This article contains spoilers forHeartsopperseason 3 through episode 4.
The biggest downside of the binge-watching era onNetflixis the extinction of single-episode significance.
Set smack dab in the middle of everything, Journey symbolizes thatHeartstopperhas elevated into peak TV.
Its a remarkable sequence of events that starts with Nicks POV.
Nick is trapped by his boyfriends excruciation.
Charlies life inside of rehab mirrors Nicks sense of dread, but in a much different way.
The color has left these teens lives, but they can find the light if they fight back.
Nick checks up on Charlie, but we cant see the latters somber reactions to Nicks questions.
Were left wondering if hes truly okay.
Hearing a voice cant replicate seeing a face.
Six hundred seconds later we see the same talk from Charlies line, and it calms us.Heartstopperis back.
The rainbow is peering through the clouds, but the show can never go back.
Nick and Charlie have gone through a gamut of emotional abuse inflicted by the human experience.
They had to, though.
It makes the happiness mean more for the rest of the season.
They get to go back to the usual: Developing a sex life.
Going to college campus visits.
Experiencing the last of their teen years with a smile.
All eight episodes of Heartstopper season 3 are available to stream on Netflix now.
