{"id":36447,"date":"2023-09-04T18:43:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1884090"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:47:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:47:29","slug":"heartstopper-season-3-teaser-hints-at-milestone-for-nick-and-charlie","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/heartstopper-season-3-teaser-hints-at-milestone-for-nick-and-charlie\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartstopper season 3 teaser hints at milestone for Nick and Charlie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> One word may tell us all we need to know about season 3&#8230; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 04 September 2023 at 16:43 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>It may have only been a month since the second season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/heartstopper-season-3-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heartstopper<\/a> debuted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>, but already fans are desperate for any information they can get about the upcoming third season.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, they\u2019re in luck, as Netflix\u2019s account on Twitter, which has recently been re-branded as X, has revealed the title of the third season\u2019s first episode \u2013 Love.<\/p>\n<p>The title may not be a surprise for fans, given how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/heartstopper-season-2-ending-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">season 2 ended off<\/a>. The finale saw Nick confess that he loves Charlie\u2019s hair and his eyes, but struggle to fully make that ultimate declaration of love.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Charlie typed out a message to Nick to tell him that he loves him, but he stopped short of sending it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it seems that season 3 will pick up off the back of that moment, and may well include the pair telling each other just how strong their feelings are.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf42 Heartstopper Season 3. Episode 1. Love. \ud83c\udf42 <br\/><br\/>That\u2019s all we can tell you for now &#8211; but we\u2019ll be back, as will Nick and Charlie. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U86EL1fMPQ\">pic.twitter.com\/U86EL1fMPQ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1698712637062689032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/heartstopper-season-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix Tudum<\/a>, the show\u2019s creator Alice Oseman teased as much, saying: \u201cPeople who have read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Heartstopper-One-Alice-Oseman\/dp\/1444951386\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">the comics<\/a> will know what\u2019s going to happen, but I don\u2019t want to spoil it for people who haven\u2019t been reading the comics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/heartstopper-sebastian-croft-how-date-billy-walsh-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heartstopper star\u2019s romcom How to Date Billy Walsh release date delayed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/heartstopper-director-favourite-scene-season-2-exclusive-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heartstopper director on favourite season 2 scene: \u2018It\u2019s joyous\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI think [season 2\u2019s ending] just sets up that conversation for next season. We know that Charlie loves Nick, and I think we know that Nick loves Charlie as well. It\u2019s just about when and how they\u2019re going to say that to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the first episode\u2019s title, one other thing we do know about season 3 is that one cast member won\u2019t be returning, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/heartstopper-ben-hope-sebastian-croft-exit-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sebastian Croft having confirmed his departure<\/a> from the show.<\/p> <p>Croft said that he and Oseman \u201cboth felt strongly\u201d about his character Ben, Charlie\u2019s absuive ex-boyfriend, \u201cnot having a redemption arc\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The character\u2019s final scene in season 2 saw him unsuccessfully attempt to reconcile with Charlie, with Croft saying: \u201c[It was] a really beautiful way of having these two people who have been through a lot \u2014 and Ben\u2019s been horrible to Charlie \u2014 to have that conversation and explore it on a deeper level than I felt like we got to do in season 1.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6336190877112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Heartstopper seasons 1-2 is available to stream on Netflix.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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