What is the true story behind Baby Reindeer (2024)? | REVIEW, RECAP and EXPLAINED
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I went in blind to this series and came out traumatised
Same. It takes a lot too.
@@mattmccomas1 Same.
Yep… it was all fun and games until…it wasn’t
Same
OMG, me too 😮
I was blown away by this series. I’m not sure if he is the first but it feels completely ground breaking to write and star in a story based on your own traumatic true events. A masterpiece imo
I May Destroy You is another one, it's great as well.
The way he refuses to whitewash his side of the story too, it's quite confronting. It makes you wonder how you would react - can any of us be sure we wouldn't have indulged Martha's attention the way he initially did if we were feeling that deeply insecure?
also pete davidson wrote and starred king of staten island based on his life !
Or a lot of it is made up.
I just finished this show last night and I legit cried. I related to his struggle with his trauma as well as his sexuality journey and the confusion of wanting to be loved despite carrying around guilt and shame from past experiences but feeling weighed down and depressed. Incredible show. I really enjoyed this show and I really hope he is living a better life and has healed from his trauma and experiences.
I’m glad he used the word “grooming” in reference to the rapes he endured. It was sincerely spot on… and with the SA he experienced at the hands of Martha early on on the show… the freezing is certainly something I have heard about before… and we see how it actually occurs in real life… very moving.
Unfortunately, I can saw that freezing up does happen sometimes. I can't explain why. You just freeze and kind of check out mentally.
He wasn't groomed, he kept going back for the free drugs, he knew what was going on and what that guy wanted. He is trying to blame someone else for his poor decisions. He irritated me so much, all he did was make one bad decision after another. I got tired of him.
@@gcndc no, he kept going back because that guy promised him a JOB on a famous tv show. that is ABSOLUTELY grooming. grooming is when someone in power takes advantage of someone without power. and how DARE you speak so strongly about a concept you obviously don't even understand. you're obviously one of those people who say abuse victims ask for it.
@@INeverMetaphorIDidntLike I’m saying the guy in this story was an idiot. It was obvious to anyone what the older man was up to. He wasn’t a child he was a man. He kept making stupid decisions and paid the price. He wasn’t a victim he was a junkie scoring free drugs. That’s why he kept going back even after the man put his finger inside him. The author of the story is not being honest.
@@INeverMetaphorIDidntLike 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I cried when he came out to his parents and they were supportive of him 😢
Me too. 😢
Gay
Same! 😢❤
the thing that scared me the most about this show is that I saw myself in every situation- especially the creepy writer guy situation. It’s so sad how people are used when given the chance at recognition
I would like to know Who IS the real Darrien IRL. I think he should be in jail, he's the real predator and Monster of the show. I hated that ending, given that that's not what happened with Darrien
I'm totally with you. Darrien needed to be arrested and charged!
Exactly yes Martha is terrible but people are focusing on the wrong person here, there’s a rapist on the loose.
And the way he makes Martha the face of it and puts the rape and the end instead of the beginning where it belongs makes people lose the focus
@@kirabanafr bro? Obviously when martha came to him he's had no recollection of the Darren event. That happens. You forget your trauma.. when he went to the police and was asked why he didn't reveal this information sooner. He says all the memories come spiralling back to him. Making him relive his past. He's telling the story of how he made it
I think the show explained perfectly why he never reported the SA. It made him feel emasculated and ashamed for going back time and time again because he thought someone saw his talent for the first time in his life and gave him actual attention. Grooming is a difficult subject. The person makes you feel comfortable, then when they take advantage of you at your most vulnerable, you feel like this is your fault and you led them on by even being there in that situation.
Most victims are grilled on why they let something of that caliber happen to them, which is why a vast majority of assaults go unreported. What's the point when someone with a baggie of drugs in their pocket will get more time than a man who grapes you?
He reported Martha because she threatened his family, otherwise the stalking would have probably gone on for way longer. His empathy for her was very evident as was his apathy to pretend his SA didn't really happen. These are complicated situations that not every person will relate to.
