Through a chain of comedy events, this series follows a young named Otis. His mother works as a sex therapist, the thing that affects on him to open a clinic for sexual troubles with the help of his girlfriend from the school. The second season begins with Otis tries to hide his desire for having Ola.
Every performer is wonderful, not least because the script is wonderful, playing the sex for laughs and the search for intimacy as something serious, good and noble.
Sex Education's mix of British humour with the codes of American high school can feel discombobulating at times, but its characters always feel real and fully rounded.
Underneath it all is a sweet, conventional drama with lovely performances: Connor Swindells stands out as the unhappy and secretly gay Adam. But the show is less groundbreaking than it thinks.
Netflix's quietly revolutionary romantic comedy series, Sex Education, in its second season breaks more boundaries than the first. But the most admirable thing about the show isn't what it's saying, but how it's saying those things.
Sex Education remains fast-paced and entertaining; to borrow a metaphor, the show is growing up and figuring out what it likes. Let's see what happens.
Despite the more serious content this season, the overall tone remains upbeat and hilarious, lending a continued reprieve to traditional stories about teenage sex.
Nunn's effortlessly inclusive series treats all of its characters with affection and respect. There's a notably broad range of them in a rich canvas detailed with humor and heart.
While the second season retains much of the spirit of the first season, there were also many moments where I wondered what exactlySex Educationis trying to say.
It may be pretty surface level, but it does give more care and attention to addressing the darker aspects like assault and trauma. In a way, it finally feels like education.
It's a really strong premiere, to be clear, nimbly picking up on last season while setting up plenty of drama for the next seven episodes - and also delivering some impeccably staged beats of physical comedy.