By the time the end credits to the second of Sex Education came rolling in, I was screaming, I was crying and I was angry (in that particular order). Screaming and crying because of that cliff hanger ending; angry, because I knew that I was going to have to wait for the next season (of which, there should be one Netflix, or there will be consequences) to find out what happens next.
From its hilarious opening montage, set to the Scala and Kolancy Brother’s “I Touch Myself” (personally, I prefer the original from The Divinlys but given the tone and pace of this particular montage, the version they used was perfect).
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed out so hard to an opening montage-ever!
To their epic rendition of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” (and with the phallus obsessed Lily writing and directing, what could go wrong?) and I think that “Romeo and Juliet” is the ultimate high school production, whether you are a middle school in the UK or an all girls school in the Philippines. My class won “Best Play” during my Freshman year, I was on the writing team and delivered the introduction, so yes, it has a bit of sentimental value to it. Seeing the play, receive the full on “Sex Education” treatment was just hilarious.
It’s a brand new term and the characters we have come to love are picking up where we left them off in the first season, although some are not even in school anymore. Maeve is on suspension and is working in a pretzel shop at the Mall, while Adam has already been shipped off to Military school.
Otis is enjoying keeping things slow with his girlfriend Ola and there is a mysterious and handsome new student in school! Who has everyone excited!
Things kick off to an exciting start when an outbreak in the school further enforces the need for a better sex education in the school.
There are a lot of themes thrown in this season, such as sexual assault, drug use, self harm, anxiety, surrogate pregnancy, parental abuse and yes, even religion and all of these themes and topics were dealt with such beauty and tact.
Episode 7 is just brilliant and an absolute favorite! I won’t go into any details so I won’t spoil anything but all I can say is that, it is such an empowering episode! The Spice Girls would be so proud!
I loved that the series used the song “Pale Blue Eyes” from Velvet Underground, considering Otis (Asa Butterfield) does have (such intense) pale blue eyes, only heightened because of his dark locks and while we are talking about Otis-this series just gives him a platform to show what a good actor he is! (Just that opening montage alone is an absolute challenge-and he pulled it off!)
I would also like to take this opportunity to talk about how much I love the friendship between Otis and Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) more of these kinds of friendships in film and TV series please!
Sex Education delivers an impressive second season, which gives more dimension for its characters, exploring arcs, growth and journeys that will surely enamor you to them, you know just in case you haven’t fallen in love with them yet, you know, in a completely innocent and platonic way.