Published by Mason Oldridge, 22 January 2025
CONTAINS SPOILERS!
There’s more love and heartbreak as the teen romcom series continues on Netflix.
Kitty enters her second semester of her scholarship at KISS, where Alex’s father Professor Lee is the new principal and Min-ho’s celebrity father Mr Moon is a new investor launching a performing arts programme. We learn Kitty rejected Min-Ho on the plane and she is lusting after Yuri, who is in a relationship with Juliana, and the three of them are awkwardly sharing a dorm room, along with new student Stella, a devoutly religious girl who begins a relationship with Min-ho but is harbouring a dark secret. Elsewhere, Dae begins a relationship with his talent show rival Eunice and Q with his track rival Jin and Kitty continues to explore her mother’s history in Korea, discovering new family ties.
Never has such a trail of unrequited love been so complicated, which somewhat culminates in the skiing trip episode as everyone finds out that Kitty and Yuri shared a kiss, Q has secretly invited Jin over and Kitty wrote a love letter for Yuri. The cabin fever theme boosts the episode as one of the strongest in the season as the enclosed space allows for heightened emotions as the secrets are discovered.
Offering up some relief from the primary romance element is Kitty’s continued exploration into her mother’s history in Korea as she discovers her mother’s love interest Simon was actually her cousin and they were trying to reunite the family. Although less interesting than the other storylines, it nicely offers more variation to the series.
Furthermore, a visit from Peter and a guest appearance from Margot provides a sweet link to the original film series too.
With a satisfactory ending, XO, Kitty delivers on another successful season left open for a potential third, should it be recommissioned!
7/10