'There is a romance to platonic love': Big Mood season 2 star Nicola Coughlan on why female friendship in new Channel 4 series needs Bridgerton fan treatment

Millennial girlies, get ready to feel seen all over again — Big Mood season 2 returns to the small screen on April 16.

With season 1 currently streaming on Channel 4, Sky TV and Prime Video (US), we're thrust back into the chaotic friendship between unhinged Maggie (Nicola Coughlan) and burned-out Eddie (Lydia West).

Fed up with having to bail Maggie out of her wild decisions, Eddie tries to distance herself while Maggie gets her act together. It's all too relatable, horrifying and beautiful if you're a woman in her thirties like me.

If anything, Big Mood season 2 might be even better than the show's first outing. The guest stars are more jaw-dropping, the drama is more deranged, and the emotional vulnerability strikes even more of a nerve.

The more I watch, the more I feel as though Maggie and Eddie's friendship deserves the same sort of fan treatment that Coughlan gets from being in Bridgerton. I'm talking intense TikTok edits, fanfiction on Wattpad, the lot.

After talking to Coughlan about the new episodes, I'm doubling down on this. She is the first to admit that there's romance to this platonic bond — and her life advice for women watching is absolutely beautiful.

'You can like a lot of people, but to truly love someone... that's special'

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"People just love seeing themselves represented," Coughlan begins. And when I watched Girls and Broad City, I was like, 'God, this really reminds me of me and my friends.'

"There is a romance to platonic love, which I know is contradictory, but there is. I think that the way that Maggie and Eddie love one another is very romantic in many ways. They truly adore one another. Yes, it does get incredibly codependent and maybe not the healthiest, but there's definitely a romance to it.

She's not wrong. Even though I know I'd be absolutely sick to the back teeth of a friendship like Maggie and Eddie's, I also can't help but yearn for it. Perhaps, that's because of what Coughlan says next.

"All of the close relationships in your life should be treasured absolutely as much as you can, because true connection with people is rare. You can like a lot of people, but to really love someone... that's very special."

Why am I internally sobbing during a press junket? This offscreen analysis is just as profound as what we see onscreen through Big Mood season 2's six episodes, so if you're in need of some validation and love this week, make this your TV binge of choice.

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