The new Netflix miniseries Adolescence packs a lot into its four episodes. It is, depending on the chapter, a police procedural; a sociological examination of male rage, cyberbullying, and a failing British school system; a psychological thriller; and a tragedy about how in the 21st century, a child’s bedroom can be the most dangerous place in the world for them to be.

Two elements tie all this ambition together. The first is that everything spins out of the same criminal investigation into whether 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) murdered a female classmate.