Review: There are no top-down solutions to the problems depicted in 'Adolescence'

Adolescence, a British TV series streaming on Netflix , depicts the arrest of 13-year-old Jamie for the brutal murder of his classmate, Katie .

The limited-series format mimics the unsatisfying endings of real-life criminal justice cases.

Jamie 's parents ask what, if anything, they could have done differently, and face the reality that many circumstances lie outside of their control.