Adolescence isn’t just the most acclaimed TV show of 2025. It’s also the most impactive, and its greatest legacy may well be increased public awareness, as well as legislative changes, around cyberbullying and children’s access to incel forums. The show gets to the heart of debates about parental responsibility and toxic masculinity like nothing else before it.

It’s precisely because the theme of masculinity in Adolescence is approached in a nuanced and sensitive manner that the miniseries cuts so deep. Nothing about Jamie Miller or his father is caricatured or bluntly moralistic. These characters are hyperrealistic, sympathetic, and – most shockingly of all – highly relatable.

As a result, each of Adolescence ’s four episodes is a masterpiece of television, examining a side t

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