Season 4 of Sex Education has been available since September 21 on Netflix. If you have progressed well in your viewing, you can discover a tribute to Shay Patten-Walker at the end of episode 5. Why did the series decide to include this mention?
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Sex Education is now over on Netflix. The platform has put the eight episodes of season 4 online, which marks the end point of the series. Final intrigues which did not fail to make us go through all the emotions. Fans were thus able to discover what happened to Maeve (Emma Mackey), who left to live in the United States to continue her studies. Otis (Asa Butterfield), Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), Ruby (Mimi Keene) and Aimee (Aimee Lou Wodd) had to adapt to their new environment after the closure of Moordale high school. In Cavendish, they discovered a very different establishment filled with new faces. You probably noticed at the end of episode 5 the series’ tribute to a deceased person. “In memory of Shay Patten-Walker“, we can read in white text on a black background. Who is it about?
Shay Patten-Walker was a consultant for Sex Education
Shay Patten-Walker was an activist who took her own life in February 2022. She worked on season 4 of the Netflix series as a consultant on gender issues, particularly regarding The plot related to Cal. The series wanted to pay him this vibrant tribute for his contribution to the episodes, as well as for his numerous actions carried out over the years. On social networks, on Youtube but also through several associations, Shay Patten-Walker championed the trans cause, the non-binary community and fought for the rights of queer people of color. In 2020, the magazine Quazar dedicated a portrait to him in which the activist declared: “I didn’t see a lot of representation growing up so I was convinced it was something I had to create. As a community we should all help and support each other“.
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Sex Education : a committed series
Over the course of its four seasons, Sex Education went beyond the simple limits of a series on sex, taking the opportunity to discuss all sexualities, but also questions of gender and identity. Season 3 notably introduced Cal (Dua Saleh), the first non-binary and trans character in the series. “Cal is not a caricature of what a non-binary person is“, declared Dua Saleh to Teen Vogue upon the release of the third season, adding: “I don’t really see many non-binary characters represented in an authentic and real way in the media“. The actor reprized his role in the fourth season of Sex Education, in which Cal gains importance.
