Summer Streamin' 25 - The Sex Lives of College Girls - Season Three

The Sex Lives of College Girls has just concluded its third season.

Created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble the HBO Max series was renewed for a third season (back in December 2022)which commenced on Binge last November. Concluding today, we got the third series after a two year break. So damn I needed a recap.

So it kicks off as the sophomore year begins, Whitney has been ignoring Kimberly during the summer after finding out about her and Canaan, with Kimberly unsuccessfully trying to apologise to her. 

Bela's request to transfer schools is rejected due to her low GPA, causing her to decide to take a break from comedy and undergo a personality overhaul; Frude, the residence director, quits his job after contracting pneumonia and Bela takes over, but her attempts at being friendly are met with resistance by everyone, including English freshman Taylor. 

However, Bela reconsiders after successfully carrying out an intervention between Kimberly and Whitney, who forgives her. Canaan and Kimberly also realise that their relationship is not meant to be and agree to remain friends for Whitney's sake. Leighton grapples with Alicia leaving Essex for a job opportunity in Boston and her math class being cancelled due to lack of enrolment, until her professor informs her about a math program at MIT, which happens to also be in Boston, lifting her spirits.

But now to the OMG finale. Not OMG cause of a cliffhanger, but OMG cause this was a beautiful piece of TV. So good! It felt like a perfect send off for the girls.

In today's season three finale, Bela kissed her new comedy pal Haley and came out as bisexual to her friends, which were less than surprised/excited by the news.

However at her new comedy show, hesitated to tell her visiting mum, who dropped by the show, after confessing she follows her on the Gram.

Whitney inspired the entire soccer team to stand up to the athletic board; Kimberly got arrested alongside hottie activist Noah for breaking into Essex’s server room (to stop a bigoted speaker’s livestream) & was picked up from jail by her ex-boyfriend Eli, who had apologised earlier for the way he treated her; Cooper broke up with Kacey after she started making plans for him to meet her mom and go on a cruise with her family; and Taylor told Bela that thanks to her, she didn’t break her sobriety.

In the closing minutes, Kacey belted out a showstopper performance of Never Enough in the Essex musical as Bela sat next to her mother and embraced Haley’s hand. Her mom, in turn, wiped away Bela’s tears and held her other hand. 

The in the final shot of the episode, Bela, Whitney, Kimberly and Kacey laughed and celebrated in the dorm room. It was honestly a perfect final episode. Is this the last romp at Essex for the girls?

HBO Max also has Bookie wrapping next week and The Pitt currently streaming. All on Binge at present in Australia.

Next up the finale of Showtime's new hit, The Agency.