Netflix has revealed a "horrifying detail" in the acclaimed series Adolescence that has left viewers weeping.
Starring Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters, Owen Cooper, and Erin Doherty, Adolescence follows 13-year-old Jamie Miller who is accused of murdering his female classmate Katie.
With each of the four episodes shot in one take, they explore the aftermath of the crime on the community as well as his family, including dad Eddie Miller, mum Manda, and daughter Lisa.
Viewers have raved about the hard-hitting drama which explores incel culture and the manosphere, with Digital Spy giving Adolescence five stars, adding: "The very best drama has the power to irrevocably move you and spark conversation, and Adolescence does both."
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Delving into the finer details of the show, Netflix shared a touching detail from a scene in episode two in which Eddie visits the scene of Katie's murder and leaves flowers.
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"There's a beautiful song at the end and Phil [Barantini, director] had this wonderful idea from the very beginning," Boiling Point actor Graham began in narration.
"He said what he wanted to do was have a choir and the voice of young kids singing this particular song that he had in his head from the get-go, actually."
The song is Sting's 1987 single 'Fragile', which includes the lyrics: "On and on the rain will fall/Like tears from a star, like tears from a star/On and on the rain will say/How fragile we are, how fragile we are."
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But the heart-wrenching detail to this scene is that among the children singing is the actor who plays Katie, Emilia Holliday, whose vocals can prominently be heard uttering "how fragile we are" repeatedly.
Graham continued: "The beautiful process of it is, is that we used the choir from the actual school, and the kids from that area.
"The girl singing this is the girl who played the girl that got killed."
Netflix wrote in the caption: "Oh great I’m crying again", and they weren't the only ones as fans took to the comments section to share their devastation and heap praise on the show's creators and cast.
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"Why would you share such horrifying detail with us?😭😭😭," one user wrote, while another added: "Ooof - that’s actually heartbreaking but so clever. Blimey the amount of thought that has gone into all of the elements of this series. Just blows my tiny mind."
A third said: "Not only is it clever but I think it’s also haunting now if I was to watch it again, it adds so much oomph to the scene. Wow, it is actually a masterpiece."
One person simply summarised: "Goosebumps, the entire show."
Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix now.
