Watch the New Trailer for 'Sex Education' Season 3
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Netflix's joyful, sharply written coming-of-age comedy Sex Education was one of the many shows whose new season was thrown off schedule thanks to the pandemic. But the show was eventually able to go back into production in the UK after being pushed back a few months, and Netflix has now confirmed that the eight-episode new season will be released this fall.
We don't know many details about the new season, but a few tidbits have emerged over the long hiatus. Ncuti Gatwa, who stars as Eric Effiong, told BAFTA last year that season 3 will see Eric go "back to his culture" more than previous seasons. "Those scenes were very special," Gatwa said, per Metro. "Just kind of having a set where the majority of people were Black was really great and really powerful and represented Eric’s culture and his family. Those are always very quite profound moments.”
Asa Butterfield, who plays Otis Milburn, also offered some hints of what to expect, revealing that the new season won't pick up directly where season 2 left off. “There’s a bit of a time-jump since the season two cliffhanger,” he told The Guardian. “Otis is back at school but he’s got different things on his plate. He’s grown up a bit and become slightly more sassy... It’s been fun to portray his newfound charisma. Don’t worry, though, he’s still tragically awkward too.”
Below, we've rounded up all the essential facts you need to know about season 3.
Sex Education season 3 will be released this fall.
Season 3 started filming last summer after a pandemic delay, and will be released on Netflix on September 17, 2021.
Watch the trailer now.
Following the teaser earlier this summer, the first full trailer for season 3 has now been released, offering plenty of hints for what's to come. For one thing, Moordale High seems to be instituting school uniforms, along with an abstinence-focused anti-sex policy which Maeve (Emma Mackey) accurately dubs "backward." There's also plenty of drama afoot between Otis and Maeve, whose long-awaited reunion was thwarted last season by Maeve's interfering neighbor Isaac (George Robinson), and an intriguing glimpse at Aimee (Aimee-Lou Wood) attending therapy sessions with Jean (Gillian Anderson).
The first teaser trailer was shot in the style of a promotional video for Moordale High. The teaser features appearances from most of the main cast – although Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) and Jean (Gillian Anderson) are notably absent, while Otis (Asa Butterfield) appears only for a second or two.
Netflix has also released a handful of first-look images from the new season, which you can see throughout this article.
There are a number of new and returning cast members.
Jason Isaacs is joining the cast as Peter Groff, the "more successful and not very modest" older brother to Alistair Petrie's Headmaster Groff. Musician Dua Saleh will make their acting debut in the new season as Cal, a nonbinary student who's new to Moordale High. Indra Ové will also join the show as Anna, the new foster mom to Maeve's half-sister Elsie, who was taken into the care of Child Protective Services last season.
Finally, Girls star Jemima Kirke will play Moordale's new headteacher Hope, who's determined to improve the school's academic standing.
Meanwhile, all your favorite cast members will also be returning, including Otis, Eric, Jean, Maeve, Aimee, Adam (Connor Swindells), and Jackson (Kedar Williams-Stirling).
The season 3 storyline will introduce a new era for the characters.
Per Netflix's synopsis for the new season, it's going to be a new era for just about everyone. Otis is having casual sex after losing his virginity last season; Eric and Adam are officially boyfriends after two seasons of semi-unresolved sexual tension; Jean is expecting a baby, Aimee discovers feminism, and Jackson gets a crush. Oh, and that voicemail from Otis that Maeve never got to hear, thanks to a meddling Isaac (George Robinson)? That'll come into play.
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