TV for Breakfast- Sex Education Season 3
- **Spoilers Abound ***
OH BOY do I love these weird teens and their dramatic British problems. This season was just as good as the previous two with even more humour and heart. We got some great character development with basically everybody (including the adults) and they really showed us how each character has matured (in their own way) at the end of what is likely their last year of school. Or maybe it isn’t? Too soon to tell! Or maybe not!
The cast is so great it’s hard to think of one standout but for me the most exciting character this year is Cal. They are introduced to us inside the beloved and abandoned student restroom, which for some reason is an entirely separate building next to the school. This is actually the worst idea ever. You cannot have an entire building with limited access and boarded-up windows in close proximity to a bunch of teenagers. It should have been demolished YEARS ago. ANYHOW Cal is played by Dua Saleh, who I have just now learned is apparently so fucking cool?! And they also use they/them pronouns in real life which is also fucking cool. Heart eyes.
I think my other favourite character this season was Aimee. She was willing to get help after trying to forget being sexually assaulted, which is monumentally brave. She had surreal, hysterical lines, all delivered with conviction, framed in 70s bangs and dimples.
Kudos to Maeve for making peace with her mother, trying a new relationship, getting her heart broken, and going on an adventure. So proud of her. Also, no one told me I could live in a mobile home community IN the English countryside!? I didn’t realize that was an option!! This changes everything.
The architecture and landscape in this show are insanely gorgeous. Otis’ house takes my breath away. I like the scenes where he and Jean eat breakfast overlooking the edge of a cliff like mother-son supervillains.
Another thing of note is how very British the school is. If a teacher or principal danced onstage earnestly on their FIRST DAY at a new school, that person would be laughed out of the building. By me. For trying too hard.
Honorable mention to Adam, whose villain to lovable idiot arc was hard to imagine but actually very genuine and touching at times. And weird. And surprising.
I can’t believe they didn’t get nominated for Best Ensemble (is that a category), but I’m assuming the Emmys hate Netflix. They should have been nominated for the opening sequence alone. Genius.
