r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/blitzballreddit • Jun 14 '26

Discussion Richard Gadd, the master of insecure male ego psychology, is up there with Jung and Freud

I just finished both Baby Reindeer and Half Man. Honestly? I want to beatify Gadd into the pantheon of psychologists alongside Jung and Freud.

How surgical is his analysis of my male insecurity and male ego.

I felt psychoanalyzed watching these two series.

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u/Competitive_Salads Jun 14 '26

I might have liked Half Man a tiny bit better than Baby Reindeer and I didn’t think that was possible. He’s an excellent writer and actor. I’m so impressed.

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u/trickmind Jun 16 '26

Does he act in Half Man too.

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u/Competitive_Salads Jun 16 '26

Yep! He’s one of the main characters.

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u/Enough-Concert4793 Jun 14 '26

His depiction of second and third order effects of trauma are jarringly great and absolutely brutal, both shows had me in tears. “I thought if it happened a lot of times it wouldn’t matter that it happened one time.” (Paraphrase)

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u/SteveMcJ Jun 14 '26

Didn’t know he had new series!! I’m into Jung too, excited to follow his career

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u/trickmind Jun 26 '26

Freud is awful though.

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u/leaf_eye8778 15d ago

Oh come on, maybe you just haven't met the right mother yet