Review of Episode 8

Sex Education: Episode 8 (2020)
Season 2, Episode 8
5/10
Mixed feelings
19 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This episode was strange. The Romeo & Juliet play took up most of the screen time, which in itself was funny for about 2 minutes then it just became too silly and unnecessary in my opinion.

Otis & his dad shared a good scene and was the most emotional, and best, part of the episode for me.

Jackson and Viv shared a cute scene. Really like their dynamic.

Most characters got a happy season 2 ending, presumably to lighten the blow of the eventual nuke that the creators drop on the Maeve X Otis romance circle at the end of the episode, which they have to drag out to season 3 I guess otherwise where's the hook?

Speaking of which...

The ending was the worst part of the episode. It doesn't make sense. Why would Maeve, an intelligent women, leave her phone when she is going to a shop AT night? How did Isaac listen to the voicemail on her phone without a password? Does Maeve, an intelligent person, not have a password? Convenient. What's the drama with the voicemail being deleted anyway? Literally if this was a real scenario, Otis could just go up Maeve the next day and say "hey, did you get my voicemail last night?" The response would be "no" and Otis would say "oh... well can we have a quick chat?" like they see each other every day at school. Why is a voicemail the be-all to end-all scenarios? If you're going to make more drama by dragging out this Otis x Maeve situation at least do it well.

Very frustrating end to an otherwise good season 2.
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