After viewers were left shocked by the titular character’s cliffhanger decision, Netflix has confirmed XO, Kitty will be back for season 3. The coming-of-age rom-com show serves as a spinoff to the To All the Boys franchise, putting the focus on Anna Cathcart’s Kitty Song Covey as she goes to the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS) and navigates love, education and friendship. XO, Kitty season 2, which released to largely positive reviews from critics, saw Kitty return to Seoul and try to embrace being single, only for her complicated feelings with Min Ho and Yuri to get in the way.
Nearly a month after the latest season of the show premiered, and in time for Valentine’s Day, Netflix has officially renewed XO, Kitty for season 3. The news came paired with a charming post from the streamer and star Anna Cathcart, in which she receives the first script for the next season of the show and expresses her excitement for viewers to see the next chapter. Check out the post below:
What This Means For XO, Kitty’s Future
The Show May Not Take As Long To Return
For fans of the show, XO, Kitty season 3’s renewal is sure to come as a welcome development after the cliffhanger season 2 ending. Having spent most of the season torn between her feelings for Yuri and Min Ho, the ending ultimately saw her ask the latter if she could join him on his brother’s concert tour with their father, which served as a speedbump in her plans to confess her feelings for him. However, now that season 3 is moving forward, showrunner Jennifer O’Toole will have time to try and more definitively decide what Kitty’s romantic future is.
That being said, there were still plenty of plot developments in season 2 that could indicate the Yuri, Min Ho and Kitty love triangle will continue in XO, Kitty season 3 and beyond. Yuri made multiple grand gestures for the titular heroine throughout the season. Additionally, with her also seemingly having gotten closure with Juliana after sharing a kiss with Kitty while still technically with her girlfriend, the groundwork may have been laid for Yuri to confess her feelings for Kitty in the next season, or a potential season 4, which would equate to her senior year.
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XO Kitty Hints At Undoing A Major Romance Twist In Season 3
Although XO, Kitty season 2 ends with a romance twist for Kitty Song-Covey, the show provides hints that a previous romance might not be finished.
Regardless of what comes from the love triangle at the heart of the show, the video announcement confirming that at least one script for XO, Kitty season 3 is complete marks a promising sign of the show’s turnaround time. Many streaming shows have found themselves criticized for the elongated wait between seasons, with the To All the Boys spinoff taking nearly two years to return. If the writers room is making plenty of early progress, filming could begin by this summer, and put the show back on Netflix in early 2026.
Our Take On The XO, Kitty Season 3 Renewal
The Show Shouldn’t Stop Any Time Soon
Considering just how well-received the show has been since it launched, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that XO, Kitty season 3 is moving forward at Netflix. That said, it’s still great news, as there’s a lot of room for not just Kitty, Min Ho and Yuri’s unofficial romantic competition to be settled, but also bring in more cameos from the To All the Boys movies for cameos. As much as it was great to see Noah Centineo’s Peter reunite with Kitty, there’s certainly a part of me eagerly awaiting a cameo from Lana Condor’s Lara Jean.
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XO, Kitty
8/10
- Release Date
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May 18, 2023
- Showrunner
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Jenny Han
- Directors
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Jennifer Arnold, Jeff Chan, Katina Medina Mora, Pamela Romanowsky
- Writers
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Jenny Han
