‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ Recap: Season 2 Finale — [Spoiler] Kiss

Warning: The following comprises spoilers for The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Season 2 finale. Proceed at your personal threat!

The Sex Lives of College Girls roomies are going through the primary actual check of their friendship.

In the Season 2 finale, Kimberly and Whitney determined to be roommates once more subsequent yr, however that plan was thrown a curveball when Whitney witnessed Kimberly kissing her ex-boyfriend Canaan. After Kimberly lied to her face about it, Whitney as a substitute requested the room on the Kappa home that Leighton had given up after realizing the sorority wasn’t proper for her anymore. (Leighton additionally determined Tatum wasn’t proper for her and obtained again along with Alicia.)

Meanwhile, Bela obtained cancelled and kicked out of her personal comedy journal after she hijacked a profile about The Foxy and was merciless to at least one of the magazine’s aspiring writers. Having alienated everybody round her, Bela went to the administration to declare that she needed to switch faculties.

Below, showrunner Justin Noble breaks down the finale’s twists and romantic developments, and teases what to anticipate in a possible third season.

TVLINE | This season, the women actually bonded, and so they have been nearer than ever. But on the identical time, I used to be ready for that first massive combat/disagreement as a result of that can be a ceremony of passage for faculty roommates and associates. Is this Canaan/Kimberly factor going to be that for the women?
It does appear that means, doesn’t it? I’m so glad the way in which you’re placing it. You’re completely getting what we’re doing. We needed the present to be a present that isn’t full of girl-on-girl warfare and drama and cattiness and other people being at one another’s throats. I don’t have lots of curiosity in placing extra of that out into the world. It additionally doesn’t ever really feel true to me once I see it. So we wish our women to get alongside and have enjoyable journeys collectively and lean on one another, and that’s the spine of this present. In the beginning of Season 1, there’s that, like, foolish little story concerning the fridge odor that looks like the primary roommate battle, simply [a] very superficial factor, after which they only get by that and we don’t have any drama between the women for essentially the most half.

Then we get to the Season 2 finale, and we begin with Kimberly and Whitney, the 2 most positive people who they need to stay collectively out of this complete bunch… And then by the tip of the finale, with one swift transfer, that’s instantly blown up. So what Kimberly has finished behind Whitney’s again somewhat bit is fascinating. I believe individuals might be on one of two sides of it, for positive. And I believe that these sides might be decided based mostly on how individuals within the viewers have lived their lives. Were they the Kimberly within the state of affairs? Or have been they the Whitney? But the truth that she feels the necessity to misinform Whitney about it the subsequent morning exhibits that Kimberly is aware of that this was a bit of a transfer, and maybe there’s some drama between them on the horizon.

TVLINE | The Kimberly/Canaan factor took me without warning. How lengthy has that been one thing you’ve been speaking about doing within the writers’ room?
Two full years. We launched Canaan and Kimberly at Sips, and from that second, we have been like, “These two have a lot in common.” From the primary day [on] set, we might see unimaginable chemistry between the 2 of them. That like cringe, cringe scene the place she’s asking about what it’s prefer to be Black at Essex as a result of she’s by no means had a Black pal earlier than, the way in which that he handles that scene, each Chris [Meyer] as a performer and Canaan as a personality, exhibits that there’s somewhat spark between these two, that they’re not the identical, however in some methods, they’re fairly comparable. So it has at all times been on the horizon. In reality, there was a world the place we wouldn’t have finished it in Season 1, and [co-creator] Mindy [Kaling] and I talked to all of the writers, and we determined to place that again in our pocket and wait. But we at all times knew it will be on the finish of Season 2 at that time, as a result of we need to see what they’re like collectively. And Whitney having gone by [her] journey, and we see what Whitney was like with Canaan, she’s discovered a lesson by him. Having seen Kimberly date a pair different guys, study some classes by them, I believe that’ll higher inform what it’s prefer to see Kimberly/Canaan collectively. We’ve seen them get by some relationships that didn’t fairly work out for various causes. So what classes will they bring about into one thing collectively, ought to one thing come up?

TVLINE | You’ve arrange a pair of massive strikes with Bela eager to switch and Whitney eager to go stay on the sorority as a substitute. How totally different may a attainable Season 3 seem like for the women?
It is perhaps totally different. And it additionally is perhaps the identical. As we talked about, Kimberly and Whitney are in an space that two women on our present have by no means been in earlier than. That’s new territory, and we’re going to need to resolve, tonally, how we tackle that [in a way] that feels proper to those characters.

