You read that right, this most-recent, third season of Love, Victor is indeed its last. Based off the novel and then the movie of the same name Love, Simon, we’ve followed Victor over the course of the most personally eventful year (YEAR?!) of his life.
I’m sorry, I accentuated the year part of that because it seems like too much to have happened over the course of 365 days, but I guess I don’t understand how TV time works unless they spell it out for me. Anyways, this season picks up where that awful cliffhanger left us: is Victor running to Rahim’s house or Benji’s. Luckily, it’s Benji’s, but their bliss is short-lived. Benji’s drinking comes to light and he realizes he needs to better himself, so he heads off to rehab. That means no Victor and even when he gets back, he cuts Victor out because he believes him to be a trigger in his life. Fair, honestly. And shouldn’t recovering alcoholics avoid relationships anyways? Now that Benji’s gone though, Victor also realizes he ruined his friendship with Rahim by pretending their kiss never happened. That animosity is short-lived though, and I’m glad for it. Now that Rahim isn’t in the picture romantically, he kind of rules.
The other relationships in this show also cause quite the drama. Mia decides to stay at Lake’s house so her father can move for his job, but by the end of the season she realizes she wants to be there with them. She finally has a family. That’s making her do some stupid things with Andrew, but he seems to be the perfect boyfriend by promising to be with her long distance. He’s going to be juggling a lot, but I have confidence he’ll make it all work out. Lake is now dating Lucy, although she was nervous to at first. She experiences at lot of firsts with Lucy, but they make it in the end, and it even gives her confidence to confront her mother about her disparaging comments. Finally, Felix and Pilar attempt a relationship, although most of it is shrouded in secrecy. Pilar is the only Salazar daughter, and naturally her parents are really protective of her. There are more layers to that, but you’ll just have to see to fully understand them all. They don’t end up together in the end, but that too, is for a reason that makes total sense.
Back to Victor. In his newly single state, he tries to mask his loneliness with a new hook-up turned very brief boyfriend in Nick. Victor doesn’t do the casual thing for very long, and he ends up helping out two people in the process. By the season finale though, Victor realizes he’s not over Benji, and he also embraces his “brave” status by going over and telling Benji that. Now, if you think that Benji for real turns Victor down in the end, then you are a heartless fool. This is still a Disney show after all, so the two reunite at the winter carnival where Victor’s journey began. One year ago. Still can’t get over that.
All in all, this was a delightful little show, and I’m glad Becky Alertalli’s world got to get expanded on more. If you were a fan of the novel or the film, then add this show to your list!