#eric and rahim

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

I’m getting my kids back but at what cost the next time I see them will also be the last time I see them I cant do this my heart is literally gonna break if I neverr see Otis and Eric ever again ofc Jackson Viv Ruby the gang too

[0cheeri0]

Sex Education

Season 2 Episode 6

I love Eric (except for his poor love life decisions)

[crowley-n-his-bentley]

I’m sorry but the way Eric threw himself at the window when Rahim walked by was so funny

[beenasarwar]

A social worker, an economist, and the legacy of Pakistan’s student movement of the 1950s

Something I wrote about my aunt who recently passed away, the economist Eric Rahim, and their decades-old linkages to progressive politics, and the ongoing legacy of the 1950s student movement #DSF my father led

OBITUARY: The legacy of a decades-old connection between social worker Shahida Haroon (1937-2023) and economist Eric Rahim (1928-2023) endures through the ongoing struggle for student rights, economic justice and democracy in Pakistan Demands Day at D.H. Science College, 07 Jan. 1953, Eric Rahim, Shahida Haroon Saad. Collage by Aekta Kapoor/Sapan News PERSONAL POLITICAL By Beena Sarwar / Sapan…

[gold--cloud]

S3’s Rahim probably walks around Adam and Eric at school, but when he comes home, he will still meet Adam who works in the convenience store downstairs. In the classroom corridor, cafeteria, study room, no matter how to hide, he will still notice Adam who is the most visible in the crowd forever, Eric who has the loudest laughter. Rahim probably spends most of his time at school in the library, where he reads and writes poetry and does homework, and he never sees Adam or Eric there. Until one day he saw Adam in the library, after which Adam would sit in a certain position in the library more and more often, often writing homework and reading books with his head down in distress, and quietly rereading the contents of the books until he understood them. Sometimes Rahim saw Adam holding a few love poems he had given Eric, "Twenty Love Poem: And A Song of Despair", "On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous", "And I Still Rise"…... On the school bus home from France, Adam said he thought poetry was stupid, just a bunch of words he couldn't understand. Rahim chuckled and gently replied that maybe you weren't listening. When Adam started writing poetry, Rahim told him to write with his heart. Then Eric breaks up with Adam, and Rahim reads Adam's first real love poem.

[ericeffiorg]

hard agree to all of that. i also didn't really realise that rahim was cheated on, but you're correct. they were literally boyfriends

the rahim one was actually heartbreaking and made that finale so sour for me. i was always team eric over team eric/boyfriend, but that was such a harsh way to do it and made me dislike eric for a bit.

rahim didn't even want to be at the musical - he hates them!! but he went for eric, and not only did eric cheat on him there, he did it in front of the entire school which rahim has to keep returning to - and they even all clapped????? it was just so mean and it was all so they could get a cute moment for the worst ship in the world and i really hate how rahim's part of that was so sidelined. it was such a fucked up way to cheat on someone and eric's age, immaturity and lack of experience is never an excuse for that because you can't think that's an ok thing to do. and it was clearly bad writing because they wanted us to like eric/adam as characters and as a couple lol

[clarkgriffon]

Sex Education Season 4: Thoughts

So, with a little prompting, I am doing this write up. And bow howdy, I don't even know where to begin.

I guess, let's start with the obvious; Sex Education has a Too Many Characters problem. But we knew this- they've had this for many seasons. After Season 3, we said the same thing, with comments like "The Cal/Jackson plotline felt extranneous" because yeah, it did. Confoundingly, though, SE4 maintains a Too Many Characters problem while booting people we've consistently known. This isn't consistent with the past of Sex Education, where people have fluctuated in their roles between major and minor character (see Lily, Ola, Rahim, Adam, Ruby, etc); instead, characters like Lily Rahim and Ola just get completely ousted in favor of more new introductions- like... while I don't find the characters objectionable, I simply have no vested interest in the outcome of Abbi and Roman and O.

As I mentioned previously in another post, a lot of the core dynamics feel totally lost. I think there was something there in the plotline they wanted to explore with Otis and Eric; it's something I don't think I've ever seen portrayed in media, Eric telling Otis that they don't talk about important and obvious differences between them and how stifling that can be for Eric. But it's NOT explored. It's mentioned an episode before the end and resolved with no conclusion and a hug.

The entire first season revolves around the relationship between a mother and son. Other than that one scene where Otis gets his dig in on Jean, where is their relationship?