And then Bela, I imply, man, the place do you even begin together with her? Season 2 is basically, to me, an examination of her total psyche, which is that she is so bold and so decided, and he or she is aware of precisely what she needs, and he or she’ll do something to get it. And most of the time on our little comedy, that manifests in Bela’s obtained a unusual little plan, and he or she’s going to get one thing finished, and it’s light-hearted. Then by Season 2, we begin to see that that may, type of on a spectrum, result in some not completely self-aware moments of different individuals’s feelings. We see them type of pile up, after which midway by the season, we discover that she is made conscious of it. We give the character this chance to say, “Hey, this is a thing you’re doing. Are you going to keep doing it? Or are you going to fix it?” And then within the finale, we see that she does it once more for the smallest, most meaningless factor of giving a youthful author a second of time and suggestions. She simply can’t assist herself. She’s so bold. She thinks the world is brutal in direction of her and that she has to combat to get what she needs, and I believe she’s unconsciously turn out to be half of that. So that’s the second when she’s most conscious of who she is as an individual, and he or she is, for the primary time, clear-sighted about that. And that’s why the perfectionist in her thinks, “I have to cut and run. I have to get out of here. I don’t want to work my way back with a dinged record here. I want to start fresh somewhere else where I can thrive and always be perfect,” and I don’t assume that’s a wholesome thought. So we’re going to have to go to that on the high of a possible third season and see what she decides to do.

TVLINE | I actually loved her relationship with Eric this season. We haven’t seen him because the breakup. Is there nonetheless hope for the 2 of them?
I believe there’s. They have an plain chemistry between the 2 of them. Mekki [Leeper] is such a tremendous performer, identical to Amrit [Kaur], and I really like what they bring about out in one another. But identical to Eric says on the finish of Episode 7, he actually obtained harm by her and he wants somewhat time. And additionally, Bela must study the lesson of giving somebody a while. For me, it looks like a really true factor at that age, the place you actually harm somebody for the primary time and then you definitely instantly make it about your self and the way apologetic you’re, and at instances, you simply must let somebody decompress and go on their very own journey. But have we seen the final of Eric? I don’t assume so.

TVLINE | It’s additionally been a very massive season for Leighton, particularly in phrases of her private journey popping out. Why did you need to finish the season together with her and Alicia getting again collectively?
I’ll say, selfishly, I like Reneé [Rapp] and Midori [Francis] collectively. There was this, like, simply explosion between the 2 of them on display screen in Season 1 that I completely liked writing and creating in direction of. But Leighton wasn’t prepared. Leighton had a really actual purpose why she couldn’t proceed to be with Alicia, and Alicia had a very actual purpose why she couldn’t be with Leighton. There was a roadblock between them. And then by Season 2, all of a sudden we begin to understand that that roadblock is gone. Leighton is out, she’s with all these different individuals. And then we aren’t fascinated about Alicia as a result of we’re distracted by this new love curiosity [Tatum] that hopefully takes us without warning. We introduce Tatum as what looks like a comedic, episodic love curiosity character who’s precisely like Leighton, after which we discover this shocking depth, the place we’re like, “Wait, do they work well together?” An enormous half of that’s how fantastic Gracie [Dzienny] is as Tatum. And Leighton’s dad seeing them collectively and saying to Leighton in no blunt phrases, “I like this girl for you,” I believe which means lots to Leighton at that time. But that roadblock with Alicia was gone. Leighton’s out, and it was time to reintroduce [Alicia] and see what occurs.

TVLINE | Are you hopeful that you simply’ll have the ability to get Midori again for a number of episodes subsequent season?
I am hopeful. I’m truly assured I might, as a result of I used to be listening to that Midori was testing for a series-regular position on Grey’s Anatomy, and I used to be like, “Oh boy, oh boy. We’re going to lose her,” after which Midori advised me level clean, she was like, “I love this show, and I’ve already told them I want to be able to return for multiple episodes.” She advised them earlier than she even closed her deal on Grey’s. So it’s actually pretty how a lot she’s decided to maintain telling Alicia’s story and Leighton’s story as Alicia is a component of it. So I believe we’ll be seeing somewhat extra of her, for positive.

TVLINE | The concept of Whitney dwelling within the Kappa home amuses me drastically. I think about that will provide you with lots of potential for comedy in Season 3.
Totally, I agree. The means that Alyah [Chanelle Scott] performs these scenes at Kappa is so humorous to me, and it actually brings out lots of comedy each from her and from these, like, Kappa straw characters who’re actually so humorous to be round. So I like the thought of her being there. But on the identical time, it’s so enjoyable understanding that she went there as, like, such a knee-jerk response to get away from Kimberly. How determined can Whitney Chase be to resolve to stay in Kappa? It’s most likely not one of the best match for her, however that looks like a very good recipe for some enjoyable.