By: germaine

I found The Baby very messy - tricky, even - but nevertheless it's one of the most interesting queer shows this year. And while it ends up in a very adultist perspective, before that, the central metaphor changes and mutates and takes a lot of twists I didn't expect - the premise seemed too simple to carry the show. And then every episode surprised me. There is something very meta in the way the show uses the genre, the whole "elevated horror" discourse; the show is in constant conversation with itself. There are so many perspectives on motherhood & queerness & body autonomy & desire to have children & desire to not have them within these eight episodes that I can only admire. Even when it seems to fail, it's still raw and uncomfortable. Also Amber Grappy is a true discovery, although the whole cast is brilliant.