One of the appeals of Sex Education is how it merges the current world with the aesthetics of the 1980s, giving it a timeless and John Hughes’s movies vibe. Season 4, however, is set in a modern school, in a sort of utopia where everyone acts correctly all the time and if someone is cancelled all they have to do is apologise, so the 80s aesthetic feels off.
While it expands its LGBTQIA+ characters, they come off as unauthentic and boring, sometimes only to separate the existing characters or to plotlines similar to previous seasons. Even their outrage over society problems comes off as fake.
The only good storyline worth watching was the development of Adam and Michael relationship.
It’s a sad closure to an otherwise great series.
It's too much for the last season. Too much PC, too many new characters, too many matters.
I’ve really enjoyed this show over the years. It’s funny, entertaining and sex positive. Each season, the show addressed important topics in the realm of sex and relationships. They gave voice to those in marginalized groups. Not only did I have fun watching the show, but I also learned a lot. I came to love many of the characters for their flaws as much as their strengths. The moral of the story was to speak your truth, let others know how you feel- that’s the key to great relationships and understanding in the world.
Wait Alfred now cares for his daughter. This is some seriously stupid writing just to have a token gay story line. If you’re gonna go the gay route at least write something that actually makes sense.
Say what the hell you want. This A-Capella show is one helluva entertaining show. Glad they resurrected it. Awesomeness all around.
The show is terribly depressing as apparently after the apocalypse people do not help and support each other but rather hunt and kill other people, and it is not only the infected one should fear in the world of TLoU. It was not enough for people that the fungus decimated them but they have to fight among themselves, looks like they are doing everything to make the human race extinct. But if the survivors are like that, maybe it's good riddance. What I liked about the episode is that it was focused more on the relationship between Joel and Ellie, and there was more about how their bond develops and their relationship becomes more of a father-and-daughter relationship. I am not into zombie stories and in fact this is the first one I've ever watched since the reviews claimed it was more about the main characters and their relation than the actual zombies.
This is it folks, this is peak television. What we have here is one of the most gut wrenching and masterfully crafted episodes ever brought to screen. Absolutely fucking phenomenal with career best performances from Murray Bartlett and Nick Oferman. Holy shit this will stick with me.
I just LOVE how so many people are butthurt by this episode. Just goes to show how much this is still needed in our world. This was a masterpiece in storytelling.
it's like watching UP all over again...
watching nick offerman giggles joyfully at strawberries was so wholesome
The only thing I didn't like about this episode was that Bill died, meaning we didn't get to see him interact with Ellie, which was a wonderful part of the original game.
Aside from that, this episode is near faultless. It's the most original thing the show has done so far, by taking a side character from the game and fleshing out his backstory. It's deep, it's emotional, and it's a joy to watch.
Anyone complaining about wokeness and forced LGBT content has no clue what they're talking about. Bill and Frank were always a couple, even in the game. It's just that we didn't meet Frank in the game because he was already gone. Literally the only part of any of this episode that is not faithful to the source material is the fact that Bill died before Joel and Ellie got there.
Whoever gave this less than a 10/10 probably misclicked because they tears fogging their vision. Absolute masterpiece even if it doesn't follow the game canon!
Well I was not expecting that. Absolutely beautiful episode. That note had me in tears.
THEY PROMISED ME ZOMBIES AND ALL I HAVE NOW IS DEPRESSION
What a beautiful episode, I don't remember an episode like this for years, very well done, just perfect.
Which version do you prefer? The Game or the Show? I will have to go with the show, its more happy, kinda.
"i was never afraid before you showed up" yeah you can stop right there, i was already crying :sob: i wasn't ready for all the TEARS TODAY
This singular episode, which I initially didn’t think I would like in the beginning, became more incredible than entire movies. It was beautiful, poetic and entirely self encapsulated in a tiny little world where people can still pick out their little slice of happiness.
To all those who hated the episode, replace bill with a female in your head if you have to, but open your eyes to why this story was so fulfilling and poetic in a world filled with meaningless death and endless suffering.
Never commented on Trakt before, but wow what an episode! Felt compelled. One of the best bits of television I have seen in recent memory.
how am i supposed to just continue living my life after watching that episode?!?!?! like i have to try to go to bed and wake up for work tomorrow?!?! just absolutely incredible and heartbreaking. will stick with me for a long time
I cried, then I cried some more and then I cried again. I imagine how this episode will be attacked by people who didn't receive love from their parents (right wings) and I just want to fuck it. this episode alone made tlou win awards and more awards, what perfection.
A fantastic short film that’s bound to become the major highlight of this season for most, while also likely to trigger some mentally deficient adults.
One of its best qualities is that you could in theory tell this story with a straight couple , and it wouldn’t lessen any of its emotional impact.
It’s such an original, creative angle for a zombie apocalypse show, and Nick Offerman/Murray Bartlett both deliver career best performances here. If their section was a bit more fleshed out, I genuinely think you could make a great indie/arthouse film out of it.
I also love how it portrays a hardcore Republican character without making him some incapable buffoon, we don’t get enough of that in movies and tv.
Ps: I’m pretty sure they used an existing piece of music during the marriage montage , I’ve heard it before but can’t quite place where it’s from
Tears. Tears everywhere. Again. I know some people won’t like this episode, but if you haven’t caught on yet, this is a story about love, and this was a beautifully placed story about that.
I love how mad some comments are on here, goes to show that this is exactly what they need to see, this isn’t wokeism, or a gay agenda, it’s simply showing that there is more comfortability in sexualities these days, and it’s time to grow up because this “agenda” is here to stay :)
That was beautifully done. And I know how that sounds but I think they gave them a happy ending.
Fantastic episode. Great storytelling and acting
RIP To the great Annie Wersching (who played Tess in the original game) who unfortunately lost her battle with cancer. She was a fantastic actress and will be dearly missed.
Wasn't expecting to cry today. What an absolutely beautiful episode.
An hour later and still haven't recovered from this ep. The most Nick Offerman has me emotional since "Leslie and Ron". That last shot zooming back into the edge of their bedroom, Frank's drawing of Bill, and Linda Ronstadt... I may have typed myself into tearing up about it all over again just now.
The first two episodes were largely a faithful recreation of the game. While I appreciated the authenticity, I wondered why this needed to exist. If I wanted to reexperience this story after all, I could just revisit the game.
This episode really did what the series should be doing. It gave us a new angle to look at a story beat that was there in the game, but only shown to us in the past tense. Now we're getting to live through these moments, and that makes the series really feel worthwhile.
Such a quiet and emotional episode, shot so beautifully.
Isn't it too early for people to be mad at gay stuff?
Who's gonna tell them...
The people leaving negative comments have clearly not had a good romance in their life. It wasn’t made the way the game was made. This is where it all changed, but I appreciated the backstory. I was always curious about frank.
Perhaps I didn’t like how vulnerable bill got when he was with him as he seemed like a tough guy on the outside.
But perhaps this the chapter we were missing all along. The information about who frank was and why he was so important to Bill.
I kind of would’ve hoped that Bill wouldn’t have died and that’s why he later then got so snappy and annoyed at Ellie & Joel.
I like this actor, I suppose I do wish he could’ve stuck around for longer :/
I mostly forgot about Bill from the game, He was a good character, sure but he never had that much to him, but this episode did him more than justice imo, I love that they didn't try to make him just another sacrifice in the road to deliver Ellie but instead gave him a proper background story, it was a really good episode overall
