Season three of Xo Kitty, a spin-off series of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” that follows Lara Jean’s younger sister, Kitty, released on April 3. The eight-episode series follows Kitty, played by Anna Cathcart, as she takes on her third year at the Korean Independent School of Korea [KISS].
While other projects by Jenny Han such as “The Summer I Turned Pretty” and “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” were based on books and therefore followed a structure, each season of this show has been difficult to follow and illogical in its composition. In “To All the Boys I Loved Before,” Kitty sets up her sister, Lara Jean with her boyfriend, thinking that this makes her a grand matchmaker. However, while she may have been able to set others up, she constantly seemed to be sabotaging her love life and her friends’ throughout the show.
Too much of this season relied on similar scenes and the appearance of characters from “To All the Boys I’ve loved before.” Sure, the appearance of Lara Jean was exciting and enticed me to hit play but I felt they relied on that for clickbait from fans instead of writing an actual plot. Many scenes included the exact same songs or situations which happened to her older sister, coming across as lazy instead of as deliberately planned parallels.
Maybe this is my own mistake for not watching a recap before, but this season was by far more confusing than the last. At this point, I could hardly keep track of who Kitty had dated or which side characters had dated each other. Too many side plots and irrelevant relationship dramas were created, taking attention away from the main character of the show.
This season centers around Kitty’s momentous “Senior Sunrise List,” which includes going to college, and more importantly to her “DTR” or defining the relationship with her informal flirtatious friend, Minho, who lacked emotion in every conversation, yet was featured in each scene. Although the show’s genre is romance, each time Kitty would pick her romantic life over her schoolwork or helping her friends, it pained me.
Not to mention, the actors are supposed to be high schoolers yet the majority of the actors are over 20 and dressed questionably. While I understand that centering the whole show around attending high school would not be entertaining, there is no plausible way that students at a prestigious school are going to make K-Pop music videos rather than studying.
Overall, I would give this show a 2 out of 5 star review since it gave me a few good laughs but even more instances where I was yelling at the television. If watching by yourself, it may be hard to get through all eight episodes but watching with a friend will be quite the experience. For true enjoyment of the continuation of Lara Jean’s universe, just skip this show and make up your own ending for Kitty and each of the characters.
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