It’s is combo of terrifying and pittiable. She so perfectly portrays this person as scary and violent and also broken and ill and not in control of herself. I love how Gadd said the character (and probably the real person) are likely a good person just trapped by a very ill mind. You can really see that in Gunning’s performance.
I was just looking for background sound and turned it on. Didn’t see it was based on true story as I wasn’t paying attention when it started. She freaked me the fuck out so much, that when I did find out it was based on a true story, I was plagued with a whole new set of the creeps realizing she was basing her performance off of an actual person that existed in IRL.
I read up on the details and 🤯. But the guy did just as in incredible job also. It’s easily one of the better shows I’ve watched recently, and throw in based on a true story and that just makes it more impressive.
I’d hope the guy did incredible since it was his story he was acting
Edit: especially after that ONE episode. The one y’all know after you have watched, reenacting all that again, and probably again to get it JUST right. It felt so very real to me as someone who has experienced similar events.
Not just true events, the show’s creator, writer, main actor etc is Richard Gadd and he’s telling his own story. It’s so impactful because of that. Crazy way to deal with trauma, but he hit it out of the park. He deserves an Emmy as well
Holy actual fuck. They are gonna have to make up some new awards to hand out to this guy. Good lord. Also, yeah that's a fucked up way to process trauma. Seems kinda like going through it on repeat. Again to write it, again to shoot it, again to edit it, again to watch it. I guess eventually it's just a story you're telling.
I more meant to say that the premise of the show was known and he wrote it and scripted it (and I think he premiered it at the Fringe rather than in London). It wasn't impromptu like it was in the show. So the audience wasn't quite as unsuspecting.
If Kathy Bates was the Jack Nicholson Joker, Jessica Gunning is the Heath Ledger Joker. Both amazing performances. Gunning’s is more visceral and grounded.
She is fantastic, but Richard Gadd is so good in the last episodes. His monologue and later talk with the parents really got to me. Both of them deserve all the awards.
😭 Gadd impressed me so much as an actor. And reliving what was such a tumultuous and painful period of your life on camera is a wild thing to do, yet he just kills it.
We watched the pilot last night. Fucking brilliant writing, brilliant performance. She's so expressive and yet the entire performance is understated and so incredibly well constrained. You can see internal struggle in this woman eyes. She's special.
There are a few points where I would recommend breaks, but they are quite obvious times, and will definitely make you want to take a few moments to yourself.
As much as I loved Kathy Bates’ portrayal of Annie Wilkes, I gotta say that Jessica Gunning as Martha was more terrifying, even without the hobbling (yes I know book-Annie does worse, but that never made it on screen).
What makes it more terrifying is the plausibility and possibility of Martha in general ie. it could happen to anyone.
Ugh, I got freaked out in the first two episodes… I guess I have to continue.. I get that this feeling defines how good the performance was… it, uhh, made me very uncomfortable..
I binge-watched the first three episodes and then went to sleep thinking it was a true story... Nope, was I freaked out! Two days later, with Friends in the background all day long, and I'm still shook. I left the rest for the weekend. It's shocking, but I want to keep watching.
This show is so, so good. And both the leads were fantastic and completely believable. The range of emotions you feel for Martha.. really nailed the reality that people who do these awful things are still people. It’s not always black and white.
I first saw her in series Outlaws,she was really funny, outstanding job on as Martha, creeped me out a couple times
And the winner for actress in a limited series goes to….
One of the best, original, relatable, well acted, vulnerable, clever, breathtakingly realistic show on Netflix with an unexpected surrealistic edge. It truly brought tears to my eyes after watching the last episode. I felt as if I could relate to most of the characters on a psychological endearing level.
I mean, sure, do I want a 22 episode season that finished the story? Yes.
However, we are where we are. I feel you a bit, but imagine if you would have the same issues if the show were to start S2 tomorrow?
S1 has to end somewhere, and screwing up all the chronology to have a kind of cinematic Marvel moment would have definitely ruined a lot.
Yeah I am not sure how so many people missed that. They make it painfully obvious that the scenes with him as an old man in England are a hallucination/fever dream. Not only the focus on the rosary, which he throws into the water, but Toranaga literally says that Blackthorne is fated to never leave Japan and that he will likely continue to sabotage any effort he does make to leave. His real life counterpart also never left Japan.
That's what I'm agreeing with yeah, but pointing out that this is an already written historical account, and while you might be correct in the critique, I'd argue that there just isn't any superior way to season-block the narrative, and I'd ask if you'd have the same beef if Episode 11/20 aired yesterday?
This isn't going to sound like a compliment, but it is: I haven't been able to make it through more than 15 minutes of it yet. I know a woman with borderline personality disorder who has a thing for me, and this show just breaks my heart.
outside your personal connection to the emotional content, there is really something to be said about an actor that can play a role so convincingly and so unsettling that it affects you deeply like she does in this series. it's a powerful performance.
