Netflix’s "Adolescence" is the No. 1 series on the streamer, but is Jamie Miller’s case based on a true story? Here’s what inspired the true crime drama.

This is the issue that Netflix ’s new drama Adolescence wants to address. Starring the Stephen Graham as the powerless father of a teenage boy who stabs his female classmate to death, the four-part series is an unflinching dive into the psychology of knife-crime in Britain. That, and how it tears families apart.