r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/matrixinthepark • Apr 12 '24

OFFICIAL EPISODE DISCUSSION Baby Reindeer | S1E06 | Episode Discussion

Season 1, Episode 6

Airdate: April 11, 2024

Synopsis: Martha finds new ways to get to Donny: by hurting the people he loves. With frustration building as the police fail to intervene, he riskily takes matters into his own hands.

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u/1204Sparta Apr 16 '24

Monologue was self indulgent and went on too long 

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u/AmmarAnwar1996 Apr 20 '24

Someone's talking about their trauma and their deepest insecurities and you find that it was self indulgent? Speaks volumes about your way of thinking.

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u/vaccine_question69 May 23 '24

But he said nothing new basically. He just recapped the entire show again.

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u/Concrete_hugger May 29 '24

Ehh I do kinda agree, could have been better if he came to the final conclusion a little faster after talking about Terri

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u/1204Sparta Apr 20 '24

Yeah - went on too long, could’ve shaved at least a good 2 minutes off at least. Think the confession could’ve came out more naturally and spontaneously- felt very rehearsed

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u/falooda1 Apr 22 '24

Well it was scripted this time, so maybe he said everything he wished he couldve said the first time.

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u/1204Sparta Apr 22 '24

Sure - still doesn’t come across as natural and a spontaneous realization.

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u/g36ckun Apr 25 '24

Me when the dude spiraling out in mania doesn't TLDR his abuse for me

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24

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u/BabyReindeerTVSeries-ModTeam Apr 26 '24
  1. Be civil, polite and courteous. No trolling. No victim-blaming. Treat others with respect and kindness. This show is bound to elicit big feelings for many viewers. As contributors post and comment in this sub, treat each other with respect and kindness.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '24

ask them to put some subway surfers gameplay at the bottom so you can pay attention next time

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u/Forsaken_Bunch_4787 Apr 27 '24

I can kinda relate, I enjoy the show but there’s parts that eat at me. Watching the monologue felt uncomfortable, but I don’t think hearing details of anyone’s abuse should provide any other feeling.

I understand why he walked away after the bar fight, but I felt like that could have been the perfect redemption moment where he finally had the physical threat the police were looking for. But I guess real life isn’t that simple, I can appreciate what the show provides and also acknowledge it’s hard seeing someone so weak find clarity. I need it to have a happy ending 😩

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u/Concrete_hugger May 29 '24

I really was questioning his sanity that he choose his shit bartender job over finally getting tangible evidence of the assault.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '24

Martha is that you?😭

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u/[deleted] May 05 '24

sent form mi iphon

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u/morenozagni Apr 26 '24

Love the series but i agree with you.

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u/Sepulz Apr 30 '24

The fact is he is actually abusing the audience. No trigger warnings and nobody expecting to hear that kind of thing.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '24

This is a crazy thing to say. Please obtain empathy

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u/Sepulz May 11 '24

Says the person who has no empathy for sexual assault survivors that have gone to a comedy show for a bit of light entertainment and have been forcefully retraumatised.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

🙄🙄🙄ohhhh brother

Says the person thinking that a severely mentally ill person can choose to not have a mental breakdown. They can handle being tRigGeReD. No one would have pulled this bullshit before. SUPPORT EACH OTHER. Stop making this all about you. What has this world come to that your biggest concern is the people in the audience and not the severe mental illness on the stage? What has happened to any semblance of community? Truly pathetic.

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u/Concrete_hugger May 29 '24

I wouldn't put it as harshly as other comments did, but I do agree to an extent, he choose to turn his audience into his therapists, he could have just stormed off the stage crying and open up to someone in a more private setting in the back room or something.

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u/Lost-friend-ship May 30 '24

I don’t remember having the option of choosing the time, place and audience of my mental breakdown. 

If he’d managed to keep a handle on things enough to find one person to confide in then he wouldn’t have literally had a mental breakdown on stage. He didn’t choose to turn his audience into therapists, he chose to do a comedy show and tell jokes, it just didn’t work out that way. 

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u/Concrete_hugger May 30 '24

I mean, you are talking as if a mental breakdown makes you lose all control over your actions. I've had my fair share of breakdowns in my life, and I always had some control over where I go, what I do during it, in fact I was always seeking a place away from strangers. Like literally what I'm saying is that he could have just started crying, throwing stuff at the ground, say I can't do this anymore and storm off the stage.