Thorne discussed the shot in Netflix's making-of documentary. "It was an example of the technical meeting the story and finding a fusion, which is actually better than anything that the story had come up with on its own," he says. All four episodes of Adolescence are streaming on Netflix.

If you thought living through adolescence was hard, Netflix is here to remind you with a new limited series about a horrible murder that kids today have it even harder.

Adolescence” has already set a major viewership record after its second weekend of streaming on Netflix. After opening with a massive 24.3 million views in its first four days, “Adolescence” was the most watched title on Netflix during the week of March 17-23 with another 42 million views,