Sex Education: Season 2

"The series still stands tall with bright characters, fun performances, and an unequaled candidness about sex."

"It may be pretty surface level, but it does give more care and attention to addressing the darker aspects like assault and trauma. In a way, it finally feels like education."

"Underneath it all is a sweet, conventional drama with lovely performances: Connor Swindells stands out as the unhappy and secretly gay Adam. But the show is less groundbreaking than it thinks."

"It's a really strong premiere, to be clear, nimbly picking up on last season while setting up plenty of drama for the next seven episodes - and also delivering some impeccably staged beats of physical comedy."

""Sex Education" imagines a more colorful, more livable, and more loving world. Even if it wasn't also hilarious, charming, and chock full of heart, that would be reason enough to love it."

"The Netflix series... is an extraordinarily wise comedy-drama, one that is about sex, yes, but more insistently about honesty, compassion, and self-awareness."

"Though it's mostly a delight, Season 2, which is hard not to binge all at once, at times makes for painful viewing..."

"Nunn is always looking for ways to connect sexual complexities to the personal context of each character."

"The broad point of this show, however, is that none of them has anything to be ashamed of. Everything is normal, and nothing is."

"It considers their inner lives and motivations, less concerned with what they're doing than how they feel about doing it. That empathetic approach is especially evident with the heavier story lines."