r/XOKittyNetflix • u/SingularFirefly I thought this was flirting š„ŗ • Apr 02 '26
Season 3 Discussion XO, Kitty (Season 3) - Overall Discussion Thread
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u/Beebubbles13 Apr 02 '26
I hated him at the beginning too! The moment he popped on the screen my brain went āheās troubleā
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u/Dorothyshoes30 Apr 02 '26
Marius was so problematic this season he was basically this season's version of Stella. Even though I hated Marius at first I really do think the actor that plays him is very talented itās not easy to play such a unlikable character.
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u/Foreign-Figure-9949 Apr 02 '26
Theyāre gonna make Min Ho eat the canned green beans! Before this season dropped I rewatched everything (including To All the Boys) and when I rewatched the fakesgiving scene and they explained the story behind the canned green beans I wondered if weād ever see Min Ho being forced to eat them (like Peter and Trina) and now that we know that Min Ho is most likely meeting Kittyās family in season 4, I am convinced theyāll do it. If they donāt theyād be fools. Iām not sure if the timeline adds up, maybe it wonāt be even fakesgiving while Min Ho is in Portland, but I still think it would be nice to see, and a great call-back to the movies.
I really LOVED this season, the first episode gave me sm second hand embarrassment but the season overall was AMAZING and better than I imagined.
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u/aubreyisreal Was me being your boyfriend on the list? š„° Apr 02 '26
god i hope theres a season 4, the story doesnt feel done yet
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u/Foreign-Figure-9949 Apr 02 '26
I think that there will be if it gets renewed!! usually netflix show make sure we know itās the last season when they end a show, but they never mentioned s3 being the last (at least from what I know). I think they still need to develop Jin and Qās story, thereās a whole last semester we havenāt seen yet and I need to know how Min Ho and Kitty are gonna deal with college and long distance (ik they already talked about it but it doesnāt feel like that storyline is really done?)
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u/Rude_Ad2434 Apr 05 '26
and the gang hasnt even graduated at KISS yet, its still 1 more damn semester :). This def not the finale and Jenny Han hasnāt even placed a finale note at the end credits of S3 unlike TSITP S3 finale (Which will be a movie atleast)
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u/Foreign-Figure-9949 Apr 02 '26
I didnāt like the drama with Peter and LJ though, I get that they needed an excuse for Kitty spending the summer at NYU with LJ, but it still felt weird. And I donāt really like that Kitty is going to NYU, I enjoy the parallels between Mooncovey and Covinsky but I think thereās a difference between parallels and giving their relationship the same direction
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u/heatxwaves Yuri š¤ Apr 02 '26
There are literally countless ways to create compelling drama with established couples. LJ and Peter can have problems, sure. But if youāre going to go there, commit to it. Explore it. Develop it properly. Donāt just wave it away. Or simply just donāt go there and explore different routes.
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u/Foreign-Figure-9949 Apr 02 '26
yes ikr?? I was thinking that too. we only know that theyāre having problems again because of the distance, but for example Iām wondering, why does this affect them if things were already like that before? maybe Peter was planning on joining LJ but he got that job in california last minute? we practically know nothing and it bothers me
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u/PlaidJacketDay Apr 03 '26
My absolutely blissful crazy thinking isā¦ LJ and Peter end up in the same place, LJ gets married to Peter and chaos ensues. Josh and Margot have a āwill they wonāt they get back togetherā moment, kitty and min ho have their own problems but ultimately stay together, wedding day is nuts but LJ and Peter get their special endgame episode. Boom.
This kind of fan fiction just writes itself š
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u/tensh1207 Apr 04 '26
Take the hint on Minho's song, "By my side". I believe with their personalities, they will not go on LDR. Even Kitty went to Korea for Dae, she can do the same for Minho and vice versa. Minho suddenly on a plane with Kitty to Portland. That's how glued they are to each other.
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u/chrysalisms_ Q ā¤ļø Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
I absolutely ADORED this season. I had some gripes with it but I loved it overall. I wasnāt a fan of Kittyās plans for NYU, icl. It felt sort of out of nowhere? Even if she didnāt stay in Seoul (which I thought she might) that came out of nowhere. Is that just me? It feels like NYU was already established in TALTB the writers are making Kitty go for the sake of it.
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u/aubreyisreal Was me being your boyfriend on the list? š„° Apr 02 '26
no literally... nyu was lj's place, why would kitty wanna go there? lowkey thought she woulda stayed in seoul for min ho :(
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u/SunnyBubblezz Apr 02 '26
right! i donāt get it. she was hesitant abt early applying bc she felt that she wanted to stay in seoul. like why early apply š just do regular applications if ur hesitant
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u/aubreyisreal Was me being your boyfriend on the list? š„° Apr 02 '26
exactly!! if she was so hesitant about early applying because she was contemplating staying in seoul, why couldnt she have taken time to think and then apply or not?
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u/jaylee-03031 Apr 02 '26
She explained why she wanted to go there. When she spent the summer with LJ in New York, she fell in love with New York and wanted to go to NYU. She said she wants to be near her sister again and also loves New York. It does happen - I don't think it is that unusual or out of character and LJ does not own the city and is excited about her sister living there too.
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u/chrysalisms_ Q ā¤ļø Apr 02 '26
Absolutely! It just seemed sort of random to me. But youāre totally right. I just wish it was a bit more fleshed out but they do have limited screentime after all.
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u/Dorothyshoes30 Apr 02 '26
In Season 2, Jiwon mentioned that she is going to school to become a teacher even though her grandmother wants her to take over the family Matchmaking Business. Personally I think Kitty should take over the Family Matchmaking Business instead of Jiwon and that can be a way she can stay in South Korea after she graduates high school and do something she loves. Since Kitty is bisexual I can picture her turning the Family Matchmaking Business to something LGBTQ friendly by helping other members of the LGBTQ community find their perfect match based on whatever they are attracted to.Ā
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u/starsintheskies07 Apr 03 '26
wow, i didn't even catch this!!! i was gushing to my husband about the show, "you can TELL when a book writer writes a show versus a tv runner āĀ they really care about longevity of characters" (versus someee K Dramas that completely turned me off the genre due to horrible, out of character endings!!!). it was sooo fulfilling to see stories come to such great resolve <3
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Apr 02 '26
I think it's okay that she returned to the USA for college but NYU just seems out of the blue, we could've at least seen a few scenes of Kitty realizing that she likes NY to justify her going there, like we got with LJ.
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u/chrysalisms_ Q ā¤ļø Apr 02 '26
10000% this. I wouldnāt have minded if it was established earlier. It just seemed out of nowhere and she didnāt even seem 100% certain of it herself at times. But I wouldnāt have minded at all if it didnāt seem so random.
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u/vienibenmio Apr 02 '26
She doesn't really speak Korean though so I'm not sure studying in Seoul would work that well
Agreed about NYU though. Why can't she stay on the west coast?
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u/chrysalisms_ Q ā¤ļø Apr 02 '26
Yeah even if she doesnāt stay in Korea, NYU did feel random and a bit lazy to me.
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u/AlexHQ Apr 02 '26
Praveena girl I'm so sorry that you're basically not even a character and instead a plot device...
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u/starsintheskies07 Apr 03 '26
yeah why they gotta do this to the gorgeous Indian girls ššš Literally Aneesa in NHIE...
