The first two minutes of The Baby, an eight-episode series co-produced by HBO and Sky, features a mother’s gruesome swan dive off the edge of a cliff. The body count steadily rises over the rest of the season. Part horror, part comedy, the show centers on Natasha (played by Michelle De Swarte), a 38-year-old woman set against motherhood. In the first episode, a baby—possibly satanic—literally falls into her arms. The people whom Natasha tries to pawn the infant off on die with a baroque flourish. The violence is impressively unflinching, yet the show remains charming and whimsical. —Jensen Davis