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The Sex Lives of College Girls is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble for Max from November 18, 2021 to January 23, 2025. In December 2021 the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on November 17, 2022. In December 2022 the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on November 21, 2024. In March 2025, the series was canceled after three seasons.
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
| First released | Last released | Network | |||
| 1 | 10 | November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18) | December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09) | HBO Max | |
| 2 | 10 | November 17, 2022 (2022-11-17) | December 15, 2022 (2022-12-15) | ||
| 3 | 10 | November 21, 2024 (2024-11-21) | January 23, 2025 (2025-01-23) | Max | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | 1 | "Welcome to Essex" | David Gordon Green | Mindy Kaling & Justin Noble | November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18) | T40 |
| Kimberly, Bela, Whitney and Leighton arrive at Essex College and become roommates. However, each has a hard time trying to adjust: Kimberly gets dumped by her boyfriend Max the morning after the two make love. Bela wants to join The Catullan, an exclusive yet predominantly sexist comedy magazine, but is brushed off by Eric, one of the main coeditor | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Naked Party" | Zoe Cassavetes | Ali Liebegott & Caroline Goldfarb | November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18) | T40 |
| Kimberly's first day of class goes sour as she doesn't know how to properly speak French. Whitney confronts Dalton for not telling her about his marriage, which he claims is an unhappy one. Willow informs Whitney that Jena uninvited her to a party for the soccer team. Whitney goes anyway, walking in on Jena and her boyfriend arguing; she confides i | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Le Tuteur" | Zoe Cassavetes | Rupinder Gill | November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) | T40 |
| Leighton unsuccessfully attempts to get off the hook by bribing President Lacey, who assigns her 100 hours of community service at the Essex women's center as punishment, which she reluctantly accepts, but finds herself clashing with Alicia, the volunteers' overseer. Bela tries to seek dating attractive boys with abs. After hitting it off with one | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Kappa" | Kabir Akhtar | Charlie Grandy & Beth Appel | November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) | T40 |
| Whitney and Leighton attend a Kappa branch. Quinn, the president of the sorority, pairs Leighton up with Cory, Nico's friend, when she uses him as a beard to hide her sexuality. Bela meets alumnus Danny Marawitz, hoping that he accepts to be her mentor. However, after Danny makes a sexist joke about Bela, she angrily tells him what she really think | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "That Comment Tho" | Rachel Raimist | Matt Warburton & Sheridan Watson | November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) | T40 |
| Kimberly shows the comment to Bela and Whitney but Nico deletes it, confusing her. Whitney takes it upon herself to end the discrimination against female athletes by investigating the boys' luxurious locker room to obtain proof, only to get caught by Hayden, one of the teammates. Coach Woods benches Whitney for two games as punishment. Leighton inv | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Parents Weekend" | Meredith Dawson | Mindy Kaling & Justin Noble | December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02) | T40 |
| The girls' parents arrive at Essex college for the Parents' Weekend and they head out to have dinner together. However, the entire meeting proves to be awkward as secrets start to pop up and egos clash with one another. Bela is caught by her parents lying about taking neuroscience courses in order to become a doctor and are disappointed when she te | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "I Think I'm a Sex Addict" | Lila Neugebauer | Rupinder Gill & Vanessa Baden Kelly | December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02) | T40 |
| Kimberly starts seeing Nico regularly for sex, keeping their affair a secret from Leighton but also causing her to fall behind her Econ classes and show up late for work. With her grades slipping, Lila, Kimberly's other coworker, advises her to ask Professor Bennett for extra credit; she does, but when he leaves her to do a difficult assignment, Ki | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Surprise Party" | Maggie Carey | Charlie Grandy & Kristen Zublin | December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02) | T40 |
| Leighton hosts a surprise party for Nico's 21'st birthday and invites Maya, which upsets Kimberly when she finds out he kept this from her. Whitney shoots a winning goal that gets her team to the NCAA tournament, but her future is on the line as Coach Woods informs her that Dalton has been sleeping with a teammate, asking her if she knows anything | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Cheating" | Kabir Akhtar | Caroline Goldfarb & Beth Appel | December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09) | T40 |
