After ten drama-filled episodes, Season 3 of The Intercourse Lives of School Women has formally ended its time on the 2025 TV schedule. Whereas I admit I had my apprehensions concerning the season after Reneé Rapp’s emotional goodbye, the season ended up being among the finest but for the Max unique collection. The true twist got here within the season finale when the workforce behind the collection strayed from the usual they set within the first two seasons and selected to not finish on a cliffhanger.
Seeing Whitney, Bela, Kimberly, and the most recent character, Kacey, again of their dorm, glad and smiling, was an actual deal with in a season that put the ladies by hell. Nonetheless, simply because the season ended with out some catastrophic cliffhanger doesn’t imply that the Essex ladies’ tales are over. In actual fact, I’d argue there are much more causes now for the present to get renewed for a fourth season.
Bela Deserves Time To Proceed To Embrace Her Bisexuality
One of many greatest revelations to occur in Season 3 was Bela realizing she’s bisexual. Eagle-eyed followers have theorized about Bela’s sexual orientation for the reason that present started, declaring how she’s queer-coded and taking discover of how invested she turned in Leighton after the latter got here out to them as a lesbian. And it lastly got here to fruition when Bela kissed the organizer of the varsity’s storytelling exhibits.
She embraced her newfound sexuality pretty rapidly, popping out to her buddies and later her mother not lengthy after having the life-changing revelation. But when there’s one factor followers find out about Bela, it’s that something that appears too good to be true most likely is. Whereas issues appear nice with Haley, Bela doesn’t have the perfect monitor file with regards to relationships. And as a self-proclaimed sex-positive comic who constructed a complete storytelling present round her sexual experiences with males, it’s unlikely that Haley goes to be “the one.”
I, for one, hope the comedy collection will get renewed for a fourth season so we are able to see Bela get into much more courting and hook-up mishaps now that she’s doubled her eligible pool of companions.
With Leighton formally out of the image, the ladies welcome a brand new roommate this season. Proper from the beginning, Kacey finds herself entangled in some epic drama of her personal when she discovers her highschool sweetheart has been dishonest on her after which begins courting a fellow forged member within the faculty’s theater manufacturing. Issues get even worse when Kacey loses her virginity to stated forged member, solely to have him break up together with her as a result of he feels they’re transferring too rapidly.
Fortunately, Kacey will get her revenge on Cooper by belting out “By no means Sufficient” in an emotional efficiency through the manufacturing. It’s an empowering second for Kacey, who has struggled together with her self-worth this season. Nonetheless, her progress isn’t carried out.
Intercourse Lives of School Women deserves a fourth season so Kacey can proceed to develop and ultimately put her overbearing mom in her place. It additionally wouldn’t harm to see her discover a new love curiosity — maybe the theater’s pupil stage supervisor, who appeared enamored with Kacey’s stellar efficiency within the finale episode.
There’s Extra Room For Whitney To Develop Into Her Personal
Ever since Whitney arrived at Essex, her faculty journey has been entangled with soccer. Issues got here to a halt this season when Whitney discovered to place her well-being above her soccer duties and stop the workforce. After all, it was solely short-lived, and after inflicting a stir with the athletic board, Whitney discovered herself again on the sphere.
It’s one of many first instances followers have seen Whitney get up for herself, and it was a robust second. I’d like to see Whitney proceed to champion herself and combat for the student-athletes to have extra of a stability between their lecturers, sports activities, and private lives.
There’s additionally the query of whether or not her second likelihood with Canaan goes to finish in another way than the primary time they bought collectively. If that’s not sufficient motive for the present to get renewed for a fourth season, I don’t know what it’s.
After all, there are different tales I’d like to see play out within the subsequent season, too. I’ve a newfound love for Lila, who deserves an emotional arc of her personal as an alternative of continually being regulated to being comedic aid. And who can neglect Kimberly, who’s probably going to face authorized hassle after main a gaggle of scholars in taking down the varsity’s wifi so that they couldn’t livestream an look of a controversial political determine? To not point out, it might even be unlucky for a present about faculty to get canceled earlier than the characters have had an opportunity to graduate — nevertheless it’s positively occurred earlier than.
And but, upon writing, The Intercourse Lives of School Women has but to be renewed for a fourth season. Proper now, followers’ finest wager for getting that to occur is to stream the primary three seasons of the present as a lot as doable with their lively Max subscriptions.