Episode 4 is the fourth episode of the British thriller series Baby Reindeer.
Synopsis[]
As Donny reports Martha to the police, it triggers the memory of a traumatic experience he had with a man he met at the Edinburgh Fringe years before.
Plot[]
Donny went to the police station to make a report about Martha Scott. The police officer, Officer Daniels, did not feel that Donny was at risk and none of Martha's emails were threatening. When Officer Daniels asked why Donny took so long, Donny had a flashback to his past.
After high school, Donny moved to London and lived with his then-girlfriend, Keeley, and her mother Liz. Donny performed comedy shows at a pub, but had little success.
One day, in 2011, a bartender at the pub gave Donny a ticket to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Luna VIP Members Bar, which someone had left behind. At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Donny met Darrien O'Connor, who was a TV comedy writer on the show Cotton Mouth. Donny aspired to reach Darrien's level of fame. At the pub, Darrien coached Donny on how to do his comedy shows, which helped Donny become a success. Night after night, Donny would have a large audience, who would laugh at his jokes and pay him. However, once Darrien left, Donny's shows went back to having little success. People stopped coming to Donny's comedy shows and people at the pub would opt to watch football matches instead. Donny tried many times to reach out to Darrien, but he didn't reply to Donny's texts.
After many months, Darrien called Donny while he was in the middle of class, and they arranged to meet up. Donny wrote up a long script, which he brought to Darrien, but Darrien did not read it. Darrien encouraged Donny to keep working hard and made Donny believe that he could make him famous.
Donny went to Darrien's place on many occasions, leaving behind his frustrated girlfriend, Keeley at home. Darrien encouraged Donny to do drugs, such as MDMA and GHB. Darrien repeatedly assaulted Donny while he was unconscious. Despite knowing that Darrien was assaulting and taking advantage of him, Donny continued to go to Darrien's place. Keeley eventually broke up with Donny, but her mother, Liz, allowed Donny to continue living at her place. Liz had recently lost her older son, and perhaps Donny's presence helped Liz fill that void.
Back to the present, Donny's voice-over explains that he made the police report, he had only given the police half the story. He did not tell them Martha's identity, Martha's criminal history or Teri's assault. Since Darrien, who intentionally groomed and assaulted Donny, was never reported to the police, Donny struggled with the idea of reporting Martha, since she was clearly struggling with mental illness.
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| Characters |
| Donny Dunn • Martha Scott • Teri • Darrien O'Connor • Keeley • Liz • Gino • Greggsy • Detective Joanne Culver • Officer Daniels • Gerry Dunn • Elle Dunn • Francis |
| Cast |
| Richard Gadd • Jessica Gunning • Nava Mau • Tom Goodman-Hill • Shalom Brune-Franklin • Nina Sosanya • Danny Kirrane • Michael Wildman • Alexandria Riley • Thomas Coombes • Mark Lewis Jones • Amanda Root • Hugh Coles |
| Episodes |
| Episode 1 • Episode 2 • Episode 3 • Episode 4 • Episode 5 • Episode 6 • Episode 7 |