‘Sex Education’ S4 Review: Oversexed
metroweekly.comSex Education (★★★★☆) created by Laurie Nunn, has evolved from a quirky teen sex comedy into a fan-favorite hit and astonishingly graceful look at teenage sexuality.The fourth and final season finds the teens spending their last semester at a new school, Cavendish College, an incredibly queer/artsy school.
Otis (Asa Butterfield) is struggling to juggle his long-distance relationship with Maeve (Emma Mackey) as she studies in America, his mother Jean’s (Gillian Anderson) new baby, and a rival sex therapist (Thaddea Graham) at school.The show’s two eternal standouts, Otis’s bestie Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) and Maeve’s bestie Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood), also return with the former trying to handle his evolving queerness while the latter finds artistic therapy for her trauma.Meanwhile, Adam (Connor Swindells), Eric’s bully-turned-ex-boyfriend, decides to not return to school, as Otis’ ex, Ruby (Mimi Keene), finds herself no longer popular.
Transitioning Cal (Dua Saleh) struggles with hormones as former Head Boy Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling) discovers the prostate and Viv (Chinenye Ezeudu) struggles with a non-academic setting.This season also features a new pack of queer popular teens, including Abbi (Anthony Lexa), the school’s trans “It Girl,” their partner Roman (Felix Mufti), and the hard-of-hearing Aishsa (Alexandra James).If that sounds like a lot, that’s because it is.
Even as the show removes a good chunk of the supporting cast from earlier seasons, Sex Education still feels stuffed to the brim while attempting to add even more new characters.Knowing it’s coming to an end, the series tries to neatly jam all of its storylines together to mixed results.
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