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Representation matters, and we're here to talk about it.
Cheers, queers. What do we have on the Big gay
agenda today, Caitlin? We're watching the first episode
of Season 2 of Heart Stopper titled.
Out and Caitlin let us know that it conveniently has a recap of
season one. I'm excited to see Nelly again.
I hope. I hope they're in the first
episode. I'm pretty sure.
Well, actually, I don't know. I, at this point, have read
literally all of the comic, the graphic novels, the books.
I just got Solitaire, so I'll read that soon.
So I have. That's part of it.
I saw that. I didn't know what that was,
That's what. Started it all.
It's like Tori's story is what I understand.
The sister? Really.
Yeah. It's.
From what I understand, it's Tori's the one that started it
all. Tori, Springer, the Sister, and
then Nick and Charlie were background characters.
And then Alice was like, let me explore them.
And that's what started Hard Stopper.
Well, that's cool. Yeah, so I'm very excited to
read that. So I kind of have an idea of
what's gonna happen in Season 2 and I'm so excited for it cuz.
It's. I understand why the show got
all the seasons. Now that I've read everything,
like I get it. I get why this was a very
important show. So very excited.
I prefer to go in blind. I know.
All right. Are you ready?
Yes. Is this thing queued up?
Yeah. All right.
So in 321 play. No, we are the stars of Heart
Stopper and with Season 2 coming up very soon.
We thought we'd give you guys a recap of everything that
happened last season. Let's get into it.
I appreciate. It, Charlie.
A student in Truem High and all Boys Grammar school with the
story. I guess so.
Charlie's. One of the only openly gay
students and is in a very I think that's part of the end of
the toxic. Relationship with a guy called
Ben. Why are you talking to me?
And I don't even know who you are?
Ben. Misery.
On the first day back to school, Charlie meets me.
I mean, he meets Nick, a popular rugby player who also goes to
Truem High. And kind of looks like a golden
retriever, or so I'm told. Hi.
Charlie quickly develops a massive crush on Nick, but his
best friends Tao and Isaac and El insist that Nick is straight
and the crush won't go anywhere. Charlie's friend group is also
going through some changes as El That's Me has me from Trim High
to Higgs Girls school. This has really shaken up Tao
because he adores El and is scared that the group is
breaking apart. Surprise surprise, Nick turns
out to be a very kind, loving person, and he supports Charlie
through a secret breakup with Ben, who was never.
I can't believe. We haven't mentioned Tori yet.
She's Charlie's very wise older sister who happens to know all
along that Charlie and Nick were more than friends.
How do you Shapiro of nowhere? Older sister Magic.
Nick and Charlie start hanging out and having lots of fun
together until one day they end up kissing.
Now this is super confusing for both of them as Nick has always
thought of himself as a straight person.
Knowing he has something going on with Charlie, Nick tries to
back out of a date with my character Imogen.
But her dog has just died and he feels bad for her, so he agrees
to go to Nando's and the cinema. Rest in peace, Imogen's dog.
So shall we meet at Nando's for dinner and then we can go to the
cinema? Yeah.
Meanwhile. In her new school.
Elle becomes friends with Tara and Darcy, who are a very cute
lesbian power couple. Are you 2 like dating at the?
Beginning. They carry out their
relationship in private, but through the series Tara and
Darcy decide to let the. World know, so you and Nick are
definitely not. I'm a lesbian, OK?
I'm not like Haemophabic. I'm an ally.
Congratulations. We thank you for your service.
I mean, that really could have gone in a different direction
with that comment. Back at Trim High, Charlie's
friends, especially Tao, are still a bit suspicious of Nick's
intentions. But after a proper full on gay
crisis involving some bisexual panic over Keira Knightley and
Orlando Bloom, Nick ends up proving himself as they start a
secret relationship. Another of Charlie's friends,
Isaac. Played by me walks.
In on a cozy moment between Charlie and Nick after rugby.
Awkward, but Isaac is super trustworthy and won't say
anything. Near the end of the season, Tau
and Al have a will they won't they moment where they hold
hands and come close to kissing. But they don't.
