“Sex Education” will end with its fourth season on Netflix.
Following rumors that the high school comedy-drama will end with its fourth episode, the streamer confirmed on Wednesday that “Sex Education” will return for its fourth and final season on September 21.
Creator, writer and executive producer Laurie Nunn broke the news in a letter to fans and said ending the Asa Butterfield-helmed series was “not an easy decision”.
“Writing this is bittersweet, as we have decided that the fourth season will also be the last installment of our show,” Nunn said in a statement. “It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but as the themes and storylines for the new season crystallized, it became clear that now was the right time to graduate.”
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“A lot has happened since our first writers room in 2017, when we spent a month in a cramped office above a sex shop talking about what it was like to go through the puberty. The painful awkwardness, the first crushes and the big, big feelings,” Nunn continued. “We wanted to do a show that would answer some of the questions we all had about love, sex, friendship, and our body. Something that would have helped our inner teenagers feel less alone. It’s been overwhelming to see how the show has connected with people around the world, and we hope it’s made some of you feel a little less alone, too.
After Moordale Secondary closes, the fourth installment follows Otis (Butterfield) and Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) as they head into their first day at Cavendish Sixth Form College, nerves simmering for Otis to set up his new clinic.
“Hi everyone, I’m Otis Milburn, I’m with the whole team at Moordale Secondary,” Otis tells his new classmates in a teaser for “Sex Education” Season 4. “I just wanted to tell you a bit about me. I spend a lot of my free time thinking about sex. I live and breathe sex all day, every day. Thinking about sex comes very naturally because I learned everything I know about sex from my mother.
As Otis’ statement draws gasps from the crowd, he quickly clarifies that he is not in a sexual relationship with his mother and that he is a sex therapist.
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In an unexpected turn of events, “Cavendish is a culture shock for all students at Moordale – they thought they were progressive but this new college is on another level,” according to the official hookup line.
In addition to Butterfield and Gatwa, returning cast members include Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Mimi Keene, George Robinson, Chinenye Ezeudu, Dua Saleh, Alistair Petrie, Samantha Spiro, Jim Howick, Rakhee Thakrar and Daniel Ings.
Season 4 additions are Dan Levy, Thaddea Graham, Lisa McGrillis, Marie Reuther, Jodie Turner Smith, Eshaan Akbar and Felix Mufti, Anthony Lexa, Alexandra James, Reda Elazouar, Bella Maclean, and Imani Yahshua.
Dominic Leclerc, Michelle Savill and Alyssa McClelland directed Season 4 while executive producers include Laurie Nunn, Jamie Campbell, Ben Taylor, Clare Couchman. Rem Conway and Callum Devrell-Cameron are the producers.
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