‘Adolescence:’ The Netflix limited series that’s every parent’s nightmare

CNN — 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. The four episodes of the British miniseries “Adolescence” that premiered on Netflix last Thursday have taken the cultural conversation by storm – sitting at the top of the streamer’s show rankings, with a reported 24.3 million views in its first four days, and spinning up new interest in its stellar, somewhat unknown cast. “Adolescence” stars Owen Cooper, who has no prior acting credits, as Jamie Miller, a 13-year-old who is arrested on suspicion of murder after one of his classmates is found fatally stabbed. If other projects in the prestige thriller space hinge their watchability on crazy twists and moments that literally or figuratively go ‘boom,’ “Adolescence” builds tension in the white space of its narrative. Netflix The show’s rollout bears resemblance to that of “Baby Reindeer,” which was also British, hard to watch and seemingly came out of nowhere last year.