have had to come out and tell people to stop harassing people and that they're missing the point of the series.
I know you're probably sick of talking about Baby Reindeer with each other since your opinions differ. But something else to consider...he did a live comedy show at Edinburgh Fringe fest based off Fiona. He even played her voicemails in his show and taped her messages on the walls. When asked by a reporter about his live show (before the TV show existed) and what he thinks Fiona feels about it, he commented that he hoped she was embarrassed by her behavior. So his comment about how they took care to change details about Fiona that even she would not recognize herself is false, based on his live show and his assumption that Fiona knew he was basing his show off her.
I loved this show. Just finished watching it. Nick you and Richard Gadd look a bit alike! It’s the jawline!
This series looks really interesting. Although I'm sure unsettling in some parts. Stalking needs to be taken more seriously in our society and even over in Europe.
Hooray!🎉
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He felt sorry for her. But she gave him something that he needed at one point
i love your reviews
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That’s totally what a bot would say, nice try
You need to lock her interview whit Pierse Morgan, just yesterday.You can tell she is not well 😮
Ben from Wet Coast Aus, orig Edinburgh, love your work fellas! Keep up the great work x
It was excellent but very hard to watch
I love Baby Reindeer because it was great and cane out of nowhere and now all of the acclaim is organic.
Unlike this seasons Sugar and Ripley, to name 2, that they're pushing and aren't That great.
I still think, Hope, Shogun will wipe the floor with Baby Reindeer. 👶
There are a lot of unlikeable characters in this show. Martha is the least detestable.
I think "Donny" is just highly flawed but is a victim.
Ok, but why couldn’t Donny pay for that drink?? And why did HE go into a bar with no money?
I think he said he forgot his wallet at home.
He was wearing that yellow jacket that was given to him by his landlady and this his normal jacket so likely he hadn’t put his wallet in it.
Shows that delve deeper into weirdo territory need a certain 'stamina' to appreciate I guess! But, just knowing a stalker is difficult to shake off is worthy of watching, once.
The show lost me more and more with each episode . I got so frustrated with the main character. I havent finished, I think I stopped at the 5th or 6th episode
As the character Martha looks so alike in aspect and personality with Fiona Harvey, i assume Darrien could be represented as Sean Foley!! There's too much similirities!!! Sent frm my Iphon
She should get some royalty
I did not understand why he reported Martha but not Darrien who raped him? And he asked this question himseld but i never got the answer.
Because he willingly kept going back.
This person is some industry insider
I had to stop watching it three different times.....the emotional ride it takes the viewer on is ALOT! But I did finish it eventually. I really think it's a very well made series. Would reccommend with a disclaimer tho
sentt frome iphoen
They will give it 3.5
Try Dead Boy Detectives
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2:49 need to correct you: Martha DID sexually assault him. Remember the scene on the path by the water? We have to be careful not to erase that.
I stopped watching after episode 4. He was a grown man who made one bad decision after another, was sponging off his ex-girlfriend's mother, is a terrible comic, and brings this dangerous woman into the lives of other people. I could not stand this main character. I think he is a narcissist and liar. He kept going back to the man's house to do very hard drugs, and the man was getting more and more sexual with him, and then he claims that it was trauma? He kept going back and knew what was going go happen. IMO he wanted to get high and have sex but he could not admit it so he changed the narrative to him being assaulted. Again, he's a liar.
I understand your frustration but I don’t think he’s a liar at all. He is just very emotionally immature and he’s scared and suffering from low self-esteem. That’s why he keeps letting people abuse him. That’s actually real sad and painful to witness 😢 but some of us can relate.
He explains in the show quite clearly why he went back to his abuser. He said he loved being made to feel special, the positive attention etc. The exact same reason he kept 'going back' to Martha. It's literally spelled out for you how can your media literacy be this bad
I guess on the other side it's very mature to present yourself as an such inmature person. It needs a lot of insight to Facebook all your flaws, faults and how Bad you behaved around people you loved.
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Broken man….didn’t report rape but reports a stalker?
