Sex Education Season 3

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I just finished season 2 and will look at season 3 in a month or two. I need a break from it.

While much of the story seems tired and expected (the increasingly autocratic school administrator and the brewing rebellion against her to assert people's rights to "be themselves" - liberation!!). a couple subplots are interesting, and frankly kind of hot.

Sex with the pretty boy in the wheelchair. Don't know the actor's full story, but this certainly is innovative. The reality of paralysis, the possibility that they "differently abled" have their own beauty, and want to make love just like anybody else. So far the sex scenes are lovely.

And the arc of Adam... the big macho shut-down bully with the enormous penis is slowly, slowly following his own path. Trying to be more vulnerable. Letting Eric put makeup on him. Admitting he wants to bottom. Covering for the rival Raheem (and beginning to feel a kinship... funny too, "I like dogs" "I'm a cat person" "well, of course you are..." Really reaching new levels of self awareness - and while most of it should be silly and unlikely, Connor Swindells is winning me over.

This show would be better without all of the annoying girls. Get rid of them, make this a boy's boarding school. But Gillian Anderson can stay.

Gillian Anderson is by far the best thing about this show. The rest of the show is too earnest for me. I'm only 30 and the kids seem so wholesome and nice compared to what I remember from high school. Skins was a more entertaining show imo.

I, too, like Gillian Anderson and her Swedish lover.

Adam Groff/Conner Swindells is just my type.

i binged watched all 3 seasons earlier this week. i liked it. it was quirky while exploring all kinds of different relationships and not being afraid to take on the fact that kids have sex in high school. i was kind of hoping for a 4th season, but I know how Netflix works...

🎼🎼suckin’ on my titties🎼🎼

I've seen the first season, so I want to dive back in to 2 & 3 in October. I'm glad to read that they kept Adam/Conner around after the first season. I don't know why they have to put him in makeup, though. Why is that even a required plot point these days? I thought we'd moved past all that.

[quote] I don't know why they have to put him in makeup, though. Why is that even a required plot point these days? I thought we'd moved past all that.

Lazy writing, along with the flamboyant but actually insecure black gay. See also HBO Max's Genera+ion.

Who are those people in OP’s photo? I don’t think they even go to this school.

R12 - they're the 'mean girl' group - Ruby, Anwar and Olivia - they've been in it since Season 1.

I’m having a hard time getting through this season. The whole Harry Potter mean headmaster thing is annoying.

I thought the scene where Eric was driving into Lagos with his new gay friend was about to take a dark turn. Glad it didn't..

R10 R11 I am usually annoyed by the lazy feminization of gay men characters in movies and TV. As in "all gay men like old movies, like to wear makeup and would be in drag if they could..." etc.

But Adam letting Eric put makeup on him was sort of sweet... it was his gift to Eric, who is very "out there" with his flamboyance. It was Eric's deal, not Adam's... and later offered the thought of going out in makeup with Eric kindly said, "not really my thing."

The Eric/Adam relationship was sweet but the new ‘non binary’ character was awful and made me want to side with the evil headmistress

Apparently, supper sexy Connor Swindells is featured on Gay Brit Attitude magazine this month and looks very good with more messy natural hair and in some shots a scooped out tank with hairy chest. There’s also a follow up video from this on the site as well. And if it wasn’t mention Netflix, for the first time in a long while, has actually renewed it for season four.

I absolutely loved his portrayal as Adam r18. He showed the machismo that is expected in young men, yet the vulnerability of understanding that he may not be who he thought he SHOULD BE.

i felt worked through all the angst that a working class young man would feel admitting he had not only feelings for men but also for both men and women. he did a great job and I really enjoyed his scenes. And i'll admit at least one of his scenes made me tear up. Hope he keeps going and I think he has a bright future ahead of him.

I liked the series, but for me it could have ended on a good note with the second season.

The third season wasn't terrible, but only because if a certain affection for some characters, good and bad. The added themes came at a loss to some established characters, like Otis who seemed lost at the periphery to ricochet around now and then without much purpose, The big drama of Jean Milburn's pregnancy and near death painted her as an interestingly (or rather less interestingly) saintly character. It had its moments of course, I don't regret watching it at all, but its energy has wound down too fresh, its freshness gone stale. Sorry to hear that about a fourth season: having gone out at Season 2 would have been best

I’m quite happy for a fourth season. But that last episode was way too ‘gotcha’, with too many cliff hangers.

Who’s baby daddy?

Will Jakob stay daddy if he’s not daddy?

Maeve stays in communication with Otis?

Adam and Eric rekindle?

