#Sex Education Season 4 Is Coming – Let’s Break Down What Could Happen Next

For those of us who have already binged through the third season of “Sex Education,” there is so much to consider going forward. After an entire season of continuing the infuriating will-they-won’t-they Maeve/Otis relationship drama, the pair finally decided to go for it and began their relationship in earnest. Sadly, in the very last moments of the season, Maeve made a grand exit — deciding to accept an opportunity to study abroad and leaving Otis behind. Did her departure feel abrupt to anyone else?

By all means, it was a relief to put an end to the Otis and Maeve drama either way, and joyous to see Maeve choose herself over a high school crush, but the goodbye was so sudden. Also, it was a bummer of a season finale. And as it turns out, Maeve’s departure might have felt odd for a reason. In an interview with Hunger Magazine, Mackey sparked some speculation when she said the following:

“It’s a complicated thing to me. Sex Education is so momentous as a concept, as a show, and the cast are phenomenal. I genuinely care about them all a lot and I made lifelong friends. We’ve kind of grown up together. But the bittersweet nature of it is that I also can’t be 17 my whole life.”

Mackey could very well be signaling her departure from the series for good. So far, there’s been no comment from the cast, crew, or Netflix on the matter. At the very least, the finale sets Maeve up for a much smaller role in the fourth season. While Mackey has served as a series lead in the past, Maeve just left the country! Unless there’s a lot of Zoom use in the future of “Sex Education,” she might find it hard to connect with her Moordale friends. Although… given how the season ended for the rest of the students, maybe this distance is purposeful.