As for the ending, the bartender did the same act of kindness as he did for Martha. It was a full circle. I rather liked it. One good thing he did for someone turned into a nightmare but he found healing from the trauma thru it.
This show came out of left field for me and wrecked me. The whole part of his "confessional" on stage where he talks about his self-loathing and how he couldn't love Teri as much he loved hating himself, even though he loved her so very much. Oof. That part hit me like a ton of bricks and had me uncontrollably bawling for like 20 minutes. I have never heard someone describe so accurately how it feels to hate yourself so much and struggle with self-worth, and how that impacts your ability to be in a loving relationship.
This show is just absolutely brilliant between the writing, the performances and the story.
it reminds me of fleabag in a way, obviously fleabag isn’t autobiographical but the way phoebe delves into how non linear grief can be and just pure honesty with yourself and your actions (and the way both were a one-man/woman show before they were series)
“The one thing I loved more than her was hating myself.” This show was heartbreaking. I teared up several times. This is what’s missing in cinema today, raw and uncompromising emotional truth put before us. First time I’ve heard of Richard Gadd and he’s blown me away.
As a victim of some pretty extreme stalking myself I can tell you it is very hard to get help. Which is just gutting in most cases because it usually takes a while for a victim to build up the courage/willpower to seek help. I’m my case, most of the officers I talked to dismissed me and said I was overreacting but there was one who genuinely seemed to want to help but there wasn’t much he could actually do. Laws in most areas are very reactive not proactive (which in some cases is good, I’m not advocating for a Minority Report situation) but there is little recourse for stalking until the stalker “goes too far” which means someone gets hurt. You don’t claim to know what the solution to that is, what changes to the law could be made to help remedy this, but surely someone smarter than me could come up with a solution. Because the laws we have now just don’t work. At least where I live. I hope it’s different for y’all. Stay safe everyone.
I’m sorry you had to deal with that.
That's heartbreaking. My stalker is at a psych ward right now, yet he still is sending me emails.
Same happened to me, eventually I was encouraged by an officer to make a complaint after I said I might have to do that as a final resort seeing as all the evidence I had collated meant nothing unless I was physically attacked. They immediately issued a police information notice. Next month they brought out a new law against stalking and harassment.
I had a really bad situation before the damn laws even changed. Thank god that the police in my We're willing to do something.
The movie fatal attraction actually really helped my cause.So thank god for representation in film.
Agreed! I had a stalker for over a year. When he started stealing my trash from the curb, my neighbors recorded him. It was a customer from my parents' bar, where I worked occasionally. I was 30 and he was 48. I'd previously reported the 1000s of calls, emails, surveillance and following me to the police to no avail. Also, in the US, it's not illegal to take someone's trash from the curb intended for disposal. After several months, my finally dad had a special Italian gentleman friend make the guy an offer he couldn't refuse. It seemingly worked for awhile. Sadly, I regularly "ran" into my stalker on errands, at events, at stop lights, few times a year for 14 more years...until he died. I told myself it was just coincidences because that was the only way I could continue to live somewhat normally.
I loved this show! It reminded me of "I May Destroy You" on HBO/Max which featured similar subject matter, but with a different tone
Yes!!! That series was so intense! I had forgotten about it till now, I believe the lead also wrote it too?
@@spookyastronautsyes, Michaela Cole!
I loved Baby Reindeer, I am the same as you and didn’t move until the whole show was finished.
Definitely my favourite show of the year so far. The comedy final monologue was powerful and emotional…he delivered it so perfectly
I believe this show has the potential to change the discussion around the topic „abuse“.
I love how they show how conflicted the victim is.
People keep throwing the word „abuse“ around…I don‘t think it‘s that easy for a victim to come to terms with calling someone an abuser, because of the shame and guilt for oneself and the empathy for the abuser that comes along with it. They represented that so well-it‘s groundbreaking. Thank you for this🙏🏻
that martha actress would make for an excellent annie wilkes
I'm happy that you're covering this masterpiece. This show was such a mind trip. Well acted and not afraid to show the gray of situations. Thank you for your review.
