Baby Reindeer Recap: Is There Someone Else?

Even in episode one of Baby Reindeer, it was clear something else was going on underneath Donny’s surface. In episode two, in the wake of a date fueled by self-hate and a sexual assault, what that actually is starts to become a little more clear.

Whatever Donny is, he’s clearly somewhat of an optimist. Where that optimism comes from may not be a great place, but as he says at the beginning of the episode, he can’t bring himself to unfriend Martha, even...