Baby Reindeer
Episode 4
TV Flash files “Episode 4” as a desk essential hour — Baby Reindeer (2024) on Netflix, season 1, episode 4, aired 2024-04-11, 45 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 7 in the Baby Reindeer guide, hour 4 of 7 in season 1. It aired 2024-04-11 (45 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 3” (S01E03). Next is “Episode 5” (S01E05).
Essential hour: “Episode 4”. The midpoint of a seven-episode spiral: Gadd's stage-show bones still visible, Netflix heat already turning craft into a public argument.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As Donny reports Martha to the police, it triggers the memory of a traumatic experience he had with a man he met at the Edinburgh Fringe years before.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 4 sit in the Baby Reindeer guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 7 — hour 4 of 7 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did Baby Reindeer S01E04 air?
Episode 4 aired 2024-04-11 and is listed at 45 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…