The daring comedy separates his little gang to bring them into adulthood. A final darker and more mature season.
When it appeared on Netflix in 2019, Sex Education caused a revolution with its English humor and pop aesthetic. Above all, it evoked adolescence in all its antics, the awakening to desire and the experimentation with the pleasures of the flesh. The beautiful adventure with unparalleled freedom of tone, capable of talking about consent, the first time, orientation, which built a bridge between the generation of parents and that of children, is coming to an end with eight darker and darker episodes. ripe. They mark the distressing and doubtful entry into adulthood of the protagonists who are shaken up in their statuses, in the school social hierarchy and in their friendships.
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Otis (Asa Butterfield) and his friends push through the gates of a new high school! An establishment so woke, green and progressive that even the most progressive feel lost. A budding therapist nicknamed “O.” competes with a young man who is trying to maintain a long-distance relationship with Maeve (Emma Mackey) left to study literature and writing in the United States under the tutelage of an egocentric professor (Dan Levy of Schitt’s Creek). Otis’ loneliness is total. His mother, Jean (Gillian Anderson, more fragile than usual), suffers from postpartum depression and completely abandons him. Even his best friend, the faithful Eric – in the midst of a crisis of faith – has distanced himself, caught up in another clique.
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This is the risky bet of the designer Laurie Nunn. She disperses the group of historicals to focus on a handful of new kids: Abbi (Anthony Lexa), Roman (Felix Mufti), Aisha (Alexandra James) and Cal (Dua Saleh), seen in season 3. With this quartet, Laurie Nunn explores transidentity and non-binarity. A decision born “the current climate of repeated attacks against the trans community”explains the screenwriter in the Guardian. “If we claim to be a truly inclusive series, we must make their voices heard, which are too often suppressed and go against preconceived ideas. “, she continues. Particularly through Eric’s spiritual quest.
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This handover requires time to adapt. Difficult to recreate in eight episodes the attachment induced by three seasons. Sex Educationis never so charming as when the original Moordale gang is reunited. Which happens in a moving sixth part taking place in a crematorium, with a tenderness worthy of Four weddings and a funeral. Like a final epilogue which chooses realism rather than a happy ending. Leaving high school is, after all, jumping into the unknown and finding a path.