Charlie, Nick and their circle of friends must navigate the ever-relatable journey of self discovery and acceptance, supporting each other as they learn to find their most authentic selves. In the eight-episode Season 1, when gentle Charlie (Locke) and rugby-loving Nick (Connor) meet at secondary school, they quickly discover that their unlikely friendship is blossoming into an unexpected romance. Their exact episode orders are still TBD. Volume 1 is currently the No.1 YA fiction book in the US and featured on the NYT bestseller list.Ĭreator Oseman returns as writer for Seasons 2 and 3.
Heartstopper has been dominating Billboard’s Top TV Song chart, and weekly US sales for the book the series is based on have shot up 1,700%. As young men we learn that a bed is a place where we enact and affirm the most primal parts of our masculine identity. The series’ influence has quickly gone beyond TV and social. A bed equals a place where sex, romance, intimacy happens. On TikTok, #heartstopper has amassed over 4.3B views. The show also has ignited a social media conversation, topping Twitter trends for several weeks, catapulting leads Kit Connor and Joe Locke to top celebrity status with their Instagram followings exploding from just over 100K each before the series’ premiere to 3.4 million (Connor) and 2.5 million (Locke). Straight men shared their stories of kissing gay guys on Reddit. It is one of Netflix’s best-reviewed series with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes that also has drawn praise for its LGBTQ representation. Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2021-22 Season
