S01.E03: Episode 3

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Jamie meets with a psychologist. He's reluctant to speak at first, but eventually he opens up about his complex feelings towards Katie.

Premiere Date: March 13, 2025    Netflix    

[mustbekarma]

Damn. That was amazing and horrifying at the same time.  What an intense episode long scene. Logically, I know Jamie did, but there's still a little bit of doubt in my mind.  How did that child get so angry?

[dancingdreamer]

  On 3/15/2025 at 3:47 AM, mustbekarma said:

Damn. That was amazing and horrifying at the same time.  What an intense episode long scene. Logically, I know Jamie did, but there's still a little bit of doubt in my mind.  How did that child get so angry?

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Isn't  he a wonderful  actor. He sometimes  looks so small and frail, but when he was angry, he seemed to tower over the psychologist. I believe  he was horribly  bullied.

[Straycat80]

Amazing episode and stellar acting. So Jamie was being bullied online and at school by the girl he killed.  This is so scary that stuff like this happens in real life and how dangerous the internet and social media are to these young kids. 

[Brn2bwild]

  On 3/15/2025 at 2:13 PM, Straycat80 said:

Amazing episode and stellar acting. So Jamie was being bullied online and at school by the girl he killed.  This is so scary that stuff like this happens in real life and how dangerous the internet and social media are to these young kids. 

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It's so interesting because on the one hand, you feel sorry for him that the girl responded to him that way.  On the other hand, he wasn't asking her because he genuinely liked her, it seems, but because he thought she was low-hanging fruit after her humiliation.  He had no issue with looking at her naked picture and judging her.

I felt for that psychologist. She seemed so bewildered and sad that someone that young could be so angry and hateful toward women.  He kept telling her that the other psychologist asked him "normal questions," and I wondered if it was really true, or if they bothered him less because the other psychologist was male.  As for whether she liked him, did he realistically think she would after his behavior?  Pitied him, maybe. 

[Raja]

  On 3/15/2025 at 2:13 PM, Straycat80 said:

Amazing episode and stellar acting. So Jamie was being bullied online and at school by the girl he killed.  This is so scary that stuff like this happens in real life and how dangerous the internet and social media are to these young kids. 

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To lighten the mood on Cobra Kai there is a line about the bullying back in the 80s when it happened face to face. As both could see the damage, I guess it could have served as a firebreak. 

[Snazzy Daisy]

Go Inside Adolescence Episode 3

[Snazzy Daisy]

What an unnerving episode. It’s raw and alarming.

Jamie is still insisting that “he didn’t do anything wrong”. He despises women but also craves validation from them. He needs to be in control and he has this urge to continuously position himself as “not a bad guy”. 

Jamie has a sadistic pleasure seeing an adult woman gets threatened by his aggression. The way he keeps taunting Briony is unsettling. To him, being a man is about dominance.

He reveals his manipulative streak when he says Fidget is an idiot for sharing Katie’s pic before collecting more pics from other girls.

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“Most boys would have touched her but I didn’t. So that makes me better, don’t you think?”

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Owen Cooper is perfectly cast as Jamie Miller. He can stand on his own against a more experienced actress like Erin Doherty. This is his first acting gig and he has done a great job — staying in character for 60 minutes, spouting heavy lines. 👏🏻 

[Spartan Girl]

Yup this episode was brutal. Especially when Briony trying to stress the serious consequences of Jamie’s actions, repeating that he took Katie’s life violently and yet he still wasn’t having it, playing the victim and calling Katie a bitch. It was sickening.

[Miss Slay]

I hope the young actor gets nominated for an Emmy for this episode. What a performance.

[Sweet-tea]

  On 3/15/2025 at 2:13 PM, Straycat80 said:

Amazing episode and stellar acting. So Jamie was being bullied online and at school by the girl he killed.  This is so scary that stuff like this happens in real life and how dangerous the internet and social media are to these young kids. 

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I read a review of the show that rated it overall high but said this was the weakest episode of the series. I disagree. I actually thought it was incredibly compelling. The actress who played the psychologist was stellar. The way she maintained her composure after Jamie's outbursts.... She was struggling but she hung in there. Wow. He freaked me out. I would've hightailed it out of there. 

She was also good at keeping Jamie onpoint, even though he tried to derail the interview a number of times. She hit on some things that got under his skin, which is why he was so bothered by her and not the other psychologists. Yet at the same time, he wanted her approval and affecton. The ending scene was both unsettling and sad. 

The kid playing Jamie is excellent! 

  On 3/15/2025 at 2:13 PM, Straycat80 said:

Amazing episode and stellar acting. So Jamie was being bullied online and at school by the girl he killed.  This is so scary that stuff like this happens in real life and how dangerous the internet and social media are to these young kids. 

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Last year I read of a lawsuit brought against Meta (Facebook and Instagram) by governors of a bunch of states, nearly 40. The lawsuit said the progams use algorithms designed to addict people, particulary adolescents, and also that they promote dangerous and unhealthy body image/appearance ideals, targeting females. It particulary called out Instagram. After watching this series, I have a better understanding of it. 

  On 3/15/2025 at 5:26 AM, dancingdreamer said:

Isn't  he a wonderful  actor. He sometimes  looks so small and frail, but when he was angry, he seemed to tower over the psychologist. I believe  he was horribly  bullied.

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He creeped me out when he was taunting her about being scared of a 13 year-old. I was scared of him! 

Edited Wednesday at 05:13 PM by Sweet-tea

[Sweet-tea]

  On 3/17/2025 at 2:26 AM, Raja said:

To lighten the mood on Cobra Kai there is a line about the bullying back in the 80s when it happened face to face. As both could see the damage, I guess it could have served as a firebreak. 

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Yep. Bullying has been around for decades. I was horribly bullied in school beginning in grade school and continuing to high school. There was no internet then, so it happened in person. 

  On 3/19/2025 at 8:08 AM, Snazzy Daisy said:

Owen Cooper is perfectly cast as Jamie Miller. He can stand on his own against a more experienced actress like Erin Doherty. This is his first acting gig and he has done a great job — staying in character for 60 minutes, spouting heavy lines. 👏🏻 

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I had no idea it was his first role! I'm even more impressed now! 

[ItCouldBeWorse]

Clinical Psychologist Reviews Ep. 3 of 'Adolescence' on Netflix:

https://youtu.be/QrPV-KNL674?si=kyOYC4uKv1uOZeVw

[Ancaster]

  On 3/26/2025 at 5:03 PM, Sweet-tea said:

I read a review of the show that rated it overall high but said this was the weakest episode of the series. I disagree. I actually thought it was incredibly compelling. The actress who played the psychologist was stellar. The way she maintained her composure after Jamie's outbursts.... She was struggling but she hung in there. Wow. He freaked me out. I would've hightailed it out of there. 

 

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I disagree too - I thought this episode was the best of an incredible series.  The acting and writing was astonishing.

If this series doesn't sweep the BAFTAs in the drama categories I will be astonished.  (I'm not convinced it will do the same in the Emmy's.)

[Racj82]

One observation I've seen going around I find interesting is that the guard who was constantly in the woman's personal space and couldn't catch a clue that she is trying to work. Shut up! He was like the living embodiment of how Jamoe saw himself. He was "ugly" visually. I know that sounds crude but I think they got someone that was outwardly visually pleasing on purpose. He was how Jamie sees himself but with confidence.

 

It really is odd to me that people (some men in this case and boys) can despise women so much but crave their attention, their bodies, their approval so damn much.

I've been rejected tons of times in my life. It sucks for me but you can't make someone like you. Those women were not for me. I can't get mad at them for that.