TV looks very boring right now. There are some exceptions—series like Severance, Euphoria, and Industry that have a discernible visual aesthetic shaped by directors and cinematographers with good instincts—but aside from these,

Stephen Graham and Ashley Walters lead Netflix's masterful drama about a 13-year-old boy accused of stabbing a classmate, which is filmed entirely in one shot.

Not an easy watch, but a rewarding one.

Adolescence is one of the best shows of 2025 so far. The New York Times‘ Margaret Lyons called an episode “one of the more fascinating hours of TV I’ve s