Sex Education Has Been Foreshadowing THAT Otis and Maeve Ending For All Four Seasons
Perhaps the finale has turned out to be not the one we were expecting, but the one that we deserve.
On September 21, Netflix released the final season of Sex Education, an already legendary project about exploring sexuality and finding one's identity.
If in the third season the writers focused on the idea of collective responsibility, mutual aid, and support from friends, in the fourth season they remind us of the importance of accepting ourselves and trusting our own instincts.
Some problems can only be overcome on your own, without being afraid to be alone with yourself and to hear your thoughts, desires and emotions. In order to grow up and make the right decisions about their future, the characters have to look into their souls and understand what they really want.
Many fans were waiting for season four to finally see Otis and Maeve overcome seemingly never-ending obstacles and finally be together. However, we got just the opposite.
We were shown that Otis and Maeve could not be together – while Otis is completely content with a prosperous life in a quiet small town, Maeve strives for more, because since childhood she has seen nothing but a small trailer and a constant lack of money.
Sex Education is not about happy endings. It was the closeness to real life, its difficulties and the complexity of relationships that made this show so successful. Otis' mother, Jean, is trying to rebuild her independent and free life for a relationship with Jacob, but we also later find out that he left her after learning that her daughter was not his.
Eric is also not the most loyal character. After he cheats, the show's creators don't tell us that it's bad. On the contrary, we are made to understand that Eric is trying to overcome his fears and finally find his place.
Life is not black and white, and relationships are not all laughter and joy. So the writers themselves have been telling us for three seasons that the show is not about lovers walking off into the sunset.
Otis and Maeve are realistic about their future and what they want out of it. A project that shows the complexity of life and how to accept yourself when you don't live up to other people's expectations can't suddenly turn the characters into boring adults, because they simply aren't.