Sex Education Season 3 Review: A worthy follow-up built on sensitive writing

Netflix’s teen drama series continues to tell honest stories of layered characters who deal with sensitive issues

Bhuvanesh Chandar

(Originally posted on 20th September 2021)

School season is back at Moordale Secondary, and we couldn’t be more excited, given how good season 2 of Sex Education was, which upped its game with great character development and a cliffhanger-end involving Otis, Maeve, and Isaac. The new season continues to build on the good work and has added more substance to the series’ niche themes and engaging storytelling.

It all begins with a montage of the love birds of Moordale getting down to it, and the first major reveal is a moustache-sporting Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) and later, the fact that Otis and Ruby (Mimi Keene) are in a casual relationship. The post-chlamydia Moordale Secondary School is still feeling the aftereffects of previous events, and this causes some big changes. We are introduced to a new headmaster, Hope Haddon (Jemima Kirke), who begins with a dynamic introduction speech. Hope, a former student of Moordale herself, is, meanwhile, on a mission to change the ‘sex school’ reputation. She wants the kids to walk in a single file, wear the “correct” uniform, and sport acceptable hairstyle; she even introduces a new Relationship and Sex Education course that advocates abstinence. Meanwhile, Maeve (Emma Mackey) still has no idea about Otis’ voicemail, and she makes it clear that they are not friends anymore.

The series has always managed to strike a balance between the Otis-Maeve plot and other sub-plots, and this continues. Every character has..

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