Baby Reindeer- Netflix

Watched it all in a day. Episodes 4, 5 and 6 are brilliant. I had little sympathy for Gadd around episode 3, why the hell was he tolerating it, then it all falls into place.

Powerful story very well told

Half way through and have really had to struggle to turn it off and go to bed the last few nights. Really just want to binge the whole thing.

Was hooked from the very start because I have known way too many people with aspects of Martha over the years from working bars (especially London). The early slightly dark curiosity with the clearly disturbed new customer was all too familiar.

At least half the bar staff I worked with over there are aspiring actors or similar and you hear of and see a lot of predators flocking around.

I think the guy named as Darrien might be false.

The Martha lady must surely be her. Too many similarities

It's amazing how many of them can watch this show and then go and harass someone online. Do people actually pay attention to the things they watch and claim to enjoy.

Finished it last night, surprised how much I enjoyed it especially liked the last voice note he listened to. I had empathy for both in the end.

nno it isnnt its graet tv

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I watched this over 2 nights. Not great. I kept watching it waiting for it to get better but it never took off for me. I don’t know how it’s groundbreaking or something new. It didn’t make sense that he entertained Martha. A review journalist wrote that it smacked of “hang on, this could be a good script…” and hence his continued engagement with her and I tend to agree with that. For me the link between the Martha and Darrien threads is tenuous at best or maybe I just missed it.

Overall I would give it a 3/10.

I enjoyed it but I agree that he was happy to entertain Martha as he was gathering material for standup.

Possibly even his continued interaction with Darrien. I know that sounds insensitive and people will say things like power dynamics etc

I thought it was fantastic and honestly have to commend the approach taken by Richard Gadd in openly addressing his own problems and failings - it's a show about a stalker, but it's about so much more.

Very powerful last scene where he goes to contfront Darrion.

I don't know how someone who's actually watched the show could criticize it for his continued engagement of Martha, like above. It's literally all there spelt out in black and white and it's literally based on a true story.

Absolutely crazy to see the real 'Martha' going on a Facebook rampage since the show was released. I find it strange that a large minority of people are attacking Gadd when a) it's his story as the victim of a crime and b) she's the one who literally outed herself.

If the roles were reversed and a man had relentlessly stalked a woman and her family, and then went on an unhinged social media rampage after the release, there isn't the faintest chance people would be coming to his defense.

Regarding Gadd not heeding the warning signs and dealing with Martha properly. You have to remember that despite the character in the show seeming older as he is played by Gadd himself, the stalking itself began when he was only 23, living away from home, feeling like a failure with regards his comedy and living with the shame of his abuse. I can easily see him basically trying to ignore that it was actually stalking and distressing, especially since he had prior experience of suppressing things and ignoring danger. I also think as a man he possibly hadn't been socialised on how careful you have to be about not allowing odd people to get fixated. Unfortunately I think a lot of women learn early that they need to be fairly direct in brushing off advances because male Marthas are not as rare as female Martha's and have the physical capacity to be more dangerous.

If it was fiction it wouldn't be great entertainment, but there's something about true stories that hit me as very very different.

Maybe it's just me but I just ignored all the media reports and social media activity around the "true" aspects of this show.

I just approached it like it was pure fiction and enjoyed the hell out of it. Brilliant scripts and acting, very compelling. I loved every minute of it.

Everything outside of those 7 episodes i don't really care, I just really loved the intertainment those 7 episodes gave me.

One scene in particular i thought was incredible was when the main guy tells his parents about the abuse and his dad opens up about his own history - amazing.

What parts were true/made up i couldn't care less.

That's the attitude people should be taking (taking entertainment at face value) but unfortunately a lot of people are not and conducting witch hunts online, I believe one guy has been named already and it's been debunked. But it being debunked doesn't take that guy's name off the likes of Reddit, Twitter etc...