This made me think about something you said a while ago, maybe during the 10th anniversary stream, about people getting tired about trauma being used as a starting off point for horror or disturbing cinema in general. If you are going to do that,do it all the way like this did or don't do it at all. This series went full on disturbing and never looked back.
I saw this video, knew nothing about that show, watched it immediately, and was so impressed with it. Really complex story. I'm a licensed mental health worker so a lot of the cycles of abuse and trauma are so clearly depicted here. Him freezing is his dissociation of this trauma and I think it's so important that they put that in there because it is so common. Also, appreciated how his shame and confusion of his own self exploration was so honest as well. Really important series in adding to the conversation of abuse, trauma, grooming, and shame.
Because you've mentioned you work in mental health, can you explain to me why even when he reported Martha he wouldn't mention the serious stuff she had done (groping him, Martha legit violently abusing Teri). I don't think I quite understood that.
watching this show was like watching my life. i had a stalker who gaslit me, stole my identity, robbed me blind, made me feel like I couldn't live without them, and eventually sexually abused and then tried to kill me, numerous times. it was INSANELY hard to get help from the police, so much so, that even after my abuser started assaulting me - I still felt like it wasn't enough, based on them not taking me seriously for so long, already. the situation completely broke me. it took me years to be able to function after I escaped. it was so isolating and devastating, and 16 years have passed and I still wake up shaking, sometimes and can't watch any kind of assault in tv or movies without hyperventilating. watching this show was devastating, numbing, and cathartic. i was stunned and I couldn't take my eyes off it. he did SUCH a good job at portraying the guilt we feel from NEEDING love and validation from someone... and how sick people will take that and turn it into taking everything we have until there's nothing left of us but the shell of a human they created. i want to give a hug to everyone in these comments who are sharing their similar stories
😮That second to last episode's last scene broke me down as a man. I haven't experienced being groomed but I have been sexually abused. In my case it was a woman (older cousin). It made me fear sex with a woman for years. Didnt change my sexuality though.
I also remember having low self esteem as a guy, never feeling good enough and wanting to be a rapper and music producer so bad because like this guy said in that scene... "If I were famous, then... "
And fast forward to me ending up with not really a stalker but a narcissistic woman who I also happened to work with. I knew she was bad news. She was at least cute and claimed periodically over about two years of working together "I'll get you sooner or later, I always get my way." Eventually she did. Trying to escape her was the first (and only) time in my life I truly had a suicidal thought. I remember how she blowed up my phone with vm's and texts, staying in my head, gaslighting me, guilt tripping me etc, just like this woman. And like this guy, I had this weird emotional connection to her even though I simultaneously feared for my mental well being because I knew of her troubled childhood and how harsh her mother was growing up. This feeling of seeing her brokeness created this unusual emotional bond that was nearly traumatizing attempting to break away from, but finally she put her job in jeopardy and shortly afterwards, covid outbreak sent us to "work from home" positions and she'd ironically never been to my house, and that's how I finally escaped her.
I broke down twice during the last episode, especially the end. Hearing the reference of her childhood and processing the realization that her obsession was triggered by the fact that he did something she wasn't used to, he was nice to her...
I have seen this story adapted to a one-actor show in my local avant garde theatre a few years ago and it was brilliant, didnt know the show was out I will definitely give it a watch!
I saw this expecting a modern version of Misery and ended up with Mysterious Skin, it was so devastating but it encapsulated so well all of the complex feelings of each character that i couldn't perceive it as also oddly beautiful
I was amazed that not only is this the true story of the actual writer and not a third party, but that he also played himself in it. Amazing talent, can't wait for more from him.
The two leads were outstanding! Especially Jessica the actress who played Martha because she isn't even Scottish but her accent was so accurate. I am sure this show will win awards!
