Were those the kids that would normally be incels though? When I was growing up, the ‘incel’ kids weren’t the witty class clowns, they were the quiet ones, usually with a bit of the 'tism in them.

I’ll be honest, the acting was top-notch, but the scripting was not. The scripting for the children in episode 2 was good and believable, but Jamie’s quips and remarks were way too quick (as in witty) and unnatural sounding for a 13-year-old.

I’m not sure I’d call that involuntarily celibate, rather involuntarily unsocial, as in you don’t have the time or money to hang out with people.

I would call Adolescence a very surface-level view of incel culture. It’s fairly accurate, but you’d need a much longer series to truly get the culture across. Contrapoints’ video on incels is a really good breakdown of the mindset.