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TV Review: Heartstopper season 2 ★★★★

Padam. The gently groundbreaking Heartstopper returns to our screens this week to make our hearts skip a beat, launching globally on Netflix on Thursday, August 3rd. Joe Locke as Charlie and Kit Connor as Nick. Heartstopper. Courtesy of Netflix. As the eight-episode second season of the BAFTA-nominated and GALECA Dorian Award-winning series opens, we’re reunited with adorable teen boyfriends…

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Heartstopper episode 2.03 "Promise"

Joe Locke and Kit Connor in Heartstopper. Image courtesy of IMDb.

This is the most I’ve looked forward to a new season of a show in a long time. I watched it all in a day and it filled my heart right up. To be a YA romance about two high school boys, it hits strikingly close to home. I was instantly enamored with season one, and my experience with it made me realize that I had actually never seen this part of myself on screen so completely before (I’ve been clinging to Olivia Wilde’s Thirteen on House for a decade). They’re high schoolers with high school problems, yet everything they go through feels significant without veering into melodrama. In fact, I think the reality of what they’re facing is so challenging, and all of these characters deserve so much credit for how they face them.

Especially Charlie. Charlie’s the unspoken protagonist of this story- when we watch this show we step into his shoes- and I think that sometimes leaves him overlooked. We empathize with all the characters on occasion- the show is really good at that- but Charlie was the one with the crush, the constant victim of unwanted attention; it’s easy to imagine ourselves in that position. But like no one’s favorite character is Harry Potter (except mine), I think Charlie can come across as two dimensional if we get too caught up in the self-insert nature of the story; like everything happens to him without him doing anything. But he’s a great dude, tbh.

And in this episode, he’s taking care of everybody else. The term is finally over- everyone in Nick’s year has just finished exams, and Charlie is ungrounded, just in time for a big party in the woods. Before leaving school, Tao declares his feelings for Elle with a new haircut and flowers, asking her on a date to the movies before the party. Elle accepts, and he takes her to see Moonrise Kingdom, a movie he hates but she loves. They both have nervous butterflies, but Elle is thrown off by the tension in the air and doesn’t like that Tao isn’t acting like himself.

They awkwardly agree to go to the party, where it’s revealed that Elle has invited her new friends, fellow prospective art students. Tao explodes, declaring that she’s forgotten all about him, and storms off (we’ll confirm later that Tao’s fear of abandonment stems from the death of his dad when he was 12; not everyone’s behavior is excused, but there is a reason that every character acts the way they act). Still reeling, Tao bumps into Charlie, who’s been separated from Nick in the chaos of the bonfire. Tao bursts into tears, declaring that he “tries too hard and talks too much and ruins everything”. Charlie wraps him in a fierce hug, and Tao sobs into his shoulder.

William Gao and Yasmin Finney in "Promise". Image courtesy of IMDb.

Nick, meanwhile, has been struggling with this night from the start. He’s plagued by the pressure he’s put on himself to come out, supplemented by Ben whispering in his ear all term that he’s treating Charlie the same way Ben used to. Nick’s taking his own promise to Charlie from season 1 very literally and feels increasingly guilty with each passing time he tries and fails to come out to someone in his life. Today, he’s promised again to come out to the rugby team, and Tori pulled a big sister move, threatening Nick if he didn’t look after Charlie tonight. The stakes are high, and he’s feeling them. He tells Charlie he just has a headache and can persevere.

But they quickly lose each other in the crowd, and while Charlie is comforting Tao, Nick is getting more and more distressed. While looking for Charlie he finds Tori instead, who skeptically points out that he’s not doing a very good job looking out for her brother. More broken promises… He finds his way into the center of the crowd, being jostled by a bunch of the rugby boys. Thoroughly disoriented, he’s endearingly still trying: “guys… there’s something… I need to tell you”. But suddenly Harry is next to him, throwing an arm around Nick and asking what they’re talking about.

Nick loses what’s left of his nerve at this point, but before he can find anything to say, Charlie appears and pulls Harry off of him: “Nick doesn’t want to talk to you, Harry, piss off!” Surprised, the other boys give them enough space for Charlie to ask Nick if he’s okay, and for Nick to say, “I feel really unwell”. Charlie declares that he’s taking him home and leads Nick out of the crowd. In the end, he’s not the one who needed looking after tonight. In the previous episode, Charlie apologized for not standing up for Nick when his brother started harassing him. In this episode, he proved that he actually learned from that moment and changed his behavior.

Joe Locke in Heartstopper. Image courtesy of IMDb.

I want to give Charlie so many points for the way he treats not only Nick, but never forgets about his friends while in the throes of his first real love. He gives Tao his full attention tonight, just like he will in Paris when he clips the Charlie + Tao lock onto the bridge, and just like he will at prom when he pulls Isaac into a group picture.

