Three seasons into Netflix‘s charming UK series Sex Education, is it possible that Otis and his pent-up mates are too liberated? Too far out of the closet, free express themselves and their desires? Nah.
A strict new teacher wielding grey uniforms and a stack of rules will try to shut down all the fun and freedom of our beloved main characters in Sex Education season three, but fans of the show already know it’s not going to work. All eight episodes are available to stream on Netflix from September 17.
In the raucous but warm spirit of John Hughes, Sex Education stars Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey as high school students navigating the tricky world of puberty and romance.
Otis and his mates set up a helpful ‘sex school’ for their peers, going off saucy advice from his sex therapist mum (fabulous Gillian Anderson), but in the trailer for the upcoming season, it seems the gang’s message of self-love is under attack.
Jemima Kirke joins the cast as the school’s new headmistress, ordering her horny student body to wear drab uniforms and to attend stern lectures on the dangers of sex. It’s futile, lady—these kids already have two seasons’ worth of romantic storytelling behind them that we simply must see continued.
In his round-up of Netflix’s most exciting new titles for the month, Craig Mathieson applauded Sex Education‘s newest season for its boundless empathy: “it displays a huge affection and responsibility to what it values, such as the lively young ensemble cast and the notion that sex—across a wide spectrum of orientation and issues—is something to be valued and enjoyed.”
You’ve got time to catch up on previous, hilariously awkward seasons of Sex Education before diving into the tantalising third batch of episodes. Other cast members who feature in the new season include Jason Isaacs as Peter Groff, and Dua Saleh as a non-binary student who gets the gang’s attention.
