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[ The following story contains major spoilers from Half Man ‘s third episode. ]

It’s safe to say things got explosive in the latest episode of Half Man .

Richard Gadd — who last month spilled all in The Hollywood Reporter ‘s digital cover story — is tackling rage and repression in his Baby Reindeer follow-up. The show follows two wildly different men, Ruben (Gadd) and Niall (Jamie Bell), bonded by trauma and co-dependence across the course of 30 years.

Airing weekly on Thursdays on the BBC (U.K.) and HBO (U.S.), the first three episodes have been led by Gadd and Bell’s young counterparts, Scottish breakout stars Stuart Campbell and Mitchell Robertson.…