Finally, Nick settles into his bisexuality and that's Charlie
to officially be his boyfriend in a very cute scene on the
beach. You're my boyfriend.
I'm your boyfriend. We're boyfriend.
He also decides to come out to his mom, played by the one and
only Olivia Coleman, who lovingly accepts him for who he
is. I know who.
Olivia Coleman. What's in store for Alan Tao?
Watch Hearts of the Season 2 and find out the end.
I don't know why. Maybe it's because I have
subtitles on Netflix so it just like.
The cute it's on his wall. Love that rainbow photo.
Cutest gift ever. Aww that.
Must be a relief to text boyfriend finally.
Coming up for oxygen? The world's the same, but
something's changing. Say it on the street again that.
Cuties strangest. Faces.
Sorry, Is she always drinking? Liquids out of a straw.
I feel like that's. Her biggest personality, I hope.
That will do this please me.
Too. Where's Nick?
Nick, Hi. Does he grow high?
What are we? Going.
Guess what? I came out to my mom last night.
Oh my God, how did it go? Really.
Well, she. Was completely fine with it.
Everyone's no time pass between these two episodes.
No. What a well done kiss.
Yeah, well, kissing at school is a terrible idea, yes.
But is it though? I don't know.
Maybe the kissing. Your pool a lot.
Yes, because we had like this whole locker section that was
just like everybody making out of the table.
I'm like you're at school. Because it's the only time
they're away from their parents. Hi, hi.
Hey. Just let me win, Charlie.
Yes. I'm.
Sorry. That was it.
Really. Yeah.
My. Oh no, this.
Is war. So they're dating is going well,
is he? I was saying a little bit.
Hi. Hi,
are. They just the cutest.
Bye, bye. They don't do.
Bye, bye. They just do.
Hi. Hi.
Did he just pull away because there's people?
Yes, I guess they're not super out.
Well, he just came out to his mom.
Right. But at the end of the last
season, they're like, we're just, we're going to tell the
people that battered. So I guess they're not out.
With everyone. You're making me feel really
single right now. I have a boyfriend.
Fully aware. And he's amazing.
How? Yeah, he's OK and I'll still
struggle to come out. To some of his friends, at
least. I thought he wasn't speaking to
the rugby lads after the fight with Harry.
He's not, but I'm gonna help him.
OK, well as long as you're both fine with it and you're looking
out for each other, I'm sure it will be fine.
Tell Sue. Are you giving Charlie
relationship advice? Yeah, I know lots about
relationships. I watch a lot of romance movies,
so. So date me?
Have a good boyfriend maybe? Give it to her cow.
Your excuse? A cow Apple juice.
You have it. No.
You won. Transcribe.
Take it towel like no, I'm freaking out.
I gotta go. That's proper straight panic.
That's next favorite candy bar and the books.
And it's mine. It's really good.
The Milk Bar? The Cadbury Oreo bar.
It's so good. Is it white chocolate?
I have no idea. It's just.
I mean, like Rugby Labs. Really hairy little bitch.
You OK? I have something very important
to show you. OK, I'm intrigued.
I changed. Her hair.
I named him Brooklyn because that's where I want to live
someday. You want him to meet Nelly so
they can be best friends. He's.
Absolutely adorable. We're still friends, aren't we,
Brooklyn? I promise.
To take back to you anymore. Yeah, I still want to be
friends. OK, good.
Also fancy someone else now? Really.
Dish Girl who rude. OK, fine.
Don't tell me we've been friends since year seven, but I hope so.
If anything actually happens, I promise.
I'll tell you. Imaging's not.
And if you don't have any room, she's like developments, I think
that. I'm not sure.
Oh. My God, she's a jeans one.
Look. I got Brooklyn's roll over.
I wish my Brooklyn New had a Happy Monday True and grammar.
Not all to be for I Gary Levens as I.
Regret to inform you that in two weeks of G.
CSE study. I don't know what that is, but
it sounds terrifying. Probably some kind of exam.
I mean I had study hall every other day.
Let me get. Nick is next to bed because this
also isn't as fun. Well, the exam.
