Print After Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) decided to date two boys at once, start a vicious rumor about the new girl at school and let two classmates take the fall for it in Season 2 of “Never Have I Ever,” fans of the Netflix series may have started to wonder: Why would a teen comedy make its main character so unlikable?
But when it comes to Devi’s relationship with Aneesa (Megan Suri) , whose transfer makes her the only other South Asian girl at Sherman Oaks High, there’s more than meets the eye.
Last season, Devi reflected on the trauma of watching her father die, which briefly left her paralyzed by psychosomatic shock. Now, with a new, “cool” Indian student on the scene one who has dealt with her own mental health challenges she starts the relationship off on the wrong foot, overlooking the bonds they may share as South Asian teens.
Will Mindy Kaling have another hit on her hands with “Never Have I Ever” Season 2?
The Cambridge native had one of the most popular shows streaming on Netflix during the early stages of the pandemic in 2020 with the first season of “Never Have I Ever,” a coming-of-age comedy partially based on Kaling’s own childhood.
Season two, which debuted on Netflix this week, once again follows the high school trials and tribulations of Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), a first-generation Indian American teenager who has a short fuse that gets her into difficult situations. This season, Devi continues to face the emotional turmoil caused by the death of her father, all while balancing a frenemy, a love triangle, and quarrels with her strict mother.