I know almost two weeks have already passed since the second season of Love, Victor dropped on Hulu June, 11, but I promise I watched all of it the weekend it came out! Watching all ten episodes over the course of three days was certainly not the plan, but it was just so darn good I couldn’t help myself! There’s love, betrayal, and a serious cliffhanger, so let’s get into it!
The season picks up right where it left off, with Victor dropping the “I’m gay” news to his parents and sister. They…didn’t really react at first. Which could be good or bad I guess? While his father was awkward for a couple days, he eventually came around and decided to start attending PFLAG meetings. His mother on the other hand took over half the season to truly accept Victor for who he is. A lot of it had to do with her religious upbringing, but when a local priest tells their youngest son that Victor is going to hell, she defends her son. Now, reacting to Victor’s announcement isn’t the only thing Armando and Isabel are dealing with this season. They are officially separated, so that means Armando is living somewhere else. You can tell it makes the family dynamic really off. But, no fear, it appears the two reconnect by the final episode. Yay!
Alright, onto the juicy stuff! Victor decides he also needs to come out to the school because he’s really into Benji and doesn’t want to hide what they have. Lots of people are cool with it, because, you know, it’s 2021. That doesn’t mean everyone’s cool with it though, and so, because of some jerks on the basketball team, Victor quits. However, that hiatus is short-lived when Andrew finally takes some responsibility and stands up for Victor. Other than that, at least for the first half of the season is spent showing how hot and heavy Victor and Benji’s relationship is. I see now why Disney moved this show to Hulu (yay for viewers though!). Things get complicated though when Benji trusts Victor with the fact that he’s got a sponsor to help with his previous struggles with alcohol and Victor shares that information with newcomer, Rahim. While the two spend some time apart to cool off, Victor seems to really hit it off with Rahim, and by season’s end, our cliffhanger is figuring out who Victor ran after. Now we wait – ugh!
A lot of this show is about relationships, so it was nice to see how strong Lake and Felix were going. The two really opened up to each other. Lake about body dysmorphia, and Felix about the struggles with his mother’s manic and depressive episodes. Things get really hairy when Felix is struggling to pay rent since his mother stopped going to work in wake of her latest depressive state. Strangely, he confides in Pilar who helps him out no questions asked. Lake eventually is privy to the situation and tries to help by getting her own mother involved, but that just ends up getting Felix’s mother institutionalized for a stretch. Felix is pissed and breaks up with Lake because she’s essentially made him vulnerable to potentially going into foster care. In the end, the stay at the facility is just what his mother needed, and though he forgives Lake he decides he’d like to try things out with Pilar who had made an awkward move on him a few episodes earlier.
Finally, hoping to distance herself from being played by Victor, goes to work at a summer camp before coming back to school. At first, it’s hard for her to integrate back into that friend group because of Victor, but she does so reluctantly. Even worse it she decides now that she’d like to give a chance to Andrew, but she missed her chance as he’s dating a new character named Lucy. Then, she gets brushed aside by some douchey college guy. Every face Mia pulls this season is strained, and I totally feel for her. However, things seem to take a turn when she admits her feelings for Andrew, so the two give it a go. That might all be ruined though when her father accepts a job at Stanford behind her back after promising her he’d turn it down if she wanted. Fed up with her father always choosing his career over her, she decides to find her mother, who had dipped out on her some ten-odd years prior.
All the drama! That’s really the core of this show, although they pair it nicely with romance and comedy, too. Also, the sheer amount of content and topics they covered this season were insane, but I thought handled really well. I’m mad at this cliffhanger and hope we all don’t have to wait long for the next season (if they get one). There, you’ve been spoiled and recapped. Until next time!