Review: Heartstopper season two is even sweeter and lovelier than before

Following season one’s fairytale ending, what’s next for Nick and Charlie? The show continues to tackle the complexities of adolescence – teenagers and adults will adore it

Joe Locke and Kit Connor in Heartstopper Season 2. Picture: Netflix / Samuel Dore for streaming Weekend

★★★★☆

The first season of Heartstopper had an unexpected afterlife. The series, adapted from the popular young-adult graphic novels by Alice Oseman, was a hit among its intended audience of teenagers, but it also tapped into the complicated heartache of older viewers. Many LGBTQ+ adults found themselves moved by its portrait of queer adolescence, describing it as what they wished they could have experienced themselves. For many, the wholesome romance between two teenage boys had a bittersweet edge to it.