I think it is risky to base this on real life because it raises so many questions and people think they know him and have a right to delve into his private life. This show will stalk Richard and I don't think the public will leave him alone with continous questions about the real abuser and the stalker. It has struck such a chord, the themes are worthy of exploration.
Sending the good vibes all the way from Winnipeg! 💪 😎
Im glad that you gave this shows a review! I finished it in a day. I brokeup the episodes, and when it finsihed. I was overwhelmed by it all in the sense that this can litetally happened to anyone. But also how Martha's last vociemail that he listened literally shows how much people need people, and the lengths they'll go to in order to feel connected to someone they feel they need.
I’m glad you’ve added the content warning here. I’m not sure I’m strong enough to watch this show given my own histories. But I love to watch your breakdowns. 😌
Update: just finished the show.. it took a few breaks in between episodes and many tears later but I think ultimately it did what it was hoping to achieve. The hopelessness while you’re in it and how easily you can turn to it as “comfort”. It’s very well made.
This show was so good I swear I’m just like you Emma I couldn’t stop watching it. I haven’t binged a Netflix tv series in a while but I couldn’t look away from this. It was like a bad car accident and I was glued. Once I did all my research after finishing the film it just made it even more brilliant.
Edit : The End of the F***ing World
On Netflix gives me the same tone as this show
I just finished this series in a day and I can confirm that this is a very difficult watch. Especially for survivors of SA, grooming, and psychological trauma. I absolutely loved every minute of the series. The emotions I felt going through this story was a living emotional roller coaster, going from feeling frustrated and irritated as to why Donny didn't report everything that happened to actually sympathizing with him as to why his trauma affected his decisions, coming from a person who had to go through and relive multiple traumas myself. And with Martha, I went from hating every second she'd spend making Donny's life hell to feeling the same feeling that Donny felt towards her after that final voicemail he listened to. And the story comes full circle with the barkeep telling him that his drink was free because he couldn't pay for it. Perfect ending.
Also, some things that I liked, I really loved when he dropped his whole comedy act to just dump every bit of trauma that was building up inside of him onto the entire audience in a brilliant and vulnerable monologue. It reminded me of the scene in Pearl when she confesses to Mitsy everything that she wanted to say in a well shot and unscripted monologue. I don't know a lot of the cast members, but they all did an outstanding job portraying his personal account of the trauma and cycle of emotions he went through.
This show is a one of a kind masterpiece and it gets my full 10/10
The writing in this show was incredibly well-crafted. The characterizations were richly detailed and infused with depth. It's evident that the writer drew from personal experience of SA making the narrative raw and authentically honest. I was utterly engrossed from start to finish, deeply moved by its power, and found myself in tears, particularly during the pivotal moment of his coming out to his parents. Simply breathtaking.
You can send an email from your iPhone. “Sent from my iPhone” is the mail app signature.
Yes I but she didn’t have an iPhone which was the point I was making, maybe I used bad wording
It is so refreshing to hear a review that takes into account all aspects of the media and disecting various elements. This show is so nuanced that it's easy to write it off as one thing, but what makes it great is its complexity ✨️✨️✨️Great Video
Just binged it I was so looking forward to seeing this but I was not prepared for it to hit me as hard as it did. It was a tough watch, but I absolutely loved it
Darren, Damian, Darrien.. the man of a million names 😂
I think it’s my accent 😓
Been a fan of you since saw your Barbarian movie review and it's really nice to hear your opinions about this show.
I feel you with this review!!! Literally was watching this in my house and had to finish it on my phone on the train. People probably thought I was going through some life altering event with the amount I was crying and GAGGIN!! Even more gagged that the main actor also wrote the whole damn thing and lived it?!?!
To answer your question on another TV show or film that captures such a rooted and raw situation mixed in with great storytelling, I would say ‘ I may destroy you’ by Michaela Coel. I couldn’t tell you the amount of times I wanted to hop into my screen and hug, scream, love existsnce with the characters within that show. Ad a queer black artist, I despised/resonated with so many characters within the layers of the story.
baby reindeer was a lot and i'm not sure i could think of anything like it.