But they don't like, really show it, 'cause of course you're
paired next to somebody, duh. Why don't you prep them
individual? I don't know why you need to
group exams prep. That's really weird.
Don't you usually like apart from each other?
Right. I don't get.
Those. Mr. Farooq.
For those of you who don't know me, my name is Mr. Farooq.
I normally teach science, but for the next couple weeks I'll
be supervising your independent GCSE revision.
My rules are simple. No chatting, no phones, no
annoying questions. Break my rules and you go
straight to isolation for the day.
Look, just going to isolation. And I'll let you off for the
warning, seeing as I hadn't quite finished this.
Tomorrow I'll catch you with that phone again.
I'll be confiscating it. Oh, do.
You understand I. Think we're going to get on just
fine, do you? Yusef Yes Sir.
Jim Maximilian Stewart You're happy Dog problems off screen.
Nicholas Sure. Ah, Todd, yes.
Charlie has no Warren, Yes, Charlie and Nick in separate
groups. Yes, Toby.
Well, yes, Paul, I missed that. Yeah, Next year, 11 Charlie's
your 10. Got it.
OK. You're just gonna ignore me for
two weeks then? Yeah, you're not supposed to
talk with Mr. Farooq, bitch. I didn't even do anything to
you. Don't talk to me.
Blasphemy, I said. The Charlie for what happened?
Don't talk about him. Yeah, better.
Listen, bitch, I don't like that, you know?
If you're trying to keep it quiet.
Should probably stop. Acting so gay there.
I. Seem to remember saying
something about no. Chatting.
It's the misery's fault. Sentence isolation?
Maybe Nick. Doesn't want to get caught
everything about that Ben. I don't understand why they're
talking on Instagram. That's the part I don't get.
It's Instagram like sponsoring goods.
That is very hard. To join the rugby team, maybe
they're having a separate conversation through text, like
how we have multiple conversations.
That's so. Weird though, you don't.
Have to do this if you don't want to.
I want to. Otherwise, we'll barely see each
other this time. And I've missed rugby.
Oh well, you are very good at the falling over.
I'm good at the running part too, actually.
What Running. I see the ball.
OK, well, if you. Don't want me?
No. Come on, I need you.
You come at rugby, Yeah. Yes, love.
Come on then. I like Charlie.
You still? In a mood advance?
Oh, Harry. Let's go lads.
Woman playing like girls lately? You wish you were playing like
this. You'd be better, you know, I
think. I think Katie McCabe should try
to play. That's me.
She has like brothers, like a million brothers, OK?
He's like. Oh man, it's possible.
Man, better than oh man. Aren't you guys playing like a
team? Listen, you deserve.
To have the perfect. Romance.
Exactly. Yeah, you do, yes.
But Tao is literally the worst person to ever crochet.
Sometimes I think he might like me back, but other times it's
it's probably just Tao being weird.
His romantic feelings, personally, I can relate to
that. What if you don't actually fare
with him? Just to see what happens, flirt
with him. What has she been doing?
Well, not much, like no time has passed.
All quiet today? What's up?
I feel like everything they do together is flirting with each
other. Well, that's where they're
confused. My mom's been moaning at me to
get a haircut. Oh yeah, because he still has
the same. Obviously because there's.
No time? Sure too.
There you go, you. Should do what you want.
That's my mum. I'll see you tomorrow.
No, I did get into the job of our.
I got your present. Why?
Because. We've been going out for two
months just because I was thinking of you.
It's our two-month anniversary. That works too.
It sounds silly when you say it like that.
It's been two months. Now I'm embarrassed, No.
I I did. Did.
Time pass. Yes, that's what they're saying.
It's OK I what? OK.
That's why they had all those montages.
So it's been two months. Got it, got it, got it.
I missed the passage of time. Now there's it's been two
months. Yeah, it's so sweet.
And how did you know this is my favorite chocolate bar?
It's cute. You mentioned her.
Ages ago, so yeah. You're at school, guys.
In the boys locker room, this seems pretty normal, cuz that's
exactly where you would. Kiss someone when the moment
strikes, The moment strikes. Caitlin.
