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Danny Franks

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So it looks like Jean will be the principle counsellor this season, while Otis gets a more traditionally teenage storyline - first girlfriend, sex, love triangle. At least, that's how things are going to start.

I'll be honest, I just want to see more of Maeve, and how she develops in the second season.

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Bastet

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This conversation between Laurie Nunn (creator/exec producer/writer), Aimee Lou Wood (Aimee), Patricia Allison (Ola), and Laura Bates (founder of Everyday Sexism) embedded in an article posted in another thread about the origin and impact of Aimee's sexual assault storyline is well worth the time:

 

 

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1 hour ago, Bastet said:

This conversation between Laurie Nunn (creator/exec producer/writer), Aimee Lou Wood (Aimee), Patricia Allison (Ola), and Laura Bates (founder of Everyday Sexism) embedded in an article posted in another thread about the origin and impact of Aimee's sexual assault storyline is well worth the time:

I wish every man, woman, boy, girl, and non-binary person on earth would watch this. It’s so important.

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Aulty

Aulty

Sex Education started work on series 3 this week as per some actor's social media. Production was initially pushed back from spring to August due to Corona, but it seems they had to delay it a couple more weeks. Will we get an utopian fall scenery this time round?

I don't expect another January release date though, because apart from taking some time, there will be quite a queue for post production.

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ahisma

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This published a few weeks ago but I just caught it now. LOTS of dish on season 3! Date is not set yet except “this summer.” If you consider behind the scenes photos or casting news spoilery, avoid. Plot wise, the piece is ... spoiler adjacent? No details but lots of hints. 
 

I screamed out loud at the casting news that

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Jason Isaacs will play Mr. Groff’s “more successful/less modest brother.” Jason Isaacs

and Gillian Anderson on the same show? I’ll be in my bunk....

https://www.techradar.com/news/sex-education-season-3-release-date-cast-trailer-and-what-we-know

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Bastet

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In this interview, Gillian Anderson seems to indicate that

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Jean intends to continue the pregnancy:

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This season was interesting because she's pregnant. She's so much a shag specialist that she's been shagged and is having a baby. She's bearing proof. [laughs]

 

Blech.  I hope it comes out better than I envision, but I'm so sick of these damn storylines.

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Aulty

Aulty

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Mark your calendars, season 3 of Sex Education will drop on September 17th!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQgTENvjahU

edit: TVLine has some mild spoilers:

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The third season consists of eight episodes, matching the counts of Seasons 1 and 2. In the upcoming installments, Otis (Asa Butterfield) is having casual sex, Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) and Adam (Connor Swindells) have made their relationship official (!) and Jean (Gillian Anderson) has a baby on the way. Meanwhile, new headteacher Hope (played by Girls‘ Jemima Kirke) tries to return Moordale to the pillar of excellence it’s always been — which, judging from the new episodic photos below, means spiffy new uniforms, at the very least.  Elsewhere in Season 3, “Aimee discovers feminism, Jackson gets a crush and a lost voicemail still looms,” the logline reads. “Prepare for commitment animals, alien phenomena, vulva cupcakes and much more of Madam Groff.”

 

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Danny Franks

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I think the only part of that preview that interests me at all is Aimee's storyline.

The writing for this show really declined in the second season, as they focused more on 'will they, won't they' avoidance techniques and new characters, so I'm very cautious about being excited by the third series. Not to mention that incredibly problematic relationship that is apparently going to be a focus of this season.

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Bastet

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2 minutes ago, Danny Franks said:

I think the only part of that preview that interests me at all is Aimee's storyline.

The writing for this show really declined in the second season, as they focused more on 'will they, won't they' avoidance techniques and new characters, so I'm very cautious about being excited by the third series. Not to mention that incredibly problematic relationship that is apparently going to be a focus of this season.

I agree.  Aimee was the best part of last season, and it sounds like that will be true again.  Eric and Adam is appalling, but that's going to keep going, Maeve and Otis turns a lovely friendship into a ridiculous triangle because the third prong is utterly unrootable yet somehow presented as an option, Jean's pregnancy is totally stupid ... I enjoyed season two less than the first, had hopes for the third, and will indeed watch it, but at this point I'm expecting to be mighty irritated and hope to be pleasantly surprised.

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Bastet

Bastet

That trailer looks a lot better than any written summaries of the upcoming season's storylines have, so I'm a little more hopeful than before that I'll be pleasantly surprised by how they play out.

If nothing else, I figure Aimee's storyline will make the season worth my while.