I hadn't heard of this until you mentioned it. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'll definitely go watch it now.
OMG! i remember hearing about the one man play somewhere on the internet when it first came out.
oh, dear... i'm not sure i could do this one... but, lovely breakdown, as always!
Absolutely incredible series. The emotions are so real and it's so refreshing to see actual trauma and it's effects played out in a true form. As someone who suffers from self hatred related trauma...I loved that he was never "fixed." Too often we see magical happy endings whereas in real life the pain is always there, it's just finding a healthy way to deal with it.
I absolutely loved it, I felt so much empathy for the main character and the way he reacted towards his abuser(s) and his ways of trying to cope was very real and raw and helped me figure out stuff in my own survivor journey.
The ending when he listens to Martha's voicemail about her seeing him as her safety really made me sad, she was clearly mentally ill and it was enforced by the abuse she endured herself in her childhood and it was probably the only truth she ever told him? And to then go to when it all goes full circle, with that bartender, it was just a gut punch. I am obviously not excusing her actions and I'm glad he got to be safe from her, but it shows another side of her, one that I think if she had gotten help at a young age, would probably have benefited her and changed things.
It was a brilliant series, fantastic actors, I am hoping to see Jessica Gunning in more shows or movies, what a discovery!
Couldn’t agree more ❤️
Hmm why do women always get the “it shows another side of her” treatment where people humanize an asshole , if it was a man who was relentlessly stalking a girl for years on end no one would even think of trying to “understand where he comes from “ 😂
i watched without knowing anything and oh man was it a rollercoaster!
This was such a good show! Disturbing in some bits especially episode 4 but really good and well done.
Yeah, pretty much watched the whole thing in a 24 hour period. I think that having Richard so involved in the how the show was presented or the final product was what made it as good as it was.
Can i just say the one true hero moment of the show was how his perents responded when he told them everything. That really made me smile. That was a lot of difficult things and their response was perfect. If this part was true then they are seriously such amazing parents. Other parents should take notes
I’d never heard of it till your video but instinctively stopped watching and opened up Netflix. Wow. What a story! I just finished episode 7 and came right back here to finish your review. Great recommendation!
I started watching this an couldn't switch it off i too watched all episodes back to back,,it was really really good 👏👏
One of the most unsettling stories in recent memory, beautifully written and acted.
3:25 turned off the video and went to Netflix, see you after the binge 😅
Yay enjoy! I was hoping this would encourage people to watch it
Exactly what I did! It's 1:46 AM, my heart is in shambles and in complete awe with Gadd's talent. Horrifying and jaw dropping in equal parts!
On top of being disturbing, this sounds like an amazing, brave work of art. I need to check it out.
You mentioned that the sign off sent from my iPhone was a quirk because it was an email. The real thing to note here is that message pops up when you do send the email from your phone but Martha didn't have an iPhone so she would type that message. It became more obvious when the spelling/sentence was wrong. It's not a quirk, it's delusional.
Yeah I thought it was very obvious why she was doing it. He says it in the tv show I didn’t think it needed an explanation, i was be facetious when I said quirk.
@spookyastronauts Oh, I know it said it in the show. I just meant the reason isn't because it's an email. That statement isn't true. I know I'm being particular. My comment was meant in a factual manner not in mean spirit or anything.
I’m not sure what you mean, but all good I didn’t take it negatively. I think you may not have got my humour with the quirk comment, but that’s totally okay. Hope you have a good day Emma.
Yeah this series really threw me for a loop and ended up blowing me away, I think it's kind of a masterpiece in it's own right.
And that's saying something considering I thought about not finishing it at a few different points. wow.
I would heavily recommend ‘I may destroy you’, incredible series, super traumatising ofc so please be warned, but I’d recommend!! 💖
Yes! I’ve seen that one, youre right it’s so similar!