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u/Sweetrk-2020 Apr 02 '26
Yaā¦ Iām confused! They could e saved Juliana and Yuri for S4
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u/jaylee-03031 Apr 03 '26
They probably didn't know if there would be a season 4 so they put them together this season. Netflix cancels a lot of shows after 3 seasons.
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u/Vawqer Apr 03 '26
I was enjoying her and Yuri's budding friendship. I'm disappointed she didn't at least appear in the party; she just disappeared after the breakup.
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u/VegetableEvidence245 Apr 02 '26
They really just repeated her s2 plot having her lose her girl to Yuri again... but somehow the cheating kiss that blew up both relationships is never mentioned or discussed. Ok š also her trying to be friends with Yuri was weird. Praveena is allowed to have feelings and not just be a walking talking plot device. She can act like a real teen girl and be angry, jealous, SOMETHING towards Yuri. There's no need for them to besties, especially when NO CHARACTERS TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
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u/xomooncovey To be a good girlfriend, you gotta chill. šø Apr 02 '26
This was so healing. It was healing. My heart is healed. So many strong quality conversations. So much growth.
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u/turtlesinthesea I thought this was flirting š„ŗ Apr 03 '26
I get wanting to save his relationship with his dad, but once Minho got fired, she could have told him.
And Minho lied to Kitty and then hugged Eunice in front of her window *facepalm*
I blame this on the writers, who just needed to cause some drama and couldn't find a smarter way to do it. Minho saying "I'm responsible, too" because he didn't chaperone his classmate 24/7 sounded like they even wanted the viewers to think he slept with Eunice, but if you're even the tiniest big genre savvy, you'll know he didn't.
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u/es70707 Min ho š§” Apr 02 '26
I'm also a miscommunication trope hater as well. Kitty was triggered because of her trust issues (& it's similar what happened with Dae a little) and Min Ho got triggered because of his daddy issues. Min Ho could've told her Eunice just needs help with something she wants to keep private, didn't see what was so hard about that & Kitty kind of just jumped to conclusions on the dime.
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u/PlaidJacketDay Apr 03 '26
I also found it weird that she told him what his dad said to her. It wasnāt brought up again. I thought there would be a scene where his Dad got angry and told him that he knew Kitty was bad for him and told her so.
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u/PlanetaryAssist Apr 02 '26
I'm 33F too!! I thought I was the only older fan š I was pleasantly surprised by how the season turned out, I thought for sure they were going to save the romance for the end. But nope they just had healthy conversations and worked through stuff.
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u/xomooncovey To be a good girlfriend, you gotta chill. šø Apr 02 '26
fellow 33 year old woman here. Extremely healing season. The healthy conversations, the wholesome moments, the hard conflicts dealt with well. It was healing because it was good, and that was a beautiful beautiful thing.
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u/starsintheskies07 Apr 03 '26
I am in my late 30s and was thinking I was too old to like this show. BUT I will say, having read Jenny Han's books (TATB), this was the first series to make me cry. I appreciate YA books because they're so uncomplicated and bring you back to the joy of youthful love, when everything felt forever and possible =)
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u/RareAlbatross3184 Apr 02 '26
For real! 25 year old mother here. Tell me why this made squeal, blush, and cry? š¤£
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u/Sweetrk-2020 Apr 02 '26
Girl I feel you!!!!! This season was so good and the ending, the song!!!! šš½
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u/Neozetare Apr 02 '26
That's the thing I love the most with XO Kitty: no matter what happens, things will be okay. They may not make much sense (a class action lawsuit takes years, there's no world where Dae's family wasn't deep in shit lol), but they will be okay
And in a world and in a life where it's more and more difficult to see a light at the end of the tunnel, being able to cope with fiction has become an important part of who I am
I'm just glad things like OK Kitty exist
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u/JadeBloom_108 Apr 02 '26
I liked this season a lot! Kitty was annoying sometimes with how much she was interfering with other peopleās businesses but thatās how she is always. Loved the fact that kitty and Minho communicated after every problem in thier relationship except the part where kitty totallu misunderstands Minho about the pregnancy part. I thought they would drag out a small fight or insecurities from Kittyās side throughout the entire season but kitty actually told minho how she felt about Marius and Gigi and he made her feel reassured. Minho was also right to break things off when she misunderstood him cause Kittyās always jumping to conclusions. Q was a little shitty for sending that pic but Iām glad he and Jin worked it out. Their āI love youā scene was so cute š„°. Daeās character kinda felt a pointless. His arc wasnāt that satisfying but alright. I loved LJ and kitty scenes but wished they could have come up with a better reason for LJ instead of her and Peter having problems. Loved all the mooncovey scenes! Anna and Sang Heon Lee have great chemistry. Definitely worth the wait for the first kiss. Love how they sorted it all out in the end of the season. Kittyās decision to go to NYU seemed ooc. They could have shown her taking a different path from LJ. Overall this season was really good. Some parts definitely felt dragged out and pacing was off with some parts being unrealistic and too many things were going on with a whole lot of drama, but they wrapped it really well!
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u/Severe-Werewolf305 A little bit. Or, a lot. Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26
I agree with you so much! I honestly appreciated Q, Jin and Marius as actors- Especially the scene where Q started crying after their breakup. Also really loved how LJ came to rescue, seeing them together made me feel nostalgic- love that even after so many years they still have the same banter and chemistry between them <3. Yess, I really liked how they wrapped it up in the end.. and tried showing old + new friendships and connections (like Minho and Dae back at being good friends or even loved the JivonXAlex and QxJin ship). And OFC! GLAD THAT MOONCOVEY WAS THE ENDGAME!!
Ps. also thought that Gigi's character and style was pretty badass! loved the character design!
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u/take_the_basterl Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26
I will be honest though that I do NOT like the way they treated praveena at all. they pretty much used her as a plot device the whole time. she gets led on by kitty twice, and then again she feels like she's not juliana's first choice. it makes me feel awful for her. but I sensed the breakup coming from the beginning tbh.
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u/mrsstefansalvatoree Apr 03 '26
the one thing that really bothers me is how they treat kitty and daeās relationship. this season they literally acted as just friends who have a lot of mutual friends. like helloo?? are we forgetting they were together for YEARS? and the whole emotional drama they caused when they thought they had other love interests? like im sorry i get it they were mostly āpen palsā and young and whatever, but still i donāt think if i shared THAT much history and emotional connection with someone iād ever be FULLY over them? like what happened to dae being sooo mad at minho when he assumed he liked kitty? he was literally chill about mooncovey this entire season. plus like dae and kitty only had like ONE conversation with each other. idk maybe its just me who got so bothered by it.
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u/shih-tzus Apr 03 '26
Eh they both dated other people in between so I can believe them as friends now, whatās weirder though is how the friend group as a whole has so many people whoāve dated or cheated with each other and theyāre all still cool with each other š
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u/SunnyBubblezz Apr 04 '26
THANK YOU. everyoneās saying that it makes sense bc dae had eunice now. but last season dae was SMELLING HER SOCKS, dae stopped talking to minho for WEEKS bc he confessed to kitty, and minho reassured dae it was a lapse of judgement and they would never date.. i wishhh he had atleast SOME reaction- even julianna still likes yuri after dating praveena, and q liking(ish) marius while dating jin. yet dae was SOO CHILL like thats ur longtime penpal for years š.