There was lasers. And that's why we shouldn't kiss
at school. But kissing's so fun but.
You getting outed because you get caught kissing is not.
I love that he's so concerned. About to tell people.
Well, he was outed, so that's. True, but I just.
He doesn't want Nick to have that.
Yeah, you don't have to tell everyone or anyone if you don't
want to. You'll make me want to kiss you
again. I'm being serious.
So am I. Hey, if we're out by the time
we're on the Paris trip, we can kiss on the Eiffel Tower.
Romantic. Or you can come out on the
Eiffel Tower. It's a statement of the century.
No more kissing at school. It's too risky.
That's gonna make him wanna come out quicker.
Listen, you try all the tricks you can when you're the out
partner. It's your choice.
But you're choosing not to kiss me by doing this.
You don't hang out with us. Hi, we'll be going upstairs.
Mom and dad hardly ever go away. At weekends.
You can invite some of your friends over.
I treasure my alone time. Relatable.
Why exactly did you purchase the entire Tesco snack aisle?
It's a sleepover. We need snacks and everything
about tonight needs to be perfect.
Are you getting graded for it? I'm helping Nick come.
All over. Wait, they're having the whole
rugby team over one of his friends, I assume Imogene I?
Make cupcakes. Wow, because Charlie would never
invite the rugby lads over for a sleepover.
OK. So sorry.
So Charlie's putting a lot of pressure on this, too.
He's like, yeah, yeah, if you were. 1.
Aren't they out to most of me? That'd be weird.
Darn. Thing I missed the conversation
fully. There's your.
Taylor So that's why I'm. Waiting for your house just so I
can get you on to meet with these every day.
Oh my God, me too. So.
Aren't they out to this whole group?
Camp on spare room, so yes, one of Nick's friends is.
Going to show your room. OK.
My mom wouldn't let me. Darcy's mom's the same.
She hates having people over. Yeah, but your mom.
That's just stupid. Your mom know your name?
Maybe maybe someone? Delivered something.
Did we invite? Someone else?
Hi, Nick. That's so intimidating.
Let me show you. Put your back stuff.
Yeah, Johnny. The door opening with every
single person. And then yes, I don't know why
we all had to get up for this. Even if it was pizza, why would
we all get up for this? Did she did a British thing?
How about you guys? Not yet.
Gonna tell her today? It'll be fun.
She's an anaho. Your.
Finger is so nice that was. The best question to.
Everyone. Well, I guess it was Charlie
first, cuz me and Charlie we're, you know, we're in the same form
and it's hard. Yeah.
Key guys. We're ordering pizza.
Wait, you didn't even want? To see ready.
The pizza Where were we all going to the door?
Children, who knows OKI would have brother's parents have a
lot of cacti on their. Windows I just.
Maybe they thought someone ordered pizza and then they all
finally talked to like no one actually ordered the pizza.
There's like 20 cacti. Is somebody in this house
obsessed? With no it's.
Not. I love your art.
It's ever bad. Well, my coursework needs to be.
Wheezing if I'm going to use it to get into what college?
What about all this floral stuff?
Boring. It doesn't mean anything.
You just need to get inspired. I could be your model French
girl going to Paris would be. Like one of your French girls,
it is. Supposed.
To be inspiring, please. Jack Jack Swimming.
Such child. I love it.
OK, fine. Sit up.
I love that. That's when.
Commits your left. That's your right.
No, not like that. Look at me.
KISS. Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.
Kiss, kiss. It was good and draw no the
butterflies first. Sorry I'm upset about being head
baited. I can't believe this hard
stopper. What have you done to us, old?
Raw pizzas. Do you want Hawaiian?
Yes. Ohh yeah thanks.
Minus the ham. Just pineapple, yes.
Pineapple and pepperoni is the best.
OK, I can see that. No, I want pizza.
Marcy and Carl would be having their own private dance party in
front of everyone and force the whole group.
I don't like dog Sing. Come on.
Come on, Ally. I do know that she's being
incorporated into the group now, yeah.
