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Between chlamydia outbreaks and alien erotica, the kids and adults of 'Sex Education' have lots to deal with.
The community surrounding Moordale Secondary School sure has an interesting life, to say the least. Between chlamydia outbreaks, commitment goats, and erotic extraterrestrial-themed school plays, parents, students, and faculty members alike have a lot on their plate. And fans of Sex Education might have some trouble keeping up with the lives of their favorite characters. But fear not: here's a guide to all the main players on Netflix's most beloved teen drama. Unlike Dr. Milburn, we can't help you tell your STIs from your UTIs, but keep reading if you need a refresher on what the kids and adults of Moordale have been up to.
Dr. Jean Milburn's son uses the knowledge imparted to him by his mother to open an underground sex clinic in Moordale Secondary School's abandoned bathroom. His partner in this enterprise is Maeve, with whom Otis falls deeply in love. However, the two never seem to be exactly on the same page. After a brief relationship with Ola, Otis confesses his feelings for Maeve, but his plans are foiled by Isaac ( George Robinson ). In Season 3, Otis wins over Ruby's heart, but the relationship falls apart after he's unable to reciprocate her love for him. In a school trip to France, he finally has the chance to have a real conversation with Maeve and the two begin officially dating, but destiny has other things in store for them. Outside his love life, Otis also has to deal with his mother's relationship with Jakob and the new family dynamic after her unexpected pregnancy.
Teen prodigy Maeve has a complicated life not only at school, where a cruel rumor earned her the nickname "cock-biter", but also at home. She lives alone with her brother Sean ( Edward Bluemel ) and sells essays to her classmates to make ends meet. Maeve runs the sex clinic alongside Otis, and the two become close friends, or maybe even something more. After Sean walks out on her, Maeve finds herself alone until her mother, Erin ( Anne-Marie Duff ), reappears hand in hand with her daughter, three-year-old Elsie. Formerly arrested for drug related issues, Erin claims to be clean, but Maeve doesn't believe her. After finding drugs on her mother's possessions, Maeve calls Children's Services to protect Elsie. What she doesn't know is that the drugs were planted by Isaac, her neighbor and so-called friend, who is in love with her. In Season 3, we see Maeve dealing with the fallout of reporting her mother to the authorities and having a short-lived relationship with Isaac. During the school trip to France, she shares an intimate moment with Otis, and it briefly seems like the young couple is about to finally have their shot. That is, until Maeve gets accepted into a program for gifted students in the United States.
Renowned sex therapist Jean Milburn doesn't seem to have any issues with sex, but she sure has some trouble with commitment. Her relationship with handyman Jakob is a complicated one, that eventually goes downhill when Jean kisses her ex-husband and Otis' father, Remi ( James Purefoy ). She's also briefly hired to run Moordale Secondary's sex education program after an outbreak of chlamydia, but ends up getting fired and coming under public scrutiny when the students put on a sexually explicit play and Headmaster Groff leaks confidential notes from her therapy sessions. In Season 3, Jean is promoting her new book, based on her time at Moordale Secondary, and struggling to tell Jakob about her pregnancy. The two decide to raise the baby as a family, much to Otis and Ola's chagrin. Baby Joy's birth isn't an easy one, but, thankfully, both Jean and the child come out alive. However, Dr. Milburn's face after receiving the results of the DNA test required by Jakob implies that her problems are far from over.
Otis' best friend comes from an extremely Christian household and is frequently bullied in school for being gay, especially by Headmaster Groff's son, Adam. Still, none of this stops him from being unapologetically himself. In Season 2, he starts a relationship Rahim, but catches feelings for Adam, with whom he'd had a secret fling a few months prior. Adam and Eric start dating, but their relationship comes to an end at the second half of Season 3, after Eric travels to Nigeria for a family wedding and is invited to an underground gay party, an experience that turns out to be completely life-changing.
Headmaster Groff's son has a less than stellar relationship with his father. Apart from that, he's also not very good at school and doesn't seem to enjoy spending time with his girlfriend, Aimee. The tension generated by all of these factors is translated into anger, especially at Eric, whom Adam bullies relentlessly. After being sent to and subsequently kicked out of military school, Adam slowly learns to process his frustrations and accept his sexuality, confessing his feelings for Eric. In Season 3, Adam is still struggling to tell his mother about the true nature of their relationship. It's only after the break up that he musters up the courage to come clean.
