‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 Teases Next Chapter of Nick & Charlie’s Love Story: Everything We Know So Far
Get ready to fall in love even more with Heartstopper! The acclaimed coming-of-age romantic comedy, based on Alice Oseman‘s graphic novel and webcomic series, will return with all-new episodes this October. Netflix dropped the official Season 3 trailer on September 17.
The third season has been in the works for quite some time now, and there’s a plethora of information about this next installment of Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring’s (Joe Locke) love story.
Scroll down to learn all the latest updates about Heartstopper Season 3.
When will Heartstopper Season 3 premiere?
Heartstopper Season 3 will premiere on October 3, 2024. The season will consist of eight episodes.
The streamer released a sweet clip announcing the release date. In the footage, Charlie is preparing to say “I love you” to Nick. Tori encourages her brother to tell Nick how he feels today. When Nick arrives, they share an adorable moment alone before heading out for the day. The clip also features an exclusive snippet of the track “Birds of a Feather” from Billie Eilish‘s album Hit Me Hard and Soft.
Netflix confirmed back in March 2024 that Heartstopper Season 3 would premiere in October 2024. The streamer released a behind-the-scenes video (which you can see below) of the cast on the set of Episode 8.
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“It’s started to get a bit more steamy” between Nick and Charlie, Connor teases in the video. He later adds, “The tension is high. It’s, like, sexual tension, love, we’re all there.”
William Gao reveals that “Tao is beginning to figure out what he loves to do and what his hobbies are. He’s finding a passion for something that he begins to really love. And he does it to bring joy to people and to cheer up the other characters in the show.”
As for Tori, Jenny Walser says that fans we’ll get to “see a little bit more” of her in Season 3 and “how what Charlie has been going through has affected her. And she also makes a new friend.”
What will Heartstopper Season 3 be about?
The Season 3 premiere episode, written by Oseman, is titled “Love.” After revealing the premiere month, Netflix also released a brief synopsis about the third season.
“This season, Charlie would like to tell Nick that he loves him,” the synopsis begins. “Nick also has something important to say to Charlie. As the summer holiday ends and the months race on, the friends begin to realize that the school year will come with both its joys and its challenges. As they learn more about each other and their relationships, plan social events and parties and start thinking about university choices, everyone must learn to lean on those they love when life doesn’t go to plan.”
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Oseman told Netflix that Season 3 will pick up where Season 2 left off, with “Nick beginning to understand the extent of Charlie’s mental health issues.” The show’s creator and writer noted that this “will drive the story through Season 3.”
Oseman added, “While Heartstopper will always celebrate the joyful and point towards hope, I’m really excited that we are allowing the tone of the show to mature alongside our beloved characters growing up. Mental health, sex, university ambitions, and more: Nick, Charlie, and the Heartstopper teens are getting older, learning more about themselves and each other, and experiencing new desires, new fears, and new joys as they approach adulthood.”
Heartstopper Season 3 cast
Connor and Locke will be back as the beloved Nick and Charlie. They’ll be joined in the third season by fellow Heartstopper cast members Gao, Walser, Yasmin Finney (Elle), Corinna Brown (Tara), Kizzy Edgell (Darcy), Tobie Donovan (Isaac), Leila Khan (Sahar), and Rhea Norwood (Imogen). Sebastian Croft will not be back as Ben in Season 3.
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Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey has joined the cast of Season 3 as Jack Maddox, Charlie’s Instagram-famous crush. Netflix released a first look of Bailey in character on April 25. The video shows Jack getting ready for a book signing and giving Heartstopper fans a friendly hello.
Additional Season 3 cast members include Hayley Atwell, who will play Nick’s Aunt Diane, and Eddie Marsan, who will play Geoff, Charlie’s therapist.
In November 2023, Oseman revealed that Darragh Hand had joined the cast of Season 3 as Michael Holden, who appears in the Heartstopper graphic novels. Michael is a “quirky, eccentric optimistic with a sunshine disposition” who will be a love interest for Tori.
“I was very nervous and excited to begin the search for our Michael,” Oseman wrote on Instagram. “It was a challenge to find someone who I felt truly channelled Michael from the books. But then Darragh came along and warmed our hearts, made us all laugh so much, and perfectly complimented Jenny Walser’s Tori Spring.”
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One fan favorite cast member who will not be back in Season 3 is Olivia Colman. The Emmy winner plays Emma Nelson, mother to Nick. “I couldn’t do number three. I couldn’t fit it in. I feel awful about that,” Colman told Forbes. “I feel like I was part of one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever been part of.”
Oseman elaborated further on her Instagram Story. “We tried absolutely everything we could, but it wasn’t meant to be, and that’s just the way the TV world works sometimes,” Oseman wrote. “We are so deeply grateful to Olivia for the stunning performance she gave to the show and wish her the absolute best!”
The author noted that the show will not be recasting Sarah. Oseman recognized that fans will be “upset and concerned about how we will move forward without Nick’s mum. I know there is one scene in particular that many of you have been looking forward to in Season 3, and you may be feeling disappointed and disheartened with us. I totally understand — I was really worried too, when I first found out.”
Oseman stressed that she’s “done everything” in her “power to preserve that scene as written in the comic, and I’ve written in some new elements of the story to ensure that it gives us the emotional gut punch that it gives in the comic.” Sarah’s role as “emotional support for Nick will shift to other characters in the story for now. If we get a Season 4, I would love for Olivia to be a part of it again.”
Is there a Season 3 trailer?
Yes, the official trailer is out now. Nick and Charlie are closer than ever, but their relationship faces new obstacles in the third season. Nick tells Charlie that he’s “really worried” about him. Charlie is still struggling with his eating disorder and admits to Nick that he “hates feeling like this.”
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There’s a brief glimpse of an emotional moment between Nick and his Aunt Diane. “I really love him,” Nick cries. Diane tells her nephew, “Sometimes, people need more support than one person can give. You can be there for him, standing together, even when it’s hard. That’s love, darling.”
And, yes, there’s a sneak peek at the shower scene from the graphic novel!
Will there be a Heartstopper Season 4?
Netflix hasn’t renewed Heartstopper for Season 4 as of now. The series got the green light for Seasons 2 and 3 in May 2022.
Heartstopper creator Oseman is hopeful that the show will get a Season 4. “It would probably be four seasons to cover the full story,” Oseman told RadioTimes.com in 2022. “I haven’t done any in-detail planning or anything, but it’s quite easy to divide up the books into seasons, so four I think would do it.”
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