I’ve just finished watching Sex Education

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I was a little on the fence about watching it at first, but it actually turned out to be a surprisingly fun and touching show. Tbh I was mostly interested in checking it out because of Gillian Anderson, but then I ended up getting more invested in the teen characters instead. The promotion was a bit misleading actually as I got the impression that

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Exactly, it really seemed like the show was setting up a nice relationship for Jackson and Maeve one minute, and then suddenly we have her sniffing Otis’s jumper and being told that he’s the one she really wants, even though there was no indication before that that she viewed Otis as anything other than a friend?! If it were up to me I would have just kept the main trio as friends, not every male and female friend need to start dating after all, but the show hasn’t exactly been subtle about Ola and Jackson just being roadblocks in the way of the real ship

And same, I thought they did a great job in the end of showing why Adam was the way he was, your heart really does break for him when you see how isolated and powerless he feels at home, although yeah he still has a lot of work to do on himself as that’s still no excuse for being a bully

Gillian’s character was an interesting one for sure, but I found her hard to emphasise with when she came off as quite cold and dismissive (probably doesn’t help that Gillian puts on such an OT snooty British accent, lol have to say I’ve never known anyone in my life speak quite that poshly and properly!) I can understand why the character crosses so many boundaries with her son I suppose, because it did come across like he was the only real connection in her life, otherwise it seemed like she was very clinical in how she would use people for casual sex and then just toss them aside afterwards, although I’m guessing that season 2 will be dealing with that more now that she is starting to really fall for someone

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Yeah, I was really looking forward to a show where the two leads could be male and female besties instead of romantic partners. And Maeve's quick turnaround was a little odd. Now it seems like they want to switch the pining trope so that Otis is the one moving on and Maeve is the one pining, but I wonder how much that will change their dynamic.

haha, yeah her accent is pretty snooty. I am hopeful about her love interest! He seemed genuine and fun, although maybe too stereotypical.

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And Maeve's quick turnaround was a little odd

That’s what confused me definitely, I get it more with Otis because he’s very shy and experienced, it makes sense that he would develop a crush on this really pretty and outspoken new girl, but I’m not sure that the show has done much to explain Maeve’s feelings for Otis. Yeah he’s sweet to her and treats her well, but then so does Jackson :shrugs: I mean I’m not super invested either way lol, Otis/Maeve being suddenly pushed at us just annoys me because it’s such an expected thing to do when your nerdy main character has a crush on someone to end up putting them together, even though realistically I don’t think that Maeve would have considered Otis as a romantic option at that age

And Gillian’s poshness threw me at the beginning of the trailer lol, I’m living in Oxford myself and that can be pretty posh, but certainly no one I know speaks with quite such an upper-crust and precise kind of accent *g*

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That's so interesting to me - so is her accent like old English? I've heard about how different parts of the UK have different accents (like the US), but I don't know much else about it.

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WelI I guess that the very upper-class people who are only surrounded by other upper-class people talk that way still to be fair, it’s just not really the norm any more! Even if you were born to a pretty posh household, chances are that the way that most of the people around you speak will rub off on you and you will subconsciously dial it down a bit over the years, but Jean still sounded super upper crust in a way that to me feels like an OT impression of our accent. Whereas Otis for example sounds more like a regular middle-class kid with a slightly posh accent, so it comes across as a lot more authentic imo than the very clipped and precise way that Jean talks

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Oh, that is interesting. I just assumed she was doing a "well educated" accent but maybe it's supposed to be over the top for comedic effect?