When Heartstopper season 3 episode 4 “Journey” began, I’ll admit I used to be thrown off. Episode 3 ended with Charlie asking his dad and mom for assist and Nick silently supporting him. Some other present would have continued with this thread in a way that noticed Charlie actively getting therapy and breaking issues down from right here on out on display screen. However Heartstopper didn’t do this. As a substitute it went down an sudden route that I’m nonetheless attempting to determine if I preferred. This episode additionally supplied totally different character pairings, exhibiting that even when the romantic leads are separated, the center of the present is friendship.
So with out additional ado, let’s dive into Heartstopper season 3 episode 4 “Journey.”
Nick on his personal. Or extra precisely, with out Charlie.
Discovering out {that a} time leap had occurred between episode 3 and 4 was particularly jarring as a result of we came upon about this time leap by means of Nick’s eyes. There’s nothing fallacious essentially with experiencing the time leap by means of him. However I assumed the present was going to provide us extra of Charlie’s POV. And I assumed this was the present’s intelligent manner of constructing time for Joe Locke to movie Marvel’s Agatha All Alongside. It took me till Charlie appeared on display screen to comprehend that Heartstopper was giving the viewer a chance to consider the secondary victims or the family members that stay behind or round when somebody is getting therapy.
Nick and Charlie’s ache are on two utterly totally different paths. However I do like that Heartstopper season 3 episode 4 took time, as soon as once more, to acknowledge Nick’s actuality. He needed to assist, he couldn’t in the best way that Charlie wanted, and it hurts being away from his boyfriend. He is aware of that it’s good for Charlie and part of him in all probability feels responsible for feeling this loneliness and ache. And also you see it in Nick’s face and his mannerisms that he’s portrayed as somebody who stands sturdy and tall. He doesn’t falter. When he does, his mates discover. And that scene within the hallway between Nick and Tao was two individuals who haven’t essentially gotten alongside on a regular basis, placing their stuff to the aspect as a result of one among them is in ache. It’s help.
Each episode of Heartstopper is a lesson and one which I didn’t assume that I wanted or that I assumed that I might catch on just a little sooner. And I did catch myself throughout “Journey” feeling just a little bit disrespected on Charlie’s behalf as a result of we left off on his issues. However this episode jogged my memory that that is an ensemble solid. Nobody will get left behind and there’s at all times a chance to discover the complicated feelings of characters, even when they don’t seem to be at present with their romantic companion. Now if solely the teenager dramas that I grew up watching, knew this. It will be revolutionary.
What Charlie was going by means of.
Charlie getting into the scene on this episode delighted me, particularly after I used to be so positive that he wasn’t going to be within the episode in any respect. And once we did see him, we bought to see a younger man who’s therapeutic wasn’t linear. That makes his journey a thousand occasions extra real looking than something I’ve seen on a teen drama. Simply since you converse reality to the issue readily available and inform others, doesn’t imply that the problem disappears. Heartstopper understands that like life, you’ll be able to’t simply drop a psychological sickness reveal after which be completed with it. That ache carries forth with you and your progress is informed in waves.
I’ll say that part of me needed to see extra of Charlie within the therapy heart. However I feel that will have turned this present into one thing it’s not. And whereas watching the scenes of him being in therapy, I did discover how the colour palette of the present didn’t steer too far off from what we’re used to on Heartstopper. Quite a lot of occasions when therapy facilities are proven on TV or movie, they’re stripped of life and coloration. That provides everybody watching a notion that therapy facilities are locations you go to vanish and never get higher. However Charlie did. Or he’s on his journey to getting higher.
Being as we’re midway by means of season 3, I’m just a little involved. Once more I really feel like Heartstopper is simply shocking me again and again with the best way that it hits particular strides and markers. Some other present would have made Charlie’s consuming dysfunction the principle driving drive of your complete season. We’re in episode 4 of season 3 and already Charlie is dealing with his issues in a manner that seems like progress. I’m not used to that. So what comes subsequent? He had the wonderful reunion with Nick and he has a plan on how he’s going to navigate life from right here on out. However what’s the drama? Is there going to be drama? Oh my God, what if there isn’t drama and we simply see these younger individuals proceed to navigate life collectively? Now that will be wonderful.
The opposite characters on a Heartstopper.
Regardless that Heartstopper season 3 episode 4 “Journey” targeted extra on Nick and Charlie, the present made positive to nonetheless give us time with the remainder of the solid of characters. All this does is enrich the present and make it a extra well-rounded idea of what it’s to be a teen. Isaac as soon as once more stood up for himself in that video that they have been sending to Charlie. Then we have now Tara, who’s now a prefect at college. Darcy is testing out they/them pronouns. And we even noticed a second of Imogen and Sahar testing some boundaries through the Halloween celebration. Irrespective of how a lot the present modifications, everybody’s journey issues. And if I perceive this from the present on Netflix, I ponder how the books truthful comparability.
Heartstopper season 3 is now obtainable on Netflix.