Heartbreak High (2022 TV series)

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For the original 1994 TV series, see Heartbreak High.
Heartbreak High
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Promotional poster
Genre Comedy drama
Teen drama
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  • Hannah Carroll Chapman
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Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
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  • Carly Heaton
  • Sarah Freeman
  • Jeroen Koopman
  • Tarik Traidia
  • Brian Abel
  • Michael Jenkins
  • Megan Palinkas
Production location(s) Sydney, New South Wales
Cinematography Simon Ozolins
Drew English
Running time 45–52 minutes
Production company(s) Fremantle Australia & NewBe[1]
Release
Original network Netflix
Original release 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14) –
present
Chronology
Related shows Heartbreak High (original 1994 TV series)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Heartbreak High is an Australian comedy drama streaming television series created for Netflix, by Hannah Carroll Chapman. It is a soft-reboot of the 1994 series first screened on Network Ten.[2][3] The series follow the students and teachers of Hartley High as they navigate racial tensions in Australia, high school romances, and all sorts of teen angst.[4] The show premiered on 14 September 2022.[5] A month after it was released, the show was renewed for a second season.[6]

The first season was met with positive critical reviews and received 15 AACTA Awards nominations, including Best Drama Series, winning six.

Premise

After a map detailing the sexual exploits of Hartley High's students is discovered graffitied on the wall of the school, all of the students whose names were on it are forced to attend a new sexual education course called the Sexual Literacy Tutorial (SLT, pronounced "sluts" by the students). The map's creator, Amerie Wadia (Ayesha Madon), becomes a social outcast after taking the fall for its co-author, Harper McLean (Asher Yasbincek), who has stopped talking to her following a tragedy at a music festival they attended.

Cast

Main

  • Ayesha Madon as Amerie Wadia, a brash, working-class Indo-Australian girl who becomes a pariah at Hartley High.[7]
  • James Majoos as Darren Rivers, a queer and non-binary student who befriends Amerie.
  • Chloé Hayden as Quinn “Quinni” Gallagher-Jones, Darren's lesbian best friend who is autistic.[8][9]
  • Asher Yasbincek as Harper McLean, a punk girl who has had a falling out with Amerie
  • Thomas Weatherall as Malakai Mitchell, a bisexual Bundjalung basketball jock new to Hartley.[10]
  • Will McDonald as Douglas “Ca$h” Piggott, an asexual eshay, drug dealer and food delivery driver.
  • Joshua Heuston as Dustin “Dusty” Reid, a bisexual musician involved with Harper.[7]
  • Gemma Chua-Tran as Sasha So, a Chinese-Australian lesbian.
  • Bryn Chapman-Parish as Spencer “Spider” White, the class clown.
  • Sherry-Lee Watson as Missy Beckett, an Indigenous student involved with Sasha.
  • Brodie Townsend as Anthony “Ant” Vaughn, an affable, big-hearted student.
  • Chika Ikogwe as Josephine “Jojo” Obah, English and SLT’s teacher at Hartley High.
  • Scott Major as Peter Rivers, Darren's father, who reprises his role from the 1994 series.
  • Rachel House as Principal Stacy "Woodsy" Woods, the performatively woke school principal at Hartley High.

Recurring and notable guest stars

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original release date [11]
1 "Map Bitch" Gracie Otto Hannah Carroll Chapman 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
Amerie becomes a social pariah at Hartley High after the "incest map", a detailed diagram of which students have been sexually involved, is discovered and she is revealed as the culprit. Harper, Amerie's longtime best friend and co-creator of the map, starts ignoring her and punches her when she tries to talk to her, but doesn't explain why. The students who appear on the map are placed in a mandatory sex education class headed by Principal Woods and English teacher JoJo as a result. Darren sleeps on the street after clashing with their stepfather over their non-binary identity and eventually seeks refuge at their father Scott's house. Quinn and Darren befriend Amerie and take her to a party, where she kisses her crush, Dusty.
2 "Renaissance Titties" Gracie Otto Matthew Whittet & Hannah Carroll Chapman 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
3 "Eetsway" Neil Sharma Marieke Hardy 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
4 "Rack Off" Neil Sharma Meyne Wyatt 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
5 "Bin Chicken" Adam Murfet & Jessie Oldfield Thomas Wilson-White 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
6 "Angeline" Adam Murfet & Jessie Oldfield Natesha Somasundaram 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
7 "The Sheriff" Gracie Otto Megan Palinkas & Matthew Whittet 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
8 "Three of Swords" Gracie Otto Hannah Carroll Chapman 14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)

Production

The series was announced in December 2020, and filming began in November 2021.[12][13][14]

The TV series was mostly filmed in the suburbs of Marouba and Matraville of New South Wales between late 2021 and early 2022.[15]

A second season was announced on 19 October 2022.[16][17]

Reception

Audience viewership

Heartbreak High debuted at number six on Netflix's Top 10 TV English titles for the tracking week of 19–25 September 2022 with 18.25 million hours viewed.[18] On the following week, it climbed to number five and garnered 14.88 million viewing hours.[19] The series remained in the top 10 for the third week, placing at number eight with 9.48 million viewing hours.[20]

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the series an approval rating of 100%, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10, based on nine critics.[21] On the review website IMDb, the series holds an average score of 7.7 out of 10, as of October 15, 2022.[22] The show received praise for its racial, sexuality, gender and neurodivergent representation, realism towards modern teenhood, costumes and visuals.[23][24][25] It was also positively compared to other popular modern teen dramas (which viewers found it very similar to), including Euphoria, Never Have I Ever and Sex Education. Alex Henderson of The Conversation said that the show addressed serious topics like substance abuse, discrimination or youth crime, but still uses comical moments and avoids cliché moments whilst showing mistakes made by the characters.[26] Mitchell Adams of The Sydney Morning Herald commented on the representation of autism, saying "scenes where Quinni feels overwhelmed just sitting on a bus, or being at a party while forcing herself to mask how she feels in order to better fit in and not upset people, depict a pain neurodivergent people know all too well".[27] Collider named the series as one of the best new TV shows of 2022.[28]

Accolades

Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
AACTA Awards 2022 Best Drama Series Heartbreak High Nominated [29]
Best Lead Actor in Drama James Majoos Nominated
Best Supporting Actor in Drama Thomas Weatherall Won
Best Direction in Drama or Comedy Gracie Otto Nominated
Best Screenplay in Television Hannah Carroll Chapman (for "Map Bitch") Won
Best Cinematography in Television Simon Ozolins (for "Map Bitch") Nominated
Best Costume Design in Television Rita Carmody (for "Map Bitch") Won
Best Production Design in Television Marni Kornhauser (for "Map Bitch") Nominated
Best Casting Amanda Mitchell Nominated
Audience Choice Award for Best Television Series Heartbreak High Won
Audience Choice Award for Best Actor Bryn Chapman-Parish Won
Thomas Weatherall Nominated
Audience Choice Award for Best Actress Chloé Hayden Won
Ayesha Madon Nominated
Asher Yasbincek Nominated
AACTA International Awards 2023 Best Drama Series Heartbreak High Pending [30]
Best Actor in a Series Thomas Weatherall Pending
GLAAD Media Awards 2023 Outstanding New TV Series Heartbreak High Pending [31]

References

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External links

  • Heartbreak High at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Heartbreak High on NetflixLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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