Felt like a four-hour long episode of Black Mirror in a way. Really loved it, and it sorta hit close to home as a fellow Scotsman so the disturbing aspect of it really got to me. Hope the best for him now.
What a brave man. So horrifying. Something really needs to be done about how the law handles stalking. Through out the world not just the US. They don't take it serious enough.
Hi, great review of a great show, was very impressed with it especially the acting. Now as you ask for suggestions about other shows to review, I beg you to check out & review the Australian TV show classic (even though it's only a couple years old) that is very similar (creative wise) to Baby Reindeer & that is Mr InBetween. This show is the best TV show in the last 5 years at least & it's Australian, it was created & starred Scott Ryan which was based on his movie from 2006 The Magician (again which is excellent for a first-time director). I'm sure you know the TV series, as it has been pretty popular abroad especially in the US. Mr InBetween's scenes & writing are incredible one second your laughing, then crying while you're anticipating a gruesome outcome. I've never seen a show do this so effortlessly. The only thing that comes close is Breaking Bad. So please do a review as Mr InBetween needs some love especially for how brilliant the 3 seasons are. Scott Ryan did not win 3 ACTA Awards for nothing. Trust me you'll like it. Thanks for listening & thanks for all your reviews they have been very helpful. Cheers Steve
Wow...just wow!! This has gotta be the BEST Netflix series ever! It has broken me, especially episode 4 (serious triggers for me) and episode 6 ... I was in bits watching Donny do his stand up routine. As a man who experienced sexual abuse when I was 14 I can totally get the feelings of guilt and 'was i to blame' :( This series is FKN AMAZING!!!
I have 4 words for this series: I was Not READY 😮
Jessica Gunning is an incredible actress and predict she'll sweep the awards shows this fall!
I wanted something to run behind as I worked on my project.i started watching this. And kept everything aside...until I finished this.
I put myself thru it again. To really know if I got the meaning of the entire thing right.
I have faced such a stalker, not this intense, but yes 200-300 calls a day for 8-9 months.
Thank you for this video. That show was intense and it helps to hear more information about the person who created it and what he went through in real life.
It's amazing what we can overcome after severe trauma. He was good but he knew the emotional way he felt. Now the lady playing the stalker was a phenomenal actress.
Reminded me a bit of the Clint Eastwood film . Play Misty for me. Where Clint is a night time DJ on a local radio station , who attracts a deranged stalker fan.
It's been a long time since an ending of a tv shows ending has left me feeling like my chest carved out with a melon baller. And then the realization that richard gadd re enacted all this own trauma...wrecked me.
Try All of us Strangers. Guts ripped out like nothing else I’ve ever seen.
We watched this in one sitting to and felt soo drained (in a good way) at the end
Human beings have an infinite capacity for cruelty. I'll never understand why some people freeze during and after an abusive relationship, but I respect his way of processing the trauma. It took a lot to get past my B.S. to finish this series. Donny holding all of that abuse in enraged me, yet the show was insightful. I hope Richard finds an excellent therapist.
This series was incredible in so many ways. Richard is an amazingly honest human!
I've not watched this yet but plan to. I recommend Under the Bridge on Hulu- Thriller/drama based on true story in the '90s, really good so far (although you don't get Hulu over their right?)
I was not prepared for what this show did to me.
Good take on the whole show Emma, I thought the same., how the thing comes full circle I hope this wins awards...it should. x.
I like how you caution us to respect his wishes by not looking up who Martha is in real fact when you yourself did it lol, even proceeded to give clue about the "hang the curtain"
I only found out that he didn’t want people to find it by looking it up! He made that statement while I was still researching. And I never said hang the curtains?
Fer mei besst series soo ffar this yre
Sent from me ihpon
I just finished watching it, so i came here to finally finish watching your video. I was actually surprised at how much it got to me. I have a history of sexual abuse that is a bit similar to what is portrayed in the show. And the accuracy of his reactions and the traumatic response to the experiences are exactly what i've been through. I've seen many movies and tv shows that portrayed similar subject matter and it's never affected me quite this much. It never felt this real before. It was triggering in a way, but also strangely freeing.
