"Sex Education" is one of the few really charming and consistently watchable Netflix originals but in its final season, it falters and reminds us that no television show is immaculate. Fortunately for the show, one character will always keep the audience hooked. We all know who it is; we have never watched "Sex Education" for Otis (Asa Butterfield), sorry. Our fan-favorite will forever be Eric (Ncuti Gatwa). Gatwa's boundless charisma and beaming smile sink you into this psychedelic foray into teenage horniness like quicksand. The actor's charm knows no bounds as he played a version of Ken in this year's summer blockbuster "Barbie" and preps for the release of his historic leap into playing the first Black and gay Doctor in the longstanding British hit "Doctor Who."
While Eric may be the shining light that saves this season's muddled and disjointed final leg, I still need to voice my qualms with the direction this season went in. My biggest gripe is that the show cut most of the cast to make room for new characters at the college our favorite characters alongside Otis and Eric have started at this year. This should be a way to give its series regulars like Maeve (Emma Mackey), Viv (Chinenye Ezeudu), Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling) and Aimee (Aimee Lou Wood) more space to breathe and connect with each other but it doesn't. Even though all our Mooredale favorites aren't best friends, it would have been great to really see them all come together in solidarity. The show is at its strongest when all its characters come together in surprising moments. Remember the second season episode where all the Mooredale girls rallied together to ride the bus with Aimee after she was sexually assaulted on the bus?