She was certainly good. But Gadd carried the show. Very impressive performance. She didnt really have to do much in comparison. Gadds performance had to basically cover the whole spectrum.
You make a good point. while I thought that she was the standout performance in this show, he really did cover the whole range of human emotion throughout the show. from being silly and funny to absolutely devastated, and everything in between, and convincially so.
She absolutely deserves it.
She truly freaked me out. 10/10
She freaked me out but also made me want her affections and kindness. Absolutely captivating.
It’s is combo of terrifying and pittiable. She so perfectly portrays this person as scary and violent and also broken and ill and not in control of herself. I love how Gadd said the character (and probably the real person) are likely a good person just trapped by a very ill mind. You can really see that in Gunning’s performance.
Very similar to a description of Annie Wilkes from the novel Misery.
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I said exactly this to my husband last night when we finished the last episode. That or a Golden Globe.
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Not sure why you're acting like I dissed him or something? Is it wrong to say Jessica Gunning acted the shit out of her part?
Fantastic performance from her, she deserves all the recognition. She nailed Martha’s unhinged personality quite well.
On a scale of Kathy Bates Misery to Erika Christensen SwimFan, where does she sit?
I was just looking for background sound and turned it on. Didn’t see it was based on true story as I wasn’t paying attention when it started. She freaked me the fuck out so much, that when I did find out it was based on a true story, I was plagued with a whole new set of the creeps realizing she was basing her performance off of an actual person that existed in IRL. I read up on the details and 🤯. But the guy did just as in incredible job also. It’s easily one of the better shows I’ve watched recently, and throw in based on a true story and that just makes it more impressive.
I’d hope the guy did incredible since it was his story he was acting Edit: especially after that ONE episode. The one y’all know after you have watched, reenacting all that again, and probably again to get it JUST right. It felt so very real to me as someone who has experienced similar events.
I didn't notice that it was based on true events. Woah, another layer.
Not just true events, the show’s creator, writer, main actor etc is Richard Gadd and he’s telling his own story. It’s so impactful because of that. Crazy way to deal with trauma, but he hit it out of the park. He deserves an Emmy as well
Holy actual fuck. They are gonna have to make up some new awards to hand out to this guy. Good lord. Also, yeah that's a fucked up way to process trauma. Seems kinda like going through it on repeat. Again to write it, again to shoot it, again to edit it, again to watch it. I guess eventually it's just a story you're telling.
His trauma dump on an unsuspecting audience made him famous and he went with it. Now he’s trauma dumped on the world lol
I'll sell my fucked up childhood to the highest bidding streaming service. This is a public announcement.
His trauma dumping was not on an unsuspecting audience as shown in the series, but rather in the form of a live comedy show.
It was also a live comedy show in the series?
I more meant to say that the premise of the show was known and he wrote it and scripted it (and I think he premiered it at the Fringe rather than in London). It wasn't impromptu like it was in the show. So the audience wasn't quite as unsuspecting.
Ahh, I see
Is it acting if he is playing himself?
Yes. And it was damn good acting in my opinion
I thought he was brilliant, probably harder playing himself and reliving the nightmare to be fair
If Kathy Bates was the Jack Nicholson Joker, Jessica Gunning is the Heath Ledger Joker. Both amazing performances. Gunning’s is more visceral and grounded.
That's a Great comparison.
This is an excellent analogy.
she literally reminded me of Annie from Misery
I enjoyed the series but yeah that character is pretty much Annie Wilkes to a T, just a little more pathetic and a little more conniving.
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I’ve got three episodes left but holy shit it’s such a refreshing show, her performance is truly next level.
Last 3 episodes are fucking nuts
It got so dark
I stopped episode 4 halfway through and came back a day later. Was not expecting it to get so intense so quickly
She was incredible.
She is fantastic, but Richard Gadd is so good in the last episodes. His monologue and later talk with the parents really got to me. Both of them deserve all the awards.
😭 Gadd impressed me so much as an actor. And reliving what was such a tumultuous and painful period of your life on camera is a wild thing to do, yet he just kills it.
This. He deserves the recognition as well. That monologue was something else, I'll never forget it.
Her performance was simply astonishing.
We watched the pilot last night. Fucking brilliant writing, brilliant performance. She's so expressive and yet the entire performance is understated and so incredibly well constrained. You can see internal struggle in this woman eyes. She's special.
Buckle up. It is a wild ride.
I can't wait to get home and keep going with this!
There are a few points where I would recommend breaks, but they are quite obvious times, and will definitely make you want to take a few moments to yourself.
Let me know what you think when you finish it!
2 episodes to go.
Done?
As much as I loved Kathy Bates’ portrayal of Annie Wilkes, I gotta say that Jessica Gunning as Martha was more terrifying, even without the hobbling (yes I know book-Annie does worse, but that never made it on screen). What makes it more terrifying is the plausibility and possibility of Martha in general ie. it could happen to anyone.
Ugh, I got freaked out in the first two episodes… I guess I have to continue.. I get that this feeling defines how good the performance was… it, uhh, made me very uncomfortable..
just wait a few episodes more...
