Playing With Fire: A Review of "Baby Reindeer"

Unpacking (and relating to) Richard Gadd's masterpiece

When you watch something that really makes you feel something, when it’s time to talk about it, it’s hard to know where to begin. Baby Reindeer was a difficult watch. It started off fun—dark, a little odd, but fun. About halfway through the series it turned unsettling. Shortly after, it became painful. Stab-in-the-gut painful. Then, just when I was about to write the whole thing off as too much, the show turned back around, ending with some hope.