The Top 10

Adolescence

Is it possible, at this late date, to put aside all of the after-the-fact reaction to Adolescence —the four-part Netflix miniseries that won a ton of Emmys and prompted a cycle of worry about phones, boys, schools, and the manosphere—and just think about what a miracle this show was? In four hours, you come to care about so many characters: Stephen Graham as the devastated father, Ashley Walters as the debonair, befuddled detective inspector, Erin Doherty as the evenhanded, professional psychologist rattled by this one client. And, more than anything else, the rookie actor Owen Cooper as Jamie, the apple-cheeked tween who committed an awful crime whose gravity he barely seems to register. Once the show’s one-continuous-take episodes start to carry you alo

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