

8.536 minSeason 3 • Episode 8
LatestNick and the girls go on a road trip to look at unis, as he tries to decide whether to stay near Charlie or move away. Sahar's band plays at a fete.
Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series.
Acting
Joe Locke and Kit Connor's chemistry is illegally charming.
Direction
Alice Oseman adapted her own graphic novel with obsessive care.
Production
Those animated leaves? Instant serotonin injection.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Heartstopper became a phenomenon partly because it rejected 'tragic queer' tropes—showing queer teens simply being happy was radical.
Kit Connor was 18 playing 16 but Joe Locke was actually school-age; the casting director found him through an open call in his hometown of Isle of Man.