Ola and Lily

Lily: "Wait. I think I don't wanna be just friends."

Ola: "Why?"

Lily: "Because you smell so much better than a boy."

―Ola & Lily^[src]

Ola Nyman & Lily Iglehart is a romantic relationship on the Netflix series Sex Education. It started in season 2, after Ola started attending Moordale Secondary and Lily became her chaperone.

History[]

Season 2[]

Ola and Lily first met in season 2, after Ola began attending Moordale Secondary. Lily was Ola's chaperone, and so the pair become close friends. Later in the season, Ola, whilst dating Otis, had a dream where she and Lily were kissing. The dream completely changes the way Ola sees Lily, and she realises she is pansexual. Ola breaks up with Otis, and decides to act on her dream, kissing Lily on her doorstep. This freaks Lily out and confuses her, so she starts ignoring Ola, avoiding her until episode 2.7, where she asks if she wants to walk home together. Lily says that she still wants to be friends with Ola but when Ola begins to leave, Lily blurts out that she doesn't want to be just friends, because Ola smells so much better than a boy. The pair share their second kiss.

Season 3[]

We can see them in the first scene having alien-themed sex. Throughout the season, Ola admits that she doesn't believe in aliens and she'd like to have sex without all the alien stuff sometimes, which makes Lily feel really mad and upset, beginning to doubt in their relationship. Ola, meanwhile, is struggling with missing her mum, made worse by the fact that her father, Jakob is having a baby with Jean Milburn.

After Lily was humiliated in front of the whole school by Hope, Ola trys to comfort and support her. In episode 3.7, Ola asks Otis to talk to Lily, knowing how much Otis helped her with her vaginismus stuff and hoping he'll help her out once again. In the season finale, Ola and Lily make up, admitting that they've both been distracted and haven't understood each other correctly. In their last scene of season 3, they're watching the shooting stars in the night sky, looking for aliens.

Timeline[]

Episode 2.1 - first met
Episode 2.5 - Ola has a sex dream about Lily, at the end of the episode they shared their first kiss
Episode 2.7 - Lily realizes she likes Ola too, they become a couple
Episode 3.5 - Ola tells Lily that she doesn't believe in aliens and she want to focus on the life they have on Earth; their first fight
Episode 3.8 - Ola and Lily make up

Quotes[]

“	You can talk to me about anything, you know? Even if you just want to be distracted. I could speak Gemma Velorum to you.	”
	— Lily to Ola^[src]

“	I have to go and do homework	”
	— Lily to Ola after she kissed her^[src]

“	Well, I think it was perfect	”
	— Ola to Lily about her musical^[src]

“	I can't believe you don't think aliens are real	”
	— Lily to Ola^[src]

“	I'm sorry. I...didn't realize how much you were missing your mum	”
	— Lily to Ola^[src]

“	I wish I could tell her about you. I know she'd love you	”
	— Ola to Lily about her mom^[src]

Trivia[]

Ola and Lily were written out of season 4 storyline. Both Tanya Reynolds herself and Laurie Nunn explained that their story arc was wrapped up very nicely at the end of season 3, and it felt organic to give the pair a happy ending. ^[1]