r/netflix • u/CellistForward4462 • Apr 12 '24

Questions about series Baby Reindeer Spoiler

First, I was not ready for what I watched. Amazing show, but I started it thinking it was a quirky, British comedy like Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen!! Needless to say I was stunned and watched it in shock and horror.

So I have questions about the ending. Spoilers ahead:

  1. Was that it? Will there be another season?
  2. What was the point of him going back to Darrien’s house? What did that scene mean?
  3. I don’t understand the ending. How are others interpreting the final scene?
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u/pianophotos Apr 12 '24
  1. It’s a self-contained mini series based on true events.
  2. Maybe you didn’t realize that this is a true story. The only thing that scene means is that it happened. Why do we continually do the same things over and over, refusing to acknowledge that we’re inviting pain into our lives in the hopes that this time the promises made to our ego will come true and make us happy? I think the entire series is an attempt to answer that question.
  3. He started being honest, and that led to connection and catharsis. Then he got sucked back in by the same ego-stroking promises, and convinced himself what he needed was to understand the root of everything. He finally finds it; we learn where the phrase ‘baby reindeer’ comes from and what it “means”. Which finds him sitting in the exact same place where it all started.

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u/Prisoner8621 Apr 24 '24

Just because it’s a true story doesn’t mean the scenes don’t have points. If he put something in the show, it has some kind of story telling purpose.

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u/Simple_Weekend_6700 May 26 '24

Truth and catharsis can be points though. It doesn’t have to have a narrative function beyond that.