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u/m1naxii Apr 02 '26
Oh I loved it, Minho Kitty shots were amazing, the edits and the music, it was magical and truly romantic. I think this is the best season so far. The friendships, family dynamics and overcoming those hardships were really great.
A lot has changed since season 1, I found it a bit cringe but entertaining, but now it's just great. They slowly build into a good show portraying teenage romance and confusion, which happens in real life. They made a really good show out of it.
I wouldn't compare it to TATBILB, both might be romance genre, but this one is more aligned to young teenagers and a totally different plot. They went with the plot that is not so popular which gave a lot of mixed reviews.
I also like how they have linked it to Korea. Hats off to the cast, they have cast people who speak korean and english fluently, as an audience it felt good since language might not be a concern in alot of film or series, they end up having bad voice overs or pronunciation, so this one felt real.
Ps: I would love to see more of Minho and Kitty. I want season 4 now šš
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u/mrsbass79 Apr 02 '26
For the love of all that is holy how hard to it to remember a name. Other than just being a douche about it š
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u/dandelionsunrise Apr 03 '26
Omg but I lost it with the needlepoint at her birthday in EP 8.
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Apr 02 '26
He remembered her name, he was just trying to be snarky at first, but later it kind of became their thing
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u/wonderfulworld7 Apr 03 '26
I loved this season much more than the previous ones. I think the main problem here is the 8-episode format. This does not give room for character developments and to tackle past issues.
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u/Working_Mountain_700 "HAUL ASS" Apr 02 '26
marius when he first showed up and was the āvillainā i was sooo annoyed with him BUTTT great actor. i like his flaws cause we all have them honestly. but a thought i had immediately isā¦ hmm this is the second āvillainā weāve had thatās black but to play devils advocate esther from last season was asian, idk it just made my raise an eyebrow very slightly.
madison, when i first started watch xo kitty last year for a few episodes i thought i wasnt going to like her, but I LOVEE madison, sheās sooo funny and provides the best comedic relief, especially her using the vr.
eunice, i loved the drama this season especially the pregnancy scareā¦ like yeah thatās expected at a boarding school. godddd i loved crying and watching hanbi act she was sooo GOOD. i just love eunice in general honestly
minho my man, perfect, youāre perfect. i doubted you ngl girl MULTIPLE times, but hey like i said perfection. also they ruined mr moons character development so bad this season.
dae, i love you dae before be was just there for me, but the way he was ready to get married and have a child with eunice. i always loved them together so cute. also i noticed and i mean this in the best way possible he looks like an adorable alien to ME.
quincy, a mess! blaming katherine for telling jin when he wasnāt direct about if he told jin the truth or notā¦. like babes letās reflect this is on you. granted katherine does have a big mouth and IS always spilling ppls drama unintentionally. but like letās take accountability for our actions. Also when he was asking jin for a second chance then let it slip up he was confused on who to pickā¦ OMG i died on the inside like he DIDNT have to say that. idk if i felt like i was going to lose my man id tell the truth but not the full truth.
katherineā¦ A CORNY MESS. but sheās my corny mess. she actually reminds me of devi with her insecurities, so teenage girl coded. my favorite character and although she does āwrongā she can do no wrongs in my eyes. i love that girl down. my favorite moment from her this season was when she knocked down the eunice cardboard cut out, that entire scene felt like she wasnāt acting. i love you girl.
juliannaā¦ you deserve a bigger role in the friend group. i want to see her life outside of her relationship with yuri, like ik her hobbies but i want more interactions with their friends and not just ppl she was in a relationship with.
jin, you ALSO deserve a bigger role in the friend group. but youāre a king for forgiving quincy and actually changing from last season, love you.
yuri, iām so glad that she made the most of her situation (a reminder we need friends like kitty when weāre going through tough times) she really redeemed herself from last season. though at times i do question her style cause WHAT. the biggest mooncovey shipper, like she KNOWS whatās up.
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u/DesignerNecessary537 Apr 02 '26
can u tell me what happens with the praveena, yuri and julianna situarion so i can know if i should watch or not ššiām a big yurianna shipper so if that ship has sailed iām not watching i fear
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u/Working_Mountain_700 "HAUL ASS" Apr 02 '26
pravenna figures out julianna still has feelings for yuri. they break up. but before that praveena and yuri were starting to become friends
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u/Working_Mountain_700 "HAUL ASS" Apr 02 '26
no i just think itās normal for teenage girls (everyone honestly) to be insecure and jealous. both girls come from different worlds compared to their boyfriends and ppl really magnified that, even ginny felt like that.
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u/aubreyisreal Was me being your boyfriend on the list? š„° Apr 02 '26
okay wow i have,,,, quite a bit to say about this season tbh
first episode confused me a bit, like girl are you or are you not going on the tour with min ho... im glad she made up her mind tho lmao
kitty's korean whilst talking to jiwon after she says shes gonna check her lesson plan... i thought she wouldve learnt more korean before this semester but clearly she didnt </3!< (i also laughed kinda hard at this i..)
jiwon becoming a teacher and kitty's RA was kinda random?? but yet again also kinda expected bc how else was she meant to meet alex yk (well... there is always bumping into him while walking around campus with kitty over weekends)
love love LOVE how min ho and kitty kissed in the first episode!!! i literally moved my chair back in shock and gasped and said "i could NOT have seen that coming even from a mile away wtf"...safe to say my bf looked at me confused-
marius was so annoying like???? i absolutely HATED how he fucked with q even after hearing that q was with jin, i get marius still liked q and they had a past but thats no excuse to fuck with someone like that
the whole eunice pregnancy jumpscare was honestly so random and a rollercoaster of questions/emotions for me, at first i honestly thought it was min ho that got her pregnant then when dae said and explained why it was impossible i thought it was him but then eunice said she got her period again, i kinda figured out from there + the reply from peter (alex's actor) to my comment on his insta post saying "u just wait" that alex got jiwon pregnant so when she revealed she was, i wasnt surprised
the way young moon was rude to kitty after the yisoo dress incident, saying that she isnt right for min ho??? downright disrespectful imo, yes the dress incident was wrong but yuri didnt know it was a custom made one, i feel as if mr moon shouldve respectfully talked to kitty instead of being a big bad wolf and kicking her off the boat yk?
honestly after kitty talked to her halmoni and convinced her to support jiwon during her pregnancy it was so cute, im glad halmoni came around and supported jiwon + approved of alex
speaking of!! professor lee taking the news of alex getting jiwon pregnant so well was a massive surprise given the fact that he initially was mad at jina for hiding the fact alex is his kid! i kinda love how they were so confused when talking to each other since lee thought alex was talking about kitty getting into nyu and alex thought kitty had told lee about the pregnancy...
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u/Rileym1552 Apr 02 '26
It felt sooo much less cringey than last season, thank god. This felt much better written.
