Detailed Explanation
Adolescence confirms that 13-year-old Jamie Miller murdered his classmate Katie Simmons. However, the show's genius lies not in the mystery of whether he did it, but in understanding how and why. Through its innovative single-take episodes, we experience the day of the murder, the investigation, the family's devastation, and Jamie's own disturbing perspective. The series explores online radicalization, toxic masculinity in youth, and how a child can become unrecognizable to the parents who raised him.