Connor Swindells

“Sex Education”: a mixed bag of captivating and cringey

By: Meera Eragoda, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: mention of sexual assault in paragraph four Sex Education returned to Netflix on September 17, 2021 for yet another comedic and, of course, sex-filled season. But it’s becoming a mixed bag of hoaky writing and great acting. The opening of this season sees Moordale High’s dynamic sex-advice duo Otis (Asa Butterfield) and Maeve (Emma Mackey) still not talking. The show also introduces new Umbridge-esque headteacher Hope Haddon (Jemima Kirke) who, in a storyline more fitting to a show set in the 1950s or earlier, attempts to rebrand the school and distance it from its…

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