‘XO Kitty’ Recap: Season 1 Finale, Episode 10 — [Spoiler]’s Sexuality

Warning: The following incorporates spoilers by XO, Kitty‘s season finale. Proceed at your personal danger!

Netflix’s XO, Kitty has a number of LGBTQ illustration within the titular characters’ buddies, Yuri and Q, however the To All the Boys spinoff collection additionally finds its essential gal exploring her sexuality.

Kitty could have come to Seoul for her boyfriend Dae, however she unexpectedly develops emotions for her homosexual classmate Yuri (performed by Gia Kim) over the course of the season. Considering she’s additionally in love with Dae, Kitty’s newfound crush leaves her understandably confused. During a dialog together with her splendidly accepting dad (John Corbett, reprising his To All the Boys function), Kitty wonders if she is bisexual, pansexual or fluid.

“I was really excited that we were going to explore” Kitty’s sexuality, her portrayer Anna Cathcart tells TVLine. “I was also really proud of the way that we portrayed that, and it’s amazing to see multiple, different queer characters. It kind of emphasizes the fact that not every queer person has the same experience and the same feelings when they’re going through that.”

While Kitty is ready to be extra sincere with herself and her dad about her sexuality, the character of Yuri represents a special form of coming-out story. Unable to see her girlfriend Juliana, who was despatched away, Yuri struggles with acceptance and retains the truth that she is homosexual a secret from her mother and father.

(*10*) Kim says. “On paper, she has everything. She is the It girl. But then she’s, like, rotting inside because she can’t be herself, and the one person she loves the most, other than her family, is someone that she’s not allowed to be with.”

Meanwhile, Kitty is navigating her emotions for Yuri and Dae with a kind of freedom.

“It’s really cool to see Kitty give herself the space to figure it out and to be honest with her feelings and honest with people in her life that she loves,” Cathcart enthuses. “She’s never apologizing for how she’s feeling and what she’s going through, which is really cool, even when she’s really overwhelmed, and it can be scary, for sure. She’s still not apologizing for that, and she’s discovering it’s a part of who she is and a beautiful part of who she is.”

(*1*)Adds Cathcart: “I love that storyline, and I really hope that fans can find comfort in it and feel seen or heard… And her having Q and other characters in the series to support her in that and accept her is such a beautiful thing to see, as well.”

Yuri, too, ultimately finds help, popping out to her mother and her buddies because the season involves a detailed. Then Kitty virtually confesses to Yuri that she has emotions for her. However, the second is interrupted by Yuri and her girlfriend Juliana’s reunion, leaving viewers to marvel if Yuri has any romantic affections for Kitty.

“I think she adores Kitty, and honestly, I’m open to whatever happens,” Kim shares. “I also think that that is a really fun experience because they hated each other, and then they became friends, and now it’s like what’s going to happen next? That’s all really exciting.”

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