SummaryOtis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) decides to form a sex therapy clinic with "bad girl" Maeve after it is revealed his mother (Gillian Anderson) is a sex therapist in this dramedy created by Laurie Nunn.
SummaryOtis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) decides to form a sex therapy clinic with "bad girl" Maeve after it is revealed his mother (Gillian Anderson) is a sex therapist in this dramedy created by Laurie Nunn.
Every performer is wonderful, not least because the script is wonderful, playing the sex for laughs and the search for intimacy as something serious, good and noble. Not a single character is a cipher – even the smallest parts have a sketched backstory and some good gags.
The parent’s problems feel minor to those of their offspring and their storylines can be a bit too drawn out. “Sex Education” easily overcomes that minor quibble because Nunn and her cast have created a universe of characters that you inherently want to root for. And it’s so entertaining that after eight almost-hour long episodes it somehow feels like a quickie. And, yes, that’s a compliment.
In season two, not only was the treatment of the characters different, the themes were also more diverse. Thus, the intention to include more affective-sexual diversity is noticeable. Even though there has been an unromanticized and serious discussion about sexuality before, the new season brilliantly evolves its narrative by discussing the incidence of asexuality and bisexuality. The series also covered discussions about how couples (even adults) generally don't talk about their preferences and desires in a sexual relationship, and how this directly affects how we behave around our partners. And, above all, it analyzes the need to bear in mind that marriages can fall apart if we do not nurture it lovingly and sexually.
“Sex Education” imagines a more colorful, more livable, and more loving world. Even if it wasn’t also hilarious, charming, and chock full of heart, that would be reason enough to love it.
Otis, Maeve, and Eric’s stories are the meat of this season, but the most compelling threads emerge when the show grants unexpected complexity to characters in the periphery.
The surreal glossiness in Sex Education is a joke and a cloak. Any realistic depiction of a chlamydia outbreak in a Welsh secondary school would be gritty. Here it is harmless and hilarious. It’s a schooling not just in sex, but in comedy, too.
While the second season retains much of the spirit of the first season, there were also many moments where I wondered what exactly Sex Education is trying to say.
A sweet, conventional drama with lovely performances: Connor Swindells stands out as the unhappy and secretly gay Adam. But the show is less groundbreaking than it thinks. I’m showing my age, but I think John Hughes did it better.
A little disappointing given how much I liked S1, but still worth watching. The second season starts well, gets mired in some poorly paced, tiresome side plots, before returning to form in the last two episodes. The humor didn't seem to click quite as well for me, maybe because the novelty of this show is already wearing off. And no spoilers here, but the writers insert a pretty obnoxious ending, just as in S1.
Asa Butterfield's performance aside, season 2 isn't a patch on the beautifully crafted and delightfully fresh 1st season. The plot development is neither as interesting nor sophisticated and the joyous ensemble performance feel gone. Such a shame they couldn't maintain the quality.
the show is utter trash, jokes are cringe most of the time, and hit you like a brick without a shred of delicacy, characters are card-boards and stereotyped to the point of no return, someone decided to change this from a pseudo-infotainment teen comedy to a drama, because damn we want to look serious.
This travesty of a show is terribly written and even a blind monkey could tell this, the fact that critics are giving this show more than a 6 shows how people should stop trust art journalists about their reviews. Who on their right mind would give this live-action transposition of the "how do you do fellow kids?" meme more than that? And I am probably being generous.
If this was an anime series people would be outraged on twitter and poking fun about how cringe it is, but since it's coming from the western world everything is quirky and ingenious.
If you want to look at something dealing with fetishes and sex while being actually funny, look no further and read Interspecies Reviewers or watch it since they are adapting the manga right now. Or bask in this mud if you like it, you do you. But don't call it chocolate since I can even hear the stench coming from my screen.