Baby

Fed up with their families and classmates, two teen girls from a wealthy part of Rome are drawn to the city's underworld and start leading double lives.

Baby (2018-2020) is an Italian teen drama series created by Andrea De Sica, Antonio Le Fosse, Giacomo Mazzariol, Marco Raspanti, Romolo Re Salvador and Eleonora Trucchi for Netflix. Across three seasons and eighteen episodes, the story follows two teenage girls from a wealthy district of Rome, Chiara Altieri (Benedetta Porcaroli) and Ludovica (Alice Pagani), who grow fed up with their families and classmates and are drawn toward the city's underworld. Their pursuit of excitement and independence pulls them into secret lives that run parallel to their school days, with the bright surface of privileged adolescence gradually cracking under the weight of what they are hiding. Principal characters include Fabio Fedeli (Brando Pacitto), Niccolò Rossi Govender (Lorenzo Zurzolo) and Damiano Younes (Riccardo Mandolini), whose lives tangle with the girls' choices. Each episode of this serialized drama stacks school corridors, family dinners and nighttime city streets against the danger of the underworld. The tone is tense and unsettling, with a melancholic undercurrent of adolescent restlessness and class tension. Viewers who enjoy the teen drama style of Elite and Gossip Girl will find resonance in its portrait of privileged youth and the costs of secrecy.

Audiences find the series a provocative, glossy look at teenage double lives in Rome, though its middle and later seasons draw mixed reactions.

• Gossip Girlshared teen drama tone, class divide between wealthy and working-class worlds, serialized coming-of-age secrets
• Eliteshared teen drama subgenre, youthful double lives and moral unraveling among privileged adolescents
• Euphoriashared prestige teen drama tone, sexual exploration and social pressure in affluent high school settings

Created by

Andrea De Sica, Antonio Le Fosse, Giacomo Mazzariol, Marco Raspanti, Romolo Re Salvador, Eleonora Trucchi

Release Date

2018-11-30

Episode runtime

50 min

Rating

6.9 / 10 (919)

What is Baby about?

Two wealthy Roman teenage girls, fed up with their families and classmates, slip into the city's underworld and begin living double lives.

What is Baby like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Baby as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is Baby violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Baby as moderate.

What did critics think of Baby?

Audiences find the series a provocative, glossy look at teenage double lives in Rome, though its middle and later seasons draw mixed reactions.

Which shows are like Baby?

Shows with a similar feel include Gossip Girl, Elite, and Euphoria.

How long is Baby?

Baby: 3 seasons, 18 episodes.

Is Baby still running?

No, Baby has ended.

Where can I watch Baby?

In United States, Baby streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.