| Kimberly ponders on whether to cheat her Econ exam. Despite Canaan warning her against it, she does cheat, using her urinary tract infection as an excuse, but is eventually caught by professor Bennett. Having found out about their affair, Leighton threatens to tell Maya about Nico's infidelity unless he apologizes to Kimberly. Bela reports Ryan's s | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Truth" | Liza Johnson | Justin Noble & Rupinder Gill | December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09) | T40 |
| Maya has broken up with Nico, whom Leighton berates for bringing this misfortune on himself. Kimberly faces a potential expulsion from Essex for violating the honor code. She steals the old tests from Theta and is caught by Nico, who instead allows her to turn them in to the Honor Board to further help her case. Eric kicks Ryan out of The Catullan | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 11 | 1 | "Winter Is Coming" | Daniella Eisman | Caroline Goldfarb | November 17, 2022 (2022-11-17) | T40 |
| Kimberly, Bela, Leighton and Whitney arrive back at Essex shortly after the Thanksgiving break. Kimberly, trying to compensate her lost scholarship, requests a loan at the loan office with Leighton's help, but since she hasn't told her parents about the scholarship, she turns it down after she is told that they need to co-sign. Bela has a rough sta | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | "Frat Problems" | Daniella Eisman | Rupinder Gill | November 17, 2022 (2022-11-17) | T40 |
| In order to get back in the frats' good graces, Bela and Leighton host a sex-positive strip show that will help raise money for climate change. However, when Dean Miller finds out, she attempts to shut it down; Bela has Jackson use his tragic story as a climate refugee, with Leighton adding that they've raised $11,000. Convinced, Miller allows the | ||||||
| 13 | 3 | "The Short King" | Lila Neugebauer | Sarah Tapscott | November 24, 2022 (2022-11-24) | T40 |
| Bela and Whitney enroll in a biochemistry class, especially Whitney, who wants to explore new challenges and achieve great things out of it. After they fail a hard test, Bela insists they should drop it, but Whitney, not giving up, encourages for both of them to stay, while also dealing with arrogant classmate, Andrew. Bela draws the attention of W | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | "Will You Be My Girlfriend?" | Lila Neugebauer | Rheeqrheeq Chainey | November 24, 2022 (2022-11-24) | T40 |
| Bela tampers with the final cover of The Catullan by putting a QR code that leads to the website of The Foxy instead, angering Eric, who hacks into her magazine's website and sabotages it in retaliation, instigating a competition between Bela and Eric. Jackson sets Kimberly up with Fred, a nerdy classmate who has a crush on her, for a literature st | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | "Taking Shots" | Thembi Banks | Justin Noble & Sheridan Watson | December 1, 2022 (2022-12-01) | T40 |
| Leighton helps Kimberly out with her hormone injections during Theta's themed parties and takes her to the hospital for a procedure. Noticing her constantly watching the livestream of a math hackathon, Kimberly convinces Leighton to go and help two students from her math seminar win. However, Kimberly, not feeling well, goes to the restroom, accide | ||||||
| 16 | 6 | "Doppelbanger" | David Stassen | Mindy Kaling | December 1, 2022 (2022-12-01) | T40 |
| Leighton tracks Tatum down and tries to talk to her, but she is shown to be more judgmental than she is, leaving Leighton embarrassed. After running into her once again, Leighton puts Tatum in her place, which impresses her and gives Leighton her number. Whitney and Andrew are partnered up together for a biochemistry assignment. He rudely dismisses | ||||||
| 17 | 7 | "The Essex College Food Workers Strike" | Tazbah Chavez | Beth Appel | December 8, 2022 (2022-12-08) | T40 |
| Kimberly, Canaan, and later Lila go on strike because the food workers have not gotten a pay raise for decades, bringing Senator Chase in to help them out. The rally has a great turnout until she gets lambasted on social media for quoting the Essex founder, a slave owner. Senator Chase wants to leave, but Kimberly convinces her to give her speech s | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | "Pre-Frosh Weekend" | Tazbah Chavez | Sarah Tapscott & Modupe Thompson | December 8, 2022 (2022-12-08) | T40 |
| Bela hosts her best friend Priya for Essex's Pre-Frosh Weekend. However, she is shocked to see that Priya is a lot cooler than she used to be. Priya gets invited to a party, leading Bela to intervene and plan her own party at her dorm. When she stands her up, Bela confronts Priya, who explains that she wanted to reinvent herself and not be remember | ||||||
| 19 | 9 | "Sex & Basketball" | Rupinder Gill | Rupinder Gill & Caroline Goldfarb | December 15, 2022 (2022-12-15) | T40 |
| A writer of the Essex View stops by at The Foxy and Bela curates everything the magazine needs for its featured write-up in an article. However, she notices that it's largely focused on her, but Bela, still determined to earn the spotlight, tells him to publish the article as it is. With Tatum's consent, Leighton visits Alicia at the women's center | ||||||
