Baby Reindeer
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Well, the floodgates finally opened up onBaby Reindeers sixth episode in an alarminganddeeply satisfying way.
Totally different, right?
In fact, shes recorded everything hes ever said to her and turned it all over to the police.
She tells him to stop contacting Martha, full stop, and that he should also apologize to her.
Shes not about to shut herself in her house and live in fear for the rest of her life.
Shes come too far in her life in her gender identity, even to hide.
Shes finally the person she wants to be, and he doesnt seem to understand that.
That being said, cutting him loose is 1,000 percent the right move for her.
He doesnt want a partner.
He just wants someone to wallow with.
I thought she was great in the series, and I cant wait to see what she does next.
(I think because theyre off doing coke?)
She snaps, lunges, and breaks her glass in his face.
She seems to be trying to gouge his eyes out and he hits her back.
Something flashes across Donnys face, and its clear that he finally gets why his jokes arent working.
You only saw me.
Id watch these fucking other comics rising above me, and Id never understand why them and not me.
He wanted to be famous because when youre famous, people see you as famous.
Being famous, Donny says, means no one thinks youre a loser, a drip, or queer.
Is my self-respect so low, he asks.
When it comes to that situation, he says, hes not sure how it will end.
I really think one of us is going to have to die now, he deadpans.
And Im not a killer.
In America, wed probably worry that hed have a gun.
Watching Donny lay all his history out at the show felt like watching someone set themselves on fire.
Everything he hid is now out in the most sweeping and public way possible.
He didnt just dump his truth on a close confidant in a way that he could walk back later.
Im interested in whereBaby Reindeergoes from here, with its big finale episode.
According to Martha, you cant legally deny a woman on her period a glass of water.
Shes a lawyer, too, so she must know.
