Every Sex Education Character Ranked Worst To Best

15. Cal Bowman

It's a real shame to see Cal at the bottom of this list. The idea of inserting a non-binary student into Moordale was a stroke of genius, and arguably late for the very progressive show. Sadly, despite a solid performance from Dua Saleh, they ended up falling flat.

Part of what makes Sex Ed's characters so great is that the social issues don't overshadow their personality. For example, with Florence, you learned who she was way before you knew anything about her asexuality. She was an intense theatre kid, and you got to know her, which made the reveal that she's ace all the more engaging. But, with Cal, they had very little personality outside of their gender identity.

When thinking about the character, it's almost impossible to really know who they were. What were their interests (outside of drugs)? What kind of music did they like? What do they do for fun? This was an abnormal case of the show delivering an issue first, rather than a fleshed out character.