Miniseries · Netflix
Sex, Explained
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sex, Explained actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sex, Explained reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
From the biology of attraction to the history of birth control, explore the ins and outs of sex in this entertaining and enlightening series.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Sexual Fantasies
Harboring a naughty sexual fantasy? You're far from alone. Your desires likely fall into one of three titillating scenarios. Is your interest aroused?
S01E02
Attraction
Do you have a type? More than one, perhaps? Find out what goes on when we're drawn to someone sexually and the many factors that fuel these turn-ons.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Sanya DosaniProducer
- Chad MummExecutive Producer
- Ezra KleinExecutive Producer
- Claire GordonExecutive Producer
- Joe PosnerExecutive Producer
Cinematography
- Cory PoppDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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