Few shows on the 2025 TV schedule are as engaging or talked about as Adolescence is. The bingeable Netflix original series, which follows a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a classmate, took the world by storm earlier in the year. Said buzz was mostly because of the child-related conversations the sparked and the one-shot approach that created an intense and sometimes dizzying effect. More recently, CinemaBlend was able to speak with the show's director, who compared production to Bill Murray's Groundhog Day.
Shortly after receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his work on Adolescence (one of 13 the series received) the series received, Philip Barantini and I got together for a chat. During our discussion, we talked about everything from how the show has impacted us as fathers of young children to what it was like filming each episode as a single one-shot. When I asked Barantini what it was like when there was a mistake most of the way through a take, the Enola Holmes 3 director referenced the aforementioned classic Bill Murray comedy:
