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**TW SEXUAL ABUSE** To still be think about episode 4 of Baby Reindeer?

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Glass113 · 21/04/2024 08:51

I started watching Baby Reindeer the other night but actually had to turn it off during episode 4 as it was just so awful.

I don't know if I can go back to it. Has anybody finished it?

AIBU to say its stuck with me and I'm still thinking about it.

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MongoFrogman · 21/04/2024 09:53

I stopped watching at the start of episode 2 when he said he went on a trans dating site!

notanothernana · 21/04/2024 09:49

What shocked me the most was the guy who plays Donny also wrote it. He wrote it based on a true story. His own. So, he's acting out the abuse that he endured. That's powerful.

rubyslippers · 21/04/2024 09:26

It’s very harrowing but that’s the point
to see the grooming happen and his feelings around it - the series is very well done and it’s not exploitative at all

Runki · 21/04/2024 09:26

I did manage to see it through to the end but I had to skip most of episode 4. It was so awful and I couldn't watch it. What I found almost more shocking was what happens in a later episode though. I won't say what it was, in case you do continue with it, but it made me lose sympathy with the main character (the comedian) and I wished I hadn't invested so much time in it.

PeopleGetSoAngry · 21/04/2024 09:25

Yes, it is definitely worth finishing and nothing else quite that horrific happens. Episode 4 was a really difficult watch but overall its amazing tv.

Flamingogirl08 · 21/04/2024 09:19

Oh God it was shocking!

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