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Heartstopper (TV Series)

Heartstopper

2022

Alice Oseman (Creator), Euros Lyn

Joe Locke, Kit Connor, William Gao, Yasmin Finney ...

7.5

4,767

TV Series. Romance. Drama TV Series (2022-). 2 Seasons. 16 Episodes. The story of two British teens, Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, at an all-boys grammar school. Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, one day are made to sit together in class.

Season 3 Premiere (Netflix): October 3, 2024.

	Media	Author	Review
		Rebecca Nicholson The Guardian	"[2nd Season Review]: this LGBTQ+ teen drama is even sweeter and lovelier than before (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ricky Valero Ready Steady Cut	"[2nd Season Review]: Alice Oseman carefully crafts a brilliant second season that raises the stakes by allowing new characters to thrive (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Abby Cavenaugh Collider	"[2nd Season Review]: With a trip to Paris and a prom, Season 2 is all that you could hope for"
		Michel Ghanem The Wrap	"[2nd Season Review]: more queer and joyous than ever"
		Phil Harrison The Guardian	"[2nd Season Review]: Now in its second season, this LGBTQ+ coming-of-age drama remains smart and charming. It’s slyly innovative, too"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"[2nd Season Review]: Its pacing is deliberate, its emotions awfully measured for a show about young people experiencing fits of passion"
		Tariq Raouf Empire	"[2nd Season Review]: an impeccable depiction of adolescent joy and queer love (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Craig Radio Times	"[2nd Season Review]: A more confident and complex series emerges in the latest episodes (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nick Hilton The Independent	"[2nd Season Review]: Impeccably sugary and entirely absent of bite (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Saloni Gajjar AV Club	"[2nd Season Review]: The Netflix series returns with enchanting, joyous, and grounded portrayals of queer love"
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"[2nd Season Review]: it captures the beauty of queer teen love"
		Anna Govert Paste Magazine	"[2nd Season Review]: it continues to be a breezy comfort watch"
		Shannon Connellan Mashable	"[2nd Season Review]: the show effectively shows that for LGBTQ people, coming out is an ongoing, lifelong process, and different for everyone"
		Joel Keller Decider	"[2nd Season Review]: 'Heartstopper' continues to be the sweet story of new love, just expanded to include more members of Nick and Charlie's friend group"
		Kylie Northover The Age	"[2nd Season Review]: The series brings Oseman's novels to life perfectly (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nardos Haile Salon	"[2nd Season Review]: If this season of 'Heartstopper' attempts to teach its audience anything -it's that queer stories exist in all shapes, sizes, ages and experiences"
		Nicole Clark Polygon	"[2nd Season Review]: A more challenging, and more compelling watch, even if love still prevails"
		Carol Midgley The Times	"[2nd Season Review]: 'Heartstopper' has a depth and tenderness that a great many adult dramas fail to achieve (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"[2nd Season Review]: Bridging the gap from friendship to dating unfolds with the sort of sweet, halting awkwardness that largely defines and distinguishes the series"
		Fletcher Peters The Daily Beast	"[2nd Season Review]: Something about 'Heartstopper' feels revolutionary —even though it's as quirky, as conventional, and as lovable as the other high-school series in the coming-of-age genre"
		Alex Zalben Decider	"[1st Season Review]: 'Heartstopper' both in look and material is like the halfway point between Skins (the UK version) and Euphoria, without the gritty realness of the former, or the pretension and nihilism of the latter."
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"[1st Season Review]: A coming-of-age story notable above all for its sweetness (...) The series ultimately views any attempt at candor — no matter how small — as not only a step in the right direction, but an achievement in and of itself."
		Rebecca Nicholson The Guardian	"[1st Season Review]: Possibly the loveliest show on TV (...) It is unutterably sweet and wholesome, and by the end of its zippy eight episodes, it leaves the sensation of being on the receiving end of a solid hug (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Carla Meyer San Francisco Chronicle	"[1st Season Review]: 'Heartstopper' captures the joys and agonies of being a teen, when every stray text can make a profound impact, and being able to announce you are 'going out with' someone means everything."
		Emily Maskell Paste Magazine	"[1st Season Review]: An open-armed embrace for queer youth, Heartstopper lays the strong foundations of what you can only hope will be the uplifting and inclusive depictions of queer characters for the next generation of viewers"
		David Craig Radio Times	"[1st Season Review]: It's very sweet, but for young viewers only (...) I wish it had been a bit more entertaining (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Shannon Connellan Mashable	"[1st Season Review]: 'Heartstopper' is a truly sweet teen romance that will steal your heart (...) it doesn’t shy away from a poignant examination of queer identity amid steadfast heteronormativity."
		Helen Brown Telegraph	"[1st Season Review]: My children (aged 10 and 12) absolutely loved Heartstopper. It provoked some useful conversations about trans people, consent and how to handle bullying (..) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Saloni Gajjar AV Club	"[1st Season Review]: This must-watch British coming-of-age series lives up to its title (...) Heartstopper is a comfortable antidote to the theatrics of, say, 'Euphoria' or 'Élite'."

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