I'm only ep 4, but so far not loving it. I'm sad to see Otis and Eric drifting apart, Jean's obvious PPD is distressing, not keen on Abbi's character. I'm hoping for either end game Otis and Ruby, or just everyone happy single. Isaac and Aimee are very cute, still majorly dislike Maeve. Feel very sorry for Mr Groff, I hope for a happy ending for Adam.
I was laughing at episode 1 & 2 but for me it just went too Woke I’m on the last episode but I’m now disappointed. To be honest I thought episode 1 was the best and that’s the one written by the original writer of series 1.
I was laughing at episode 1 & 2 but for me it just went too Woke I’m on the last episode but I’m now disappointed. To be honest I thought episode 1 was the best and that’s the one written by the original writer of series 1.
Definitely too woke. Feels like every possible gender identity, sexuality, 'act of kindness', blah blah blah is being shoehorned in. Doesnt feel genuine, like in Heartstopper, for example.
Definitely too woke. Feels like every possible gender identity, sexuality, 'act of kindness', blah blah blah is being shoehorned in. Doesnt feel genuine, like in Heartstopper, for example.
I ploughed through all episodes yesterday, and without giving too much away, Otis and Maeve could've been together since the series 1 finale and their story in the final series could've been the same. I say this because I am so annoyed that a show that prides itself on telling stories about sex and relationship relied on every trope in the TV writer's handbook to keep their main charaters apart for as long as possible. They couldn't produce an interesting arc for a growing and evolving relationship? Don't tell me there wasn't enough material with those two buckets of anxieties.
I don't get the Otis and Ruby shipping, because it was pretty obvious that - much like with Orla but with sex - he likes but didn't love her, but I have to admit she was much more palatable without her cheerleaders/henchmen.
That new school was such a caricature.
I ploughed through all episodes yesterday, and without giving too much away, Otis and Maeve could've been together since the series 1 finale and their story in the final series could've been the same. I say this because I am so annoyed that a show that prides itself on telling stories about sex and relationship relied on every trope in the TV writer's handbook to keep their main charaters apart for as long as possible. They couldn't produce an interesting arc for a growing and evolving relationship? Don't tell me there wasn't enough material with those two buckets of anxieties.
I don't get the Otis and Ruby shipping, because it was pretty obvious that - much like with Orla but with sex - he likes but didn't love her, but I have to admit she was much more palatable without her cheerleaders/henchmen.
That new school was such a caricature.
Definitely too woke. Feels like every possible gender identity, sexuality, 'act of kindness', blah blah blah is being shoehorned in. Doesnt feel genuine, like in Heartstopper, for example.
This is exactly what I said about the last season of Sex Education and Heartstopper. Feels like they've gone throgh a tick box.
Even more so this season
I was laughing at episode 1 & 2 but for me it just went too Woke I’m on the last episode but I’m now disappointed. To be honest I thought episode 1 was the best and that’s the one written by the original writer of series 1.
4 episodes in and the music is absolutely the best part!
i don’t understand why they felt the need to add so many new characters to the final season tbh. we’re here because we want to see what happens to the originals! i can’t be expected to get invested in a bunch of random newbies.
otis is being particularly annoying too. by contrast though i think everything with adam is excellent (i want him to be okay so badly).
4 episodes in and the music is absolutely the best part!
i don’t understand why they felt the need to add so many new characters to the final season tbh. we’re here because we want to see what happens to the originals! i can’t be expected to get invested in a bunch of random newbies.
otis is being particularly annoying too. by contrast though i think everything with adam is excellent (i want him to be okay so badly).
Just watched the first episode… I’m disappointed the show has lost its sparkle. It’s trying too hard to be woke when it was already woke that’s why people liked it. Too many new characters that are annoying and unrealistic. I’ve not seen great reviews about the rest of the series. What a shame.
What a weak final season, felt kinda pointless - I hated the Otis & Maeve arc (loved them as a couple), didn’t add anything to the story but also ruined the arc of the whole show with their ending. Why not just let them live happily ever after for the sake of it ending?
Ruby and Otis had more chemistry, Otis looked uncomfortable in all Maeve scenes. Even the funeral sat there awkwardly yet the scenes with Ruby he was way more loving.
I never understand why on final seasons the show runners take a hard left and sort of end everything badly in terms of relationships etc.
This season is the very least “sex education” season, what is it even about? It’s like a whole different show to the earlier season
What a weak final season, felt kinda pointless - I hated the Otis & Maeve, didn’t add anything to the story but also ruined the arc of the whole show with their ending. Why not just let them live happily ever after for the sake of it ending?
I never understand why on final seasons the show runners take a hard left and sort of end eveything badly in terms of relationships etc.
so they can show that “not everything is like the films” yeah we know… we’re all depressed just give us some happiness we don’t need reminding of our crappy lives that’s why we watch these shows for positive escapism
Agree with the general consensus, I found this season a slog
Representation and awareness is amazing but there was so much crammed into this final series with rushed and underdeveloped storylines. It would have been nice to focus on the characters we know for the final series rather than random storylines with a bunch of newbies and a very OTT school setting.
Some parts were really moving tbf (the teachers at the funeral, jean's chat with maeve, etc.) but overall I found myself not feeling that invested and wanting to hurry up and get through it. Like some other posters said, it felt super heavy all the way through as well and lacked joy and humour.
Loved Adam and Aimee's arcs. Not enough Ruby. I did want Otis and Ruby endgame before but Otis was annoying this series so I didn't care. Eric just has to breathe and I love him lol, I liked the storyline but not 100% sure on him deciding to be a pastor at the end. Everything else felt tedious to watch!
I loved season 1, it was brilliant and the characters were well-developed, everyone had a personality beyond their obvious token identity. Eric was more than just the gay guy, Jackson was more than just the star of the swimming team.
