Sex Education - Over-dramatic teenagers at their finest (spoilers alert)
Hello, fellas. It's me again. The last couple of days I was binge-watching this new show on Netflix called Sex Education. At first, the trailer is kind of boring, so if you're one of the people who doesn't watch a tv show/movie because of the trailer, trust me in this one, it's completely worth it watching this one. Here's everything you need to know.
Basic Info:
Episodes: 8 episodes (1 hour each, pretty good if you ask me)
Creators: Laurie Nunn
Production: Netflix
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey.
All episodes are streaming on Netflix
Plot:
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Opinion (spoilers ahead, you're warned)
Sooo, it's been a while, but here's my opinion on this AMAZING tv show.
I think the trailer came out on new year's or something, and I remember watching the trailer and saying "this is going to be a complete flop and no one will watch it" oh boy I was wrong, but it's just that the trailer was s o b a d that it almost made me not watch it at all in first place. This is a great example of how companies totally fuck up with their trailers. And it's not that they told a lot about the story, it's the total opposite, they don't tell enough so you can get into it and watch it. But whatever, don't pay attention to the trailer, is complete bullshit.
The plot it's... special. No one's ever done something like that before, something so risky. A boy who has a sex therapist mother decides to become a sex therapist himself. And with the help of his "patients", he also realizes a lot of things about himself and the people around him. Really ground-breaking nowadays, even more in a country like England, so conservative and everything on the outside, so wild and reckless on the inside (as we can see in this show). Anyways, the storyline it's really strong, and I wouldn't be surprised if they renew it for a second season anytime soon, but I feel like it had some plot-holes that NEED to be fixed/told. Like the friendship between Aimee and Maeve, or the family or Maeve, or WHAT HAPPENS WITH ADAMMMMM. I gotta stop.
Also, we have to talk about the CRAZY relationships in this show. It's fucking insane. Literally. Everyone, everyone tries to be with someone "special", everyone tries to have someone to spend time with, even though only some accomplished that goal, but it's fun see them try. For example, Maeve and Otis. Good. Lord. THEY WERE IN LOVE SINCE THE FIRST MINUTE BITCH YOU CANT TELL ME SHE REALIZED THE LAST MINUTE OF THE LAST EPISODE GOD DAMN. I hate it when they do that, when they make two people going back and forth trying to chase a love that they know CLEARLY it's there but they're too blind to realize it. Even though I get it, it's all for caught viewers attention (which they fucking did let me tell you that), but it's so frustrating seeing either Otis or Maeve getting heart-break because of eACH OTHER LIKE WHAT-. Another example it's Adam and Eric. My gay radar knew from the first minute that overly heterosexual boy was in love with Eric. And that Eric was wayyyy too blind to realize he was in love with him too. But they could've had a happy ending if it wasn't that aDAM WENT TO THE FUCKING MILITARY IN THE LAST EPISODE.
See what I'm talking about. Geez.
I think they really hit the bullseye with the sex therapy Otis and Maeve had going on, and how alongside the students' problem, they also got a chance to understand themselves a little better. That was really cool. But like, there was a little lingering question going around in my head. Was Otis mother okay with all of that? 'Cause like, Otis says he had sex clinic, but Jean never said a word about it. Whatever I guess we'll know that next season.
The cast was something else. I love when they give the opportunity to new actors to participate in big projects like this as protagonists. Like, I know Gillian Anderson it's been in the industry for over 30 years, and Asa Butterfield it's well known for his roles in movies such as The boy in the striped pajamas or Miss Peregrine, but I bet you never heard the name Emma Mackey Or Connor Swindells before did you. It's awesome when a company as big as Netflix let all this great artist have their first roles on a tv show, launching their career as big as possible. And with all the promo, I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes one of the hottest shows on Netflix ever, or if it gets attention awards' season next year. They totally deserve it.
One thing a lot of people criticize it's the title. Sex Education. But I think they do because they don't understand it. They're literally mocking the sexual education system not only in the UK, but around the world, and how teenagers have to go to their classmates asking for something they never even knew about. Like Aimee, looking because no one told her what to do during sex, or Adam who was never able to get turn on by his girlfriend (because he was gay *cough cough*) or that girl who was desperately seeking for someone to have sex with; all of these students have fallen hard into the teenager-stereotype, and every single one of them went to the one and only person who was able to help them. Was it a teacher, a parent, the headmaster? No, it was one of their own classmates, because they knew perfectly well not a single person in their school besides him was going to be able to talk about things like that without getting uncomfortable
I don't think the show was trying to encourage other teenagers to do the same, but trying to get adults to understand the way their sons, their nephews, or even grandsons feel about certain things. It will sound weird, but it reminds me of the Little Prince. Even though it's a kid's book, adults by reading it understand how kids feel about them.
Anyways, kind of going off topic over here. Let's go back.
