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“Love Victor” Returns for Round Two
Second season spotlights family drama and love triangles
BY GARY M. KRAMER
“Love, Victor,” the TV spinoff
of the hit fi lm “Love, Simon”
— which was adapted
from the YA novel,
“Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda”
— returned to Hulu on June 11
for Season 2. This enjoyable series
improves as it focuses on family
drama and love triangles.
As the season opens, Victor
Salazar (Michael Cimino) has just
come out to his parents Isabel (Ana
Ortiz) and Armando (James Martinez)
— right after they dropped
their own bombshell that they are
separating. Isabel is having trouble
processing her son’s sexuality,
which creates a real tension between
them. Armando, however,
joins a PFLAG group. The fi rst session
is hosted by Jack Spicer (Josh
GREG GAYNE/HULU
Benji (George Sear) and Victor (Michael Cimino) in “Love, Victor.”
➤ “LOVE, VICTOR,” continued on p.35
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