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I thought I would start a thread for this show which is based on a true story of comedian Richard Gadd's expedience with a stalker.

I'm about half way through the first episode and I feel uncomfortable!

Here is a good article about his experience and conversation about the show. From what I have read, the show does get darker so I would say use your discretion.

www.independent.co.uk

Richard Gadd on Netflix’s Baby Reindeer and his real-life tale of stalking and trauma

The Scottish comedian talks to Louis Chilton about his groundbreaking new Netflix series, which explores his own terrifying history with a stalker, and delves into the dark complexities of sexual violence
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk

What do others think of it? 🙂
 
I've binge watched the entire thing and I thought it was utterly brilliant. It was hilarious, heartbreaking, painfully sad, touching, clever, complex and memorable. I really commend Gadd in writing and directing something so painful and brave but how he also chose to play himself is beyond me.....it must have been cathartic but also really painful. I can't recommend it enough!
 
I thought it was absolutely brilliant.
I almost skipped it because of the name - I just assumed it was an American comedy - bad Santa, baby driver etc. What ‘compelled‘ me to watch was because I recognise Al from Emmerdale in the promo clip, confirming it wasn’t an American comedy.
Richard Gadd is a fantastic actor and writer. This wasn’t the usual stalker film it is so nuanced and makes you think about your own life. When he says he was more in love with hating himself…so dark and poignant.
I highly recommend it.
 
Just finished it.

It’s really given me a lot to think about.

Even though Martha was unhinged he clearly has empathy for her despite the fact she made his life hell.

I can’t begin to imagine how hard this was for him to write / film etc but I’m so glad he did. It’s definitely one of the best things I’ve seen on Netflix in a long time.
 
BoogleC said:
I really enjoyed this, thought it was really well done although episode 4 (I think) took quite an unexpected dark turn and was very disturbing.
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Looking at the behaviour in the aftermath was harrowing, and addressed incredibly well. It was something that isn’t often covered so openly in tv shows. The internalisation and the outward actions and to bare that publicly should be applauded. That said I did spend half the time out of the room for the initial part as I found it pretty distressing.
 
Jadejones9596 said:
I’m enjoying this! I missed the facts behind how he and teri met, why was he pretending to be someone else on a chat site?
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From what I remember he signed up to a dating site under the name Tony and said he was a builder and this was because he was confused about his sexuality and embarrassed about dating a trans woman. That’s why he always meets her in the same darkly lit restaurants at the beginning.
 
dovelist said:
From what I remember he signed up to a dating site under the name Tony and said he was a builder and this was because he was confused about his sexuality and embarrassed about dating a trans woman. That’s why he always meets her in the same darkly lit restaurants at the beginning.
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That was my takeaway too. Just finished the series, absolutely blown away. What an incredibly brave man
 
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