Baby Reindeer
Season 1
7 listed hours · 2024 · Netflix
From the desk
How this season is filed
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.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Baby Reindeer (2024) on Netflix as the only listed season — 7 listed hours, 2024-04-11 from “Episode 1” (S01E01) to “Episode 7” (S01E07). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Episode 1
The limited-series door: autobiographical nightmare comedy opening without a true-crime snack frame, Gadd and Gunning already volcanic.
- S01E07 Episode 7
The seventh hour as aftershock: viral success dragging real-world speculation into a run that still refuses easy victim-villain cartoons.
- S01E02 Episode 2
Second confession beat: the kindness trap tightening, nightmare-comedy craft still preferring discomfort to a clean moral diagram.
- S01E03 Episode 3
Mid-early hour where buried trauma starts answering the stalking plot; precise performance work, not a recap of anyone's real name.
- S01E04 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.
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S01E01 Episode 1
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.
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S01E02 Episode 2
On a date with Teri, Donny opens up about his stalker. Trying to be kind, he gives Martha false hope, which only encourages her further.
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S01E03 Episode 3
Donny takes some time off from the pub and tries to make amends with Teri. But no matter how much he avoids Martha, he can't escape her for long.
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S01E04 Episode 4
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.
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S01E05 Episode 5
Liz learns the truth about Martha and asks Donny to move out. It's a fresh start for him and Teri, but his memories stop them from getting truly close.
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S01E06 Episode 6
Martha finds new ways to get to Donny: by hurting the people he loves. With the police still failing to intervene, he takes matters into his own hands.
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S01E07 Episode 7
For the first time in his career, Donny feels like he's going somewhere. Until he makes one careless mistake that lets Martha explode back into his life.
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