After an award-winning four-year run, the Netflix dramedy Sex Education has reached its climax. The fourth and final season hit Netflix a week ago, and judging from the tweets below, fans aren’t ready to say goodbye.
Created by playwright and screenwriter Laurie Nunn, Sex Education begins with Moordale Secondary student Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield) following in the footsteps of his sex-therapist mom (Gillian Anderson) and offering sex and relationship advice to his classmates.
Those classmates include gay BFF Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), rebel writer Maeve (Emma Mackey), head boy Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling), reformed bully Adam (Connor Swindells), reformed mean girl Ruby (Mimi Keene), and brilliant oddball Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood).
And true to its title, Sex Education doesn’t hold back with the sex—or the education. Amidst all the dating, copulating, and masturbating, the series offers important lessons in gender and sexual identities, sexual health, bodily autonomy, consent, empowerment, and experimentation.
In season two of Netflix’s “Sex Education”, high schooler Eric finally graduates from the sidekick role once reserved for black gay characters on TV into something of a romantic lead.
“I’ve heard stories of families being able to watch it, maybe not together, but different members from different generations watching it and then being able to start conversations with each other and I think that’s cool but mainly I hope people remember the characters in a fond and loving way, and enjoyed spending time with them,” Nunn told Elle in an interview published this month. “At the end of the day, I think that’s why we watch TV, it almost feels like you’re spending time with your friends.”
And here’s how much users of the app formerly known as Twitter will miss those friends:
#SexEducation really tackled: Sexual assault, asexuality, pansexuality, bisexuality, internalized homophobia, self-harm, anxiety, bullying, stay-at-home mom isolation, CONSENT, adoptive parent anxiety, slutshaming, fear of intimacy, etc. with humor & love pic.twitter.com/1jKxJx850y
Shout out to the Sex Education writers for the most amazing line on asexuality: “Sex doesn’t make us whole, so how could you ever be broken?” pic.twitter.com/k2d7kKCRN0
maeve wiley if you see this im free thursday night are you free thursday night so i can take you out on thursday night if you’re free i’d like to hang out thursday night please message me back if you’re free thursday night when i am free pic.twitter.com/kRKtKLn68A
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I really liked this show. I think they tied up the story well. I would like more too, but the reality is that it had reached a good place to end. I mean Asa Butterfield is now 26.
This show did a great job of dealing with the wild diversity storm that has always been associated with teen years. It did so, when so many other vehicles pushing an agenda have failed. All the LGBTQ flags were present and done well.
unlike some mid 20’s people playing teenagers they did a good job to keep him looking in character, 2 years of covid shutdown didn’t help with the timeline. Look at Luke Perry playing a teenager at the mild old age of 25+
I admire your suspension of disbelief. Personally, I thought Butterfield looked more like 30 than 26 for most of the last series – and often puffy and bloated with it, suggesting some epic partying with the cast and crew between shooting days. He was certainly no longer a convincing high school student.
So, in an article about a show, the star of which is the – very sexy, no doubt – Asa Butterfield, there are dozens of images. And not one white male. Can we PLEASE just get back to a normal world, where race/colour doesn’t matter. One way or another. I am so tired of all of this.
POC have been massively underrepresented for so long, that yes, we all have to put up with a few years of it swinging the other way. Apple isn’t the only one that avoids white people in ads – anyone who works at media company in America right now knows we need to be seen to be choosing POC instead of white people. I’ve been told a ratio of 80% POC to 20% white is the goal. Meanwhile, CEOs and rich people are still 99.99999% white so don’t worry, it’s certainly not changing the world… yet!
Ugh, here comes someone, DavidIntl, playing the “race card,” yet in the same breath stating, apparently without any sense of irony, that he wants a “normal world,” where race/colour doesn’t matter.” Why are you so fragile? For the love of Jesus, get a grip!
“there are dozens of images. And not one white male. ”
I see a couple of Butterfield, and a couple of Connor Swindells, the two major young white male characters in the series. Though one of George Robinson (Isaac) would have been nice.
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The site now named X will only ever be known as Twitter.
LumpyPillows
I really liked this show. I think they tied up the story well. I would like more too, but the reality is that it had reached a good place to end. I mean Asa Butterfield is now 26.
This show did a great job of dealing with the wild diversity storm that has always been associated with teen years. It did so, when so many other vehicles pushing an agenda have failed. All the LGBTQ flags were present and done well.
nm4047
unlike some mid 20’s people playing teenagers they did a good job to keep him looking in character, 2 years of covid shutdown didn’t help with the timeline. Look at Luke Perry playing a teenager at the mild old age of 25+
Joshooeerr
I admire your suspension of disbelief. Personally, I thought Butterfield looked more like 30 than 26 for most of the last series – and often puffy and bloated with it, suggesting some epic partying with the cast and crew between shooting days. He was certainly no longer a convincing high school student.
smittoons
After Friday Night Lights and The OC, I have a high tolerance for 20-somethings playing teens.
And I certainly won’t make unnecessary comments about anyone’s weight like others did.
nebskram
plus a few willy shots
LumpyPillows
Always a plus.
DavidIntl
So, in an article about a show, the star of which is the – very sexy, no doubt – Asa Butterfield, there are dozens of images. And not one white male. Can we PLEASE just get back to a normal world, where race/colour doesn’t matter. One way or another. I am so tired of all of this.
barryaksarben
if it doesn’t matter what’s wrong with mostly poc. dont worry everyone knows the two leads are white if it matters
Terry
POC have been massively underrepresented for so long, that yes, we all have to put up with a few years of it swinging the other way. Apple isn’t the only one that avoids white people in ads – anyone who works at media company in America right now knows we need to be seen to be choosing POC instead of white people. I’ve been told a ratio of 80% POC to 20% white is the goal. Meanwhile, CEOs and rich people are still 99.99999% white so don’t worry, it’s certainly not changing the world… yet!
Kangol2
Ugh, here comes someone, DavidIntl, playing the “race card,” yet in the same breath stating, apparently without any sense of irony, that he wants a “normal world,” where race/colour doesn’t matter.” Why are you so fragile? For the love of Jesus, get a grip!
WendellE
“there are dozens of images. And not one white male. ”
I see a couple of Butterfield, and a couple of Connor Swindells, the two major young white male characters in the series. Though one of George Robinson (Isaac) would have been nice.
Kangol2
Thank you!
inbama
Couldn’t care less about unattractive and dull gay Brits in stories written by women.
And I’ve decided to be reincarnated as Spanish or Catalan.
smittoons
I would just settle for someone open-minded instead.
smittoons
Season 4 was a mixed bag, but I’ll miss most of these characters!