Love, Victor Season 2 Review: 8 Ups & 3 Downs

2. Benji's Character Regression

One of the reasons that it was so easy to fall in love with Benji in the first season was the fact that we saw him through Victor's eyes. We fell for him as Victor did.

However, the character feels drastically different in the second season and it's hard to feel the same way about him. An intentional device to once again make us feel what Victor's feeling? Perhaps but it only succeeds in making Benji inexplicably unlikeable - something we all thought would be impossible in the first season.

Once that glorious first episode is out of the way, Benji exists solely as a plot device, sulking and eye-rolling his way through every moment he isn't getting his own way. Now, the later reactions over Victor's betrayal are both authentic and earned, but at that point, the forced conflict between the pair early on has dried up any desire to see real conflict. And that's a shame because it's hard to believe the Benji from season 1 would treat Victor's fears over coming out publicly and being intimate with such an apparent lack of consideration.

Michael Cimino and George Sear are an absolute joy to watch together, and there is no doubt that 'Venji' is endgame material. It's just a shame that season 2 spent more time forcing them apart than actually letting them deal with the problems they faced together.