We all have some conceptions about babies. They just can’t be ignored! Good or bad, most of the opinions assert that babies are indeed cute and utterly huggable. Corruption is at least a hundred miles away from their soul, but wait, hold on! Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves. The Baby has come to trample upon our dreams and comically do it.
The new horror-comedy series on HBO has released 4 episodes, and they are jam-packed with stuff that surely one would get hooked up for another 4 episodes. It is no Baby’s Day Out, kid! The Baby is here to give people nightmares, albeit those that will make you giggle.
The Plot
One day a baby fell from the sky and fell upon the arms of a woman and forcefully bestowed her the honor of motherhood. The Baby, however, is no ordinary baby. Along with superpowers, the Baby has another secret, and he is a demon (or something very similar, the mystery is yet to be revealed).
The show is tinged with dark humor. The lead character Natasha is leaden with the horrors of motherhood. Her childless 38-years are suddenly turned upside down; from a leaf floating over the meadows, she becomes a twig rocking in the storm.
You Can Run! You Can Hide! But You Can’t Escape Baby’s Love!
In the very first episode, the mysterious Baby enters Natasha’s life. And no matter what she does, she can’t get away from the Baby. It gives Case 39vibes; however, the spirit/baby here doesn’t seem that harmful to the mother itself, or we will have to see ahead to confirm.
The horror elements in the series seem genuine and not the usual jump-scare stuff that cheap budget movies and series are usually plagued with. It, on the contrary, has a character of its own that wants to assert something more than a simple watch and forget the experience.
What Will Be In Episode 5?
The fifth episode will release on May 22nd. The premise presented by the HBO says, “As Natasha and Mrs. Eaves remain trapped in Barbara’s summer solstice ritual, the baby’s complicated origin, connection to Mrs. Eaves, and trauma-filled path to Natasha are revealed.”
In the preview, we see a flashback of two women in love, going by the seaside, affixed in embraces on the bed. And then some violent scenes come one after the other speedily, creating the sombreness around Baby’s past.
Horror Comedy Is An Evergreen Combo.
This genre is complex, and one has to deal with it sensitively, or it can soon turn into a grotesque or derogatory piece. This show, however, maturely explores the themes that it has introduced so far. There is a subtlety that binds the episodes together. But what is not subtle is the impatience that we have because of the lack of episodes that were not dropped on us like nukes so that we could get lost in our bingeing oblivion. Sigh!