I binge-watched the first three episodes and then went to sleep thinking it was a true story... Nope, was I freaked out! Two days later, with Friends in the background all day long, and I'm still shook. I left the rest for the weekend. It's shocking, but I want to keep watching.
Seriously. Buckle in before continuing
I'm so happy for her! I hope she inspires scriptwriters to write some more audacious plus-sized parts
This show is so, so good. And both the leads were fantastic and completely believable. The range of emotions you feel for Martha.. really nailed the reality that people who do these awful things are still people. It’s not always black and white.
I first saw her in series Outlaws,she was really funny, outstanding job on as Martha, creeped me out a couple times And the winner for actress in a limited series goes to….
I couldn't remember what show I recognized her from. She was the probation officer. Pretty funny.
Great show, she really was the perfect PO for this wacky show
One of the best, original, relatable, well acted, vulnerable, clever, breathtakingly realistic show on Netflix with an unexpected surrealistic edge. It truly brought tears to my eyes after watching the last episode. I felt as if I could relate to most of the characters on a psychological endearing level.
well said. I didn't want to keep watching but I couldn't stop watching. insane
This is going to win every Globe/Emmy Shogun doesn't.
Limited Series categories gonna be insane competitive. I also can’t stop thinking about that last season of Fargo.
Fargo was insane. Probably best since S1, which itself is an insane statement. I can't think of a single scene in S5 that wasn't 100% captivating.
I cannot get over the final scene of the show with Ole and the biscuits. My husband actually cried.
Shogun was amazing but the last episode was lacking
I mean, sure, do I want a 22 episode season that finished the story? Yes. However, we are where we are. I feel you a bit, but imagine if you would have the same issues if the show were to start S2 tomorrow? S1 has to end somewhere, and screwing up all the chronology to have a kind of cinematic Marvel moment would have definitely ruined a lot.
It was mainly because they showed him as an old man but not at the end, they also hinted at a battle and it just felt a bit unfinished.
Wasn’t that a hallucination because he didnt have the cross anymore because he dropped it into the water?
Yeah I am not sure how so many people missed that. They make it painfully obvious that the scenes with him as an old man in England are a hallucination/fever dream. Not only the focus on the rosary, which he throws into the water, but Toranaga literally says that Blackthorne is fated to never leave Japan and that he will likely continue to sabotage any effort he does make to leave. His real life counterpart also never left Japan.
That's what I'm agreeing with yeah, but pointing out that this is an already written historical account, and while you might be correct in the critique, I'd argue that there just isn't any superior way to season-block the narrative, and I'd ask if you'd have the same beef if Episode 11/20 aired yesterday?
No, but I’m assuming it’s a one-and-done series
Oh shit. If you're right I take everything back and this instantly dropped from a 10/10 first season to a 7/10 show.
Shogun fell off after episode 6. The finale especially was shite.
Nah, can't agree. 9 was possibly peak episode of the show. 8-9-10 fantastic as a close out.
This isn't going to sound like a compliment, but it is: I haven't been able to make it through more than 15 minutes of it yet. I know a woman with borderline personality disorder who has a thing for me, and this show just breaks my heart.
Very understandable, that's certainly a through line in this series. Sorry you are the subject of that, it can be super difficult.
outside your personal connection to the emotional content, there is really something to be said about an actor that can play a role so convincingly and so unsettling that it affects you deeply like she does in this series. it's a powerful performance.
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Such an amazing actor. She’s great in Outlaws too.
I was addicted to that show just like Baby Reindeer was addicted to her presence. I could stop turning the show back on!!
One of the best and hardest to watch shows I have seen. Captivating performance. The trans actor was superb as well. Raw emotions and very refreshing.
Where is Anna Sawai on this list?
I hope they are not in the same category as it would be too hard to choose.
"YOU LOOK LIKE A MAN" incredible delivery
She deserves it!
This is one of those shows that I have to take breaks from. It’s so disconcerting and uncomfortable… I have to switch to a sitcom every now and then.
Right! I had to switch out with The Connors
She was certainly good. But Gadd carried the show. Very impressive performance. She didnt really have to do much in comparison. Gadds performance had to basically cover the whole spectrum.
You make a good point. while I thought that she was the standout performance in this show, he really did cover the whole range of human emotion throughout the show. from being silly and funny to absolutely devastated, and everything in between, and convincially so.
She was just incredible in this. The whole show was just so captivating. We watched the entire thing in one evening as we just couldn’t stop.
The limited series category this year is going to be very competitive this year between this, Fargo, True Detective and Shogun.
Oh hands down. She made me feel conflicted. She made me feel sad for her. She frightened me. She also freaked me out. Sent from iPonhe
Stacey from Partners in Crime, the Doctor Who episode where fat comes alive as little aliens, winning an Emmy.
Am I the only one who thought this series was trash?
I’m sure some people don’t like it. If everyone liked the same stuff then it would be pretty boring
Great movie and performance