Adolescence
I found the continuous one take style used throughout not only impressively seamless but also, where Boiling Point used it so effectively to put you in the shoes of it's characters and feel all the stress and anxiety they do, the same is acheived here but on a more dialled down scale, adding an extra layer of realism to already harrowing and sadly all too real and relevant circumstances.
It isn't a question of if, it's a question of why and that's where it gets interesting and I think the decision to focus each episode on a different character to see the timeline of events through different perspectives was a brilliant way to paint a picture in a clear and unbiased light.
In the end I think what will stick with me most is the questions of morality it brings up. The idea that maybe a person can't be blamed for the actions of another individual, but could more have been done to prevent it from ever happening? There's no clear answer here and there's no clear answer in the real world, but it certainly lingers heavily on the mind and I think that's an important thing for media like this to do in this day and age.
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