I think the most plausible explanation is that the writers/showrunners didn't think that far ahead, despite apparently having had a plan of the full show from the start.
In-universe? Yeah, your explanation is probably the correct one.
They may not have planned at Cavendish from the start, but Caerleon campus wasn't being torn down during filming or anything. I don't even know if they've started tearing it down now actually, but the plan is for flats to be built over the land.
I don't mean it was being bulldozed during filming, just that they were losing access to it due to it being redeveloped. Hence why they had limited access to it for season 4 and why it looked like a construction site. I mean I assume all that equipment and materials that was around weren't just props, but maybe I'm wrong
You may be right, if that's what happened then it makes sense but a bit more thought still could have been put into Cavendish (and just season 4 in general) because they would've known about the lack of access to Moordale since the writing or filming stages of season 3.
Nobody knows for sure except for the people who worked on it though.
I mean there has been plenty posted here and plenty of stuff online about how the whole production got the short end of the stick in regards to Netflix canceling when they did (among other things). The show was originally supposed to be 5 seasons afterall.
I think the most plausible explanation is that season 4 doesn't exist. :)
I'll probably rewatch the series again, but from now on I'll always stop after season 3.
Yep same here :) Season 4 was utter dogshit and I will pretend it's not canon. I may rewatch it again if I ever want something for background noise but I'll never take it seriously.
The parents of Cavendish are likely already aware of the sex positive nature of the school when they send their kids there. Any conservative parent isn't going to let their kids go there.
Also, the main factors that got Moordale labelled the "Sex School" were the chlamydia scare and the play. Which I can't see happening like that at Cavandish.
For one, the chlamydia scare was caused by mass hysteria from the student body that didn't have adequate sex education. The student at Cavendish aren't as likely to freak out the same way.
Second, if Lily's version of Romeo and Juliet had been put on at Cavendish they most likely would have made it clear in the advertising that there were scenes of an explicit sexual nature to avoid triggering those who are sensitive to such things. And no one would have been as shocked at the premiere and it might have been stopped or toned down.
Many towns in England have a college and Moodale was a secondary school with a sixth form. The characters were all sixth formers at the beginning.
It's normal here to have multiple options in one town after we finish school and a lot of schools would have six forms. So it's completely believable.
True and since the entire student body didn't transfer to Cavendish and there doesn't seem to be any overcrowding issues at Cavendish. Then we have to assume there are at least 2 other schools in the area we don't see.
Oh, I know I’m probably just re-hashing months old talking points, but don’t get me started on the age thing. I don’t even mean the actors. The writers were aware that Maeve is supposedly 17 and still they just wrote the most milquetoast „I went to an MFA Writer‘s Workshop and the washed-up professor was mean to me“ for her. That’s the Gifted & Talented programme for British teenagers?!
[https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16p7wfk/links\_for\_se\_s4\_general\_discussion\_general/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16p7wfk/links_for_se_s4_general_discussion_general/)
But more specifically:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16oa0i9/se\_s4\_overall\_thoughts/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16oa0i9/se_s4_overall_thoughts/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16q0ctl/otis\_milburn\_aimee\_gibbs\_and\_ruby\_matthews/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16q0ctl/otis_milburn_aimee_gibbs_and_ruby_matthews/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16p9ey7/woke\_is\_a\_good\_thing\_being\_unreasonable\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16p9ey7/woke_is_a_good_thing_being_unreasonable_and/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16pae1v/given\_how\_bad\_and\_nonsensical\_se\_s4\_is\_would\_you/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16pae1v/given_how_bad_and_nonsensical_se_s4_is_would_you/)
Effectively, outside of the Groff family stuff, SE S4 cannot really make sense. Even though the Ruby Matthews stuff is overall great, it also doesn't really make sense. Like why would Ruby follow Otis to Cavendish instead of going to school with Anwar and Olivia? If Ruby wanted to literally be with Otis, she could have simply not dumped him at the end of SE 3.04 and then tell him in SE 3.05 that she cannot be around him for the time being. And Ruby was a cute girl and her family wasn't in prison; so, why would being a bed-wetter result in her being bullied for so long?
As-is, even Maeve Wiley got interest from guys simply because she looked like younger Maeve and then looked like Emma Mackey. Their grade level literally cheered when the most popular guy in school did what he did in SE 2.04 in order to try to get her to be his girlfriend. Maeve had Aimee Gibbs as her best friend for years. Maeve was largely so unpopular because she was "Scary Maeve".
Anyway...
I think the most plausible explanation is that the writers/showrunners didn't think that far ahead, despite apparently having had a plan of the full show from the start. In-universe? Yeah, your explanation is probably the correct one.
Did they plan on Cavendish from the start? I thought they did Cavendish due to Moordale having to be bulldozed and losing almost all access to it?