Even Maeve & Otis, which is the only consistent theme that persists, feels like a shell of itself. It's all sort of cookie-cutter relationship drama, it doesn't feel like it's in any way unique to the foundation and relationship Maeve and Otis have built way back in Season 1.

And I can't say it was all bad- there were things that hit. Aimee's relationship to art and trauma and moving on were great and I thought her relationship with Isaac was adorable. Cal's story was great. Adam and his father rekindling their relationship was wonderful too. But it was these very self-contained side stories that felt like they had pleasing resolutions. Never the main story.

And... what even was the main story? We hopped around so much. There was no throughline. The story of Season 1 is Otis and Maeve run a sex clinic. The story of Season 3 is the Moordale students need to take on the new headmaster's insane regulations. The story of Season 4 is nonexistent. The most coherent storyline I could find was the battle of the sex therapists, and even that felt like it was on the backburner half the time.

All in all, Season 4 felt like a weird, not-great rehashing of everything that had already happened. Maeve's storyline with her mother already had closure, she already said goodbye and realized her only real family left were her friends. And she does it again in Season 4. Adam's father realized the error of his ways and begins to try make amends... in Season 3. And he does it again in Season 4. Ruby, despite being rejected and heartbroken, helps Otis achieve his goals and they leave things on an ambiguous "we're not friends" note... in Season 3. And she does it again in Season 4. Maeve chooses herself and Otis must come to terms with letting go of his first love as she flies off to America... in Season 3. And she does it again in Season 4.

It's all a repeat. Other than a few of the side stories, it's thematic rehashing left and right. I think I wanted closure on the characters I knew and the relationships and instead I got a repeat of themes I had already seen. It was just a letdown.

[rainbowsandchocolate]

so, I'm halfway through episode 2 of the latest season of sex education, which means a lot of things might still change. But I had to pause Netflix to come here and scream a little. Because I just love, love love how they portrayed Eric's struggles with babtism and how he didn't actually struggle with God but with Church. Because, dude, I feel that. And also his conversation afterwards with Abbi made me feel really seen. Because I vibed so hard with Eric when he got excited about how queer the new school is - but I also very much resonated with "some people can be a bit weird about the whole religion thing". But it had nuance. His church is kinda homophobic but the pastor is nice and it's still Eric's community. I see that a lot in how a lot of queer Christians, especially Catholics, feel (because Catholics tend to be more conservative in Europe).

It also reminds me of that one scene in season three where Rahim said it's cute how they all take it so seriously and Eric was like: hold up, I also take it seriously. Like I'm gay but this is important to me, too, and it doesn't mean I don't believe in God.

Honestly, this level of nuance to this conversation is super rare and they did it so well, and I'm super excited to see how this goes.

[dontbelasagne]

ive yet to watch the final episode of season 4 but my gosh how does no one else find otis a completely unlikable character.

the end of season 3 had him going "i want to help people and be kind". where season 4? where is this character arc you set up? his treatment of Eric when he brought up the issues of their friendship and the immediate dismissal. i recoiled. it reeked of white fragility and selfishness. how we had nothing other than the emotional tension set up in season 3 between Ruby and him as "proof" he wasnt just using her, how instead of a thought provoking and considerate approach to a rival therapist we saw him tantruming (which tbf did get addressed but not enough for him to realise his actions, but just to feel sorry for himself with what he got accused of being), frankly being quite toxic in his approach to Maeves feelings and their connection to then suddenly having a heartfelt goodbye. to so many other things we never see him grow from or confront. i fully understand that yes being a teenager is messy, and yes otis had little help with addressing his issues with feeling over-therapised by Jean, but fuck the foundations of a really good arc was set up upon him at the end of season 3 and what did we get? all the things which make him annoying and unable to grow. also im not criticising flawed or troubled characters because they usually have the best narratives surrounding them, but theres just something profoundly unlikeable with otis that only got worse as the seasons went on. whenever it got brought up, we never actually got a payoff in later episodes, or he was just allowed to move on without any repercussions. this is why i loved characters like Adam (please don't get me started on the loss of his dynamic in season 4 with Rahim it would've been BRILLIANT) and Maeve and Jackson and all the other characters actually confronting their issues. idk where I'm going with this but it just had to be said.

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

y’all my EricRahim endgame is coming and on pride too what great way to end it by saying their rename !