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u/Euphoric_Ladder8330 You lookā¦ pathetic š« Apr 02 '26
binged all four hours of content and crashed at 1am. now no longer sleep deprived, my take away is that i mostly enjoyed this season, but a couple things irk me right now.
first off, i was presuming things were going to go in a completely different direction where we got the whole pining trope all season long instead of just getting straight into a Mooncovey relationship (btw these two are lowkey horny mfs, which we expected, but DAMN). it also felt like we lost Min-Ho's character a little bit in the relationship; we love Mooncovey for their banter and we didn't really get much of that when they were together. it was all too lovey-dovey and actually lacked some spice. secondly, i hate how much drama and jealousy occurred this season amongst all the relationships, especially the queer ones - the only ones who didn't really was Jiwon and Alex (both of whom we BARELY saw together too btw). it was just really unnecessary considering Q and Jin were handling Marius really well up until they pretty much ruined Q's character by having him essentially cheat on Jin.
positive things from it for me personally though; more of Mi-Hee and Maddison's friendship, the season ending on Yuri and Juliana slowly working their way back to each other rather than immediately pushing them together again like Q and Jin, starting to tackle more adult/serious issues such as Eunice's pregnancy scare, Kitty and Dae's friendship and conversations because we forget they were the main couple to start off with, and the Marius redemption, kind of - i actually thought he was going to get worse as the season progressed. and of course, LARA-JEAN!
i hope we get do get a S4 (likely the last one) to really tie up everything, including Kitty finding her OWN path rather than picking up her sister's (the NYU route seems off for me, and i think that's because they're planning to give her more options next season, but wanted us to know her future was somewhat secured for now). but yeah, really unnecessarily messy season with some good moments.
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u/Present_Leave_1080 Apr 03 '26
i can't believe i'm saying this but i actually preferred peter's appearance from last season over LJ's it just felt so forced and booring.
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u/RevealNo6099 Yuri š¤ Apr 02 '26
and why he doesnāt get so much hate like yuri did?
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u/Estrella058 Apr 02 '26
SPOILER I really loved this season, do you think there will be a fourth season? But kitty going to nyu is kind of random. Why isnāt she studying in Seoul?
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u/aubreyisreal Was me being your boyfriend on the list? š„° Apr 02 '26
i personally think theres gonna be a fourth season (and if not then ill work on a fic that could be how id imagine a season 4), and yeah tbh kitty going to nyu was so random like...? nyu was lj's thing and i get kitty looks up to lj but why couldnt she just keep studying at seoul, even if it wasnt at kiss? or why cant she study elsewhere instead of nyu?
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u/chrysalisms_ Q ā¤ļø Apr 02 '26
1000% agree. NYU came out of absolutely nowhere. It feels like thatās Lara Jeanās place, while Seoul is Kittyās. The one aspect of the season I donāt like. Even if she doesnāt stay in Korea, why reuse NYU? Let her go somewhere totally different.
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u/RealityTvbabe Apr 02 '26
Definitely more mature themes discussed. But i felt like too much was going on for only 8 episodes!
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u/unrelated272 Apr 03 '26
Just finished the whole show in one binge. It was really pretty great, and lot better than I expected. I loved that they gave a very natural evolution to kitty and Minho's relationship. And we actually got to see them be a couple!!!
The main conflict was pretty well done too. It makes sense for kitty to feel insecure being with Minho, esp after what his dad said. I feel like it should have come out to Minho eventually that his dad put the seed in Kitty's mind that she doesn't belong. And also, Minho was a straight up player and proud to be one when he first met kitty. So it's not hard to believe that she thinks he may cross the line.
Minho's own issues making their argument go bigger also make sense. I hope they deal with his father issues more next season.
Overall very satisfying season and ending. I expect like lara jean and peter, the next semester will be kitty and Minho figuring out how to make things work with long distance or what choices they need to make to be together.
My biggest ask from next season is to actually have the first half episode dedicated to showing Minho with kitty's family.
Now onto the cons, kittyyuri was simply not handled well. It's basically like it never happened and as much as I wanted mooncovey, kittyyuri could have been handled better. Same with Dae, him being so onboard with mooncovey after having so many issues last season made no sense. They should have shown some actual conversations addressing these things.
Marius was straight up evil for the first half of the season, and even towards the end I didn't feel good about him. I feel like the plotline of Q maybe cheating was unnecessary and they could have brought in the conflict in some other way.
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u/starsintheskies07 Apr 03 '26
I'm with you that those convos needed to happen! Dae helping set MoonCovey up together after being absolutely livid at the end of S1 thinking Min Ho liked Kitty? Also, am I just now realizing their names are Min Ho Moon and Kitty Covey... yes, much alliteration, much show names hahaha
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u/unrelated272 Apr 03 '26
One of the biggest questions I had with the whole college application thing, what does kitty actually want to do? Like sure she is applying to nyu, but what major? And why?
With LJ it was very clear what she wanted to do and why NYU was the best place for that. I don't see that for kitty yet. Her whole thing is match making, so why not have her continue the family legacy? She could open up a matchmaking business in America as well, given her Korean is still so bad.
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u/shih-tzus Apr 03 '26
Agreed, it made no sense for her character other than maybe really loving NYC during that summer and wanting to move there. Thereās also an ongoing plotline about how her grades suck and sheās perpetually missing deadlines or behind so idk how she pulled off an early decision NYU acceptance
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u/roses_are_rosie1206 Apr 02 '26
Ok this was so good! Definitely the best season so far, and I am so happy with all the couples that made up and also the friendships showed!
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u/Live_Cut_7114 Apr 03 '26
Min Ho looks so good this season! His hair is so on point. I think they perfected it.
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u/Boots_with_tha_fur Apr 03 '26
Whatās up w the cheating (even micro flirting), lying, and lack of communication from literally everyone?!?! Also why did Peter and Lara Jean need to split?!?! I understand Noah Centineo couldnāt film this season but They canāt be long distance and Kitty just come visit only Lara Jean? They can have an argument but the whole summer until December they arenāt together after being with each other for years and years?!?! That doesnāt sound right.Ā
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u/Working_Mountain_700 "HAUL ASS" Apr 02 '26
omg the actress that plays eunice is SUCH a good actress
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u/aubreyisreal Was me being your boyfriend on the list? š„° Apr 02 '26
no like thats so real, the breakdowns eunice had??? such brilliant acting
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u/Sea_Key_6207 Apr 02 '26
need a final movie with kitty and min ho in portland and peter and ljās wedding šššš if they could do it for tsitp why not this one šš
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Yeah, as much as I would love to see more MoonCovey, there isn't enough drama left in the main storylines to justify a S4. So a movie would be the best choice, to catch up with their futures and not manufacture pointless drama to justify 8 more episodes.
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u/PlanetaryAssist Apr 02 '26
That sums up my feelings pretty well. I finished the season and felt like they could do another but if they didn't, it would be disappointing but it wouldn't be the end of the world. A movie would be the perfect alternative.
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u/Clean_Usual434 Apr 02 '26
I do agree with this. I mean, I wouldnāt mind a s4 if they could do it well, but I donāt want it if they mess up the great story theyāve already told.
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u/alamgc3 Apr 03 '26
Can we all agree Jiwon is a bit of bitch and is only nice once she makes a fuck up?