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Which Tyler

Which Tyler

On 7/12/2020 at 9:11 PM, Bastet said:

This conversation between Laurie Nunn (creator/exec producer/writer), Aimee Lou Wood (Aimee), Patricia Allison (Ola), and Laura Bates (founder of Everyday Sexism) embedded in an article posted in another thread about the origin and impact of Aimee's sexual assault storyline is well worth the time:

 

 

Thank you for posting that.
Spookily, whilst watching, this came up on my FB feed: https://e-activist.com/page/70936/petition/1

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Aulty

Aulty

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Finally an update on the shooting schedule. If they film over the summer it might be back to a January release date? Fingers crossed.

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Bastet

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That's too bad; the character is tied into so many others, that's going to be a pretty big loss.  Especially that it seems the actor isn't going to be there at all, so the character is just going to be gone, with the other characters talking about why, rather than the actor being in the first episode or two and getting a storyline to explain the departure.  I wonder what they're going to come up with.  I suppose they could re-cast instead, but that's tough.

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Aulty

Aulty

10 hours ago, Bastet said:

I wonder what they're going to come up with.  I suppose they could re-cast instead, but that's tough.

If they stick with closing Moordale they could have her go to a different school than the rest of the gang - she is that smart kid club so might have higher ambitions than the rest. But I can't think of anything else that could be explained without her at least being in the first episode. Of course they could have that paternity question play out off camera and have Ola and Jakob move out of Jean's house (and as far away as possibe).
As a character, she wasn't tied to many others besides Lily and Otis. The knock on effect on Lily is probably what will sting the most. If they can find someone to potentially recast, I'd be ok with that.

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Aulty

Aulty

Well, I guess the thing with how Lily is going to deal with Ola not being around is a non-issue, because some outlets report that:

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A number of cast members, including Patricia Allison (Ola), Tanya Reynolds (Lily), Rakhee Thakrar (Emily Sands), and Simone Ashley (Olivia) will not return to the series.

That is a lot. And Tanya is quite the loss . Leading with 'a number of cast members' is unsettling. Good to have Ncuti back.

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Danny Franks

Danny Franks

On 8/7/2022 at 9:38 PM, possibilities said:

So... they purged the female characters?

Hey, they've still got Maeve, Aimee, Ruby and Jean! So... not all the female characters, just a lot of them.

It's weird. Lily was a cool character and Ola seemed like she'd have a storyline revolving around Jean's baby, at least. But maybe they've decided that baby cliffhanger was a terrible idea, so they're going to skip to Jacob knowing he's not the father and having left.

I'd definitely have cut Jackson and Raheem before cutting Lily and Ola. Neither had much of substance going on. And I'd certainly cut Isaac.

But I'm sure there will be a bunch of new characters to clutter up the screen and allow the writers to pretend the show wasn't built on the appeal of Maeve/Otis.

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Aulty

Aulty

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Looks like season 4 will have a slice of Dan Levy in it. I love that.

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChclOmts8f-

Levy will be joined in the show’s fourth season by fellow newcomers Anthony Lexa, Thaddea Graham, Felix Mufti, Marie Reuther, Alexandra James and Imani Yahshua.

A few extra bits:

Season four of the Netflix drama sees Otis and Eric arrive at Cavendish Sixth Form College following the closure of Moordale Secondary. Meanwhile, Maeve is at the prestigious Wallace University in the US being tutored by Mr Molloy. Molloy (Dan Levy) is a famous author and Maeve’s US course tutor at her Ivy League college.

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Bastet

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I can't access that link since I don't have an Instagram account, so for anyone else in the same boat, here's the Variety article about all the cast changes and storylines in season four.

I've liked each season less than the one that came before it, and I don't have much hope for this one breaking the pattern, but hopefully it's still good.

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Bastet

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Good grief, no Ola or Lily in season four, and now now Eric or Maeve come season five (should it exist)?!  I think they should wrap things up in season four, graduate them all, and let the show end as they venture out into the next phase of their lives.  (But, good gods, do not get Otis and Maeve together in the process!)

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Aulty

Aulty

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16 hours ago, juno said:

Finally the endless shipping of Maeve and Otis is over. Not happy Emma is leaving, but they really need to get Otis a new love interest.

I'll be more suprised if there is another season than I am of Emma not being in it.

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Aulty

Aulty

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Season 4, the final season, September 21st! Yay!
Teasing an Otis-Ruby-Maeve triangle in the trailer. Boo!

 

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Aulty

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/16/sex-education-laurie-nunn-netflix-final-series

Reading this, I am preparing myself for a huge disappointment. Very little interaction between Otis, Eric, Maeve and Jean, Cal and a bunch of new characters becoming the main story and the dreaded Otis - Maeve - Ruby triangle. Plus some of the things from the trailer, aka Isaac is still around while so many other characters aren't  ...  Don't tell me I am overreacting.

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