Netflix has no plans for "Baby Reindeer" season two, but the controversy surrounding 'real Martha Scott' Fiona Harvey would provide plenty of inspiration.
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Netflix seemingly has no plans for "Baby Reindeer" season two, but the Fiona Harvey controversy could easily be turned into a drama series of its own.
The show is based on creator and lead actor Richard Gadd's experience with being stalked and it ends with his character, comedian Donny Dunn, explaining that his stalker, Martha Scott, went to prison for harassing him.
In a definitive moment of narration, Dunn states that he was also given a five-year restraining order against Scott and that he never saw her again.
Aside from the fact that the show is a limited series, meaning it will run for one season, the narrative doesn't leave the door open for a second season. Dunn overcomes the two major things he was dealing with at the start of the series: Scott has stopped stalking him and he has come to terms with being sexually assaulted by an older TV producer.
On April 22, Deadline reported that Netflix had submitted the show to compete in the limited series category at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, which suggests that "Baby Reindeer" is done.
But considering how audiences have been whipped up into a frenzy over the true story behind the series since it was released in April, it's understandable why some might wonder if the streamer is re-considering continuing the story.
Netflix could now dramatize the controversy surrounding Harvey and Gadd, which has unfolded since the show's release on April 11.
Viewers turned to social media to try to find the "real Martha Scott," with some harassing a 58-year-old Scottish woman, Fiona Harvey. On May 9, she appeared on "Piers Morgan Uncensored," where she claimed that she did not stalk Gadd and described him as the "ultimate misogynist." The interview has been watched over 11 million times.
Representatives for Netflix and Richard Gadd did not immediately respond to BI's request for comment.
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A second season could take a similar approach to another biographical Netflix drama: "Scoop." The 2024 film starring Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell dramatized the BBC's efforts to interview Prince Andrew on "Newsnight" in 2018.
A potential "Baby Reindeer" follow-up series could examine how social media users harassed Harvey online, which led her to come forward and appear on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" to defend herself.
Considering the delicate nature of the events surrounding Gadd, Harvey, and Morgan, it would make sense to cast actors to play them. In season one, Gadd played himself but the other characters were actors.
For now, Netflix hasn't commented on any new plans to continue "Baby Reindeer," and according to a BBC press release, Gadd's next project is a new drama he's written, "Lions," which will examine modern masculinity.
