Heartstopper has returned on Netflix. Yes I am a little late to the party, however I binged the majority of the second season extremely quickly. The series based on Alice Oseman's webcomic and graphic novel of the same name, also has a third season in development. This was announced along with the second one.
The series primarily tells the story of Charlie Spring (Joe Locke), a gay schoolboy who falls in love with classmate Nick Nelson (Kit Connor), whom he sits next to in his new form. It also explores the lives of their friends Tao Xu (William Gao), Elle Argent (Yasmin Finney), Isaac Henderson (Tobie Donovan), Tara Jones (Corinna Brown) and Darcy Olsson (Kizzy Edgell).
SPOILERS below the trailer, WARNING!
In Perfect, the second season' finale, Nick comes out publicly on Instagram.
Elle tells Tao she is going to Lambert, then accepts his proposal to be his girlfriend. At a school prom, everyone is present but Darcy, who later shows up and opens up to Tara about her situation at home.
Nick and Charlie's friend group leave the prom to celebrate at Nick's house. When Nick and Charlie remain, Nick requests to know about his past bullying experience; Charlie opens up about it and how it caused him to self-harm.
Nick tells Charlie to always open up to him if anything happens. Charlie reluctantly accepts, before going home. On the way home Charlie drafts an Insta message to Nick, but then the credits roll on in.
Fused with indie pop tunes and animations across the screen, this is a refreshingly sweet gay series. No crazy wild sex like Queer as Folk both reboot and former Showtime original. Just young love.
It is a super sweet show, however for me the standout this season was Fisayo Akinade as Nathan Ajayi and Nima Taleghani as Youssef Farouk. The teacher on teacher romance was super sweet.
This season could be the warmest Winter Watchlist Warmers of 2023. It's like a warm hug through all eight episodes. A third season is set to land in 2024. Being an English series no strikes could stop this bad boy landing.
Netflix is my last go to for new shows of late. However Heartstopper drew me right back to the warm embrace of Netflix.
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