January 2025 is a treasure trove for returningNetflixTV shows, including the popular spinoff TV series of one of the streaming giant’s best rom-com movie trilogies of recent years.Netflix put romance stories front and center in the 2020s, whether those were set in an alternative historical period likeBridgerton, revolved around the festive season likeLove at First Sight, or hilariously mixed romance and crime likeHit Man. The plethora of romantic comedies wouldn’t have been possible without the chart-topping teen rom-com contributing to the genre revival in the late 2010s,To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.
XO, Kitty Season 2 Review: I Once Doubted Netflix’s To All The Boys Spinoff, But I’m So Grateful The Show Exists
XO, Kitty set up a packed season 2, and the show hits the ground running with more swoon-worthy romance, shocking twists, and heartfelt arcs.
Based on the book of the same name by Jenny Han, 2018’sTo All The Boys I’ve Loved Beforesweetly set up the central love story between Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky. While the story was very much focused on their fake relationship turning into a real one,thethreeTo All The Boysmovieseffectively expanded the Song-Covey family universe, creating interest for various characters beyond Lara Jean. If her coming-of-age story earned its happily-ever-after in 2021’sAlways and Forever, the trilogy ending gave way to focusing on other characters, like 2023’s spinoff TV showXO, Kittyproves.
XO Kitty Season 2 Is Now On Netflix & It Has Major Updates For To All The Boys' Characters
The Spinoff Offers Positive Updates About To All The Boys’ Main Couple
The first season focusing on Kitty Song Covey delivered much drama after she moved to Seoul to study where her mother also did, at Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS), andXO, Kittyseason 2 released on Netflix on July 17, 2025.XO, Kittyseason 1 explosively ended with Kitty having broken up with Dae due to her feelings for Yuri, before learning that Min Ho also had feelings for her, a recipe for disaster for season 2. While Kitty’s love life unsurprisingly exploded inXO, Kittyseason 2, Peter Kavinsky’s cameoprovided updates onTo All The Boys’ characters.
Peter’s international lacrosse tournament was the perfect reason for his appearance, which also confirmed he and Lara Jean were still going strong.
XO, Kittyseason 2 centering on Kitty learning more about her family by reuniting her grandmother with her sister who never left Korea, Soon Ja, prompted Margot’s involvement. However,Peter’s arrival inXO, Kittyseason 2, episode 6 offered insights into the couple at the center of theTo All The Boystrilogy. Peter’s international lacrosse tournament was the perfect reason for his appearance, which also confirmed he and Lara Jean were still going strong, albeit not thinking about marriage yet, despite Kitty’s unrelenting nudges in that direction. Peter’s cameo proved a balm in the mayhem of Kitty’s romantic life.
How XO Kitty’s Romance Storylines Compare To The Movie Trilogy
To All The Boys’ Romances Were More Focused Than XO, Kitty’s
While theTo All The Boystrilogy showed Margot’s romance with Josh and Kitty and Dae’s meet-cute,Lara Jean and Peter’s love story is indubitably the main one, letting them go through many hoops only forXO, Kittyseason 2 to confirm their strong bond.To All The Boys’ appeal hasn’t wavered through the years, with the first film in the trilogy consistently staying around the 300 most-watched on Netflix (viaWhat We Watched), and 2021’sAlways and Foreverearning its space among thebest rom-coms of the last 5 years.
XO, Kittyseason 2 includes two major cameos fromTo All The Boys I’ve Loved Beforecharacters, with Peter appearing in episode 6 and Margot doing so in episode 8.
To All The Boysemployed one of the most-loved tropes in romance, kickstarting Peter and Lara Jean’s bond with a fake relationship.The story eventually developed into a coming-of-age one for both Peter and Lara Jean as they grew along their bond, letting the chaos of the first movie – started by none other than a very young and already meddling Kitty – subside. The popular movie trilogy thus followed Lara Jean and Peter together and down their individual paths, lettingTo All The Boysdiffer fromXO, Kittyon the base of how exhaustive its focus on the main couple was.
Since the start,XO, Kittydifferentiated itself as Kitty had a dual goal, to walk her mother’s footsteps in Korea and surprise Dae to be finally together in person.XO, Kittyonly became more chaotic going forward, introducing multiple romantic interests for Kitty that couldn’t materialize in a proper romancedue to other relationships.XO, Kittyseasons 1 and 2 effectively put Kitty on the path to know herself and her mother, but by season 2’s end, it also clarified who Kitty’s suitors are, hopefully giving a satisfying conclusion to her romantic drama in a potentialXO, Kittyseason 3.
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XO, Kitty
XO, Kitty is a comedy-drama series from the creator ofTo All The Boys I Loved Before,Jenny Han. Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she’ll soon realize that relationships are much more complicated when it’s your heart on the line.
To All the Boys
TheTo All the Boysfranchise is a series of American teen romantic comedies based on Jenny Han’s novels. It follows Lara Jean Covey, a high school student whose secret love letters are unexpectedly sent to her crushes, leading to transformative experiences.
