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Richard Gadd admitted he is interest to see what audiences think. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 14 April 2024 at 09:20 AM<\/p>

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Warning: Spoilers for Baby Reindeer ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baby Reindeer has crept up to the number one spot on Netflix<\/a>\u2018s top 10, as the thriller series continues to impress audiences with its storytelling and hard-hitting topics.<\/p>\n

The seven-parter follows Donny (Richard Gadd), a barman who offers a free cup of tea to Martha (Jessica Gunning), who becomes his stalker. It is inspired by Gadd\u2019s real-life experience<\/a>, who was stalked over three years and was sent more than 41,000 emails, voicemails totalling 350 hours, 744 posts on X (formerly Twitter), 46 Facebook messages and 106 pages of letters.<\/p>\n

With the episodes running from 30 to 45 minutes, plenty of people have binged the series and are likely still pondering on the ending scenes.<\/p>\n

In the final moments of Baby Reindeer<\/a>, Donny orders a drink at a bar. When he realises he has misplaced his wallet, the barman feels sorry for Donny and gives him the drink on the house. The scene has clear parallels to the first episode, in which Donny offered Martha a drink on the house because she couldn\u2019t afford it.<\/p>\n

The ambiguous ending is something creator Gadd is happy with and is admittedly keen to see what audiences feel about it.<\/p>\n

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Richard Gadd as Donny in Baby Reindeer.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

In an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Gadd said: \u201cI quite like the ambiguity of the ending, I sort of don\u2019t want to put a meaning on it. I think it can be interpreted in a lot of different ways. I know what it is in my head \u2013 that ending\u2019s my favourite thing in the whole series, the way it ends.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom plugging in the headphones to going all the way to the end, hearing the voicemail, looking up, that\u2019s my whole favourite bit in the whole series. I think it can be interpreted in multiple ways and I like that it can. I\u2019m quite keen to see what people think actually.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the final episode is the revelation of why Martha calls Baby Reindeer, which the show is aptly named. In a voicemail, Martha tells Donny she had a cuddly baby reindeer toy when she was younger, which Donny reminded her of.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are the spit of that reindeer,\u201d she says. \u201cSame nose, same eyes, same cute wee bum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gadd\u2019s co-star, Jessica Gunning, revealed she \u201cclung\u201d to the voicemail when portraying Martha because of its emotional value.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the thing I always went back to,\u201d she told RadioTimes.com<\/strong>.<\/p>

\u201cSo in the courtroom scene, in the scene when she\u2019s on her own at the bar, that\u2019s actually the voicemail I read just to get me into that \u2013 I find it so emotional, that final voicemail. That\u2019s the thing that I clung to in terms of her past. That voicemail is absolutely the thing I clung to for sure because I just found that so emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of the series finale, Gunning explained that by the end, there is \u201cno winner\u201d and that is clear for audiences to see.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cIt\u2019s not a success story, there\u2019s no victory there. That\u2019s why that stage direction is so amazing \u2013 there\u2019s no jump scare like, \u2018Ha ha, got you\u2019. It\u2019s two lost people and that\u2019s captured so well.\u201d<\/p>\n