It seems that Adolescence won big at the 31st Critics Choice Awards, which took place on Sunday. The four-episode psychological crime drama followed the Miller family after thirteen-year-old Jamie Miller was arrested for murdering his classmate. The Netflix show also won the coveted Best Limited Series prize, which Stephen Graham accepted.While accepting the award, Graham, who also produced and wrote Adolescence, said the following in his acceptance speech:"I'd like to thank all the cast and crew, because without any one of them, none of this is possible. We're all exactly the same. When I was a kid, my mom told me, 'You're never above anyone and you're never below anyone.' So we're all equal. And I think the ethos that we carried into this piece, that paid off in this production. It was a unique experience. And I'd just like to say, if you've got any kids at home, give them a massive cuddle and tell them you love them."Apart from Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper also won Best Supporting Actor for Adolescence: View this post on Instagram Instagram Post16-year-old Owen Cooper also became one of the earliest award winners this Sunday as he received the trophy in the "Best Supporting Actor" category. Upon receiving the award, the young actor first revealed that the past year was a "whirlwind" for him and his family, but then went on to thank the cast and crew of Adolescence. Cooper's exact words were:"While this past year has been a complete whirlwind for my family and me, honestly. It's changed our lives forever, and we're forever grateful. We've cherished every single moment of it. To the directors, to the producers, to the cast, the crew, you took me on an emotional journey I never imagined I could go on."Then, the Adolescence actor further continued:"You believed in me, you pushed me when things were hard and showed incredible patience when it took me to get there. Some of those moments were really, really tough, and I could n't have done it without you. Receiving this award means more to me than I can put into words."What is the drama about? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAdolescence focuses on a family in the middle of turmoil: their youngest son, Jamie Miller, is arrested for murdering his classmate, Katie Leonard. The closing minutes of the first episode confirm that Jamie did murder Katie, as the police show the boy and his father the CCTV footage.One of the devastating episodes of Adolescence is its fourth and final episode, which is set a year after Jamie's arrest. A pivotal moment from the episode sees the family deciding to stay where they are, despite knowing that their connection with Jamie will eventually catch up to them. Stephen Graham addressed what made the scene beautiful in a Tudum interview in March 2025:"The beauty and the poetry within that language, for me, [comes] down to Jack’s [Thorne] wonderful writing and how he explores the human condition.… But what I found about the beauty of that particular line and the poetry within that last bit of conversation, don’t forget, is that they’re the last words that Eddie hears before he enters [Jamie’s] room, where he realizes he should have spent a lot more time. There’s a song [“Homerton”] by a lad called Loyle Carner, and he recorded his own father, and his own father says, “Sometimes the parent needs the child just as much as the child needs the parent.” Makes me [tear up], that line. [Lisa’s] trying to keep that family together. She’s a grade-A student; she’s going to go to university. She has a bright life ahead of her. But she’s the one who’s like, “Look, we’re not moving, because it’s going to follow us around, and it’s always going to.” She’s always going to be the sister of him that killed that girl. She’s always going to be that now for the rest of her life. And her future may well have been so bright, and it still can be. And Eddie’s so impressed and so like, “Wow.” She takes his breath away for [a] second … and he says [to his wife], “How did we make that?” And then the beauty of the line that comes back is, “The same way we made him — with love, to the best of our ability.” What we’ve done there, we also did there. We didn’t do anything different."Binge all four episodes of the acclaimed and award-winning Adolescence on Netflix if you haven't.