Moordale's head boy and swimming champion suffers from anxiety disorder and doesn't know how to tell his overachieving mothers that he doesn't want to be an athlete anymore. Desperate for a way out, he breaks his own hand and tries to frame it as an accident. When he tries to do it again, Viv tells his mothers and they eventually come to terms with their son's decision to quit swimming. In Season 3, Jackson loses his position as head boy and has a crush on a non-binary student called Cal ( Dua Saleh ). Together, they become the loudest voices against Hope's reign of terror.
An up and coming erotica author, Lily is the one responsible for writing the school play that drew nation-wide attention to Moordale: a musical version of Romeo and Juliet with lots of aliens and lots of sex. In Season 3, she falls into a depressive state after one of her short stories is mocked in a local newspaper, leading to her being publicly humiliated by Hope. To make things worse, her girlfriend Ola tells her she's not always into extraterrestrial role play. Thankfully, Lily's sadness is nothing Otis and an enthusiastic young fan can't cure.
After a brief relationship with Otis, Ola falls in love with Lily, and the two girls form a bond not even aliens could destroy. Having lost her mother at a young age, Jakob's daughter has some trouble dealing with her father's decision to start a new family with Jean.
The handsome, widowed Swedish handyman falls in love with Jean and, despite previous misunderstandings, decides to move in with the Milburns to stay close to his baby daughter. However, he still distrusts Jean due to her brief fling with Remi, and demands a paternity test. Though the result is still unknown, Season 4 might hold some unpleasant surprises for Jakob.
Formerly a member of the popular clique known as "The Untouchables", Aimee has an unlikely friendship with Maeve. It's one of the show's most touching moments, in which the girls of Moordale Secondary come together to help Aimee overcome her fear of taking the bus after being sexually assaulted. It works to some extent, but, in Season 3, she's still dealing with the trauma and looks to Dr. Milburn for help.
Headmaster Groff is a strict, conservative man that has a nearly abusive relationship with his son. After his wife announces that she wants a divorce, he blames Dr. Milburn and causes a scene at the school, which leads to him being fired from the job. In Season 3, we first meet him unemployed and living with his horrible brother, Peter ( Jason Isaacs ). With time and a little help from his friends, though, Michael rediscovers his self-worth and finds a new passion in cooking.
Adam's mother is a kind, loving woman that feels more than unhappy with her emotionally and sexually unavailable husband. After a workshop with Dr. Milburn, Maureen decides to end things with Michael. She and Jean then become close friends.
Hope assumes the position of headmistress after Michael is fired, tasked with putting Moordale Secondary back on track. Despite the friendly facade and her insistence that students call her by her first name, she rules the school with an iron fist. From antiquated methods of sex education to public shaming ceremonies, her rule of terror has it all. Eventually, the kids have enough and pull a stunt that puts an end to her career - and possibly to Moordale Secondary as a whole. While waiting for Jean to recover from giving birth, Otis runs into Hope at the health clinic and finds out she and her husband have been trying to have a baby for years, unsuccessfully.
The leader of "The Untouchables" begins Season 3 trying to keep her sexual encounters with Otis a secret from the rest of the school. Slowly, however, she begins to warm up to him and allows him into her life. After introducing Otis to her sick father, she tells him that she loves him, but he's unable to reciprocate, which puts an end to their relationship.
The fact that Rahim doesn't even have a last name already shows how mysterious he is. He arrives at Moordale causing quite a stir among boys and girls alike. The one that actually catches his eye is Eric. The two date for a while, until Eric chooses to be with Adam. In Season 3, Rahim is still recovering from the rejection, and him and Adam slowly form an unlikely bond.
Vivienne, or simply Viv, is an overachieving student assigned as Jackson's tutor after he breaks his hand. After a lot of bickering, the two become friends. But their bond is put to test by Hope, who gives Viv the position of head girl, demoting Jackson, and takes advantage of her eagerness to achieve academic excellency. After finding out Hope is only using her as a token to draw new potential students to the school, Viv turns on the headmistress and joins Jackson, Cal, and the others on their rebellion.
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Sex Education's characters all have very distinct personalities, and they also have varying levels of intelligence.
Netflix's British comedy Sex Education is set in the fictional town of Moordale, which is home to plenty of well-rounded characters, including a few sex therapists. Moordale Secondary seems to host many unusually clever students, with the Moordale Quiz Heads taking out the National Quiz Championships final.
The show sheds a light on how lacking the sex education curriculum is within the school system. But the show isn't just about sex. It has a lot of heart, following each of its many characters in their various ventures. Each character feels like a real person, even the secondary characters.
