Adolescence, a series about a 13-year-old boy named Jamie Miller (Cooper), who is arrested because he’s accused of stabbing a female classmate, racked up 13 Emmy nominations this year.
Off-screen, the show sparked a worldwide conversation about the state of boys’ mental health and incel culture, as Miller lashes out after being cyber-bullied and called an incel, which stands for “involuntary celibate.”
U.K. Prime Minister Keith Starmer watched the Adolescence with his family and participated in a roundtable with charities and the show’s creators Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham to discuss next steps, policy-wise. Netflix also made the show free to watch in U.K. classrooms.