| 20 | 10 | "The Rooming Lottery" | Justin Noble | Justin Noble & Beth Appel | December 15, 2022 (2022-12-15) | T40 |
| As the freshman year is coming to an end, Leighton and Bela are set to move out of the dorm to live with the Kappas and The Foxy staff respectively, with Kimberly and Whitney agreeing to room together. Whitney breaks up with Andrew. Leighton decides to quit Kappa, as she doesn't feel like herself anymore, and rekindles her relationship with Alicia, | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 21 | 1 | "Welcome Back to Essex" | MJ Delaney | Mindy Kaling & Justin Noble | November 21, 2024 (2024-11-21) | T40 |
| 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 apologize 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 reside | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | "Lila by Lila" | MJ Delaney | Sarah Tapscott | November 28, 2024 (2024-11-28) | T40 |
| The girls find themselves uncomfortable in their triple room after Whitney quits from Kappa. Kimberly applies for a quad, which is eventually approved and finds herself attracted to Eli, the housing clerk. Whitney bluntly tells Isaiah that she is not interested in dating rich guys after finding out that he is one, leading to an intense discussion. | ||||||
| 23 | 3 | "Four to a Suite" | Michael Spiller | Rupinder Gill & Vanessa Baden Kelly | December 5, 2024 (2024-12-05) | T40 |
| Kimberly talks to Eli about having never dated a bi guy before, but she finds out that his regular taste is different from who she is. Kimberly visits a sex shop for the first time, but her attempt at being more adventurous ends disastrously when Eli says he is not into those things. Kimberly apologizes to Eli, who accepts her just as she is. Bela | ||||||
| 24 | 4 | "Franklin the Fox" | Michael Spiller | Caroline Goldfarb | December 12, 2024 (2024-12-12) | T40 |
| Bela develops a crush on Essex's mascot, Franklin the Fox, and has sex with him to try and get over Arvind, to no avail. Soon afterwards, Arvind informs Bela that he broke up with Emily. Sips gets delivery robots from the administration, which Canaan and Lila oppose as they would replace the human employees, so they hide them in response. Kimberly, | ||||||
| 25 | 5 | "Parents Weekend 2" | Gail Mancuso | David Phillips | December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19) | T40 |
| The Parents' Weekend arrives once again and the girls do everything they can to stop their parents from digging into their dating lives. Bela lies to Arvind about her parents not coming due to being uncomfortable with them wanting to know more about his ancestry and invites Taylor to tag along when her own parents do not show up. Kimberly reluctant | ||||||
| 26 | 6 | "Halloween & Oat Milk" | Steven Canals | Beth Appel | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) | T40 |
| Taylor has been sleeping over at the girls' dorm due to issues with her roommate. Bela tries to get Taylor a girlfriend by taking her to a queer speed dating event, which she rebuffs, causing Bela to lash out at her for annoying her friends with her mean-spirited behavior. Bela later apologizes to Taylor, who reveals that she has a crush on her roo | ||||||
| 27 | 7 | "The Rodeo" | Thembi L. Banks | Modupe Thompson | January 2, 2025 (2025-01-02) | T40 |
| Kacey is shocked to find out that she has not been featured on Essex's "50 hottest students" magazine and does everything in her power to be in it. Cooper helps her out at the last minute by having a controversial student removed and recommending Kacey as a replacement. Bela attempts to break her dry spell with Arvind. Kimberly starts spending time | ||||||
| 28 | 8 | "The Good Partner Test" | Courtney M. Franklin | Rupinder Gill & Sarah Tapscott | January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09) | T40 |
| Bela, Kacey, Whitney, and Kimberly put their boyfriends through "the good partner test" without them knowing it so they can find out if they are good matches. While Arvind, Cooper, and Brian (the only one who sees through their ruse) pass, however, Isaiah does not, which leads Whitney to tell her roommates that she had kissed Canaan, whom Whitney s | ||||||
| 29 | 9 | "Pics" | Rupinder Gill | David Phillips & Beth Appel | January 16, 2025 (2025-01-16) | T40 |
| Kimberly sends Brian some nude pictures of herself. However, she learns that she had accidentally sent a live photo with her face visible. Brian gets defensive when Kimberly asks him to delete it and gaslights her into thinking that she is overreacting about the issue. Later, Kimberly and Lila coerce Brian into deleting all copies of the photo. Whi | ||||||
| 30 | 10 | "Essex Strong" | Justin Noble | Justin Noble & Caroline Goldfarb | January 23, 2025 (2025-01-23) | T40 |
| The athletic board demands that Whitney return to the team, leading Willow and other teammates to speak up against Coach Hale's abuse of power. Kimberly joins a protest against a hateful speaker coming to Essex, where she encounters Eli, despite Professor Friedman advising her against taking part. After the protest gets interrupted by campus police | ||||||