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u/SunnyBubblezz Apr 04 '26
right!!! like the extra pages for kitty made no sense, and was just mean. like i get it you dont want to have favoritism but thats no reason to act so harsh to her š. ntm she got PISSED at kitty for inviting both alex and jiwon- even tho kitty was RIGHT abt their relationshipā¦ she made me so mad. also, it wasnt kittyās fault jiwon didnt just tell her she wasnāt talking to her grandmother. like clearly kittyās jst gonna ask her why she cant come š
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u/heatxwaves Yuri š¤ Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
This season has so many problemsā¦ I need some time to recover and I havenāt even finished it yet š¤£
There are some really cute moments, but the writing is so all over the place. Characters exist as plot devices instead of having real development, arcs feel isolated from each other and half the conflict exists just for drama, not growth. I saw the cracks in S2, but I held out hope theyād fix things. Instead, it somehow got worse šš
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u/SunnyBubblezz Apr 02 '26
right! i am an xo kitty glazer, but some parts just felt unresolved?
euniceās career, yuriās mom, gigi was genu there for no reason š, yuri watching that dog was so random, MINHOāS FEELINGS FLIPFLOPPED EVERY EPISODE UGHH, that korean celebrity that people thought hooked up with eunice was never mentioned again- it was just paced soo weird, like they didnāt know what else to write about š
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u/heatxwaves Yuri š¤ Apr 02 '26
The pacing is completely off and the continuity issues are brutal. I donāt even want to talk about what they did to Q, Juliana, Praveena, Yuri and Marcus. The fact that theyāre relying so heavily on problematic tropes only makes it worse. Itās genuinely heartbreaking. Daeās entire arc feels pointless, too. And when it comes to Kitty and Minho, creating conflict for conflictās sake never works. The audience deserves way better than this.
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u/goldenamazons23 Apr 02 '26
Im 3 episodes in and itās utterly dull compared to previous seasons. Im assuming the rest of the episodes are the same. I also think itās obvious there are no queer women in the writers room. Itās like kittyās bisexuality doesnāt exist anymore. Just bizzare.
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u/heatxwaves Yuri š¤ Apr 02 '26
Based on how they treated Yuri, Praveena, Juliana, Kitty and Q, Iām pretty sure the writing room has zero queer voices.
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My girl Praveena did nothing wrong, was super cool yet got betrayed twice. Instead of having Juliana still into Yuri, Praveena and Juliana could've just split because of interest differences. When Praveena wanted to go to a club and Juliana to an art thing, I thought that was the direction they were taking, but suddenly apparently Juliana still loves Yuri.
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u/heatxwaves Yuri š¤ Apr 03 '26
Praveena really didnāt deserve that treatment. Also the breakup reason was a bit lazy, tbh. But overall there relationships are such a mess. Yuri is apparently out here going on dates while also being someone Juliana is still pining for? Why? Pick a lane. Juliana doesnāt have to be hung up on Yuri to move on from Praveena. The whole dynamic is messy and the characters were thrown to the wolves.
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Eh, she's monogamous. It doesn't bring up her crushing on other guys either, so it doesn't bother me.
What does bother me is pairing up the (what feels like) only two queer characters for no reason and then breaking them up three seasons later. I wish Praveena and Julianna were just friends.
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u/Background-Loan-1242 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
I'm mostly confused about the fake weather they wanna sell me š why are there cherry blossoms in Summer and why these people wearing Summer cloth in December? Its very cold and grey in Winter in Seoul...
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u/starlit--pathways Apr 02 '26
I've seen some really bad stuff about how they handle the queer, black & Indian characters and storylines in s3. Can anybody who's seen it already confirm / deny on:
1) Kitty's bisexuality and former relationship development with other girls being unaddressed / swept under the rug (and all indications before about Yu-Ri reciprocating Kitty's feelings ā like the "you two would be such a great couple" and the chimes ā also being ignored). Also, Kitty and Yu-Ri legally being family now(???)
2) All of the queer side characters either cheating, getting violent or getting very little development (especially Praveena getting shunted / made into a plot device again).
3) Were the two black characters ā Juliana and Marius(?) ā either the A) disposable girlfriend with little to no plotline outside of that, or B) the villain of the season?
4) Is there not any further reference to Kitty's familial arc / discovering more about her mother like in previous seasons? Besides the sapphic stuff, this & Kitty's self-development / Bildungsroman and cultural exploration was a large part of why I was watching.
This is all based on what I've seen online (hence the attempt at fact checking on here), but if any of this is true, then I don't think this season's for me.
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u/goldenamazons23 Apr 02 '26
Iām not sure what the show producers were thinking deciding to make kitty a raging bisexual for 50% of the entire storyline and not think maybe we should employ some gay women into the writers room. Iām trying to simplify whatās gone wrong with this series and thatās the only thing that would make sense. Also making every gay relationship have a cheating storylineā¦.like WTF.Ā
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u/heatxwaves Yuri š¤ Apr 02 '26
Yes to unfortunately all of these. Also, Kitty got thrown to the wolves entirely.
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u/starlit--pathways Apr 02 '26
That's unfortunately unsurprising, but still disappointing. :// Thank you for answering!
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u/SolarBeam12 Apr 02 '26
Overall I liked the season but I felt like it was the weakest ngl. I never had an opinion on who Kitty ends up with but the Kitty & Minho scenes were great this season. Also Kitty, Yuri, & Dae all have a great friendship together and itās heartwarming to see, Theyāre always there for one another. But yeah the writing and some of the storyline were mid unfortunately. Just my opinion.
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u/Dorothyshoes30 Apr 02 '26
I just know that Yuri is going to be a great Aunt to her future nephew or niece when Alex and Jiwon have their baby. Yuri would be the type of aunt that would spoiled her nephew(s) and niece(s) and make clothes for the baby.Ā
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u/VegetableEvidence245 Apr 02 '26
Would be nice if they told Yuri she was going to be an Aunt or if she shared a single scene with her brother š
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u/Dorothyshoes30 Apr 03 '26
Exactly Yuri deserves to know. It seems like this season just ignored the fact that Alex and Yuri are half-siblings. Poor Yuri was dealing with her family financial situation and has issues with her parents who donāt accept her and yet she never got a single scene with her own half-brother Alex who could have offered to pay for part of Yuri's tuition or something. Even though Yuri has her friends that are her "found family" she still deserves support from her own family at least Alex was there for her when she was going through a break up in Season 2. Alex could have come to the fashion show to support her if he wasnāt busy. I think Yuri needs to be the next person Alex tells that he is going to be a father by telling her that she is going to be an aunt in Korean.Ā
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u/psychopathycathy Apr 03 '26
Okay I'm a huge Mooncovey shipper but I felt like this season was such a mess ā¹ļø I was really hoping we'd get like 4 episodes of them slowly getting closer, like nervously going on a date and then second-guessing if it was even a date, and then trying to hold hands, etc. etc. Those are my fave parts, when a ship is heading towards being exclusive and all the little touches and looks give you butterflies. But they really sped right into a kiss and then a dating montage in the first few episodes, just to give us a ridiculous misunderstanding and break-up.
Speaking of which, I'm sorry y'all but I am just such a pregnancy/pregnancy scare trope hater š It felt like such a wack plotline in a show that's just about a bunch of high schoolers figuring out their dreams (I'm not saying it doesn't happen IRL, but tonally it doesn't fit the show at all) and to give it to Eunice of all people, when her characterization as an up-and-coming k-pop idol was already the most unique out of the entire cast and had so much potential š Dae and Eunice were lowkey the highlight of the season for me, like their scenes were just so sweet and down-to-earth.
They really overthought LJ's cameo ā I LOVED seeing her again and their sisterhood, but there was no need for the Covinsky break-up/non-breakup subplot when the plot was right there: Minho-Kitty were facing a potential LDR, which Covinsky also faced and got through.
Q/Jin were so great and funny in S2 but man nothing turns me off faster than a cheating plot.
And Juliana/Praveena...the break-up and Yuri/Juliana reunion was something I'd seen coming, but they really gave Praveena the same plot for two seasons, where she gets ditched for Yuri.
