Ryan and Tommy whisper about Jamie and the knife
Two of Jamie's mates compare notes in a corridor: the police have been to their houses, asked about the knife, and both believe Jamie did it.
Series · 2025
Adolescence
When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, the psychological expert and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?
2h 06m
of essential Adolescence
67 moments · 4 episodes
Episodes
Every episode with moments, in order. Each one lists its moments on its own page.
Season 1
2h 06m of moments from 3h 52m of episodes · 67 moments
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Jamie Miller's Best Moments
Adolescence
Every Adolescence moment featuring Jamie Miller, in story order. Played by Owen Cooper.
32 moments · 1h 02mby Favseen
Eddie Miller's Best Moments
Adolescence
Every Adolescence moment featuring Eddie Miller, in story order. Played by Stephen Graham.
28 moments · 53 minby Favseen
DI Luke Bascombe's Best Moments
Adolescence
Every Adolescence moment featuring DI Luke Bascombe, in story order. Played by Ashley Walters.
20 moments · 34 minby Favseen
Briony Ariston's Best Moments
Adolescence
The clinical psychologist who spends a single afternoon with Jamie and leaves shaken. Played by Erin Doherty.
18 moments · 38 minby Favseen
Jamie Miller & Briony Ariston
Adolescence
One afternoon in a room: the psychologist and the thirteen-year-old, turn by turn. 18 scenes together, in story order.
18 moments · 38 minby Favseen
Manda Miller's Best Moments
Adolescence
Every Adolescence moment featuring Manda Miller, in story order. Played by Christine Tremarco.
16 moments · 35 minby Favseen
Eddie Miller & Manda Miller
Adolescence
The parents, alone with the question of whether they made him. 15 scenes together, in story order.
15 moments · 33 minby Favseen
Eddie Miller & Jamie Miller
Adolescence
A dad who swore he would do better than his own father, and the boy he cannot read: every scene between them. 14 scenes together, in story order.
14 moments · 24 minby Favseen
DS Misha Frank's Best Moments
Adolescence
Every Adolescence moment featuring DS Misha Frank, in story order. Played by Faye Marsay.
13 moments · 21 minby Favseen
DI Luke Bascombe & DS Misha Frank
Adolescence
The detectives who disagree about what the case is even about. 12 scenes together, in story order.
12 moments · 19 minby Favseen
Lisa Miller's Best Moments
Adolescence
Every Adolescence moment featuring Lisa Miller, in story order. Played by Amélie Pease.
11 moments · 24 minby Favseen
Characters
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Fredo shakes down a kid while the head counts fourteen angry parents
Fredo demands money from a younger boy in the yard as the headteacher vents about parents asking if the school is safe and demanding metal detectors.
Jade attacks Ryan on the tennis courts
During the fire-alarm evacuation Jade flies at Ryan, screaming that he killed her friend, and has to be dragged off him.
Jade breaks down: Katie was the only one who thought she was okay
Waiting for her mum, Jade admits she has nowhere to go that Katie hasn't been, then tells the teacher she has no one left and refuses another counsellor.
Closing song: Fragile over the credits
A slow, sung rendition of Fragile plays out the episode, its line about how fragile we are landing over the final images.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.