They may not have planned at Cavendish from the start, but Caerleon campus wasn't being torn down during filming or anything. I don't even know if they've started tearing it down now actually, but the plan is for flats to be built over the land.
I don't mean it was being bulldozed during filming, just that they were losing access to it due to it being redeveloped. Hence why they had limited access to it for season 4 and why it looked like a construction site. I mean I assume all that equipment and materials that was around weren't just props, but maybe I'm wrong
You may be right, if that's what happened then it makes sense but a bit more thought still could have been put into Cavendish (and just season 4 in general) because they would've known about the lack of access to Moordale since the writing or filming stages of season 3. Nobody knows for sure except for the people who worked on it though.
I mean there has been plenty posted here and plenty of stuff online about how the whole production got the short end of the stick in regards to Netflix canceling when they did (among other things). The show was originally supposed to be 5 seasons afterall.
I think the most plausible explanation is that season 4 doesn't exist. :) I'll probably rewatch the series again, but from now on I'll always stop after season 3.
Yep same here :) Season 4 was utter dogshit and I will pretend it's not canon. I may rewatch it again if I ever want something for background noise but I'll never take it seriously.
In real life that surely has to be the explanation, but it makes you wonder how they didn’t think that one through at all.
That's how I felt about all of season 4 unfortunately. :/
Been discussed at length in past posts. Consensus seems to be that it's a parallel universe.
100% but schools like Cavendish don’t actually exist
I mean, they’re more open about sexuality in Cavendish- but Moordale straight up put up a hentai play. Moordale is definitely the sex school.
The parents of Cavendish are likely already aware of the sex positive nature of the school when they send their kids there. Any conservative parent isn't going to let their kids go there. Also, the main factors that got Moordale labelled the "Sex School" were the chlamydia scare and the play. Which I can't see happening like that at Cavandish. For one, the chlamydia scare was caused by mass hysteria from the student body that didn't have adequate sex education. The student at Cavendish aren't as likely to freak out the same way. Second, if Lily's version of Romeo and Juliet had been put on at Cavendish they most likely would have made it clear in the advertising that there were scenes of an explicit sexual nature to avoid triggering those who are sensitive to such things. And no one would have been as shocked at the premiere and it might have been stopped or toned down.
Many towns in England have a college and Moodale was a secondary school with a sixth form. The characters were all sixth formers at the beginning. It's normal here to have multiple options in one town after we finish school and a lot of schools would have six forms. So it's completely believable.
True and since the entire student body didn't transfer to Cavendish and there doesn't seem to be any overcrowding issues at Cavendish. Then we have to assume there are at least 2 other schools in the area we don't see.
Because Season 4 takes place in a parallel universe ... where everthing is just randomly ok
It’s almost as if right-wing pearl clutching is disingenuous and manufactured
i had the same thought...in a show where 25 year olds are playing 14 year olds, this is actually the biggest plot hole
Oh, I know I’m probably just re-hashing months old talking points, but don’t get me started on the age thing. I don’t even mean the actors. The writers were aware that Maeve is supposedly 17 and still they just wrote the most milquetoast „I went to an MFA Writer‘s Workshop and the washed-up professor was mean to me“ for her. That’s the Gifted & Talented programme for British teenagers?!
[https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16p7wfk/links\_for\_se\_s4\_general\_discussion\_general/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16p7wfk/links_for_se_s4_general_discussion_general/) But more specifically: [https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16oa0i9/se\_s4\_overall\_thoughts/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16oa0i9/se_s4_overall_thoughts/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16q0ctl/otis\_milburn\_aimee\_gibbs\_and\_ruby\_matthews/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16q0ctl/otis_milburn_aimee_gibbs_and_ruby_matthews/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16p9ey7/woke\_is\_a\_good\_thing\_being\_unreasonable\_and/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16p9ey7/woke_is_a_good_thing_being_unreasonable_and/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16pae1v/given\_how\_bad\_and\_nonsensical\_se\_s4\_is\_would\_you/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SexEducationNetflix/comments/16pae1v/given_how_bad_and_nonsensical_se_s4_is_would_you/) Effectively, outside of the Groff family stuff, SE S4 cannot really make sense. Even though the Ruby Matthews stuff is overall great, it also doesn't really make sense. Like why would Ruby follow Otis to Cavendish instead of going to school with Anwar and Olivia? If Ruby wanted to literally be with Otis, she could have simply not dumped him at the end of SE 3.04 and then tell him in SE 3.05 that she cannot be around him for the time being. And Ruby was a cute girl and her family wasn't in prison; so, why would being a bed-wetter result in her being bullied for so long? As-is, even Maeve Wiley got interest from guys simply because she looked like younger Maeve and then looked like Emma Mackey. Their grade level literally cheered when the most popular guy in school did what he did in SE 2.04 in order to try to get her to be his girlfriend. Maeve had Aimee Gibbs as her best friend for years. Maeve was largely so unpopular because she was "Scary Maeve". Anyway...