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Hit series Adolescence and the surprising difficulty of hugging a teen son

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Early on in Adolescence, a father and son sit in a room at a police station because the son has been accused of murder. During that long first day in the police station, Eddie makes very little physical contact with his son Jamie.

Early on in Adolescence, a father and son sit in a room at a police station because the son has been accused of murder. During that long first day in the police station, Eddie makes very little physical contact with his son Jamie.

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NEW YORK – Early in the first episode of the

four-part Netflix series Adolescence

, a father and son sit in a room at a police station because the son has been accused of murder.

Jamie (

English actor Owen Cooper

), who is 13, has been surrounded by officers, lawyers and medical workers he barely understands. Alone with his father, he weeps.

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