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Go Inside Adolescence  Episode 3

In Adolescence Episode 3, we get a glimpse into Jamie’s (Owen Cooper) mind as he and clinical psychologist Briony Ariston (The Crown’s Erin Doherty) sit down for a revealing conversation at Standing Secure Training Centre, where the 13-year-old boy is being held after murdering a classmate. 

The limited series is not a “whodunnit?” but more of a “why dunnit?” Adolescence looks at how Jamie ended up where he is and more widely at male rage. In Episode 3, “We get to really see inside of this young boy’s head,” says co-creator and star Stephen Graham. “Is it nature? It it nurture? What is it? What has led him to commit this horrific act?”

For Doherty, what’s so heartbreaking is witnessing her character have to “let go of everything she’s wanted this boy to be.” She adds that “what [co-creator] Jack Thorne is so brilliant at is being so brutal and so human. The crux of this episode, and probably the whole series, is how interesting it is what people present, versus what’s within.”

By episode’s end, having witnessed his true nature, Briony is left devastated as Jamie is taken away, begging her to tell him whether she likes him or not.

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March 13, 2025
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