Heartstopper Set Leaks Tease N+C's Intimate Moments in Season 3

Summary

• Paparazzi leaks have confirmed fan speculation that the upcoming season of the show will feature the highly anticipated intimacy storyline between Nick and Charlie.
• Fans who have read Alice Oseman's graphic novels know that the scenes at the university and at a summer festival are significant moments in the story of Nick and Charlie's first intimate experience.

After the huge success of Heartstopper's Season 2, it was obvious that Netflix would try to capitalize on it as quickly as possible, scheduling filming for the upcoming Season 3 to begin just two months after the premiere. Right now, Kit Connor and Joe Locke are actively shooting scenes for the new installment all over England, and the paparazzi are refusing to give the creative team a break, faithfully photographing every scene being shot in public.

And thanks to these paparazzi leaks, fans are now more than certain that the upcoming season will not only be significantly longer than the previous installments, but will finally feature the show's most anticipated storyline – the intimacy between Nick and Charlie. Here's why.

Graphic Novels Support the Theory

The thing is, in recent days, the Heartstopper crew has been spotted filming scenes at universities, making it clear that the storyline in which Nick visits various colleges will take place next season, and staging a summer festival where Charlie will perform in a band.

While these two scenes have nothing in common at first glance, fans who have read Alice Oseman's original graphic novels know that these storylines are firmly embedded in the story of how Nick and Charlie shared their first intimacy.

The timeframe is just right, and considering how little Oseman deviated from her books in adapting them for a show, it proves that the long-awaited story will begin next year.

A change in scope

Also, thanks to the leaks, fans are pretty sure that the upcoming season will feature hour-long episodes, as that's the only way to cover so many storylines from the novels without abandoning some of them.

The thing is, both the Summer Festival and the University Visits happened in Volume 5, and the upcoming Season 3 is supposed to start with Volume 4. With that in mind, it looks like Oseman and her team of writers will have to find a way to compress whole books into just one season, so the longer runtime or bigger episode count are the only ways to really make it happen.

Source: Slough & South Bucks Observer.