Episode 1 is the first episode of the fourth season of Sex Education. It is the twenty-fifth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
Maeve butts heads with a prickly professor. Oceans apart, will her connection with Otis sizzle or fizzle? An attempted nude leads to a hairy situation.
Plot[]
Maeve is studying in the US while trying to make her long-distance relationship with Otis work. She sends Otis a nude photo; Otis takes photos to send her, but loses his nerve and does not reply. Otis, Eric, Aimee, Jackson, Ruby, Viv and Cal arrive at Cavendish College, and find that its students are friendly, inclusive, and environmentally aware. They meet the most popular students, known as the Coven. Michael struggles to fit in, as does Ruby, while Eric makes friends with the Coven. Isaac enrolls at Cavendish with the hope of going to university. Aimee accidentally offends him. Otis attempts to restart his clinic, but discovers Cavendish already has a student sex therapist, called O. He promotes his clinic in a presentation but accidentally shows his naked photos. Cal is taking testosterone and struggles with an increased sex drive; Otis reassures them. Adam has decided not to go back to school, while his mother respects that decision she encourages him to begin an apprenticeship on a nearby farm. Jean adjusts to life as a single parent after breaking up with Jakob, as it turns out he wasn't Hope's father after all. She gets a new job but Otis worries that she does not have the time or energy to make it work. Eric's mother wants him to be baptised. Otis and Maeve make up and have phone sex.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Asa Butterfield as Otis Milburn
- Gillian Anderson as Jean Milburn
- Ncuti Gatwa as Eric Effiong
- Emma Mackey as Maeve Wiley
- Connor Swindells as Adam Groff
- Kedar Williams-Stirling as Jackson Marchetti
- Alistair Petrie as Michael Groff
- Aimee Lou Wood as Aimee Gibbs
- Mimi Keene as Ruby Matthews
Minor[]
- Rose Reade as Katie
Trivia[]
- Jakob and Ola don't appear anymore due to Jakob and Jean's breakup, Lily also does not appear (the crew felt that Lily and Ola's story had concluded last season).
- Anwar and Olivia also don't appear either due to going to a different school.
- First appearance of Sarah Owen, Thomas Molloy, Celia Thomas, Beau, Abbi Montgomery, Roman, Aisha Green, Tyrone Harris and Ellen Rasmussen.
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