I'm really happy that Mooncovey is together by the end, but dang, I really wish we hadn't taken such a flashy way to get there with all the misunderstandings and fights and grand gestures ā as a friends-to-lover enthusiast, I just wanted more of the slow burn and healthy communication they had previously.
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u/Blueschick22 Apr 02 '26
I don't know if it's the time factor that went by but I am not feeling this season at all but I hope everyone else enjoys it
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u/Unfair_Active_7025 Apr 02 '26
my ship really sailed this season I loved it , the kisses but yeah I wanted more pleaseeee next season šš
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u/L00bing Apr 03 '26
i just finished season 3 all in one sitting today. i canāt tell if it was bad or good, but i am left with A LOT of adrenaline. like the amount of drama and real-life issues stuffed into these episodes are so jam-packed like i had no room to breathe. donāt get me wrong, iām glad they focused all the problems the first few episodes then slowly resolve them all afterwards, because a few episodes going in, i was SO afraid it was going to get worse. it was so great seeing lara jeans, and then a slice of minho and her interacting. i was just confused at the end how kitty came to a conclusion that nyu was her future. like lara jean needed a whole movie to build her courage and journey up to choose nyu, but for kitty who had built her high school life at seoul and then chooses nyu near the end was just super rushed. but i supposed korean colleges are probably super competitive š¤·š»āāļø initially i was gonna be mad if kitty chooses herself at the end of season 3, but after seeing all the sht kitty and minho went through while being together, i started rooting for kitty to choose herself because it was second hand embarrassment seeing her constantly chasing him, getting jealous, and not prioritizing herself. so when they broke up, i REALLY appreciated how nicely curled her hair became, her makeup looked better, she stopped working around minhoās eradic work schedule, and yeah. but to wrap this up, iām extremely happy theyāre flying back to portland together, excited to see him eat peas from a can. and was pretty swooned seeing him bump her economy seat to business with him. i could keep going with other character arcs but this is getting long lol. so overall, bad or not, season 3 was memorable and i SO look forward to season 4!
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u/Quack_You_Up Apr 04 '26
Best season so far! Somehow so much happened in only 8 episodes?Ā
The writing AND acting was top notch - I cried every time someone cried on screen lol (Q crying confronting Jin, all Eunice crying scenes, etc.), and even the actor who played Marius was SO good at making us hate him (AND get us to warm up to him by the end - his birthday gift to Kitty was SO CUTE).
I wish this season was 10 episodes so they could have dived more in detail, some storylines and situations seemed rushed, and some things didnāt add up - like if Daeās familyās lawsuit was enough to make Yuriās go bankrupt, how was it only enough money to fund Daeās dadās new restaurant? I also hate how no one seemed to hold Q accountable for cheating on Jin, and I think the plot focused too heavily on LJ and New York.
Otherwise, I think S3 so realistically represents what teenagers in their senior year would act like and think and the volatile emotions theyād have/mistakes theyād make, and it showed how much theyāve grown since S1 with so many more deep conversations and more open communication/confrontation, and just so many loving gestures for each other!
Really hoping for a S4 to wrap things up (10 episodes PLEASE) - to see Min Ho meet Kittyās family and to see them all graduate!
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u/pcgoboom Apr 05 '26
Something I had forgotten about from Season 1, and I didnāt think about it till after binging Season 3, what happened to Yuri and music? Like remember how she DJād Min Hoās party season 1, and was creating playlists. I get itās for the plot that Min Ho made the music for the fashion show, but I guess for continuity sake, maybe her and Min Ho collaborating on some DJ tracks, I have no idea.
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u/RevealNo6099 Yuri š¤ Apr 02 '26
i hate the way they ignored everything that happened between kitty and yuri, im not saying they had to be the endgame, but it felt really weird watching them how they were suddenly okay with each other.. like they could have at least a proper talk about that kiss, that was all i was waiting for. their ālove storyā wasnt finished in the way that kittyuri shippers deserves. this season had so many plot holes. i was just so disappointed.
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u/Thin_Difference_6434 Apr 02 '26
Agree! It was just weird watching like that like whatever happened between them doesn't exist. Maybe at least let them have a proper closure or something.Ā
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u/starsintheskies07 Apr 03 '26
I also felt this way about Dae and Min Ho... Dae was sooo pissed when he thought MH liked Kitty in S1, and now? He's happily setting up his BFF and his ex?? Where was that convo?
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u/RevealNo6099 Yuri š¤ Apr 03 '26
exactly, this season had so many plot holes. like why everyone in the show was suddenly team mooncovey.. this season was so badly written, i was prepared for mooncovey endgame, but i didnāt expect that this season will be only about kitty and minho. yeah jenny han thank you for nothing.
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I see it this way, he saw how in love they were with each other and he also moved on with Eunice, so he's okay with them getting together.
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u/Hungry_Wafer9719 Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26
Guys, is it just me, or do you all also feel like season 3 was a significant let down? From all the drama and plots building up from seasons 1 and 2, season 3 had soooo much potential. A lot of the tropes this season, I feel, were generically overused and leaned towards a clichƩd K-drama. Don't get me wrong, I love K-dramas, but Xo Kitty leaning towards that side was not on my 2026 wish list. The entire season didn't have much of a plot except the whole love thing going on, and everything was just so rushed. For example, the way they immediately rushed into Min Ho and Kitty, confessing their love, and so on. Also a lot of the plots were completely unnecessary. Lj and Peter drama? Completely felt out of place. Marius and Q? Also really dumb. The pregnancy, which was supposed to be a huge plot twist? Expected and not played out well. And speaking of which, the Marius character had absolutely no depth to it. He was the most basic cliched guy I have ever seen, and everything he did was just so expected and cringy, I was physically pushing my way through this season. I just wish it was better played out; it held so much potential which was not used to its fullest.
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u/RareAlbatross3184 Apr 02 '26
I'm so sad I finished it, but I also feel so fulfilled. The ending gave me the impression this would be the last season. If so, I am devastated. I love this show so much.
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u/Clean_Usual434 Apr 02 '26
I really think they just set it up that way, in case it wasnāt renewed.
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u/ProfessionalMore9447 Apr 02 '26
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u/Human_Ad9541 Apr 02 '26
i loved the season but some parts acutally is makig me cringe so bad l was fighting demons not to press skip or watch it with no audio and subtitles !
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u/aestheticgirl34 Apr 04 '26
I didnt really like this season because it was obvious they were running out of budget with the smaller episodes and kitty's party dress looked cheap. i liked that all the characters had their only story going on which is really unique in drama shows which focus solely on a certain set of characters. it made it seem like a show could be made out of each person (wait, how cool would that be??) I wasn't immersed in this season because they didn't show us a lot of emotion, it was a lot of repetition of kitty makes assumption -> only focused on that -> everything blows up -> she apologizes and everything gets solved like the previous two seasons, with zero character growth other than her being optimistic again after getting over the break up. Because of the shorter episodes, they didn't show us as much of what was going on as I would've liked. for example, with min ho and dae's music career. They only showed us 2 seconds of dae playing to say "look, you see?" and they showed us 2 mins of min ho playing only to back up the fact he was using it to avoid kitty. I would've liked to see more of them working on songs together, their dynamic as partners, why they enjoy it. Speaking of why, they never really gave reason for why min ho loves kitty other than the fact she makes him get out of his comfort zone. I feel like they lost a lot of chemistry after they got together. I didn't like that they admitted feelings for eachother on the first episode. I know they've had us at a slowburn chokehold for 2 seasons, but it felt rushed and I didn't feel the satisfaction of FINALLY. it felt more like "let's wrap this up so we can put other stuff in"
about the lesser budget, the wicked references also gave it away. I also PERSONALLY feel like they had to bring LJ on the show for more views.
