Episode #1.4

This episode started with a bit more of a positivity than previous ones with dad's birthday and so on. However, later it turned out to be a train of terrible events for the entire family.

Stephen Graham's performance here was top-notch! He conveyed father's emotions in an impossible way, e.g. With his outbursts of anger against the biker kids

It was a great finale of the series, showing how decisions of one family's member might affect the rest of them. However, it was especially about parents who feel responsible for their kid's downfall as a human being. A father even deliberates whether he could've done something better raising his kid, not being strict enough with him.

And this final scene with Stephen Graham in tears, saying "I'm sorry son. I should've done better" was an absolute masterpiece!

I'm sure I've only ever shed a tear at three films: The Green Mile, The Reader and The Whale. I may have also shed a tear or two during the final episodes of After Life and 1883. I have watched hundreds, if not thousands of films and TV shows.

This final powerful episode of Adolescence truly made me sob for several minutes after the closing credits. This felt awfully real and it's hard to fathom that families experience this kind of tragedy on a daily basis.

This is an emotionally raw and devastating final episode, sold with an absolute conviction by writer and star Stephen Graham. This for me was the most difficult of the four episodes to sit through, and not just because of the final 2 mins in the son's bedroom. The ripple effect of Jamie's actions has not only destroyed the lives of the victim's family, but his own family too, as they are left to answer for what he did.

It was utterly heartbreaking to watch Jamie's parents try to make any sense of their son's actions and whether they could have done anything different to prevent their son's descent into insecurity and misguided, misogynistic anger, which ultimately led him on a path to murder a fellow female classmate. Memories the parents discussed about Jamie suggested their son was dead and to an extent that was true. The son they thought they knew was dead.

Narratively speaking, this episode is slightly undercooked and the series as a whole offered no definitive answers. The writers try to say a lot, but the ideas aren't fully realised, limited I think by a runtime of less than 4 hours and the need I think for a fifth episode to explore beyond its own hints. It does leave you with more questions than it does answers.

I can't say I've enjoyed the experience of watching Adolescence and I will likely never be able to bring myself to watch this again. I sat there throughout with a heavy heart and a beating lump in my stomach. What makes this all the more difficult are the show's timely and scarily relevant themes. No doubt this is an important watch, and there are lessons to be taught and conversations to be had, not just about youth knife crime, but misconceptions around sex, the dated principles of masculinity and the power of the internet and its detrimental impact on mental health, self-worth and body image.

It's just not THAT good. It feels like people who've rated it this high have only watched netflix in their life so the benchmark is low. The concept is there but it's just simply lacking depth despite feeling like it's dragged at times. The last episode is just so boring and full of unnecessary dialogues which just made me feel uninterested for the full 20 minutes, so what's the point. I really wish the time was used better to create a narrative and back story leading to the incident.

Do i recommend it? Sure, watch it for the sake of knowing what people are talking about, but this is not an example of good tv.

This 4th episode was by far the best.

Thank God the producers avoided a trial based ending, and chose to deliver a brilliant antithesis between an otherwise happy day, and a constant inner battle within both parents. With flawless acting, this episode is an outstanding climax of a really well-shot mini series. Even the accent of the actors is addictive. Mr Graham is an amazing actor, hope we will get the chance to enjoy many more offerings by him, both in writing, and in playing. 10/10 for me, an episode that will grow to be as one of the best episodes in any series, of all time. Must watch for everyone.

I thoroughly enjoyed the series. Many aspects of it came very close to home for me. I was enthralled by the acting, especially the young boy, who had never acted before. I did struggle a bit with a thick British accents, and was unable to understand some of what they said, but I pieced it together.

I was so impressed by the cinematography, and how the Director and the cameraman circled the room during the psychologist seen and how it followed everyone as they walked around the police station and the school and other locations.

What was the graffiti that was written on the father's truck? I couldn't make it out.