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‘Adolescence’ Ending: Is Jamie a Killer? Why Does He Change His Plea? Is the Netflix Show a True Story? And More Burning Questions
"Adolescence" on Netflix is inspired by the rise of knife attacks in the United Kingdom. But why did Jamie change his plea to guilty at the end?
Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham ‘s gut-wrenching crime drama “Adolescence” is currently topping Netflix’s most-watched TV chart, and its leading many viewers to ask the same question: Is the show based on a true story? Both Thorne and Graham, who also stars in the series as Jamie’s father, have been clear that “Adolescence” is not based on a true story in the sense that it’s not a retelling of a particular crime that happened. “One of our aims was to ask, ‘What is happening to our young men these days, and what are the pressures they face from their peers, from the internet, and from social media?’” Stephen Graham told Tudum.
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