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i’m in the middle of episode four of adolescence and this is the most tense car ride since sicario. the way it’s shot i’m just waiting for a crash. 

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just finished adolescence. 

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that was an experience. i somehow both really enjoyed that, and yet i feel like i need a giant hug and probably some morphine. that took it out of me.

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On 3/26/2025 at 12:11 PM, mdmost said:

I don't know. I think it handled it all pretty well.

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Jamie pleads guilty because he finally accepts what he did or he realizes he can't beat the case. DI Bascombe realizes he needs to be more in tune with his son and what's going on in his life so he makes the effort to go spend time with him. The case was pretty cut and dry with the tape so there wasn't much to do but charge Jamie. Episode 3 really stuck with me because the psychologist knew there was nothing that could be done to help Jamie and that seems like one of the most depressing jobs in the world especially when it clicked that Jamie has angry breaks with reality and then returns to being sorry for what just happened. My only nitpick would be they never featured the victim's family other than DS Frank saying no one will remember Katie and only will remember what Jamie did. Jade was also a very tragic ending as you see her being all alone like she said would happen now that Katie is dead. They did a great job of making you think she deserved punishment to instantly making you sympathise with how f'ed up her life is. 

Great performance by Stephen Graham who I kept wondering where I had seen him before. He was Tommy in Snatch. 

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Yeah, I just binged watched all of Adolescence. Brutal but excellent. And honestly, a nice little kick in the ass as a father of a young son growing up in this technology hellscape. 

 

 

 

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Adolescence was excellent, definitely a sad watch. The premise was iffy, no kid is going to stab a girl because he watches Andrew Tate and the weak points of the show are when it tried to shove that criticism in. In fairness the show doesn’t say that was the actual reason for the crime, he was just a kid with anger issues that was upset he got disrespected. The whole manosphere/incel/red pill online stuff had nothing to do with it and it was weird the show focused on that at times. In episode 3 he even says he saw some videos but didn’t like them. 

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I have essentially stopped reading these "recommendations" threads because of posts like the one above. If you really feel the need to talk about what happens in the show, it's not that hard to put it on spoiler tags. 

"I recommend 'Whatever' on Netflix/Prime/Apple. It's really good, and the best part is the very end with the shocking twist that the mom did it all along. Anyway, great show and y'all should watch it." 

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It was a complete gut punch. But the kid really came off as a little psycho. I'm not sure he wouldn't have turned out violent either way. He really got off on trying to intimidate that therapist and control that situation and had uncontrollable anger when he couldn't.

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32 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I have essentially stopped reading these "recommendations" threads because of posts like the one above. If you really feel the need to talk about what happens in the show, it's not that hard to put it on spoiler tags. 

"I recommend 'Whatever' on Netflix/Prime/Apple. It's really good, and the best part is the very end with the shocking twist that the mom did it all along. Anyway, great show and y'all should watch it." 

It's Helobious, there's a good chance everything in his post is wrong. 

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1 hour ago, Red Five said:

I have essentially stopped reading these "recommendations" threads because of posts like the one above. If you really feel the need to talk about what happens in the show, it's not that hard to put it on spoiler tags. 

"I recommend 'Whatever' on Netflix/Prime/Apple. It's really good, and the best part is the very end with the shocking twist that the mom did it all along. Anyway, great show and y'all should watch it." 

There is no plot twist or surprises in the show. It’s upfront all the way from the onset.

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2 hours ago, Red Five said:

I have essentially stopped reading these "recommendations" threads because of posts like the one above.

I genuinely thought the rest of the post was going to criticize the half baked Helobious 'analysis' which would have been equally valid criticism.

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Anyone else watching Weak Hero Class 1 ? (Korean w/English subtitles for us). The bully(ies) picking on the weak trope, but for a quasi 'teen' show, not a bad watch thus far for some of the fight scenes, although:

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The scene where the introvert victim finally loses it and beats the lead bully in the face with a textbook resulted in a broken nose for the bully, but make-up artist did not spray the young man's face with enough bruising. No way you're getting hit that much in the thin skin of the face and not be purple for the next week. I think it was cause he was a bit of a 'pretty' face and they didn't want to spoil it. Brat sure had it coming though.

 

 

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5 hours ago, Helobious said:

Adolescence was excellent, definitely a sad watch. The premise was iffy, no kid is going to stab a girl because he watches Andrew Tate and the weak points of the show are when it tried to shove that criticism in. In fairness the show doesn’t say that was the actual reason for the crime, he was just a kid with anger issues that was upset he got disrespected. The whole manosphere/incel/red pill online stuff had nothing to do with it and it was weird the show focused on that at times. In episode 3 he even says he saw some videos but didn’t like them. 

<sigh>

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wow. the redneck family are just living breathing emblems of dunning-kruger. i found them fascinating. 
edited to add: the way that they “interacted” with “mr.fenn”, eg speaking directly to him when filming themselves, and feeling like “mr.fenn” cared about them and wanted good for them, was just so eerily similar to so many maga people and donald trump. this personal relationship that they’ve created in their heads and hearts- it’s just wild.
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3 minutes ago, Scraps said:
On 3/29/2025 at 3:28 PM, Derka said:
wow. the redneck family are just living breathing emblems of dunning-kruger. i found them fascinating. 
edited to add: the way that they “interacted” with “mr.fenn”, eg speaking directly to him when filming themselves, and feeling like “mr.fenn” cared about them and wanted good for them, was just so eerily similar to so many maga people and donald trump. this personal relationship that they’ve created in their heads and hearts- it’s just wild.

Damn those dudes were some regards lmao

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