After so many disappointments, the ended hit series Sex Education must become a blueprint for new series

There are a lot of reasons to be angry at Netflix right now. It feels like Netflix is ​​canceling all of my favorite series without finishing them… or is only continuing the series that I’ve been wishing for mercy killing for at least 4 seasons.

The frustration with the streaming service is so great that many people no longer feel like starting new Netflix series because they probably won’t make it past their first season anyway. This year alone, over 20 Netflix series were canceled unfinished and the future of 60 more is uncertain. But at least With the end of Sex Education, Netflix is ​​doing everything right.

Between series frustration and fatigue: Sex Education finds the difficult middle ground at Netflix

Many people have been asking themselves lately whether a Netflix subscription is still worth it. Because Netflix hasn’t been making it easy for me to be a series fan lately. When I’m not mourning the abrupt cancellation of my mystery obsession 1899, which will never resolve its mega-cliffhanger, I’m tormented by the ignorance surrounding the renewal of my favorite fantasy series on Netflix.

When Netflix announced two months ago that Season 4 would be the end of Sex Education, it was initially a shock. Another sudden farewell to a great series! Now that Laurie Nunn’s teen dramedy has released its final 8 episodes, the final farewell turns out to be the right decision. Because here Netflix achieved the rarity of having one To end the series hit at the right moment. Not too early and not too late.

The streaming service has not always been successful with this in recent years. The teen series I Am Not Okay With This was canceled after season 1 and its title still reflects fan feelings about it to this day. The Spanish school thriller Elite, on the other hand, is getting an 8th season after this year’s 7th. But the series lost me somewhere in season 5 between the thousandth party and the third water corpse.

In short: Many Netflix series oscillate between too little and too muchbut Sex Education found the perfect middle ground.

Netflix’s 4th season of Sex Education recognized the necessary series end in good time

After in the past more and more sex education stars left the series, it initially looked as if the Netflix series would choose the elite route: gradually replacing the stars who had become too old for their student roles with fresh faces. But for visible change within the characters, a consistent staff is needed. How else should we measure the success of the young sex therapist Otis (Asa Butterfield) in educating his classmates?

As a result, Sex Education does not work according to the same, endlessly repeatable crime thriller principle that makes the Spanish school series Elite so long-lasting (and boring in the long run).

A development is taking place in sex education. Season 1 introduced us to the characters and the unusual approach of a school sex clinic. Season 2 expanded the shades of sexuality and gender. Season 3 showed what happened under an overly uptight school regime. And Season 4 finally advanced to the ideal of an open-minded new school that has other barriers to diversity to overcome.

In this real series evolution apart from a common 4-season tragedy à la Dead Girls Don’t Lie the characters blossomed into full-fledged people. Replacing them would have interrupted this development. Because we follow them from the beginning to the end of the series, we see how school bully Adam (Connor Swindells) grows step by step into his bisexual identity and how Maeve (Emma Mackey) finds her way from the trailer park to the New York writing school.

In season 4, Sex Education shows what a successful Netflix farewell looks like

When I laugh out loud at Eric’s (Ncuti Gatwa) game of mine in season 4, marvel at Aimee’s (Aimee Lou Wood) emotional intelligence or hope that Eric’s mother Jean (Gillian Anderson) makes the right decisions, Sex Education has changed since season 4 1 nothing changed. At least not in the blunt, funny and urgent tone that made the series so special. But the characters have changed because we were allowed to witness their mistakes, strokes of fate and subsequent maturation.

In Season 4, Eric’s negotiation of his gay identity in conflict with his religion is as heartfelt as Aimee’s coping with her sexual harassment. At your side, we overcome the sexual pitfalls of life. Because we accompany you in Sex Education from start to finish, you can career reach a worthy climax. And the Netflix series succeeds in doing this in season 4. Following the beloved characters until they retire would have killed their development.

After graduating (from school), it may be difficult to say goodbye to Sex Education. But we can see the stars and their characters with a clear conscience released into freedom like proud parents. With half the cast starring in Barbie and Ncuti Gatwa becoming the next Doctor Who, they’re sure to have a bright future.

In the end everything is said in Sex Education and this is how it happens Farewell with the perceived consent of Netflix and the audience. And what could be a better Netflix role model in tough cancellation times like these?

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