But with Nick especially, he is so genuinely supportive. Nick isn’t anything like Ben, and maybe it wouldn’t be fair for Charlie to express it, but there’s definitely something a little triggering for him about having another secret boyfriend. Nonetheless, Charlie not only takes Nick home and tucks him into bed with a cup of tea, but he makes the executive decision that they should stop trying to come out right now. He sees what it’s doing to Nick (and ignores what not doing it is doing to himself), and the relief in Nick is palpable.

But as selfless as it is, Charlie’s right: it is Nick’s coming out. He should be able to do it on his own terms. The tea is just that being gay is hard, and being in a relationship where one person is more out than the other is going to have painful moments for both people involved, and it isn’t either of their faults. And even though not everything is going according to plan, Nick is moving mountains himself. He really didn’t bat an eye before abandoning his entire friend group, not even caving for the more auxiliary members of the rugby team until they apologized and earned their way back into his life. Instead, he fully embraced Charlie’s friends, forming his own relationships with all of them.

And I’m really glad that the show doesn’t minimize the all-consuming fatigue involved with coming out. Nick doesn’t just want to do it for Charlie; he wants to be out, holding his boyfriend’s hand and kissing him whenever he wants. There are moments throughout the season where we see his own frustration with himself. But it just isn’t something that comes up naturally in conversation. It’s always awkward. It’s always at least a little bit scary. You have to bring the conversation to a stop and make an ‘announcement’, something that feels self-important and overdramatic, while doing nothing feels like keeping a cowardly secret. Struggling to come out doesn’t make Nick a bad person, and Heartstopper shows us exactly how and why.

Kit Connor in Heartstopper. Image courtesy of IMDb.

I love the way this show romanticizes all the right things, depicting both gay pride and gay struggle without one diminishing the other. Heartstopper is ultimately so full of love; this entire friend group is made up of really good people, and for everything that gives these kids a hard time, there’s something else propping them up. For every Ben Hope, there’s a Nick Nelson, for every overbearing brother there’s an overprotective sister, for every absent father there’s a perfect mother. It’s both guttingly relatable and rejuvenatingly hopeful, and while I personally will never get tired of a wholesome story, we still have far from enough queer content in this world that just makes you feel nice. If you love Heartstopper, please tell me everything you like about it and why :) <3

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Heartstopper Season #1

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Hello whoever you are!

I just finished the first season of Heartstopper and I really enjoyed it! Nick and Charlie were very entertaining to watch! Also the show made me like Tori's character even more! I legit hated Ben the entire show and if Bens story is the exsact same in the comics then there is so much more depth added into the scene with Ben in Solitaire...

Tao really started to get on my nerves and by episode 7 I really hated him. I did start to like him a bit more in episode 8 but he still isnt my favorite character. The part where Imogen asked Nick out made me so mad, I was scared Charlie would get really mad at him for it so thank god that didnt happen!

Darcy and Tara were really great characters, and I really enjoyed every time they were on screen. One of the things I didnt like is that Aled Last wasnt in the show, but I do understand why they didnt add him! Still it would have been great to have him in the show as I know he appears in the comics and he is one of my favorite Alice Oseman characters!

I loved the soundtrack of the show, and all the music really fit the vibe of the show. The cinematography was great and I thought it was really great when they were at the bowling alley for Charlie's birthday party!

I also really liked the part where Tao fought Harry and was very glad he stood up for himself!

Overall I would give this season a 4/5 because it isnt my favorite show but its still amazing!

I took a photo of Tori to send to my friend but it looked so funny I might as well share it!

Have a great day! - 𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰

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Its rosy glow and charming butterflies remain, this time illuminating and fluttering through scenes of even greater depth and challenge. Beautiful and important, and still just so hopeful and good without being saccharine. Isaac T.T<3

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I just knew Heartstopper was going to be incredibly adorable and heartwarming. I don't know why it took me so long to finally watch it. If I knew it was a British production, I would've jumped at it sooner. Especially because it came from Euros Lyn ( Doctor Who and Torchwood, represent!). But I didn't realize just how adorable, sweet, poignant, and precious this show would be. It's a fluffy escape where the angst and drama is, thankfully, short lived and people eventually communicate like they should. It's a big gay marshmallow and I love it. 🌈

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ok i finished watching the second season of heartstopper (spoilers of comics and tv show ahead)

if u don't want spoilers but still wants my opinion for some reason: i absolutely love s2, go watch it if u haven't yet

i love how every single main character had time to be further developed and truly shine. tao and elle were amazing, tara and darcy had some of the most delicate and beautiful scenes of the show, nick and charlie were stunning as always and had amazing sequences (especially during the latter half of the season), ✨✨ ISAAC ✨✨ omg the whole sequence of him getting the ace book and the leaves flying around him made me smile for a good amount of time.

jack barton did an awesome job at making the character extremely unlikable. i'm interested in looking deeper into other stuff he's done, he seems extremely talented.

i love how nick wanted to be a supportive boyfriend in the end of the season after charlie supported him during all the events of s2, and how they didn't make nick say anything like "promise me you won't do this again" but rather he went for a "promise to tell me if things get bad again." it demonstrates how healthy their relationship is and how they truly are there for each other in any aspect. this is, by far, my favorite scene of the season.

