Adolescence (2025)
We binge-watched this four episode limited series on Netflix over the weekend. What a ride!
If you’ve watched all of Netflix’s limited series Adolescence, take a deep breath. The moving but agonizing tale about a young boy named Jamie (Owen Cooper) who is accused of murdering his female classmate is a harrowing watch, as the four episodes chronicle his arrest, a psych evaluation, and the effects on his classmates and family. Each episode of the U.K.-set drama is shot in a single take, embedding the audience into the action—and the emotions—alongside the police, the Miller family, and Jamie himself.
The standout third episode of the must-watch series is a two-hander between Jamie and his court-ordered psychologist (Erin Doherty), and their conversation is both biting and nurturing at the same time. During their one-on-one, Jamie reveals that the victim had cyberbullied him by referring to him as an incel, and then accidentally admits to the crime—a sentence he tries to take back immediately.
I’ve written about incel, previously. The D.I.’s son suggests to him that 80% of women like only 20% of men, implying that 80% of men are involuntary celibate. That’s a problem, isn’t it? When male hormones are seeking release, violent things happen to women. That has to stop.
We have been warned.
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