I mean, that's really the purpose of this entirely second
one. Was to get comfortable.
She fits right in, she. Does Hello Nick.
Your body language right now is saying speaking Poly to see.
Harry. Hey pieces here so.
You and Al have been doing work like all afternoon I.
Was trying to get into this prestigious art college.
She'll definitely get in, but she's still worried about it.
Do. You think it's going to be weird
for you if you're a partner next year?
What do you mean we're not dating?
Oh no. She's my friend, she's my best
friend and there's it's none of your business.
That definitely seems like. The reverse of like how it's
usually for the queers. Charlie, can I use the bathroom?
Yeah, sure. I'll show you where it is.
That is a big off. I don't know what that is.
Hopeful music plays. Come on, Nick.
You have a whole. Room of people cheering you on.
I mean, I'm just picturing the ball being up against the door
and just listening with like a cum.
Cool. Thanks.
Engine. I gotta be something.
That I wanna tell you. What it's kind of hard to.
It's about you and Charlie. Oh, my gosh, I know.
I gotta pee. Get out like.
I should have let you say it. It's just it is kind of obvious
and like it totally makes sense. Like the whole date thing and
the sports day thing. You didn't like me because
you're gay like. That's the only reason.
Well, I'm bisexual, actually. Aw, I want a slap in the face.
Slap in the face. See.
Good ally. For a second I thought she was
going to keep it for some reason.
This is. This is good.
I love that. I didn't know how to react, so
I'm just going to hug you. That's very sweet.
OK, well, now you know about Charlie, you have to tell me
about your crush. Oh, come on, it's only fair.
Fine. OK, it's been.
Oh, Oh no. No girl now.
Can we go revisit the girl thing?
To fall asleep, so. Quick, I gotta like misery.
Oh. The flirting didn't work.
I think I need to try and get over him.
No, just talk to him. You tow is really stubborn.
That'd be hard to have that conversation with him.
Can't you talk children these days?
Truth. These kids and their phones.
No conversations face to face. Back in my day, that's all we
did. Kaylin, back in your day, this
is what was happening. This is back in your day 6th
grade. I was texting and.
Thank you for coming. Every time.
God, I like You murdered that book.
He's on like the last wage. He's a good reader.
Goals, I feel. Like he's the type of person to
only get like 2 hours of sleep and just be up reading the rest
of the time. Goals
you're gonna. Go kiss them good.
Kiss them. And this?
Is good. They're love leaves.
I don't. Believe.
People think it's straight. That's so cute.
All right, so Nick came out to someone that was big.
Charlie, I signed that form for the Paris trips and the fridge.
All your friends going to. Yeah, it's a joint room and
it's. The wrong person?
No, this is currently. Your Spanish GCSE will.
Come in very useful. The accents are throwing me off.
You know my friend Nick. I thought I probably should tell
you. He's my boyfriend.
You're surprised? Well, you know.
He's a he's a very sporty, laddish sort of boy I.
Would. Have assumed he was gay.
Being gay has nothing to do with that.
And actually, he's bisexual. Gay.
Or bisexual Nick is. Banned from sleepovers?
From now on. Yeah.
There will be no hanky panky in this house.
Please don't say hanky panky and I suppose.
Nick's going on this first trip as well.
Yeah. So that's why you've been
talking about it nonstop. For weeks, bedroom door open at
all times, leaving no hanky panky till you're married.
Stop saying hanky panky. What?
Or do you eat food or just drink?
Like what? Maybe she has a health
condition. You're.
Telling people then. Yeah.
And you're not worried? About what?
About getting bullied again. It's not going to be like when I
got outed. We just want people to know
we're together. I'm going to do everything I can
to make sure Nick doesn't have to deal with what I did.
I can protect him. I can make sure that he never
feels pressured, stressed, scared.
Baby boy, you can't promise any of those things.
Everything's going to be perfect.
Well, something's about to happen,
so that was episode one out. What do you think, Caitlin?
It was cute. It's definitely heart stopper,
absolutely always cuteness. Got the whole gang back in that
one. Episode 2, which is also really
great. Yeah, I love the scenes with all
of them together. Yeah.
