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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 4978927, member: 2500"] I binged "[B]Baby Reindeer[/B]" (Netflix) over the past couple of days, without having read anything about it, other than it was promoted as a "dark comedy". "Dark" doesn't even begin to describe it. I imagine it's going to win a bunch of awards for being one of the most disturbing series to ever appear on TV. But unlike the dark and disturbing comedy "Poor Things", there aren't many actual laughs to be had here. Instead, it's just one depraved character after another, including the protagonist. Reviews have alluded to viewers "having pity" for the lead's plight, but other than a later love interest (Teri) and the lead's parents, there are no characters here I found worthy of sympathy, and other than the three characters just named above, I couldn't find myself empathizing with anyone. They are all broken people, but IMHO, of their own doing moreso than mental cases who needed help only to find the system failed them. What I view as "lack of personal responsibility" is what seems to drive the plot. Given it's based on a true story of the writer/lead's life, that the guy is being hailed in media as "brave" and "honest" confounds me. To me, this is a guy who made a series of bad decisions, each one with enough warning lights and sirens screaming "G-T-F-O", but he decided to stay. And that decision affected everyone around him. I don't think one should get awards for that. YMMV. [/QUOTE]