I had to pause on ep6. I was so upset with his decision to show up at her house only to have the officer tell him later that he was recorded, that I had to check out for the sake of my own mental health and peace.
Yall really spoil your fans. Saw people asking for this in comments and yall managed to watch it while watching a million movies
I predict a solid 4. Baby Reindeer is the most honest and brutal piece of cathartic bloodletting I have ever seen and the best long form streaming series I have ever seen.
This show had me sobbing from episode 4 to the finale. Excellent! ✨✨✨✨
The real Martha was on Pierce Morgan I think yesterday maybe now I need to watch that interview and see what she said but I’ve seen clips and she denied everything of course
yes she denied everything in a weird specific way hahaha
I’m so happy you guys reviewed this !
Great review! You two always have the best discussions.
This show was such a tough watch, it really strains the definition of 'entertainment' for me
Oh I've been waiting for you guys to review this.....this was a incredible series I binged it all in 1 sitting I couldn't turn it off the best Netflix series I've watched....
Baby Reindeer just the title peaked my interest but this show does the rest by its unrelenting ability to bring pathos from one episode to the next it seems to be an incline where it goes further every episode. enjoyed the show and review.
Why does the character in the background look like nick tho??💀 lmao
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Omg it does 😂
I totally agree with you both. At the beginning I was annoyed by him but by episode 4 everything changed. I thought this was an excellent series!!!
I love you two so much
Thank you! Much appreciated.
15:32 I had a friend deal with someone similar. I asked her the same thing, she said she since he was announcing his every move over text/email/VM she didn’t want to block him because she wanted to monitor if he was about to do something dangerous to her or himself. So she would just ignore everything he sent her while still observing his attempts at contacting her.
I been waiting on this review/ recap !!
But he’s made money from her- stand up and now a series- and did a crap job at hiding her true self- even down to weight and appearance. Now she has launched from the depths of whatever swamp she’s been hiding and she.is.triggered. She needs help.
Binge watched the series. Reminds me of Dear Evan Hansen. I Googled Dear Evan Hansen and Baby Reindeer and saw a picture from Dear Evan, but the UA-cam title was Baby Reindeer. Strange.
Both films/series have main characters who are pathetic, lack empathy, and love attention. Also, they both are played by actors who are too old for the parts. Donny mentions being groomed by an older man and Martha being older, but, he looks about the same age. Donny looks ridiculous, struggling to come out to his parents, who seem understanding and don't look much older than him.
The scene where he breaks down and tells his story in front of the audience and the audience stays silent and does not respond and no one asks for him to leave the stage is unbelievable. I felt like he was so desperate for attention, that he was manipulating the audience, to try and get them on his side.
I thought it was going to be a dark comedy, but, it really didn't work as one. Being an empathetic person, I kept feeling sorry for the main character crying, being emaciated like Christian Bale in The Machinist, but, at some point I gave up.
The actress who portrayed Martha did a fantastic job. Her performance was way above the material. She alone made it watchable.
Martha did SA him.
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I think this its super important to show how alot of trauma victims actually react to trauma. People have a vision of the perfect victim. That theyre sad and learn from it and never make mistakes. But his reactions and the choices he makes are so accurate. I responded the same way with my own trauma. Was sexually abused as a child then became hypersexual then went on to a physically and emotionally abusive relationship. Then drinking all the time....people forget that humans are complex. Once you get used to living on that anxiety high, its so hard tonlive normally....normal feels wrong and "down". Once the chaos stops, the emotions and outcome of the abuse rise to the surface....its so much easier to stay on the high and take the abuse then to face whats happened to you.
Just the sad science and psychology behind it. Iykyk.
I thought the exact thing with the parallel to Annie Wilkes. Totally!!!
And wait…he didn’t actually have sex with Martha? I must’ve missed something
This show was much too frustrating. Couldn’t get past episode 2.
2:43 well she does. But just once. The one who caused it all was Darienne
Lolololove you review!! Love you guys!!!
9:11 receptacle?