Netflix’s latest rom-com series is a welcoming surprise to the genre after the success of its original trilogy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Promising to bring a fun and convoluted new show to the table, Netflix thankfully succeeded in its attempt to keep XO, Kitty faithful to its initial installments and successfully grabbed a legion of fans who were engrossed in the story of Kitty and her pursuit for true love.
Comprised of 10 episodes, this show introduces a slice-of-life story about Lara Jean Covey’s little sister, Kitty (Anna Cathcart), who moves from Portland to the Korean Independent School of Seoul, her late mother’s alma mater. In hopes of surprising her long-distance boyfriend, Dae (Minyeong Choi), Kitty shows up at the school unannounced, and from then on out, everything goes downhill. For our own delight, the drama just keeps coming, while still maintaining the easygoing comedy that we all know and love.
Amid all the palpable sense of tension among the writers’ strike currently happening in the U.S., could XO, Kitty still return for a second season?
Will XO, Kitty have a season 2?
After the convoluted series finale where Kitty and Dae break up, followed by Kitty developing feelings for Yuri, and Min Ho admitting he’s in love with Kitty (oof, we know, that was a lot), we’re naturally left in need of answers — fast. Thankfully, after an anxious month-long wait, we finally have answers about season two.
The WGA strike that is currently occurring on United States soil leaves the future of almost every single show currently airing on television quite uncertain — especially if they belong to Netflix. The giant platform’s infamous axing spree continues as they cancel every single show imaginable, but it seems XO, Kitty is an exception, perhaps because it diverges from the theme that Netflix continues to scrap.
XO, Kitty was officially renewed for a second season on June 14, after just under a month of waiting. We’ll see the second season crop up on Netflix within the next few years, but the complications of the WGA strike could slow its production down. While we would normally expect season two to arrive by mid to late 2024, we could have a longer wait ahead of us as the strike edges toward its second month.