ADAM OUT!! RAHIM IN! I won so hard! been saying ericrahim rotis vivjackson endgame or nothing since s1

[princess-starscourge]

i'm sorry eric effiong i love you but it's so funny to me that he cheated on rahim's ass with adam because he felt they had more in common (or whatever), then cheated on adam with some rando in nigeria because he basically couldn't handle that his boyfriend was scared and closeted (and all but said "sorry, but fuck yeah, i'd cheat on you again if given the chance" 🤣). like bro make up your fucking mind lmao do you want a boyfriend who's all out and proud (like rahim had been, you dipshit-), or do you want a boyfriend who uhh...has...whatever qualities drew you to adam

[cinegeek237]

Is Adam Groff just an Introvert?

When it comes to film/tv there is a phrase: show, don't tell.

But, when a story is heavily influenced on character rather than being plot driven, dialogue is wildly important. This is the case with Sex Education.

Sex Educations - I'm focusing on season 3 - really wants to tell us that Adam Groff has internalized homophobia and is having a hard time coming to terms with being bisexual and coming out. But... I really feel like that isn't what they showed us. They showed us the poor dude is just a shy introvert (and possibly coded as neurodivergent - that's another post).

Adam and Eric came back to Adam's to find his mom Maureen with a man (who's name I don't recall). Adam introduces Eric as his friend which seems to hurt Eric. OK. so I grew up with a parent who dated and sometimes had flings. I would NEVER come out to some guy my mom was seeing. I probably wouldn't even talk to them... just wave awkwardly and go to my room. In terms of social etiquette it would be SO weird to just come out to said rando. That has nothing to do with how queer or comfortable Adam is. At. All.

When Eric returns home - from his visit to his Aunt's where he cheated on Adam which is never addressed at all in s4 but whatever that actor is charismatic AF so who cares that the character is a little sh*t -.- moving on - he asks Adam to go to a club with him. Adam seems reluctant.

Right... we've seen him crash Aimee's party in s1, sit in a corner at a dance in s2, sit outside a party in s2... this kid is always off to the side or outside... always by himself in the quiet. I don't think a party let alone a loud club is a place Adam would want to go to... period. It (again) has nothing to do with how comfortable he is with his queerness.

BUT everything Adam does that Eric doesn't like must mean that he's still not "out enough" whatever that means.

Really their relationship did not read in terms of behavior as a couple who are splitting because one is totally out and one is still kinda in the closet. It reads as an extrovert and an introvert who just aren't meant to be.

Eric in s3 was just so gatekeepy regarding queerness...

*I am about to go off on a unrelated tangent*

But Adam in s4 was just SO DAMN poorly done. His entire storyline is separate except for one ep... which kind of didn't make sense for him to be in because we haven't seen him interact with Aimee since they broke up in s1.

They did the most stereotypical thing and had the bi guy start off with a chick, realize he's also into dudes, then get with another chick. THIS BOY NEEDS A FRIEND! But they wrote off Rahim and Ola... and he didn't hang out with Ruby who also clearly needed a friend.

And guess we're pretending he didn't have a whole storyline in s3 about trying better in school... and also that awesome English teacher wouldn't notice he probably is dyslexic...

I got off topic. This is just bothering me.

[notsoattractivearenti]

Annie QUICK best Eric ship, Rahim or Adam (or that one s4 guy idk)

ADAMMMMM cuz he’s my boy!!! they were really sweet together. i lowkey was hoping they’d get back together 😭❤️‍🩹

[deitchdotchris]

(1/5) A 5-day Thread on Netflx’s Sex Education:

Watching the third season of Sex Education, I had the unnerving sensation that something was deeply wrong in the world Otis, Maeve, Eric, Aimee, Adam, Rahim and Ruby, et al. Like an 80s-era Soviet sitcom, this ribald sex comedy dares not deviate from the party line. Be it Moordale in the twenty-teens or Minsk in the 80s, I am not watching a show about #sexeducation; I am watching a show about sex without capitalism.

[gold--cloud]

Adam in late s3 had Rahim to lean on, wondering what else Rahim would do to relieve his emotions in late s2 besides writing poems or burning poems and Eric's things. Although Rahim is a cat lover, he does not have a cat. His uncle has a dog, and he may occasionally let Rahim take care of him and walk around. After he was robbed in a convenience store, maybe he will lock up his dog Susan and the big dog will keep Rahim company, fluffy can heal the soul (and s4 Adam experienced that hugging a horse can relieve the mood at the farm, maybe they can talk about this😽(different from the old effect of smashing pillows/breaking things in the garbage dump/burning things). Healing > Venting (same goes for their later relationship…...)