Baby Reindeer
Episode 1
TV Flash files “Episode 1” as a desk essential hour — Baby Reindeer (2024) on Netflix, season 1, episode 1, aired 2024-04-11, 32 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 7 in the Baby Reindeer guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2024-04-11 (32 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Episode 2” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Episode 1”. The limited-series door: autobiographical nightmare comedy opening without a true-crime snack frame, Gadd and Gunning already volcanic.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Struggling comedian and barman Donny meets a lonely woman claiming to be a lawyer. He offers her a cup of tea on the house, and she's instantly obsessed.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 1 sit in the Baby Reindeer guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 7 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Baby Reindeer S01E01 air?
Episode 1 aired 2024-04-11 and is listed at 32 minutes.
How many episodes is it?
Seven. It is a limited series adapted from Gadd's one-man stage show, designed as a complete confession rather than a franchise open.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning's volcanic performances in a seven-episode limited series that refuses easy victim/villain cartoons. Autobiographical nightmare comedy about stalking, trauma, and viral aftershocks — a hard watch with precise craft, not a true-crime snack.
The silhouette is ordinary, which is the horror. Jessica Gunning's Martha is *terrifyingly everyday*; Richard Gadd's Donny Dunn looks like a struggling comedian who tried to be kind and then had to face his own buried trauma. Gadd's Netflix limited series premiered April 11, 2024 — seven episodes adapted from his one-man stage show, autobiographical nightmare as cringe, dread, and confession. Nava Mau's Teri offers complicated grace. Comedy-of-discomfort as true-crime-adjacent prestige, not a snackable stalker…
Filed against
- Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn
Richard Gadd detonates Baby Reindeer as Donny Dunn — autobiographical nightmare comedy about stalking, trauma, and viral aftershocks, seven episodes that refuse easy victim/villain cartoons. Jessica Gunning matches the voltage. TV Flash…
- Jessica Gunning as Martha Scott
Jessica Gunning’s Martha Scott made Baby Reindeer volcanic — seven episodes that refuse easy victim/villain cartoons, autobiographical nightmare comedy about stalking, trauma, and viral aftershocks. A hard watch with precise craft, not a…
- Nava Mau as Teri
Nava Mau’s Teri walked Baby Reindeer’s seven-episode nightmare without letting the hour become a true-crime snack — Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning’s volcanic craft, autobiographical comedy about stalking, trauma, viral aftershocks. TV…