Netflix Adolescence star sets record straight on season 2 calls as they issue firm response to sequel rumours
Netflix Adolescence star Christine Tremarco has given her verdict on the possibility of a sequel to the wildly popular series.
The 48-year-old actress starred as Manda Miller in the series alongside her on-screen husband played by Stephen Graham.
Adolescence follows Miller and Graham’s characters as they experience “an ordinary family’s worst nightmare” after their 13-year-old son Jamie (Owen Cooper) is accused of murdering his classmate.
The show has received near universal acclaim for its intense drama, technical mastery, and address of contemporary issues.
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As well as plaudits, the programme has drawn in a huge audience with 6.45 million viewers tuning in for its first episode in the opening week.
It made UK television history by being the first streaming show to top the weekly TV ratings chart.
Adolescence’s massive popularity and maelstrom of discussion has inevitably led to calls for a sequel to the four-part crime drama – with even Lorraine Kelly requesting so on her show to Tremarco.
“You’re not alone, a couple of people have said that,” the actress responded to the host.
“But maybe that’s a good thing because it leaves you thinking about what would happen afterwards.”
However, Tremarco poured water on fans’ hopes of another series as she told Kelly: “I think this is a one-off. I think it ends with episode four.”
Adolescence writer Jack Thorne also addressed the cries for a follow-up, explaining a series two was not “quite right for us.”
He also shut down speculation over a spin-off series following the murdered schoolgirl Katie (Emila Holliday).
“I don’t think we’re the right people to tell Katie’s story… So, I think there are other makers out there that could tell beautiful dramas about Katie or girls like Katie, and that those shows should be made,” he explained.
However, the writer did give fans some hope by revealing his desire to take on another project in Adolescence’s one unbroken shot style.
“We’d love to explore the one-shot format in another way,” he said, praising show director Philip Barantini’s signature style.
Upon watching the final episode of the show, some fans were left complaining that it left too many questions unanswered.
Thorne explained that Adolescence did not intend to provide “easy answers”.
“It doesn’t say, ‘This is the way to solve this, this is the way to do that.’ I hope what it provokes is conversations on the sofa, conversations in classrooms, and, hopefully, conversations in government,” he concluded.