Season 2 wasn't bad, but different, and in season 3 some of what makes 4 so bad was foreshadowed. Cal, who has absolutely no character beyond being there, playing themselves, many many story arcs, etc.
Watching the first episode of 4, my initial reaction was "It got so woke that they realized they needed to overdo it even more, to make it ironic".
It doesn't work.
The "teens" don't look like teens. Not because the actors are too old, but because what they wear isn't achievable for the majority of teenagers in terms of money and access. Their parties don't look like a party thrown at a school, done my teenagers either. I don't mean the drugs, I mean the setting, which, again, is absolutely unrealistic for what we are told to believe is a random school somewhere in a small British town.
This was also (kind of) foreshadowed in earlier seasons with a musical production that was way out of range for a school musical (are we to believe that pupils sewed all those costumes? Sure) - but e.g. the school prom worked. It genuinely looked like a school prom, with a somewhat awkward school band, set in the biggest room the school has to offer.
The many many new characters and story arcs also don't work. Most of the new ones really don't seem to have any personality apart from being there for what they represent. Even worse though, also e.g. Eric seems to have no personality beyond colourful makeup and screaming even more than previously. Otis is acting like a petulant child and asshole towards his mother, which doesn't fit at all with previous seasons. In season 1 Otis would not have left his mother alone with obvious PPD and a crying baby.
There are too many things going on at the same time and they don't work. None of those arcs get sufficient screen time in one episode to be really developed, but they all get screen time in each episode and feel incredibly drawn out. The ridiculous
election between Otis and O
, the whatever it is supposed to be between
Viv, Jackson, Beau
. And don't even get me started on the general existence of O - whose acting ability can be summed up as "tries to take the facial expression of Gwyneth Paltrow when flogging Goop". Cal - I know I've been saying this a lot, but - there's no reason for that character. It has nothing going for them, apart from being trans. No acting ability either, they are really just there for another check on the identity list.
Hate Abbi and Roman. Way too overdone, maybe there's some hope in the last three episodes for them to be exposed as crappy fake people.
I'm not an Otis/Ruby shipper, but at least Ruby got a bit of a backstory, even though it is also isn't fully believable that she is supposedly coming
from a poor family but yet somehow was able to afford not only a car but also designer clothes and all that.
Bored of Otis and Maeve. Not surprised Aimee
falls for the safest guy possible - he'll never wank on her physically assault her
, but I like her character. I want both Eric and Adam to be alright and that's it.
I didn't enjoy the last series of this as much as the first couple, and honestly, I have just got no excitement to watch this series, and nothing anybody says about it gets me interested in signing back up for Netflix to watch it
I loved season 1, it was brilliant and the characters were well-developed, everyone had a personality beyond their obvious token identity. Eric was more than just the gay guy, Jackson was more than just the star of the swimming team.
Season 2 wasn't bad, but different, and in season 3 some of what makes 4 so bad was foreshadowed. Cal, who has absolutely no character beyond being there, playing themselves, many many story arcs, etc.
Watching the first episode of 4, my initial reaction was "It got so woke that they realized they needed to overdo it even more, to make it ironic".
It doesn't work.
The "teens" don't look like teens. Not because the actors are too old, but because what they wear isn't achievable for the majority of teenagers in terms of money and access. Their parties don't look like a party thrown at a school, done my teenagers either. I don't mean the drugs, I mean the setting, which, again, is absolutely unrealistic for what we are told to believe is a random school somewhere in a small British town.
This was also (kind of) foreshadowed in earlier seasons with a musical production that was way out of range for a school musical (are we to believe that pupils sewed all those costumes? Sure) - but e.g. the school prom worked. It genuinely looked like a school prom, with a somewhat awkward school band, set in the biggest room the school has to offer.
The many many new characters and story arcs also don't work. Most of the new ones really don't seem to have any personality apart from being there for what they represent. Even worse though, also e.g. Eric seems to have no personality beyond colourful makeup and screaming even more than previously. Otis is acting like a petulant child and asshole towards his mother, which doesn't fit at all with previous seasons. In season 1 Otis would not have left his mother alone with obvious PPD and a crying baby.
There are too many things going on at the same time and they don't work. None of those arcs get sufficient screen time in one episode to be really developed, but they all get screen time in each episode and feel incredibly drawn out. The ridiculous
election between Otis and O
, the whatever it is supposed to be between
Viv, Jackson, Beau
. And don't even get me started on the general existence of O - whose acting ability can be summed up as "tries to take the facial expression of Gwyneth Paltrow when flogging Goop". Cal - I know I've been saying this a lot, but - there's no reason for that character. It has nothing going for them, apart from being trans. No acting ability either, they are really just there for another check on the identity list.
Hate Abbi and Roman. Way too overdone, maybe there's some hope in the last three episodes for them to be exposed as crappy fake people.
I'm not an Otis/Ruby shipper, but at least Ruby got a bit of a backstory, even though it is also isn't fully believable that she is supposedly coming
from a poor family but yet somehow was able to afford not only a car but also designer clothes and all that.
Bored of Otis and Maeve. Not surprised Aimee
falls for the safest guy possible - he'll never wank on her physically assault her
, but I like her character. I want both Eric and Adam to be alright and that's it.
What I find insane is, in what would would a radio station hire a CHILD, one without any qualifications in therapy, psychology etc to be an agony aunt. Same with the school election, surely it should be an adult to be a counsellor not children. It’s a huge plot hole for me that never made any sense!
I understand it in terms of the first season but when it’s becoming a thing beyond a peer to peer help thing it’s odd!
I’m on the last episode but I’m now disappointed. To be honest I thought episode 1 was the best and that’s the one written by the original writer of series 1.
