Adolescence

Things like this make me truly appreciate cinematography, particularly the opening sequence-I actually felt quite claustrophobic. Owen Cooper was incredible, especially in episode 3, I think he and Erin Doherty had amazing chemistry and he was genuinely scary.

The issue at question is very important. Misogyny has always been here but social media exacerbates it. I was born in '99 so I think I experienced the very beginnings of the "kids with access to the world from their pocket" phenomenon. Watching Adolescence made me alternately want to: never have a baby, have a baby and homeschool them, have a baby and give them a flip phone only (until they're 18), have a baby and make sure they can recognise and disrupt harmful and violent behaviour so they can never be radicalised by people like Tate, have a baby and raise them with so much love and empathy that they will want to make the world safer for women and marginalised people. Most likely will be a combination of some of these. I think the show portrays the issue in a very accessible way.

Another review on here says this shouldn't be portrayed because "it makes boys feel bad when most of them are good" and "it's being treated like a big problem" and "it's misandry". It's very hard not to be frustrated by this take. To anyone thinking this, please google the pyramid of sexual violence. This is not an isolated issue. It is not "one person with bad opinions/actions". Most boys don't kill *and* society creates an environment where one boy can and will. Both can be true.

Moving away from this, an amazing achievement all around and lots of great performances by young actors who are just starting out (and the more experienced actors were great too ofc).