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Sex Education: Episode 8 (2021)
A heartbreaking end to an overall great season.
Another painful end to another season. I get it. It's the second time that Otis and Maeve get separated for some reason. Is it cliché? Definitely. But I would like to look on the bright side. This is not a bad finale, it's actually promising. Let me explain.
I adore this episode for giving us so much character growth in so little time. Otis and his family (I think it's fair to call it that, although Jean's reaction to the paternity test makes things complicated) go through a tough time, we get to see his regrets and how he genuinely cares about the people close to him. He also realizes that he likes to help people, a side of him which he repressed for a while. I feel like through season 2 and 3 he was discovering himself and making many mistakes, but at the end of the season it seems like he's more himself than ever.
Maeve's growth is also amazing, honestly I always felt like she got treated the worst and this season doesn't go easy on her either, but she's happy. Just as Anna notices, we the viewers know too that she has never looked so happy. The scene with her mother giving her money is something else. We get to see how much she loves her mother and how Erin cares so much about her. It will never be easy, but their relationship has developed so much since the last season and I can see that Erin wants to change for real now. Soo, the "cliché". Well, anybody who says that Maeve made the wrong choice I respect your opinion, but this is a chance that could lead her to a better life, an opportunity which if you miss, you might regret forever. I think their love is more than strong enough to make it through this period. I'm excited for the future and all I can hope is that they don't make a bigger cliché out of it than it's necessary.
Other characters get so much growth too, Jackson accepts that he cannot be with Cal and goes running with his mom, which I think indicates that he is starting to find himself. Ola and Lily talk things through and Lily accepts herself for who she is, realizing she is not strange, rather unique. Eric breaks up with Adam. Well this was definitely painful, they had many problems, but breaking up seems a little much. Maybe the fact that he cheated on Adam indicates very clearly that this was never going to work, like a subconscious sign.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the future. They set up sooo many things in this season. It's actually kind of crazy. Hopefully they keep up the great writing of the show and show us finally how this Maeve-Otis dynamic will really work.