Baby Reindeer: The ending of the Netflix series is so different! This is what happened to the “real” Martha Scott

BABY REINDEER

April 21, 2024 at 7:30 p.m

“Baby Reindeer” is based on a true story in which a woman named Martha Scott stalks a comedian. We’ll tell you what fate the real Martha had to experience.

In the Netflix series “Baby Reindeer,” comedian Donny Dunn meets an older woman named Martha (Jessica Gunning) while serving her at his job at a bar. She then develops a pathological obsession with him and follows the bartender wherever she goes.

The lawyer Martha manages to interfere in his private life through perfidious means and drives him to the point of despair. Even the London police are of no help to the young man as he looks for a way out of his misery. The title “Baby Reindeer” alludes to a nickname given to him by Martha.

The plot of the seven-part miniseries is based on the true story of Richard Gadd, who plays the lead role in “Baby Reindeer”. The Scottish actor and comedian has already implemented his experiences with a stalker in a one-man show of the same name, which has now been adapted into a series by Netflix.

Im Interview with the men’s magazine GQ Gadd now spoke about his personal ordeal, which lasted over six years. The series adaptation on Netflix also made his trauma “extremely emotional [und] truthfully”. However, one thing in real life turned out completely differently than in “Baby Reindeer”, namely the end!

In the finale, Martha is sentenced to nine months in prison after she ultimately admits her guilt. What’s more, Donny enforces a five-year restraining order against Martha, prohibiting her from having any contact with him. The court hearing is the last time the two will see each other in the series.

Gadd was able to obtain an injunction against his stalker, which means she is not allowed to establish contact with him. But she probably never had to serve a prison sentence for her crimes. He gave his reason for this British daily newspaper “The Times”because he “didn’t want to throw someone who was in such bad mental health into prison.”

So it’s quite possible that the “real” Martha will even watch “Baby Reindeer” herself. If you also want to get your own impression of the miniseries, you can stream the first season with all seven episodes on Netflix since March 2024.