Miniseries, which is inspired by an experience by creator, screenwriter, producer and protagonist Richard Gadd, is among the most watched on Netflix
Even before becoming one of TV’s biggest recent hits, Baby Reindeer (Baby Reindeer) had already triggered a simple reference to another series, which “broke” the internet when it was launched almost twenty years ago.
More attentive fans of the Netflix novelty noticed that the email address of MarthaThe stalker lived by Jessica Gunning (The Crimes of Fortitude), has the sequence of numbers “4 8 15 16 23 42”the same cursed combination featured in Losta series launched in 2004, which followed the lives of survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious island.
Baby Reindeer: the ‘random series of numbers like spam’ used in the stalker’s email address are, in fact, the cursed numbers from LOST pic.twitter.com/JksoAJwLJs
— Jacob Stolworthy (@JacobStolworthy) April 18, 2024
The first appearance of the numbers in the series involved the charismatic Hugo ReyesO Hurley (Jorge Garcia), who used them to play the lottery. However, after winning a million-dollar prize, everything started to go wrong in the life of the former waiter at a fast-food restaurant. fast foodincluding the accident that led him to the mysterious island.
In the following seasons of Lost, the sequence of numbers reappeared repeatedly. In one case, it was typed into a computer to supposedly prevent the end of the world. Afterwards, it was used to designate some of the characters chosen to be on that island. However, the series never explained why the specific sequence was so special (or so cursed).
About Baby Reindeer
In Baby Reindeer, Richard Gadd plays the comedian Donny Dunn – a version of himself – who is desperate to fulfill his dream of making a living from his art. However, while that doesn’t happen, he works as a bartender in a London bar.
On what seemed like another ordinary day, Martha (Jessica Gunning) enters the establishment. Dunn He asks her what she would like to drink, but the woman, who introduces herself as a lawyer with great personalities, says she has no money. Compassionate the bartender offers a complimentary cup of tea, unaware that he was beginning a disturbing relationship with the woman. Watch the trailer:
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