Adolescence

The utmost emotional depth this series holds is what truly makes it so gripping, even though it's a one-take shot that relies rather on dialogue than action. I love how 'Adolescence' explores every aspect of Jamie's crime, not only its impact on him, which was shocking since he didn't even classify it as something wrong, but also the grueling effect it had on his family. A lot of men treat masculinity as a suit of armor to put up whenever they need to hide something, but most of the time it's just pure misogyny or intolerance. A great amount of teenage boys look up to that, and that was probably the deal with Jamie and the other kids. I mean, all the Andrew Tate shite or the emojis, which were, in my opinion, a great but childish example of that. Another interesting thing referring to that was how Jamie viewed his parents; his mother was the one that knew the most about him-how he hated needles or had food intolerances, yet he decided to choose his dad as his appropriate adult, probably because in his mind he was a man and he'd think that what he did to Katie was the right thing to do, but hello, everyone has feelings, and sometimes, whether you want to or not, the armor you put on vanishes, and Eddie Miller was the perfect example of that. I have so many thoughts after this series, since it was so immensely provoking and actual, it really lives up to its hype.