sex education mùa 3

School is back in session on Sept. 21, when Sex Education Season 4 premieres. The upcoming episodes — which will also constitute the British dramedy’s final season — follow many of Sex Education Season 4’s heroes to lớn one final frontier: Cavendish Sixth Form College. There, students lượt thích Otis (Asa Butterfield), Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), and Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood) will butt up against culture shock (and yoga classes) aplenty. On the other side of the pond, bookish Maeve (Emma Mackey) must find her way at the prestigious Wallace University, where rubbing elbows with the literati –– lượt thích cult author Thomas Molloy (Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy) –– doesn’t go exactly the way she imagined.  

With all these changes ahead, tự you suddenly need crib notes on the ending of Season 3? Well, here’s your complete recap.   

Sex Education Season 3 ends with a “see you soon.” In the final scene of the season, Maeve shows up at Otis’ house with bittersweet news: She’s going to lớn the US for school. And her plane is essentially leaving now. Otis is sad to lớn see his love interest and sex clinic partner leave, yet he’s also proud of her. Maeve insists her trip to lớn the States isn’t a permanent goodbye — it’s an “until later.”

Elsewhere, the rest of the Sex Education crew attempts to lớn find joy amid the earth-shattering reveal that their high school is closing down at the over of the year. Lily (Tanya Reynolds) and Ola (Patricia Allison) look out for UFOs and kiss; Adam (Connor Swindells) takes his dog Madam to lớn a dog agility competition and licks his wounds following a breakup; and Eric marvels at his own beauty as he explores his queer identity. 

Does Moordale Secondary close? 

Yes — of course, Moordale is already at the edge of destruction when Season 3 begins. The school is fresh off Season 2’s STI outbreak and the headline-making, shockingly raunchy production of Romeo and Juliet: The Musical, directed by Lily. Newly notorious Moordale, now nicknamed “Sex School,” turns to lớn new head teacher Hope Haddon (Jemima Kirke) to lớn clean things up. Hope institutes a severe dress code, shames students for perceived “bad” behavior, and attempts to lớn erase any vestiges of sex on campus. 

However, the students of Moordale fight back in Episode 7. After Hope enacts cruel punishments against Lily, Cal (Dua Saleh), and Adam, the student toàn thân retaliates by sabotaging Hope’s open day. The teens screen an explicit — if moving — student film and perform a rousing a cappella rendition of “Fuck the Pain Away” by Peaches. Aimee even brings vulva-decorated cupcakes. 

The sự kiện is a success, but Moordale loses the tư vấn of its investors and any prospective paying parents. Hope’s displeased quấn Mark (Robert Wilfort) explains to lớn the sixth sườn class — including Otis, Maeve, and Eric — that the school is closing. The investors are selling Moordale to lớn developers and, by the over of the term, all students must find alternative education for the following school term. 

Why does Maeve go to lớn America? 

In the Season 3 premiere, Ms. Sands (Rakhee Thakrar) gives Maeve a mystery pamphlet. In the following episode, we learn it’s a brochure for a months-long gifted and talented program in America. Maeve waffles on her decision throughout the season. While studying in the US would be a major opportunity, she knows it would also take her away from her loved ones lượt thích her little sister Elsie (Darcy and Mia Daniels) — and Otis.

Thankfully, Maeve’s mother Erin (Anne-Marie Duff) and best friend/“second mother” Aimee persuade Maeve to lớn put her own needs first. Erin gives Maeve the money to lớn enter the program and buy a plane ticket. When Aimee learns Maeve is going to lớn blow off her flight to lớn remain close to lớn Otis, she steps in to lớn make sure Maeve gets on the plane. 

Are Maeve and Otis a couple? 

Maeve and Otis over Season 3 on good terms — but not exactly together. The pair kiss in Episode 5, during a school trip to lớn France that goes extremely awry. Maeve then attempts to lớn avoid Otis out of respect for her burgeoning romance with Isaac (George Robinson). Still, Maeve and Otis over up sharing a heart-to-heart (and a smooch) in the rain at the over of Episode 7. So, in the Season 3 finale, they finally start to lớn figure out what a relationship might look lượt thích for them. 

Their chance at a simple happily-ever-after is dashed, however, once Maeve (rightly) decides to lớn go to lớn America for the foreseeable future. Maeve says she and Otis have to lớn “see where they’re at” once she returns from overseas. But, she promises, they’re not over. 

Who breaks up in Sex Education Season 3? 

Eric and Adam 
The beginning of the over for Eric and Adam arrives in Episode 6, which follows Eric to lớn Lagos. There, he kisses a boy named Oba (Jerry Iwu). Eric reveals the infidelity to lớn Adam in Episode 7. And, in Episode 8, the couple officially break up. Eric admits the kiss wasn’t “stupid” — he needs to lớn be with someone who is already “ready to lớn fly” in the queer community. “It’s not your fault,” Eric tells Adam. “We’re just going in different directions.” 

In the midst of the heartbreak, Adam decides it’s time to lớn come out as bisexual to lớn his mother, Maureen (Samantha Spiro). Toward the over of the Season 3 finale, Adam tells Maureen that Eric was his boyfriend. 

Mr. and Mrs. Groff 
Adam’s estranged parents, Maureen and Michael Groff (Alistair Petrie), hook up in Episode 7. In the finale, Maureen tells Michael he still needs to lớn leave her bed — after all, they’re getting a divorce. Although Michael offers to lớn make his wife dinner that night, Maureen declines. Later that episode, Maureen tells Michael their relationship is “too complicated” for their son, and she needs to lớn be on her own.

Jackson and Cal 
Head boy Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling) has an exciting flirtation with Cal throughout Season 3. They attempt to lớn consummate their bubbling attraction in Episode 7, but realize they have very different outlooks on their possible relationship. In the finale, Cal firmly tells Jackson they shouldn’t date, despite their mutual feelings. Cal, who is non-binary, is worried Jackson still sees them as a girl and doesn’t want to lớn teach someone else about queerness while also learning so sánh much about themselves. 

Aimee and Steve 
Aimee is sexually assaulted on a bus in Sex Education Season 2. In Season 3, she feels anxious about the prospect of physical intimacy with her sweet boyfriend Steve (Chris Jenks) — which she knows he wants, no matter how little he pressures her. Aimee avoids Steve as a response. We see Aimee break up with Steve in the finale. 

Does Jean have a baby? 

Yes. Otis’ mom, Jean (Gillian Anderson), learns she is pregnant in the Season 2 finale. In the Season 3 premiere she shares that news with Jakob (Mikael Persbrandt), her on-again, off-again boyfriend and Ola’s dad.  Jean goes into labor in Episode 7 and experiences extreme complications, including hemorrhaging. In the finale, we learn Jean survived labor; the family decides to lớn name the baby Joy. 

Yet, there is still one twist remaining in Jean’s pregnancy saga. In her last scene of Season 3, she opens Joy’s paternity test. Up until this point, it was assumed Joy’s father is Jakob.Jean’s shock when she reads the result suggests Jakob might not actually be Joy’s father.   

Does Adam win the dog competition? 

No, but also kind of yes? He got a “special mention” in the toy dog agility round for a stellar debut performance. Even if his father would never say this to lớn him, we will: Good job, Adam. 

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