Netflix’s Adolescence earns awards attention while probing incel culture

Collider reports that Netflix’s miniseries Adolescence has continued to draw attention after sweeping at the 77th Emmy Awards and impressing at the Golden Globes.

The four-part English series, developed by Stephen Graham, centers on the brutal murder of a 13-year-old girl and is filmed in real time, with each episode shot in a single take. It begins with the arrest of Jamie (Owen Cooper) and quickly presents a police video of him stabbing Katie, shifting the drama away from a procedural investigation and toward the search for the murder weapon and the forces that may have driven him.

Across its episodes the show examines Jamie’s exposure to involuntary‑celibate internet culture and how parents, schools and online spaces can intersect to radicalize young boys. Key scenes include a therapy session in Episode 3 with Briony Ariston (Erin Doherty) that probes Jamie’s psychology, and moments in which Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe (Ashley Walters) recognizes his own distance from what kids are experiencing; other characters, such as Adam (Amari Bacchus) and Katie’s friend Jade (Fatima Bojang), illustrate the wider harms the series spotlights.

The series offers no tidy answers and emphasizes that responsibility may be shared across multiple social blind spots. Adolescence was developed by Stephen Graham, co-written with Jack Thorne, and is listed with a release date of March 13, 2025 on Netflix.

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