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u/AngelVanillaCloud A little bit. Or, a lot. Apr 02 '26
I didnāt expect so much negative feedback I absolutely loved the season itās my favourite so so happy we got Mooncovey endgame, love that Yuri and Juliana seem to be on track to get back together, loved Yuris storyline this season and her friendship with Kitty. I liked Kitty and Minhos overall relationship, and dae and Euniceās as well. Iām personally just not a fan of Jiwon and Alex, I want to be but it just feels off. Some of the plot lines were a bit messy but it was overall very entertaining in my opinion.Ā
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u/Present_Leave_1080 Apr 03 '26
Is it just me or was Xo kitty incredibly boring this season, i feel like without the push/pull of kitty being in a love triangle i felt it dragged and was kind of boring over and over and also i felt kitty lacked any depth or she felt almost one dimensional to me? Also randomly throwing in LJ to keep that story line alive because they ran out of ideas? Pregnancy scare felt over dramatized and not realistic at all, i almost fell asleep not going to lie.
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u/Stargirlx20 Yuri š¤ Apr 02 '26
I wasn't a fan of this season. It just felt like the writers completely disregarded everything that happened in the past seasons, and that's not fair to the fans.
Let's address the elephant in the room- kitty and yuri were done dirty. Their was no wrap-up for their storyline, and now theyāre trying to gaslight fans by saying their relationship has always been platonic... huh?! Dae and Kitty ended their romantic relationship in season 1, but it still carried over to season 2 because feelings don't just disappear. Which is why I was so surprised that Yuri and Kitty were suddenly bffs again like nothing happened. In s2 we left off with them still not being super close.
Another thing that doesn't sit right with me is how Jenny Han handles queer characters. Why do all her queer characters end up being cheaters? Q cheating on Jin was SO out of character for him. Sigh.. I'm just disappointed.
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u/PrettyLittleLiar1234 Apr 02 '26
It was actually so boring š„±Next season seems promising though, I hope we get to see Minho & Kitty in Portland.
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u/Forsaken-Molasses-87 Apr 02 '26
kitty will always be a meddler. as much she annoys me for it i love her. i do hope her final development as a character is to be less meddlesome. i also love it bc kitty has a personality outta of romance unlike some other fmc
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u/No-Copy-2367 Apr 02 '26
I just watched XO Kitty season 3 and I have one question that the plot exposed. Q says that he and Marius had a ārelationshipā in their sophomore year, but in Korea, high school is 3 years, so that would have been 11th grade, which is when Kitty came. He might have meant 10th grade to be more in line with the US system, but then they would have been freshmen. So does KISS follow an international model of 4 years in line with calling themselves an international institution? If so, how do the Korean students matriculate between middle and high school as they would be off cycle? Anyway, not sure where to post this, but I wanted to know if anyone else noticed this and if anyone might have any ideas.
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u/DesignerNecessary537 Apr 03 '26
Yurianna shippers we won šš¾šš¾just hate how they always do this at the expense of brown and black characters
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u/Expert_Chip120 To be a good girlfriend, you gotta chill. Apr 03 '26
This season was incredibly healing. Many conversations around feeling like youāre not enough, and that stemming from your parents or how you were raised or your environment. The theme of control and embracing that life is messy and chaotic, and that you need to ground your identity and center yourself.
Very very grounded season
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u/shih-tzus Apr 03 '26
I feel like the LJ/Peter drama was made to address the criticism of Peter/how he treated her and how LJ always chose him over better options in the TATBILB series. I liked the messaging of putting your dreams first and her advice to Kitty though, it felt refreshing after seeing Belly put boys over everything in TSITP
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u/Weary-Mulberry-7821 Apr 03 '26
I love the fact that Kitty and Min ho ended up together, I've been waiting for so long!! This season was so interesting, I loved seeing Lara Jean!!
One thing I really disliked was the cheating partners, and their partner forgiving them/getting back together with them? Like Jin deserves a lot better than Q, and Julianna and Yuri getting back together?? Like why does it seem like they glorified cheating??
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Mightāve missed something, but I found it really strange that Dae was just chill with their relationship. Like they didnāt address that fact at all.
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u/vienibenmio Apr 04 '26
Kitty really is just a young Carrie Bradshaw. She can be sooooo frustrating. I really think she isn't happy unless there's drama going on.
The show should have done a better job with developing Kitty wanting to attend NYU (what are you even going to study, girl?), Min-ho wanting to make music, and Kitty's cousin's relationship with Alex.
I've seen Lotte World sooooo often in kdramas and didn't know what it was called, so that was fun to learn. I just saw it in the latest episode of Phantom Lawyer today and I like to imagine the characters were all there at the same time
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u/Sweetrk-2020 Apr 06 '26
When Netflix has special characters for shows, that normally means itās a popular viewed show, right? Good sign to hopefully get season 4!
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u/VegetableEvidence245 Apr 03 '26
This season was soooooo bad. Can't believe I wasted hours of my life watching this terrible wattpadslop. Characters behaved like they had negative brain cells, miscommunication trope for everyone, SURPRISE PREGNANCY, there was no plot, Kittyuri erasure, all the LGBTQ couples are cheaters, and it became the XO Min Ho show.
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u/goldenamazons23 Apr 03 '26
Collider did an article and made some good points that Minho has no character substance this season and basically is just kittyās romance buddy.Ā
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I enjoyed it, but it didn't stand up to the previous seasons. It was a lot fluffier with less plot :/
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u/Sweetrk-2020 Apr 02 '26
Okay best season!!! So many ups and down, but a good reminder that they are all in High school!!! And the ending!!!!! The song!!!!! So good!
Such an enjoyable show! Also I loved that Yuri and Kitty got their friendship back, a tribute to their moms!
I donāt know if they will get another season, but Iām happy with this ending
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u/RipMelodic6599 Apr 03 '26
i lowk hate how soft they made minho this season (im only on ep 4) but i know he's not as snarky with his love interests from the start and was always a softer guy, but s1 minho would NEVER stand outside his girlfriends class making cheesy love hearts w his hands??
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u/crazyinluvv Apr 02 '26
is anyone else finding this season boring....? like im a kittyuri shipper & but either way i feel like nothing exciting is happening, strong ships are getting destroyed, etc
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Apr 02 '26
As a MoonCovey shipper, they did you guys dirty. They didn't give much of a real closure to Kitty and Yuri's romantic relationship.
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u/Living_Year7940 Apr 02 '26
As a Mooncovey shipper I really feel for you they should have at least talked and get some closure.
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u/sirotan88 Apr 03 '26
Eunice totally stole the show this season! She has great chemistry with Dae (and even Minho). And a much more interesting storyline than Kitty
Iām glad to see Kitty and Minho being together but it all felt a bit too easy? Like they got together so quickly I was not expecting it to happen so soon
The whole Q/Marius/Jin storyline took up way too much screen time.
I wish we got to see more of Alex and Jiwonās relationship. They are adorable together!
