Stephen Graham stars in Netflix 4-parter “Adolescence”

I think the opposite viceversa, hes just received an accolade for his acting career. Every film, or drama, he touches, is pure magic.

Dramatic licence led to some of the characters being ill informed about incels and emojis.
A brilliant production.
The way the impact on the family of the child murderer was shown was excellent

I thought it was very good. I particularly liked the first episode as I thought the way it showed what happened in the police station was very authentic. I worked in police admin for some years in a busy station, prepared files for court which involved inputting all the statements and interviews and I thought it was refreshing to see how the police officers were portrayed as doing their job which can be tough particularly with kids.

One thing I'd change would be I'd give him a brother, I thought son gone bad versus the perfectly delightful daughter was just playing into a common theme i.e. boys are trouble. As the mother of 4 I'd say I had very few issues with the boys but my DD was bullied mercilessly by some very vile girls at school. The boys in her class were supportive so I would have liked to get away from that idea although I suppose we did see the angry friend of the victim but of course her anger would be understandable.

Don't have Netflix but might get a month's subscription for £5.99.

We don't have Netflix but I know my DC and DCIL with adolescent children have watched it.

Watched this while visiting friends with Netflix over the weekend. Powerful and definitely worth watching especially if young teenagers are in your lives.

This should be a required watch for every parent and i hope it is shown in every classroom in every school. As Stephen Graham said in the last episode. "We didn't know what he was doing up in his room. He would get home from school and go straight up to his room. What did we do wrong?" They did nothing wrong of course. It was so sad. The acting in the last episode was incredible and it did end positively with the now depleted family finding strength in their bond and staying strong.

Parents need to check what their children are looking at online whether it be pro-anorexia sites, incel sites, stupid Tiktok challenges, suicide sites, grooming, terrorism, being bullied etc. Mobile phones should be banned in schools end of.

So many young people are being sucked in, developing mental health issues, self harming, drawn into crime or losing their lives.

It was sad, depressing and bleak. But that’s what made it such an important programme. The whole point was that there are things going on in the lives of adolescents that adults don’t understand or even know about. It is our duty, if we have young people in our lives, to learn about them, so we can be of at least some help to them. If we choose to look the other way because it is too bleak for us, what is it going to be like for them, and even more importantly- who will they turn to?

I found it very sad, depressing and bleak

I feel as if this stuff doesn't help my MH. I found an old copy of the Radio Times the other day.
How things have changed.

I enjoyed the first 2 episodes, thought the acting was great from all the cast . Episode 3 was well done, with the long scene between the accused and the psychologist. I got bored in episode 4, felt too much like an acting showcase for Stephen Graham.

Lots of people wouldn't know the word incel. If you don't text a lot or use Facebook you wouldn't know any emoji. I know I don't.

I gave up at the scene where the police battered down the door.
Daughter tells me that there was a teacher who didn’t know what an incel was. Also, the child psychologist had to have the emoji’s explained 🤦🏼‍♀️

Watched it all last night and thought episode 3 was excellent between the accused and the psychiatrist. However, from a school perspective I disagree with the portrayal of some of the staff and the acting was not so effective. I taught PSHCE for many years but we were too early for the effects of social media. However, I know it is on the curriculum.
My neighbours are police officers and we discussed the series. They said that officers would only have broken the door down if they suspected there were guns not for a teenager with a knife. They also said that the questioning techniques were not authentic.
I was educated about emojis and felt out of my depth by the sheer bullying of male to male, female to female etc.
My OH had never heard of Andrew Tate so he is now informed but many men do not realise he is a misogynist and how he influences adolescents.
This series would be excellent material for use in the classroom; parents need to watch it ; tech companies have to be more proactive in their auditing of material.
A worthwhile watch though!

ViceVersa

I like the look of this. I do like Stephen Graham - he's very under-rated as an actor.

Under rated by who exactly. Tbh I'm sick of seeing this said about him!

I have a 14 year old grandson so probably best to avoid it for me.

We usually like Stephen Graham, but just couldn't get into this. Watched over 30 minutes, then gave up. But we were the same with Get Millie Black which we felt could have done with subtitles and Fear with Martin Compston. We love him normally, but didn't like the storyline.

So in the space of one week, we've binned three series with great reviews .

Next one on the list for tonight is Protection with Siobhan Finneran and Katherine Kelly - fingers crossed!

I knew I would enjoy watching Stephen Graham as he never disappoints.

Excellent drama and so true to life.

I found it very sad, depressing and bleak.

I imagine schools are very much the way they are now as depicted in the play.

I think all phones should be banned in schools now.

A good teacher could use this series in class to discuss sensitive issues with children. I would have liked a discussion where the whole class would discuss how hurtful comments, albeit through emoji symbols, make both boys and girls feel about themselves and each other. The young will always find a new way to use language to confuse their elders. We did it ourselves. Very sad series, but excellent for what it set out to show.

I thought it was a wonderful series superbly acted but terrifying. This could have been any family. I worry about social media as I have 10 year old and 7 year old grandchildren.
Self esteem is so easily eroded by others on social media even with grown-ups.
I have felt it on GN.

We binged watched it on Saturday night. Terrific casting and acting but I found it very harrowing and depressing, especially as I have grandsons of a similar age, who are never out and about at 10p.m. Are schools really like that? Zero respect for the teachers or each other. It did make me feel really sorry for teachers! It also did make me feel really out of touch with adolescent children, boys in particular.

My husband I watched all 4 episodes yesterday. It's a thought provoking and emotional drama on a subject that is eye opening and at times, difficult to watch. The acting is wonderful, from a great cast, but Stephen Graham is magnificent. The last scene is so powerful and raw. What a watch!!

My problem is that although Owen Cooper is actually 15, I wound’s want my 15 year old acting in this absolutely harrowing drama.

Agree. The male copper is excellent.

Um, watched parts of the first two episodes. I was mostly disturbed that parents would let their, admittedly, 15 year old do this. It is particularly harrowing and not sure I’d have wanted my 15 year old to perform in this.

My daughter is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in a Community Forensic role - her son is 12 …. Not sure if she’s going to watch as it will be a busman’s holiday but would like to know if she feels it’s authentic. Her husband is a Consultant forensic Psychiatrist who deals with kids up to 18 - not sure what he will make of it either. He deals with youth knife crimes quite often.

The young lad (14) who played Jamie was superb. I’m sure we will see more of this talented boy in the future. Apparently, this was his first acting role.