Matthew Lewis

From the beginning of time, murder investigations have intrigued and mystified audiences in fiction and nonfiction stories, news reports and archival research. Unsurprisingly, they have also proliferated on streaming platforms where a special few rise above mere exploitive, sensationalistic indulgence. In that regard, among the best and the most unusual is the recent, U.K. series Adolescence, all four chapters written by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham and directed by Philip Barantini. The authorial unity and single director effect a harmonized unity for an insightful, powerful series.