What <em>Derry Girls</em> Knows About Adulthood
Unlike a lot of recent TV, the show understands that growing up isn’t a choice.
This story contains some spoilers for all three seasons of Derry Girls.
After three uproarious seasons, , a television show about four teenage girls and one teenage boy living in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, has ended. There are logistical reasons for the finale: Many of the actors who play teenagers on the show are verging on or in their 30s; the show portrays the finite time period when the Troubles led to the Good Friday Agreement; and unlike their American counterparts, many U.K. shows rely on a single writer for all of their episodes (in this case, the indomitable Lisa McGee). If
