“For someone who has such good grades, you can be so dense sometimes,” Peter says. It’s around about now that Lara Jean gets into the hot tub, in her nightgown no less, and the two share their first real, post-fake-relationship kiss. And it’s a really good one.

The hot tub scene, filmed in rich, saturated technicolour and framed with such a cinematic and romantic female gaze, immediately struck a chord with fans of the original movie. It felt moving and intimate in a way that teen movies rarely are, a sign that the film’s producers were taking this story of a young, mixed race woman and her big, urgent desires very seriously. Which is why the sequel, which reveals something crucial about the hot tub scene, has proven to be such a disappointment.

If you remember your To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before scripture correctly, and believe me I do, you’ll remember that the hot tub scene led to nightmarish ramifications for poor Lara Jean. Unbeknownst to her, someone was filming her and Peter’s private moment and would later disseminate it through the school in an awful act of slut-shaming. Peter tried to stop the video being shared online, but in the opening moments of the sequel To All The Boys: PS I Still Love You, it’s clear that the clip has spread further than Lara Jean could ever have imagined. Even her cousin, who lives in a different neighbourhood, has seen it.

The worst is yet to come, though. Later in PS I Still Love You, Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky get into a fight about his ongoing relationship with Gen. Lara Jean knows that Peter still talks to Gen and she is worried that, if it came down to it, Peter would choose Gen over her.

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before 2: how the sequel ruins the impact of the hot tub scene