So what do you think's gonna happen?
Something with Ben, unfortunately, yes.
Oh yeah, You know what's gonna happen?
I know what's gonna happen. So you can't even, like,
speculate. Oh God, I please, Imogen, don't.
I just don't like misery protect imaging.
She deserves better. I do like her.
She is not in the original text, so.
So you did not know about the Ben thing?
No. That is new, but I I anticipated
from watching season one. I was like, there's got to be
more to the Ben story than just him being a bully.
I'm hoping that Ben comes out this season somehow, someway,
and then he becomes incorporated into the friend group.
Or just, you know, like an acquaintance that's not a bully
anymore. In season 3, that would ideally
be the best case scenario. Will that happen?
Probably not. But one can dream.
I can dream. What about the rest of the game?
I I there was a longer camera shot on Isaac this time, which
was definitely helpful. He definitely deserves more.
And I'm just, I'm very curious when that's going to start
happening. Probably around 3:00 or four,
yeah. Yeah, I think the secondary
storylines start coming in. Isaac is also not in the
original book. He's like based off of a
different character, but not he's his own thing.
So yeah, I'm very curious to see how Isaac's like, queerness gets
explored because, you know, he's supposed to be like the Ace
storyline. And so that'll be great because
it's often not explored, but you can kind of see, like, the
inklings of, like, he's just looking at everybody's paired up
except him. And so you can kind of see him
being like, hmm, I'm not paired up.
Is something wrong with me? Should I have that?
Like, you can kind of see him questioning the situation.
So that's pretty cool even. And like, he doesn't need to say
anything. Like, I just, I love that about
him because he's a very internal character.
So I like the way even in that tiny moment you can see there's
a lot going on there, like you pointed out.
Also, between camera angles and like the length of shots, you
can tell what's going on in his head exactly.
It's it's really, it's really well done.
Tao and Elle are still frustrating the straights, man.
They're the drama. They're the drama.
Tara is Tara's usual. I love her.
There's mentioning of parents on their end, so back story for
them. I would love that.
I would love to get to know them more.
And Nick and Charlie. Is everything gonna be perfect?
Caitlyn, there'd be no show if it was perfect.
What were you doing here? All right, so how much would you
hydrate for lesbian Jesus for the first episode of season 2?
6.5 Six point 5.5. Maybe 7.
It's just, I don't know it's we're starting out we got we
can't give it too much. It's gotta grow.
Giving it a nine. It was great.
There's nothing. I mean, it was cute.
I mean. You rate this show high all the
time. Anyway, this show is so well
done it's hard not to like. Yeah, there's nothing wrong with
it. There's I had no critiques
negatively on the first episode it it explained the gap like it
picked up right after the gap, did a time jump, then got the
story moving again. So I like the continuity.
It had all the cute camera techniques.
They had a lot of them, Charlie and Nick being cute and kissing
and just showing that they're generally happy together.
It's bringing their friend group into it.
Getting into the friends a little bit like they did a lot
in one episode. Like, I thought it was great,
cuz sometimes things get lost when you transition seasons,
especially when there's a gap between filming, no?
The transition is great. It's great like 9 like that.
That is how you pick up a season, like start off a season
strong and it's set up. Set up a lot of stuff already
cuz like we have Paris Trip, we have the Ben and Nick stuff, we
have, you know Isaac, it's already like whatever.
I mean, not that. You're saying all that?
Like, I understand. Yeah.
Like, great, great continuity. Great stuff.
I don't know how to write stuff. You rake it on what you're
watching and how you feel and just, you know, as a first
episode, I thought that was really strong nine.
You know what? I am glad that there wasn't too
much been in it. I mean, you don't have time for
too much. Been in the first episode, first
episode, the setup episode. I like the sleepover scene.
Yeah, it was very cute. Like, I love it.
Can't wait to get further into season 2 and watch the rest of
the season. So far so good.
Let us know what you guys think and until next time, we're just
going to keep hydrating for the G's eye and.
Gang it up all over the place. Bye.
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