School sells?

Awful headmistress gets preggers or not?

Headmaster Geoff saves the school?

Maureen and he get back togethe

Too many loose ends!

This show is so weird. The hybrid British/American setting is so uncanny it makes me want to puke.

I just finished three last night. The last episode felt like it could have been the final episode but I see it's been renewed for series four. That should probably be it. They are getting a bit long in the tooth.

Overall I love the boldness of the show as it relates to young people and sex. I love the effortless integration of the races. It feels natural and unforced. When it comes to sex and race the show is entirely unselfconscious. I have always felt that what is always called racism is actually more prejudice, that prejudice comes from ignorance of one another, and that one thing media can do well is create familiarity.

Sometimes the writing is amazing. To effectively tell a story of sexual assault without having to go for the extreme violence was pretty intelligent and novel since drama always goes for the worst case. I thought two episodes in particular - the abortion in series 1 and the episode where the girls rallied around Aimee in series 2 - were true excellence.

I find the writers have a knack for making every character relatable and you can root for almost all of them. Even the motivations of the nasty head teacher were understandable and illustrated - she wasn't just the necessary villain. But I found her writing inconsistent. The IVF story was unproductive. Her demise was wide of the mark. I thought the story was about her imposition of fascism, not her suppression of sex.

I didn't realize Gillian Anderson talks like Margaret Thatcher all the time.

Overall, I haven't enjoyed a show this much in a long time. It is not perfect but it's excellent and I seldom laugh out loud as consistently as I have with this one.

[quote] Her demise was wide of the mark. I thought the story was about her imposition of fascism, not her suppression of sex.

I agree. I also thought it weird that none of the students, even the one locked in a room prior to the assembly, brought up the increasingly abusive demands of the Head Teacher. And why not make her rant public? The storyline floundered in the end which was disappointing.

Like you r23, I greatly enjoy this show. Looking forward to the 4th season. Do I see an Adam/Rahim pairing on the horizon?

^ Yes, I wondered.

I’m hoping the baby is Jean and Jakob’s…. Howeberthe plit twist would make for more drama.

He dies have a vasectomy, sooooo…..

*does

I couldn't guess who else the baby might belong to. She didn't have sex with the ex-husband and I don't think she had sex with the curly headed guy recently enough for them to be the father? (Although curly hair, who was in The Crown as Parker, did surface randomly for the scene that triggered Jakob's suspicions.) Seems a bit lazy to slip in an unknown contender.

So why haven’t we seen the third season of Derry Girls (six 30 minute episodes) when Sex Education managed to put out an eight episode season of one hour episodes??!?

For feck’s sake.

I finished season three last night. I really think this is a great show. Smart writing, a very diverse cast of well rounded characters, consistently good acting.

And of course I’m in love with Adam.

Imagine if young gay kids (or trans kids or disabled kids) had this to watch growing up rather than the crap that anyone over 30 watched.

Agree with everyone who thinks Connor Swindells is hot, talented and has a great future ahead of him.

I found this latest season a bit of a slog at times. Part of the problem is a much-too-large cast and the attempt to service far too many characters. Why are we still focusing on Adam's estranged parents years later? They're peripheral characters, and I'd rather spend time with Otis, Jean, Maeve, Eric, Adam, etc. Otis seemed to be an afterthought this season and Jean's pregnancy was both somewhat unbelievable and detracted from her dynamic with her son.

But yes, I could watch a full hour of Gillian Anderson and be blissfully happy.

Alistair Petrie’s real life twin sons had bit parts in Season 3.

I haven’t watched a single episode of Girls, so this is the first time I’ve seen Jemima Kirk in anything. I thought she was really great playing an often tricky character.

Adam and his father are pretty amazing father/son casting. They have the same nose.

I wish they would give Anwar some character development. The girls in the Untouchables have gotten some character development, but Anwar is just the mean, nasty faggot who didn't know how to douche.

The show has been renewed for a 4th season.

Lino Facioli (Dex) is a cutie. I enjoyed his streaking scene very much.

R33, yes, it’s remarkable, not just physiognomy but mannerisms.

What do we know about Lino? Besides that he's of legal age.

I think Adam and Rahim will pair up but more interesting will be how Michael, Adam's dad, will react to him being gay. Who knows, Michael might even realize that he's gay.

Adam's dad should get it on with Gillian Anderson's baby daddy.

I actually looked up to see if the actors who play Adam and his father are related in real life because they look so much alike. And it’s not just their looks! Even their facial expressions and other mannerisms are identical.

Also, who else thought Hope would be a match for Dolores Umbridge?