Editor’s Be aware: The next incorporates main spoilers for XO, Kitty Season 2.

Kitty Track Covey (Anna Cathcart) went to Okay.I.S.S. with two issues in thoughts: to comply with her coronary heart, and to be taught extra about her mother’s previous as a pupil there. Since then, XO, Kitty has targeted on each of those storylines. Season 2 expands on every of them, with Kitty’s love life changing into much more difficult and her investigation into her mother’s previous finally resulting in the reveal of some main household secrets and techniques.

There’s one main change in Season 2, although, and that’s the addition of XO, Kitty‘s new villain, Stella (Audrey Huynh). Stella is first launched as Kitty’s new roommate, a sheltered lady from Ohio who’s excited to department out at Okay.I.S.S. By the top of the Season 2 premiere, although, it’s revealed that Stella isn’t who she says she is. Her actual identify is Esther, and she or he’s there to “get what’s hers.” Stella slowly wreaks a substantial amount of havoc all through the season, and her motives ultimately get revealed on the finish. In the end, Stella is a improbable villain, and she or he is precisely what XO, Kitty wanted.

Stella’s Sabotage Ramps Up the Stakes in ‘XO, Kitty’ Season 2

In Season 1 of XO, Kitty, the very best stakes have been all emotional. The main focus was totally on Kitty’s difficult romantic connections with Dae (Choi Min-young), Yuri (Gia Kim), and Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee). There was additionally the difficulty of Kitty’s search into her mother’s previous and the danger of her standing at Okay.I.S.S. after it was revealed that she had been secretly dwelling within the boys’ dorm. This season brings in real-life stakes, although, as Stella secretly works to take down Min Ho’s father, Moon (Philippe Lee).

Whereas Season 2 of XO, Kitty makes it clear all through that Stella isn’t who she claims to be, her intentions and her motives are usually not revealed till in a while. This thriller hangs over the season, hitting a turning level when the good friend group takes a ski journey to Min Ho’s father’s cabin for Seollal. Whereas on the journey, Stella brings Kitty’s love letter to Yuri and leaks it to the remainder of the group. Stella additionally exhibits an curiosity in staying again whereas everybody else goes snowboarding. Then Jin (Joshua Hyunho Lee) reveals that she had been snooping round within the drawers of Moon’s workplace, clearly in search of one thing.

After Kitty realizes that Stella leaked her letter, Stella’s motives and supreme plan are nonetheless stored secret. Shortly after, an Instagram account known as MoonLeaks pops up. The nameless account exposes Moon for beforehand treating his workers and actuality present contestants badly — and for sporting hair plugs. Kitty items the small print collectively, though it takes Min Ho longer to simply accept the reality: Stella is the one behind MoonLeaks, and she or he’s been utilizing Min Ho this entire time simply to get to Moon.

Stella’s Backstory Makes Her a Compelling Villain in ‘XO, Kitty’ Season 2

It will have been straightforward for XO, Kitty to heart Kitty in Stella’s villain arc, and to pit them in opposition to one another over Min Ho. As an alternative, although, the present does one thing much more attention-grabbing. Kitty realizes that, like Min Ho, she’s only a pawn in Stella’s revenge scheme. Stella leaked Kitty’s letter to distract the remainder of the group in order that she may look by means of Moon’s paperwork. It seems that Stella solely went to Okay.I.S.S. within the first place to hold out a fancy revenge scheme in opposition to Moon.

Early within the season, Moon tells Min Ho that the important thing to a profitable actuality present is having deliberately dangerous contestants on the present to humiliate them for higher content material. This is only one of many ways in which Moon embarrasses and hurts the emotions of the contestants on his exhibits. A number of years earlier than, Stella — identified again then as Esther — competed on one in every of Moon’s exhibits. Whereas he appreciated her voice, he did not enable her to get any additional within the competitors than that as a result of he mentioned that she did not have the look. Esther fell aside proper then, which shortly turned her right into a humiliating meme.

Stella’s strategies of finishing up revenge are definitely misguided and dangerous to Kitty and Min Ho, however her motivation comes from an actual place. Whereas attempting to comply with her dream, she was publicly shamed for her look, and she or he needed to reinvent herself within the wake of it. Stella is a fancy villain who’s pushed by actual damage and disgrace after the way in which that Moon handled her on reside tv, and there’s nothing that she is not keen to danger to get revenge.

A Shared Villain Unites the Different Characters in ‘XO, Kitty’ Season 2

After Kitty’s letter is uncovered within the fourth episode of Season 2, “Kiss and Inform,” her good friend group explodes into chaos. Juliana (Regan Aliyah) is indignant with Yuri and Kitty, Yuri is avoiding Kitty, after which Dae quickly ends his friendship with Min Ho after studying about his love confession to Kitty. Having a clearly-defined villain brings the remainder of the characters again collectively, on account of their mutual dislike of Stella. For instance, inside simply two episodes, Juliana strikes previous her anger in direction of Kitty, they usually have a pleasant dialog about their shared points with Stella as Peter (Noah Centineo) seems on, confused.

Stella’s excessive strategies, like recording Min Ho’s father and sabotaging all of her opponents within the expertise contest, make the remainder of the drama look a lot smaller compared. As such, Min Ho and Dae shortly make-up, and Kitty, Yuri, and Juliana are in a position to transfer previous the worst of their love triangle drama. Eunice and Dae forgive one another very quickly after their struggle. Juliana, Q (Anthony Keyvan), Kitty, Yuri, and Jin all step in as Dae’s backup dancers for the competition. Within the wake of Stella’s revenge plot, the chums all unite collectively to work in direction of a shared purpose, leading to a heartfelt Season 2 finale.

XO, Kitty Season 2 is out there to stream on Netflix.

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