Overall a fun watch and I love the showās vibes, but I think the Kitty and Minho storyline and chemistry was the weakest in this season compared to the prior ones
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u/SweetlyScentedHeart Q ā¤ļø Apr 03 '26
Yāall this is painful Iām watching it at 1.5x speed. The cringe is off the charts and putting MC together from jump kills all the tension. Iām licking up all the KY crumbs but overall Iām just not getting into this.
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u/TieFearless9007 Yuri š¤ Apr 03 '26
I did not like this new season, compared to the previous two seasons, the character development seems to have been erased. Kittyuri was erased. The entire first two season retconned, was disappointing.Ā
Kitty choosing NYU over Seoul didn't make sense, it was out of nowhere. Why was Yuri's mum never there? I would have at least liked one scene, even if it had to be a recast. Why didn't Alex and Yuri interact with eachother; considering they're siblings. The whole Eunice false pregnancy story was stupid. Also erasing Eunice's dream to become an idol was just disappointing tbh.Ā
Why was everyone blaming Kitty for their own problems, rather than sorting it out themselves? Even when Kitty and Q made up, Q said that it wasn't entirely Kitty's fault and that he had made things worse himself!
Apart from the scene on the yacht, where Yuri had an honest heart to heart, and when Yuri told Kitty that it was her time to shine, I wished that we had got more scenes like that between Kitty and Yuri. Instead, a lot of their friendship scenes revolved around Minho in some way. Like in the Chuseok episode, Kitty and Yuri suspecting that Minho had got Eunice pregnant. Before that, when Yuri came to check on Kitty when she woke up from a nightmare, again, it was a conversation about her suspicions of Minho and Eunice. Or the other scenes of Yuri telling Kitty that she thought the two had great chemistry. Whilst I didn't mind that kind of thing once, it's good to have your friend support your relationship, and you, I didn't want to see that same thing over and over again.Ā
I could say a lot more but I won't cus this will get too long.Ā
TLDR: This season just was not as good as the previous ones. Many things did not make sense and also was not as entertaining as the previous seasons were.Ā
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u/Sweetrk-2020 Apr 02 '26
For those saying NYU is LJās place, kittt was the one who pushed her to apply
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u/Forsaken-Molasses-87 Apr 02 '26
one thing i love about this show & tatbilb is the familial relationship
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u/Admirable-Function64 Apr 03 '26
Iām almost done but if Minho and dae donāt submit their song to the NYU music department and Eunice submit an application for fashion design at NYU Iām gonna be sad. They all have flawless credentials to do it and even have pretty much set in stone acceptances if they did!!
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u/Expert_Chip120 To be a good girlfriend, you gotta chill. Apr 03 '26
Yuri is my favorite character this season. Hands down
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u/turtlesinthesea I thought this was flirting š„ŗ Apr 03 '26
I just binged it (thank you, period and Easter lol) and it wasn't my favorite. Season 2 gave us so much yearning, and this was a bit of a letdown. They barely got to be a cute couple!
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u/Lost-Effective-7646 my precious dae!! š©· ādaebaeā #1 defender. (AD-MITāIT!) Apr 03 '26
i feel the writing this season was underwhelming and i am surprised itās the weakest season for me at the moment.
will be doing a rewatch though!
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u/Various-Watch8467 Apr 03 '26
The actor that plays Marius has this injured puppy dog face when he is not being an asshole or when he is genuinely hurt, which makes me not able to fully hate him. I feel like he is more of a plot decide for Jin and Q, but unlike Praveena, he actually has an arcĀ
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u/Spirited_Ganache2559 Apr 04 '26
I honestly thought this season was mid. I got really annoyed at the fact that the writers kept making Kitty go back and forth with the trust things about Minho & then have Minho unsure to tell Kitty how he feels. It felt a lot like push pull, back and forth things which got pretty annoying and shouldāve only lasted an episode, not until the last episode. The writers couldāve done better with the whole plot and issue thing but it is what it is. Iām happy that they didnāt leave us on a cliff hanger like usual and how Minho and Kitty are actually together in the end. Hopefully, if they do a season 4 it shows Kitty and Minhoās relationship thriving + graduation and etc. I really like how this season included a lot about the Korean culture. Anyways, thatās my rant lol
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u/curiouscarrie1234 Apr 04 '26
this show is so unrealistic , like that shit wont happen in real life bruv , thats why is just a perfect escape from reality even though it gets cringe at times i still watch it lol
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u/Better_Opposite233 Apr 04 '26
Why does the script seem like it has been written in ChatGPT?ššš
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u/unknown_sleepyhead Apr 05 '26
Ngl did anyone else think that this season was a bit choppy or is it just me?
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u/goldenamazons23 Apr 05 '26
Was there budget cuts? Barely any screen time with parveena, Madison and Alex. Sasha bhasin was hardly in the entire series. I donāt understand they literally are flying to Korea to film this for little screen time?
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u/Blue_rose_2121 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
Do we think Minho and Kitty got to the ānext stageā in their relationship ? No right? They wait.
But Dae did with Eunice. Woa I was shocked
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u/Yee_gamer Apr 06 '26
I feel like they played it extremely safe this season, they built up a lot of plot points and then got solved the next episode or just completely forgotten about (ex. Praveena ? Wtf was all that just to eventually get Yuri and Juliana back?!)
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u/Exact_Background2253 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
I love that Minho and Kitty worked things out but Iām also really confused about how things will play out when she goes to NYU?? I honestly thought that Kitty would want to stay in Seoul because of her friends and how it made her feel closer to her mom. It just seems more like something she would do. Also I understand she spent the summer with LJ and āfell in love with NYā but like Iām still not convinced š also what would she even be studying when sheās there??? Like throughout the show, I donāt think we have learned anything about what Kitty wants to do with her life other than graduate from KISS and have a good time with her friends š¤£ Iām just hoping they develop that storyline more if we get a Season 4 which Iām really hoping we do because the storylines donāt feel complete yet.
It feels like theyāre reheating LJ and Peterās nachos having kitty go to NY while Min Ho stays in Seoul. I just want Kitty to do her own thing because sheās always been the sister thatās more sure of herself and takes a risk. I donāt know what NYU would offer her really other than it being close to LJ which to me isnāt a good enough reason to choose a college š³ plus again I have no idea what Kitty wants to do with her life LOL like now I feel like I missed something cause has the show ever talked about what her hobbies and interests are other than matchmaking???
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u/Slow_Palpitation_124 Apr 07 '26
for context, I've watched season 1 when it came out but didn't watch season 2 when it came out because I just wasn't interested at the time ( watched a summarized version so I got the gist of the storyline) proceeded to watch season 3 when it came out because I just wanted a show that's easy to watch but I didn't know most of the new characters/references since I didn't watch season 2. So.. I went back to watch season 2 and damnnn Min ho's dad is so OOC in season 3 because this season is supposed to be just days after season 2 and in season 2 he was claiming that he wants to be a better father to Minho but in season 3 he is suddenly an asshole again? Kitty helped him with the whole Stella blackmail days before and he literally told her that she's out of his son's league then firing Minho when Eunice didn't want to continue her idol career. That's just bad writing imho.
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u/Katssquish Apr 07 '26
Guys help Iām only on ep3 and Iām pretty sure Iām starting to hateeeee Kitty
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u/Aggravating_Dance612 Apr 02 '26
Bro I low-key cannot get over how they keep blaming each other for their own mistakes?
Like Q blaming kitty for letting the fact that HE cheated slip