Um. So. Otis (Butterfield) is going out with Ola (Patricia Allison) who makes him stop seeing Maeve (Emma Mackey) - a big mistake, because she then dumps him in favour of Lily (Tanya Reynolds).
Maeve's useless mum Anne-Marie Duffy turns up with little daughter in tow - one of the season's pleasures is how Maeve gradually takes to the girl. She's also befriending a sarcastic disabled guy in the trailer park.
Connor Swindells as Adam has now perfected a face of passive sadness. He's still hanging out with his former prey Eric, Ncuti Gatwa, who's also dating a Frenchman.
And Gillian Anderson has been giving sex ed at school, thus undermining the kid's business.
In a great Breakfast Club type episode, Aimee Lou Wood confesses the bus masturbator is ruining her life, and despite rivalries, the girls band together to support her.
In a wild finale, there's an extremely unorthodox performance of Romeo and Juliet during which Adam comes out publicly - when Eric's parents greet him warmly, he actually smiles, like the sun has come out. But in a dramatic turn, Maeve shops her mother to the social services because her mother's still using and the child's in danger - I somehow thought Maeve would end up with the little girl but it was not to be. Finally, Otis tries to tell Maeve he loves her, but the envious paraplegic destroys the message; so the two end up not together again.
We love it. It must be very welcoming to teenagers who suffer some of the problems aired in the show and helps them to feel normal about themselves. It still has this weird eighties design thing going on. It has a heart.
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| The former University of Wales in Caerleon, Grade II listed |
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| My favourite variation of the title as someone had the bright idea to suggest the letters cast shadows |
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