The show itself it's completely worth watching it. Everything it's perfect about it, the cast, the script, the production, everything. I completely recommend it, everyone should watch it.
Rating: 5/5
Basic Info: Episodes: 8 episodes (1 hour each, pretty good if you ask me)
Creators: Laurie Nunn
Production: Netflix
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey.
All episodes are streaming on Netflix
Plot:
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Opinion (spoilers ahead, you're warned)
Sooo, it's been a while, but here's my opinion on this AMAZING tv show.
I think the trailer came out on new year's or something, and I remember watching the trailer and saying "this is going to be a complete flop and no one will watch it" oh boy I was wrong, but it's just that the trailer was s o b a d that it almost made me not watch it at all in first place. This is a great example of how companies totally fuck up with their trailers. And it's not that they told a lot about the story, it's the total opposite, they don't tell enough so you can get into it and watch it. But whatever, don't pay attention to the trailer, is complete bullshit.
The plot it's... special. No one's ever done something like that before, something so risky. A boy who has a sex therapist mother decides to become a sex therapist himself. And with the help of his "patients", he also realizes a lot of things about himself and the people around him. Really ground-breaking nowadays, even more in a country like England, so conservative and everything on the outside, so wild and reckless on the inside (as we can see in this show). Anyways, the storyline it's really strong, and I wouldn't be surprised if they renew it for a second season anytime soon, but I feel like it had some plot-holes that NEED to be fixed/told. Like the friendship between Aimee and Maeve, or the family or Maeve, or WHAT HAPPENS WITH ADAMMMMM. I gotta stop.
Also, we have to talk about the CRAZY relationships in this show. It's fucking insane. Literally. Everyone, everyone tries to be with someone "special", everyone tries to have someone to spend time with, even though only some accomplished that goal, but it's fun see them try. For example, Maeve and Otis. Good. Lord. THEY WERE IN LOVE SINCE THE FIRST MINUTE BITCH YOU CANT TELL ME SHE REALIZED THE LAST MINUTE OF THE LAST EPISODE GOD DAMN. I hate it when they do that, when they make two people going back and forth trying to chase a love that they know CLEARLY it's there but they're too blind to realize it. Even though I get it, it's all for caught viewers attention (which they fucking did let me tell you that), but it's so frustrating seeing either Otis or Maeve getting heart-break because of eACH OTHER LIKE WHAT-. Another example it's Adam and Eric. My gay radar knew from the first minute that overly heterosexual boy was in love with Eric. And that Eric was wayyyy too blind to realize he was in love with him too. But they could've had a happy ending if it wasn't that aDAM WENT TO THE FUCKING MILITARY IN THE LAST EPISODE.
See what I'm talking about. Geez.
I think they really hit the bullseye with the sex therapy Otis and Maeve had going on, and how alongside the students' problem, they also got a chance to understand themselves a little better. That was really cool. But like, there was a little lingering question going around in my head. Was Otis mother okay with all of that? 'Cause like, Otis says he had sex clinic, but Jean never said a word about it. Whatever I guess we'll know that next season.
The cast was something else. I love when they give the opportunity to new actors to participate in big projects like this as protagonists. Like, I know Gillian Anderson it's been in the industry for over 30 years, and Asa Butterfield it's well known for his roles in movies such as The boy in the striped pajamas or Miss Peregrine, but I bet you never heard the name Emma Mackey Or Connor Swindells before did you. It's awesome when a company as big as Netflix let all this great artist have their first roles on a tv show, launching their career as big as possible. And with all the promo, I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes one of the hottest shows on Netflix ever, or if it gets attention awards' season next year. They totally deserve it.
One thing a lot of people criticize it's the title. Sex Education. But I think they do because they don't understand it. They're literally mocking the sexual education system not only in the UK, but around the world, and how teenagers have to go to their classmates asking for something they never even knew about. Like Aimee, looking because no one told her what to do during sex, or Adam who was never able to get turn on by his girlfriend (because he was gay *cough cough*) or that girl who was desperately seeking for someone to have sex with; all of these students have fallen hard into the teenager-stereotype, and every single one of them went to the one and only person who was able to help them. Was it a teacher, a parent, the headmaster? No, it was one of their own classmates, because they knew perfectly well not a single person in their school besides him was going to be able to talk about things like that without getting uncomfortable
I don't think the show was trying to encourage other teenagers to do the same, but trying to get adults to understand the way their sons, their nephews, or even grandsons feel about certain things. It will sound weird, but it reminds me of the Little Prince. Even though it's a kid's book, adults by reading it understand how kids feel about them.
Anyways, kind of going off topic over here. Let's go back.
The show itself it's completely worth watching it. Everything it's perfect about it, the cast, the script, the production, everything. I completely recommend it, everyone should watch it.
Rating: 5/5
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