Making sense of murder in an adolescent world

Making sense of murder in an adolescent world

Owen Cooper who plays the disturbed and distressed teenager Jamie and Stephen Graham as his father Eddie in Adolescent. When it comes to television shows about murder investigations, sometimes it feels like everything has been done… but not everything, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL. The scramble to churn out as much content as possible in this streaming era means crime series have become so prolific that it’s now exhausting – even for af…

It is the series of the moment and, perhaps, some are already advancing, that of the year. Created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham (who plays the role of the father), broadcast since 13 March on Netflix, it starts with the muscular arrest of a thirteen-year-old suspected of murder. Of these four episodes filmed in sequence, which multiply the angles and questions, we do not go out unscathed. We have asked two psychologists who have seen "Adole…

Cd. of Mexico.- Early in the morning, Jamie, 13 years old, is arrested, accused of stabbing a schoolgirl to death, of which goes the British Teenage miniseries, which is a success and is causing anxiety among parents about toxic and misogynistic influences on young people. Adolescence is the series most followed in Netflix, with more than 24 million visits in a week of diffusion. On the family sofa, in the coffee machine, in Parliament, is the s…

After the Korean drama Hero Fragiles on Netflix (or Weak Hero Class 1 initially), here are other series that address the issue of school harassment. This Korean drama was a phenomenon when it was released. Weak Hero Class 1 arrived on Netflix at the end of March 2025, renamed Hero Fragiles for the occasion.

Released last March 13th, the British miniseries “Adolescence”, on Netflix, has dominated the discussions of educators, parents, and mental health professionals about the various issues that permeate the production. Between debates about toxic masculinity, excessive and inconsequential screen use, and lack of parental control, the topic of bullying in the school environment stands out in the history of violence committed by Jamie (Owen Cooper).

In the midst of a debate about what to do with young people and their excessive exposure to screens, a British series has appeared in Netflix, Adolescence, which has revived the conversation about it. As clinical psychologist José Ramón Ubieto rightly said in this article, “every time a series about teenagers appears publicized as ‘the series that you will not forget’.” And so, until the next one. It is much worse when, moreover, the series in q…