![]() But still, with entertainment, we don’t want to just focus on what’s practical or healthy, but what’s romantic and mushy.įor me, that’s what Sex Education took from viewers with its “reasonable” ending. True, it’s a show whose magic has always been its depiction of what healthy relationships do and don’t look like, how to leave an unhealthy dynamic and how to build one, how to figure out who you are and how to let other people see the real you. They’re TV characters in a fun show where everyone dresses and behaves like it’s the 1990s and performs fellatio on bananas. ![]() ![]() Photo: Samuel Taylor/NetflixĪll that is why, if I knew Maeve and Otis in real life, I would think their breakup was necessary. In therapy-speak, this relationship was making them regress, not progress. Although parentless, low-income Maeve moving away from her only support systems - her many friends in Moordale - doesn’t make logical sense to me, Otis moving to be with her doesn’t either, and neither is mature enough for a long-distance relationship. Truth be told, the pairing was already a bit stale, as the conflict-to-cuteness ratio was wildly skewed. And Maeve took too long to let Otis in emotionally or even confess her feelings for him, always keeping him at a distance, even while also neglecting her other relationships for him. Several characters, like Otis’ best friend, Eric, and his former love interest Ruby (Mimi Keene) told Otis that he tended to neglect everyone else whenever Maeve was around, quite dickishly dropping all his commitments to be at her beck and call. Let’s be clear: There are some incredibly valid arguments for why Maeve and Otis shouldn’t end up together. After Maeve realizes that she actually loves it in America, they mutually decide to break up for good. ![]() Then, when she comes back for the death of her mother, they’re still not in sync (and understandably so grief isn’t really the best atmosphere to build up a romantic connection in). writing program at the end of season 3, the pair - after finally kissing - agreed to try long distance.īut in season 4, Maeve and Otis’ long-distance connection is clearly disintegrating. But that shared passion led to shared romantic feelings, with the writers keeping us in a will-they-won’t-they limbo until the end of season 3, when Maeve finally admits her feelings for Otis and they kiss at last. Maeve and Otis coming together is the impetus for the series, with her approaching him to start a sex therapy clinic as a mutually beneficial situation (he gets to help people with his knowledge she gets cash to help basically raise herself). But, like all classic teen rom-coms and coming-of-age stories, there was a central love interest between the main characters: Maeve (Emma Mackey) and Otis (Asa Butterfield). And unlike other TV shows, its supporting characters - especially the Black characters, like Eric ( Ncuti Gatwa), Vivienne (Chinenye Ezeudu), Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling), and Cal (Dua Saleh) - were fully fleshed-out and engaging. It was fun, heartwarming, and frank about all things sex and relationships. Netflix’s Sex Education captivated me from the first episode I saw nearly four years ago.
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