Armed police storm the Millers' house and arrest Jamie
Officers burst in at 6:15 a.m., pin Eddie to the wall and arrest thirteen-year-old Jamie for murder while his family screams that they have the wrong house.
Jamie Miller's Best Moments
Every Adolescence moment featuring Jamie Miller, in story order. Played by Owen Cooper.
32 moments · 1h 02m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 32
- 01
- 02
Jamie taken away as Eddie rages at the search
A frightened Jamie needs new trousers, officers rifle through the laundry and Eddie demands why guns were needed for a thirteen-year-old as the van pulls away.
- 03
Jamie explains what being arrested means
The nurse's assessment: Jamie fumbles one answer, then shows exactly why he is under arrest and why he needs a lawyer, and is passed fit as a bright boy.
- 04
Eat your cornies: Jamie asks Eddie if he believes him
Alone over a bowl of cornflakes, Jamie swears he did nothing and asks his dad whether he believes him. Eddie answers without hesitation.
- 05
Passcode refused, then the blood test Jamie dreads
Jamie declines to unlock his phone on advice, then has to give blood despite his fear of needles while Eddie keeps him looking only at him.
- 06
Eddie fights the strip search of his thirteen-year-old
Told his son must strip for two men, Eddie pushes back hard and is told it is procedure under PACE; Jamie ends the standoff by saying he does not mind.
- 07
Brunel and the two words Jamie needs to learn
The solicitor relaxes Jamie with a chat about the Industrial Revolution, then drills him on when to answer and when to say no comment.
- 08
Eddie asks Jamie once: did you do it?
Alone before the interview, Eddie makes Jamie look him in the eye and asks for the truth no matter what. Jamie says no and promises.
- 09
Interview begins: no comment, school reports and Instagram
Bascombe opens with last night and gets no comment, moves to Jamie's grades and behaviour, then confronts him with his comments under models' pictures.
- 10
Katie Leonard: Jamie asks if she is the one who died
Shown a photo of a classmate, Jamie slips and asks whether she is the dead girl before he has been told. Bascombe notes how clever the question is.
- 11
Seven times: the timeline of Katie's death
Bascombe lays out when Katie left home, where her body was found and how many times she was stabbed, while Jamie insists he was never her friend.
- 12
What have you done? Eddie and Jamie after the tape
Left alone, Jamie calls for his dad over and over; Eddie can only ask what he has done, and Jamie still swears it was not him.
- 13
Hot chocolate, a pickle sandwich and the Pop-pop tease
The psychologist arrives with sprinkles and half a sandwich; Jamie decides she is posh and will not let her grandad's nickname go.
- 14
Jamie decides the masculinity questions are a trick
Asked what makes his dad and grandad men, Jamie jokes about Tenerife, then turns cold: the chat about bread and grannies feels like a trap.
- 15
Who do you work for? Jamie demands to see the notes
Jamie wants her notes and insists she works for his lawyers; she explains the report for the judge and why big questions get asked sideways.
- 16
A plumber who tore down a shed: Jamie on his dad's temper
Jamie sketches Eddie as hard-working, sometimes funny, sometimes angry, and recalls the one rage that frightened nobody but ended with a shed in pieces.
- 17
Saturday football and the look Jamie read as shame
Not sporty and proud of dodging PE, Jamie remembers his dad looking away when he fumbled, names it shame, and expects to be told he is wrong.
- 18
Get me out of here: Jamie's first eruption
Jamie begs to be moved, rails at the screaming boys and Ryan's bail, refuses to sit, and roars that nobody controls him before apologising.
- 19
Not a police officer: the reset after the shouting
She explains she is here to understand, not to extract a confession; Jamie, subdued, refuses the hot chocolate he feels he no longer deserves.
- 20
Girlfriend hypothetical: cinema, a horror, not straight home
Questions about his dad's female friends annoy Jamie, who prefers the other shrink's style, then he plays along with an imagined first date.
- 21
Jamie's boast about girls, and the quiet take-back
Pressed on what is normal at thirteen, Jamie claims kissing, touching and more, then admits in the silence that none of it happened.
- 22
The topless photo that went round school
Jamie admits seeing photos of girls in his year, names Katie among them, calls her flat, blames Fidget for sharing, and states flatly that she is dead.
- 23
Ugly: Jamie turns the mirror on the psychologist and snaps
Asked if girls fancy him, Jamie says he is ugly, demands she contradict him, calls her pretty, then explodes that he is being trapped.
- 24
Waved away like a queen: the long standoff
Furious that she signalled the guard off, Jamie paces and swears through a near-silent minute before sitting and asking whether she is leaving.
- 25
Bullied, unpopular, and yet on Instagram
She recounts the bullying Jamie described, then asks why a boy who was spat on posts photos of himself and follows models.
- 26
Kidney beans and red pills: Jamie decodes Katie's emojis
Shown Katie's comments on his posts, Jamie explains the incel code she used against him and admits he thinks the 80-20 idea is right.
- 27
I didn't kill her: Jamie calls the video fake news
Jamie says Katie mocked him because he is the ugliest, insists he did not kill her, then lets slip that he should have, before stopping himself.
- 28
Asking Katie out when she was weak, and the knife
Jamie explains he asked Katie to the fair because the photo made her gettable, recalls her laugh, then says he had a knife and did not touch her.
- 29
Does Jamie understand that Katie is gone for good?
Exhausted and backpedalling, Jamie is walked through what death, murder, guilt and a judge and jury mean, insisting he is not dumb.
- 30
Last session: Jamie asks whether she likes him
Told this is their final meeting, Jamie pleads for a proper goodbye, asks if she likes him, and is carried out shouting to tell his dad he is okay.