Spoilers Forward for Season 2 of Netflix’s XO, Kitty
When XO, Kitty arrived on Netflix in 2023, it tried its greatest to distance itself from its predecessor, To All The Boys I’ve Beloved Earlier than, which was celebrating its fifth anniversary that very same 12 months. Regardless of its supply materials being probably the greatest romantic comedies of all time, it was essential to the artistic group that the younger grownup dramedy enable Kitty (Anna Cathcart) to be her personal particular person away from the shadows of her older sister. It labored effectively for the primary season, however now that the second has arrived on the 2025 TV schedule, it’s clear that they’re not afraid of peppering in easter eggs and callbacks to the unique film.
With regards to references again to TATB, the obvious one, in fact, is the inclusion of fan-favorite Peter Kavinsky, whose cameo was revealed within the XO, Kitty’s Season 2 trailer and set the web right into a tizzy. As thrilling because it was to see Noah Centineo step again into the function of the web’s boyfriend, it’s not the one callback within the eight-episode season.
Actually, there are a handful of “intentional and refined” easter eggs that callback to the unique movie that diehard followers are going to like. As a fan myself, I undoubtedly have a favourite.
I couldn’t cease kicking my toes like a blushing center college lady when Kitty fainted on the monitor in the very same place as Lara Jean (Lana Condor) did within the unique film when she noticed her love letter in Peter’s hand. Have a look:
The perfect half is the XO, Kitty crew didn’t cellphone within the parallel and as a substitute made certain it was an identical to the body used within the OG flick.
In an interview with Deadline, Cathcart broke down how the enduring scene got here to be:
It was so cool to see how a lot care all people put into it as a result of we’d have the unique scene up on somebody’s monitor throughout rehearsal to verify my ponytail was in the correct spot and the road of the monitor was in the correct spot. We had a mirrored monitor to see Lana [Condor] from the primary film after which me on the monitor to see if it was the identical. The little particulars that we had been so conscientious of. I can’t watch for followers to note that. They had been very intentional and refined.
I find it irresistible when a present is calculated with its easter eggs, and judging by the outpouring of assist on social media, it’s a transfer that has completely paid off for XO, Kitty.
Along with the fainting scene, TATB followers may even discover a refined callback to the enduring scorching tub scene of the primary film, in addition to letter writing, which began all of it.
Whereas not formally an easter egg, Cathcart additionally talked about in her interview that some followers assume Minho’s fixed must check with Kitty by her final title is parallel to the best way Peter referred to as Lara Jean “Covey” for a big chunk of the primary movie. We’ll let the TATB followers be the decide on that one, whereas the remainder of us search for different enjoyable callbacks and easter eggs to those beloved movies.
The primary two seasons of XO, Kitty are actually obtainable to stream with a Netflix subscription.