There’s no doubting just how monumental a hitHeartstopperhas been for Netflix.Alice Oseman’s original web series was always going to prove popular with the young adult audience, but the series hastaken the entire world by storm across its first two seasons. Now, after a painful wait, the darker, more mature third outing is available to stream, and fans and critics alike are already singing its praises. After thefirst season scored a certified fresh 100% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the second outing dropped slightly to a still impressive 96%. Now, after the first reviews have arrived, Season 3 is back on top with a perfect100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This can be added to an early audience rating of 96% as proof that this is still one ofNetflix’s best shows.
The very first episode of the third season has been hotly anticipated for some time, with the announcement that it would be titled “Love” proving fans will finally get ananswer to that Season 2 cliffhanger.According toNetflix, the episode “picks up with Charlie eager to tell Nick that he loves him and Nick holding on to something important he has to say to Charlie. As the summer holiday ends and the months race on, the friends begin to realize that the school year will come with both its joys and its challenges. As they learn more about each other and their relationships, plan social events and parties, and start thinking about university choices, everyone must learn to lean on those they love when life doesn’t go to plan.”
‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 Pushes Boundaries
The third installment of this heartwarming seriespromised to dive deeper into the darker side of adolescence, with the evolving responsibilities that come with emotional growing pains making for the perfect next step for this show. Add this totrouble in paradise forHeartstopper’s perfect pairinKit Connor’s Nick andJoe Locke’s Charlie, and Season 3 feels like a tantalizing new direction that won’t forget its roots anytime soon. In hisreview of the third season for Collider,David Caballerowas full of praise, saying:
“The magic of this fantasy show is how beautifully it depicts everyday life; it has no actual cliffhangers because it understands that, in real life, a cliffhanger is just the end of a day. And yet, it still feels important because that’s how its characters feel things.Heartstopperperfectly depicts how monumental everything seems at sixteen, how life-altering something as innocuous as a kiss or the touch of a hand can feel. Season 3 might be a tad more flawed than previous installments, but these cracks are the price for a more powerful and thought-provoking story that is every bit as uplifting. With its third entry,Heartstopperpushes itself intoa new, more exciting chapter, embodying the coming-of-age genre like few other shows on television.”
HeartstopperSeason 3 already has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. you may catch the newest season on Netflix right now.
Heartstopper
Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series.
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