Coming Soon: Adults in the Room (Trailer)
2/3/20263 min
The production team behind Lost Patients returns on February 24 with a new investigative series: Adults in the Room. Seattle, 1999. At Garfield High School, Mr. Hudson is a legend. With a thundering voice and imposing stature, Mr. Hudson — or “Tom” as select students call him — teaches biology and leads an elite outdoors program. But when teen reporters at the school paper start exploring a rumor that he sexually abused students, all hell breaks loose. Adults close ranks, and schoolmates turn on the young journalists. And then one day, a voice on the school intercom announces that Mr. Hudson is dead.
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First 90 secondsIsolda Raftery· Host0:00
In Seattle, Garfield is more than a public high school. It's a calling card. Quincy Jones was a Bulldog. So was Jimi Hendrix, and the guy who designed the World Trade Center. My name is Isolda Raftery, and I'm an investigative journalist in Seattle. I'm also a proud Bulldog. So is my best friend, Ella. But 25 years ago, during our senior year, Garfield showed us its dark side. Ella and I found out a popular teacher might have sexually abused boys, so we told the authorities, and we refused to let it go until they finally took action. But then, all hell broke loose. Our friends and teachers, parents, even a columnist at the biggest newspaper in Seattle, called us gossips, rumor mongers, liars. The school we loved turned us into pariahs. Ever since we left Garfield, Ella and I have had an unspoken agreement. We only talk to each other about what happened our senior year. The story we told ourselves was that we were the only ones willing to face the truth, the only ones who did the honorable thing. But recently, Ella and I had a conversation that shook me to my core. She'd started questioning our shared narrative and needed confirmation we were right all along.