Episode 5: On Netflix's Adolescence, Fatherhood, and Presence (Part 2)

In this follow-up to episode 1, David and Paul are joined in the studio by fellow Blueprint team member Colin Stein for part 2 of their discussion of the Netflix series Adolescence.

David, Paul and Colin ask the question: what could episode 5 look like, and what's the value of continuing the story? In the series’ four-episode arc, the show moves from the alleged, and ultimately inescapably true, accusation of a terrible crime committed by a 13-year-old boy, and how it impacts him and his relationship with his father, and ultimately entire community.

Underlying the premise of where the story could have gone from there are some other questions: was Eddie Miller a good dad? What was he missing, and who are the voices serving as role models for boys like Jamie? And what can fathers today do to cultivate relationships with their sons - and daughters, partners, and mentees - and to provide an alternative voice to these potentially dark forces?