In Netflix’s record braking limited series adolescence, people invested not only in the storyline but also in the subtext of the scenes. In the third episode, a small still critical view expressed a lot without dialogue.
One of the four episodes was most talked about about a-shot scene, there was a confrontation between Owen Cooper’s JAIME and Erin Doharti. He offers him a piece of pickle and cheese sandwiches before the session.
Jaime establishes that he hates pickle and sandwich is there on the table throughout the scene. However, he bite a cut of it, despite his preliminary rejection unexpectedly. The teenagers are pickers, so Jaime allowed the sandwich to rot, which made it more understandable than his sudden change of mind.
A specialist analyzed the scene and revealed that his action could have deep importance. Psychologist Dinel Hague talked about the character’s intention behind that step from the Daily Mail.
He said, “Half-Sandwich, especially the fact that some of it dislikes, may be a way to test their reaction,” he said.
Hags revealed whether the jam pushed the sandwich, to be humble, or to pass a comment, it reflects her personality. He claimed that if the character tolerated the food without any complaint, it could suggest the history of “feeling powerless”.
It is understandable that Jaime was a tight child and felt powerless among his colleagues. In the scene, he simply cuts one with sandwiches without any complaint or comment. Hags suggested that this reaction could be a way to analyze the recommendation of the jam for itself about the authority’s data.
Amelie Pease, who played Jaime’s elder sister on the series, shared a theory on the sandwich scene by a friend of her. The actress said, “He bites the sandwich and he leaves it, but it is as if he does not even care what is in Sandwich.”
According to the principle, Jaime ate the sandwich as he was correct in front of him. “And this is like a link to his approach to everything else in his life, just as he does just because he can do,” Piz said.
Adolescence is now streaming on Netflix.