charlie confronting ben (as he should). ok listen, i really despise ben's character. if he could get no screentime in season two, that would be awesome. BUT as much as i love the way he left the show, the scene of him standing in front of the rainbow and turning away hit me like a truck at 100 mph running over me and then going back on reverse. there's so much i could talk about it, but i will save it for a different post (if i feel like it). it might be one of my favorites because of all the details in it.

now, i must say i am afraid of season 3. i don't know if heartstopper might be renewed for an extra season, but if it's not, i don't know how all the content from volumes 5-6 will fit into it. i know alice & all of the production team behind the show will do a stunning work in making the (final?) season shine, however i am scared of what might be cut in order due to the 8 30-minute episodes format. still, i'm relieved that charlie's arc was not sacrificed, and i hope it gets the depth, relevance and care it needs.

in short: i love s1, but s2 took it to the next level for me. i'm scared, but i can't wait for s3.

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Okay so I just finished that Heartstopper show everyone was raving about awhile back and...like on a “omg this is cute and gay, I love it” scale, it’s a 9/10, but on a “this show is put together well and has a satisfying message and conclusion” it’s maybe a 7/10.

It bugged the hell out of me that Nick seemingly dropped any and all sense of being an actual person at the very end of the show, and instead just became a prop to make sure they ended the series with Charlie happy instead of borderline-suicidal. Like it sucks because they actually made Nick a good character who’s POV I liked following, but they seriously dropped the ball in the last episode.

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I’m glad I finished the show before posting because I almost wrote a post about how the show kind of grossly handled Nick’s friends. Even so, they didn’t do great but it was fine. Never mind the fact that his friends are assholes, it just felt really off how easily he was dumping friends left and right, all for the sake of some boy he just met. Again, they’re assholes and he’s right to dump them, but he does it so easily that I’m like what the fuck, aren’t these your friends of like several years?? Anyways, they sort of addressed that in the end, so whatever I guess it’s fine.

But two things that bugged the hell out of me:

1. Tao’s kind of a piece of shit who sort of weaponized “love” against Charlie, and he completely gets away with it too. Charlie had a legitimate reason to not tell him about Nick, that being the fact that Nick wasn’t out yet. Sure, after telling everyone else you could argue that he should’ve told Tao too, but I still think it’s worth pointing out that there was a legitimate excuse not to tell him that was just ignored.

2. The de-characterizing of Nick in the end was insane. I mean I just went off on how they handled his friendships and how he so easily abandoned them, but then the show made a point to actually address that when Charlie outright tells him that he doesn’t expect Nick to drop all his friends, even if they are assholes, but then Nick goes and drops the rugby tournament at the very end just to make Charlie feel better??? Is Nick not allowed to be in the closet? Is he not allowed to have friends?? Is he not allowed to have personal interests and hobbies outside of Charlie??? Like what the fuck, they just completely erase his entire character just to make Charlie feel better. It’s so fucked.

Anyways, cute show I guess. Can’t wait for season two (unironically).

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My Top 5 TV Shows Based on Books | 2022

The last day of the year makes the most sense for me to share my Top 5 #TVShows of 2022 based on books... #BestTVShows

The list speaks for itself I think. 5 This is Going To Hurt 4 Wednesday (Season 1) 3 Heartstopper (Season 1) 2 The Sandman (Season 1) 1 Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (Season 1)

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Hey guys!!! My friend and I started a new podcast. We are two queer creators who have a big love for movies and a huge sense of humor, so it will be passionate and hilarious all the same. It’s not up yet, but you can follow us on Instagram at @cinemascreenqueens !!!!! We are planning on covering our favorite shows, movies, directors, etc. super exciting stuff!! (We are definitely covering Young Royals and Heartstopper). Hit us up!

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TV Show Review: Heartstopper Season 2

~ Warning! Minor Spoilers! TV Show Review: “Heartstopper” Season 2 (Netflix 2023) ~ REVIEW If you’re interested, here is my review for season one of Heartstopper. I loved season one of Heartstopper so much that I kept recommending it to the people around me so that I could have more people in my real life to discuss it with. I was looking forward to season two, but honestly, I think season one…

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Book/TV series review: Heartstopper

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I love this so much

Nick and Charlie? Adorable. My babies.

They’re also portrayed pretty realistically, in my opinion. IDK about Charlie’s disorders, but they seem realistic.

Tori is a spider, you cannot convince me otherwise. Dark and broody? Check. Randomly there and then vanishes? Check. Hides in corners? Check. Therefore, spider.

The TV show did a pretty good job of keeping to the plot of the book. Obviously there’s only one season so far, but it’s pretty close to the books. I love both.

Heartstopper is one of my favorite books/tv shows now!!! I’m reading Solitaire currently, so I’ll review that when I finish.

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Have you been itching to listen to some lame American girl gush about Heartstopper? Well, now is your chance to tune in wherever you get your podcasts (probably).