House-32182

This documentary was an incredibly bizarre watch. I knew this woman was dumb when her first boyfriend kept running every time the idea of marriage was presented and then she'd let him come back to take her on the same merry go round. She wasted nearly 18 years of her life being strung along by him and then wasted the next decade on an unfathomable online fantasy, and then cry's about how shes now middle aged and childless. Well duh! As the documentary unfolds, it becomes clear that she ignored a staggering amount of red flags. Her naivety, gullibility, desperation and astounding stupidity is what allowed any of it to happen in the first place. Never cared to verify a single thing or person in real life! She was sending voice notes to all these different characters and never got anything back except written messages. She sent countless voice notes and video's to Bobby and never saw him or heard his voice! Even after the fake witness protection was over, she never did a 2 way video call for months, maybe years! Like what?! Towards the end she says she doesnt want any sympathy.... Dont worry, you're definitely not getting any.

I had no idea what to expect with this show, it just popped up on my Netflix recommended and I decided to give it a go and was captivated from ep.1. Without giving too much away Baby Reindeer tells the true story of a man and the woman who stalks him but it's so much more. It a brutally honest version of two very broken individuals, one who is destructive to others and one who is hell bent on self distructing and how they form a bizarre and thoroughly toxic connection. The vulnerability it took to make this show is praise worthy and it was done with such elegance and rawness. It's not an easy watch by any stretch and it's disturbing at times but if you are willing to sit through the brutality, there is a breathtaking beauty in this show rooted in the honesty it's told with.