The Baby goes too far

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"It’s funny where our subjective limits lie," says James Field of the HBO horror-comedy. "When The Baby’s preview came out, I was completely down for a horror-comedy about an evil baby manipulating a childless woman into becoming its guardian and murdering anyone who got in its way or showed a hint of hostility. The pilot came out last week but I held off on a review because it was very slow, and focused on setting up the characters and plot with little in the way of comedy or horror. A few people died, mostly off-screen, but it wasn’t gory or graphically violent. It deserved time to come into its own. Halfway through the second half-hour episode, I regretted that decision, as I watched the malicious little monster commit the kind of terrible act that first sent John Wick into a righteous fury." ALSO: The Baby star Michelle de Swarte: "I like babies. I’m not sure if I could have done this show if I didn’t."