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Television · 2019
Sex Education
A socially awkward teenager uses lessons absorbed from his sex-therapist mother to run an informal advice clinic with a sharp-witted classmate, while their peers confront intimacy and identity.
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When the kids at his school start having relationship difficulties, Otis, his queer best friend Eric (Ncuti Gatwa, in a star-making performance), and Otis’ crush Maeve start up a bootleg sex clinic to help their classmates get satisfaction. A comedy as sweet as it is silly, it explores a wide range of sexual and romantic relationships.
Alan Sepinwall on Rolling Stone “Sex Education” won’t be for everybody. The humor is often very dark, the awkwardness so cringe-inducing it can be difficult to watch. But like a well-meaning teen therapist, its intentions are so good that it’s difficult to hold much against the series. Like a generous partner, it’s willing to experiment and find a balance that works. And like sex—like good sex anyway—it’s often an absolute pleasure.
Allison Shoemaker on RogerEbert.com Sex Education is a rare thing: it’s a series that foregrounds sex only to let it illuminate everything beyond. Every character could easily be a stock, risible one – the teens could just be horny, Jean could just be embarrassing, Otis just a nerd, Maeve the manic-pixie-dream-girl love object we’ve seen a million times before. But none of them are, in this immaculately, densely written, glorious creation – her first for TV – of playwright Laurie Nunn.
Lucy Mangan on The Guardian
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