I enjoyed this one, such fun and interesting characters and performances.
has anyone been able to find Monkey See Monkey Do show of his? Now I want to watch everything of Richard Gadd's!!
Wished I hadn't started watching this...thought nope in the first ep. But then watched the whole thing with my husband...it's A LOT!
Hope there will be a season two!!!!
I May Destroy You has a similar subject matter and is similar in tone.
Loved it, could agree more on your dissection.
Tremendous story telling, he is an amazing guy.
This was hard to watch episode four we know, But god damn this was a fucking great show and he still managed to keep humor throughout the entire thing
you forgot about the performance of jessica gunning she was phenomenal i understand it was his story and he's great but ms gunning performance should not be ignored when reviewing this series
Did you miss when I said just that? I literally said that in this video! 😂
This is a frustratingly good series!! I super hate the characters and it speaks how good they are as actors!!! I really like that there is a character growth for Donny. This series is really good!!
Feel Good with Mae Martin I think is more similar to this than I May Destroy You, but they all more or less fall into the same themes
Spot on analysis!! Brilliant
I want to recommend two films by Mexican director Arturo Ripstein: El Castillo de la pureza (The Castle of Purity) and El Evangelio de las maravillas (The Gospel of Wonders). Both based on real events. Shocking!
Really enjoyed this series, cinematically, acting and cast were great. I did see a lot of people comment and watched with friends who went mad at his decisions through out the film. Now he is reflective within the film and for anyone wondering about the psychological components to trauma it made perfect sense to him why he made the decisions he did. It can be common for trauma victims who suffer from ptsd to become aroused at things they once never thought they could and feel extreme shame and guilt and repeat these negative behavioural cycles as it reinforces the beliefs about themselves, in Richard’s case most probably helpless vulnerable and worthless. He found solace in another deeply disturbed and vulnerable individual and for this his decisions through out did make sense. Now for what i didn’t like. The last two episodes although he recognised this behaviour as unhelpful vicious cycle instead of showing an arc of discovery and empowerment he doubled down on them, the ending lacks a lot to be desired in terms of if he actually could seek help and support others to confront and change their thoughts for the better after serious trauma it ended unfortunately flat
I hope, in real life, he didn't really go back to visit his abuser after all that time and agree to work with him again, because that part was really sad, confusing and disappointing to me.
Some people are paralysed by their fear their whole life. It is to show that even though you can heal trauma never leaves you fully. It was the more realistic approach
Now I am going to have to watch it
I've never cried harder Watching a show, especially the ending
Oh my goodness girl, your hair looks so amazing. Also, love baby reindeer.
Brilliant TV series. Watched at once. I would recommend movie The Tale. It is also autobiographical and very hard to watch.
Hey, your review was on Piers Morgan Uncensored! I freaked out!
Yeah they used it without permission
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if you send an email from your iphone it says "from my iphone" automatically as the signature js
Yes 👍🏼 she was mimicking that her phone was an iPhone when it wasn’t.
By the end of the series I was crying a puddle of tears
Can we just acknowledge that the despite Richard Gadd being a genius, his experience is that of every woman in the creative arts.
Absolutely outstanding show.
Very good Show and Crazy ... It made me think alot
My face was exatcly like yours in the thumbnail 😳
Half way through the series I wanted to slap and shake Donnie for constantly enabling Martha and being a coward for not simply telling her no. Then the story about his abuse came out and it all made sense. I always tell my daughter to never judge a book by its cover and that is exactly what I did. I think because Martha came on so strong and forceful in the beginning I was blinded to any possibility as to why Donnie was reacting the way he was towards her. Yes, there is disturbing subject matter and scenes, but I do believe it is important for people to see it to understand those situations, just in case themselves or someone they know are put in the same situation. But, what a FANTASTIC series! Highly recommend it.