Even though he's the headmaster's son, Adam Groff isn't the brightest of the bunch. In fact, this is actually something he feels quite bad about, and part of the reason he has some troubles in the first episode .
Adam doesn't try in any of his classes, often showing up late, and purposefully self-sabotaging his exams and assignments. He also makes a few dumb mistakes with substance abuse, though as he grows into himself throughout the seasons, he matures and starts to respect himself a bit more.
Aimee also isn't the brightest of the bunch, but she takes great care of herself and seems really proud of who she is. Even though she doesn't know the difference between banker and baker, she still has dreams and aspirations for her future.
She may not be academically intelligent, but she knows her way around social situations and is best friends with one of the smartest students in the school. She can sometimes offer Maeve decent advice , but not always.
Eric is Otis's hilarious best friend. He's much more socially adept than Otis is, but he's also clueless and insensitive about other things. He doesn't always think things through, which sometimes causes pain for everyone involved.
Still, Eric is very in tune with his identity and sexuality, and he knows exactly what he wants and what he deserves. He's not dumb by any stretch, but he's just not the smartest character in Sex Education, either.
As a sex therapist, Otis knows a lot about people's emotions and the psychological effects of their upbringing. However, for a therapist, he's surprisingly insensitive and blunt .
On the other hand, he's intuitive enough to know that Adam's essay is really Maeve's, and he takes the time to figure out why people are struggling with certain issues - including himself. He also makes some good points about his mother's relationships with men.
Rahim is wise beyond his years. He is first introduced as a French exchange student in season 2, but it seems that he'll be sticking around for a while. He has a brief relationship with Eric and is deeply upset when it ends.
Before the two get together, Rahim gifts Eric a book of poems and he often quotes other writers, such as Pablo Neruda and Friedrich Nietzsche. Everything about Rahim suggests that he is well-read, knowledgable, and clever.
Lily is a strange but lovable character who enjoys writing comics about aliens and other creatures. She is one of Otis's first clients, and one of his only "friends". She later begins a relationship with Ola.
The two girls are pretty much matched in their intellect, which is why they're such great friends and partners. Lily is part of the Moordale Aptitude Scheme, which means she's one of the smartest students in her year. She also proves her cleverness when she directs the school's stage production of Romeo and Juliet , a truly unique and postmodern approach, as Mr. Groff puts it.
Like Lily, Ola is also part of the Moordale Aptitude Scheme, and she has a fiery academic rivalry with Maeve. Ola is extraordinarily mature and level-headed, even when she's with Otis, who is quite a frustrating person to be around.
Ola is wise, calm, and knows a lot about herself and others. She's the one to help Otis realize that he's afraid of turning into his dad at the end of season 2 . When she has her interview with Mr. Groff, they discuss her very high academic results, which turn out to be the main reason he accepts her into the school.
Viv is introduced in season 2 as a member of the Aptitude Scheme, and then the Moordale Quiz Heads. She's very passionate about academia, statistics in particular, and is eager to lead the Quiz Heads to victory.
She befriends Jackson, and their scenes together allow Viv to display her emotional and social awareness, too. She helps Jackson be honest with his parents about his anxiety and his relationship with swimming.
Jean is Otis's mother, Remi's ex-wife, and Jakob's current partner. She's an experienced and passionate sex and relationships therapist who can sense a lot about a person without them even telling her the whole truth about their situation.
Jean is also a great mother, even though she admits to struggling with Otis's fluctuating behavior without the help of his father. She offers great advice to both Otis and Eric, and when she starts working at the high school, it's clear she has many great ideas that could help a whole generation of teens.
Though she's only seventeen, Maeve is easily the most intelligent character in the series. She is a valuable asset to Moordale Secondary, specifically to the Aptitude Scheme and Quiz Head team.
Besides knowing many facts, she also knows a lot about life. Her experiences have taught her things that some of her classmates can never know. She's the brains behind Otis's sex therapy clinic, and she also helps Aimee with her assault case. At the end of the second season, she's also smart enough to make the very tough decision of reporting her mother to authorities.
After years of relocation, Svetlana Sterlin (she/her) was raised by her Russian parents in Brisbane, Australia, where she completed a BFA and contributes to ScreenRant and Our Culture Magazine. An avid cinephile and bookworm, Svetlana also writes creatively across multiple forms and genres. Her fiction and poetry appear in several printed and digital publications. Find more from Svetlana here: https://linktr.ee/svetlanasterlin.

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