Review of The Baby

The Baby (2022)
2/10
Had so much potential
21 November 2022
Initially the opening scene got me hooked, it was dark, mysterious and interesting. Then I got to episode four and realized that they ran out of ideas and REALLY tried to stretch out an already thin plot. They try too hard to be smart, different and try so hard to get a message out there but it gets lost in a muddy plot, cringe-worthy dialog and jokes that fall flat. The characters are never interesting and all pretty unlikable, especially Natasha and Bobbi. The best parts of the show are the titular Baby, Ms. Eaves, and the ending (but partially because it meant the show was over). It felt like the writers/creators took themselves too seriously and wanted to make something artsy when in reality they could've had a darkly funny gore-fest. It starts off feeling like its going to be a witty dark comedy but quickly becomes a message about mental health and symbolism, which is fine but it's such a tonal shift that it never fully recovers and loses any potential it had. In the end it was meh.
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