In mini-series, the story often ends super happily. No matter how bad things may look for the main characters in the episode before, everything just works out during the last 30-60 minutes of the series.
"Baby Reindeer" chooses a different path. Without any major drama, Donny finally gets rid of his antagonist, Martha. Here, the scriptwriters could have devoted the rest of the episode to sweetening and glossing over everything. Let Donny get his beloved Teri. Let him become the successful stand-up comedian that he has struggled so long to be.
But Donny is broken, traumatized, and the fact that Martha is out of his life doesn't mean he is fixed. At least not yet.
A few scenes stand out in the last episode, in addition to Donny's confession to his parents which others have also mentioned.
Martha's voice message to Donny about the background of "Baby Reindeer" is phenomenal. As sick and vile as her character is, I as a viewer suddenly sympathize with her. Feel sorry for her. Just like Donny did at the beginning of the series.
Donny's visit to Darren (a man who raped him), where as a viewer one might expect (and perhaps even hope for) some form of confrontation or revenge from Donny's side. Instead, Darren offers him a job again, and Donny accepts.
"Baby Reindeer" does not choose the easy, stereotypical solutions or reactions to deep wounds and traumas. And because of that, it becomes so much a better series.
"Baby Reindeer" chooses a different path. Without any major drama, Donny finally gets rid of his antagonist, Martha. Here, the scriptwriters could have devoted the rest of the episode to sweetening and glossing over everything. Let Donny get his beloved Teri. Let him become the successful stand-up comedian that he has struggled so long to be.
But Donny is broken, traumatized, and the fact that Martha is out of his life doesn't mean he is fixed. At least not yet.
A few scenes stand out in the last episode, in addition to Donny's confession to his parents which others have also mentioned.
Martha's voice message to Donny about the background of "Baby Reindeer" is phenomenal. As sick and vile as her character is, I as a viewer suddenly sympathize with her. Feel sorry for her. Just like Donny did at the beginning of the series.
Donny's visit to Darren (a man who raped him), where as a viewer one might expect (and perhaps even hope for) some form of confrontation or revenge from Donny's side. Instead, Darren offers him a job again, and Donny accepts.
"Baby Reindeer" does not choose the easy, stereotypical solutions or reactions to deep wounds and traumas. And because of that, it becomes so much a better series.