Adolescence. (L to R) Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller, Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in Adolescence. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024
Stephen Graham’s Adolescence is without doubt one of the most profitable restricted sequence in Netflix’s illustrious historical past. While the sequence was absolutely supposed to be a restricted run with a definitive conclusion, followers are questioning if Stephen Graham and director Philip Barantini shall be returning to Netflix anytime quickly, both for a follow-up or a sequence of an identical vein.
Co-written by Jack Thorne and Graham, Adolescence follows 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), who’s arrested for the homicide of a lady in his faculty. What follows is a gripping (but extraordinarily disturbing and harrowing) psychological descent into Jamie’s psychological state, and the wide-ranging affect the act of knife crime has on the encompassing group, from households to these tasked with investigating the homicide. In our glowing evaluation, we gave the sequence a formidable 4-star score.
In phrases of cultural affect, the sequence has been the standout Netflix challenge of 2025 to this point. Given its harrowing narrative on the hazards of knife crime, particularly amongst youth, Netflix has allowed the sequence to be proven in all excessive faculties throughout the U.Okay, and the federal government has backed the transfer. To put its success into numbers, see beneath the way it stacked up in opposition to different reveals and sure, it’s the greatest English-language launch of 2025 to this point:
Will Adolescence get one other season? Here’s every thing the solid and crew have mentioned…
Given the immense success of Adolescence, it’s simple for everybody to imagine that we’ll see one other instalment. But the present itself is a restricted sequence; a accomplished, one-shot story. However, there’s all the time going to be questions on one other instalment. It wouldn’t be the primary time {that a} “limited” sequence has gotten one other season; look no additional than 13 Reasons Why, which was initially supposed as a one-season adaptation of the unique novel.
So what would one other season entail? Of course, Jamie’s story has already been advised. But that’s to not say there isn’t room to spin out one other story. During an interview with Variety, star and co-creator Stephen Graham weighed in on the potential for a follow-up. “Possibly, let’s see how the figures are. But yeah, there’s the possibility of developing another story,” he mentioned. “I suppose what I’m trying to say is that we had no idea that it would impact socially the way it has, but it seems to have cut through all the race, creed and hierarchical structures of society with the message that it’s carrying about our youth.”
Meanwhile, govt producer Hannah Walters, Graham’s spouse, believes there’s scope to inform one other, comparable story. “A prequel to Adolescence, that’s certainly not going to happen. But there’s so much mileage in the one-shot and so much mileage in investing into human nature again and looking at something else. But yeah, everything’s looking good … everyone’s happy, shall we say?”
Director Philip Barantini weighs in on a follow-up
Another crew member to weigh in on a possible season 2 is director Philip Barantini, who masterfully helmed the present’s groundbreaking one-shot storytelling. Adolescence was his second challenge with Graham, having beforehand directed Boiling Point, which additionally utilised the seamless ‘one-shot’ type. During an interview with GQ journal, Barantini performed coy on future potentialities.
“I mean, we’re just coming up for air, to be honest. The last couple of weeks have just been crazy. I’m sure we will get together, and I’m sure we’ll talk about what to do next. Is it possible, or… So, who knows? It’s been an absolutely whirlwind. Who knows.”
There is one certainty, nevertheless: he’ll proceed collaborating with Stephen Graham for the foreseeable future. “Stephen and I have got a couple of projects that we’re developing, yeah,” he mentioned. “We’ve acquired a film that we’re engaged on collectively. But I’ll work with Stephen without end. We’re like brothers. We simply have one thing actually particular, in my view. We have an actual shorthand.
Writer Jack Thorne “doesn’t think a series 2 of Adolescence is quite right”
Finally, the present’s co-creator and author, Jack Thorne, has admitted that he doesn’t see a season 2 taking place. At least, not within the standard sense. “Jamie’s story is finished,” he advised ITV’s This Morning. “I don’t think there’s anywhere more we can take Jamie, so I don’t think there is a series two.”
While he’s understandably in opposition to persevering with Jamie’s story, there’s an openness to exploring different characters. Most notably, a sequence displaying Katie, the sufferer, and her household.
“I think there are other makers out there that could tell beautiful dramas about Katie or girls like Katie, and that those shows should be made,” he defined. “Our aim was to try and tell Jamie’s story as fully as we possibly could, and maybe trying to tell her story would dilute that in some way and maybe we would be inadequate for that task.”
Thorn is right down to creating extra reveals that use the one-shot format at Netflix. “We’d love to explore the one-shot format in another way,” he added. “We’d love to tell other stories with it, but I don’t think a series two of Adolescence is quite right for us.”
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