- Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for season two, episode six of "The Sex Lives of College Girls."
- Amrit Kaur spoke to Insider about the episode's big cliffhanger moment involving Bela.
"The Sex Lives of College Girls" star Amrit Kaur reacted to the major cliffhanger involving her character Bela Malhotra at the end of episode six and teased the repercussions her actions will have as season two continues.
"Bela is in revenge mode after season one," Kaur told Insider in a recent interview prior to the season two premiere on November 17. "She dealt with a lot at the end of season one, being sexually assaulted and having so many people say ill things about her leaving The Catullan."
Bela, an aspiring comedian, chose to attend Essex College specifically because of The Catullan, the campus comedy magazine where a lot of "SNL" writers got their start. Though she gets accepted into the group, she left after experiencing sexism and being sexually assaulted by the coeditor, Ryan (Conor Donnally).
When Bela returns to campus at the start of season two following Thanksgiving break, she launches an all-female comedy magazine comprised of a website and social media platforms.
Kaur said that she "made a choice as an actor that she would come back and her revenge tactic was, 'I'm going to objectify men. I'm gonna create a magazine.'"
Building a publication from the ground up proves to be more work than she anticipated so she turns to Eric (Mekki Leeper), editor of The Catullan, for advice. Bela and Eric start hooking up, but their personal relationship becomes strained as their publications begin competing with each other.
Bela and Eric's willingness to do whatever it takes to succeed reaches a new level when she becomes the student liaison for Dan O'Connell, a famous stand-up comedian visiting Essex.
Bela's plan to schmooze and become an intern for Dan goes well until Eric introduces himself to the comedian and they immediately bond over writing for The Catullan.
After Dan encourages both of them to put together writing packets for his show, Bela scrambles and pulls an all-nighter so she can one-up Eric, who already had material ready to submit.
At the end of episode six, when Bela goes to Dan's hotel room to take him to the airport, he compliments her on her appearance and she kisses him. They're last seen kissing while making their way into Dan's room and shutting the door.
"She's so focus-oriented and even with this, she's so in the moment of the excitement of getting to sleep with a famous person," Kaur said. "That's so important. She's so petty. Because she's so insecure, she will do anything to get those things."
"She's not looking at the consequences," Kaur added. "She just knows where she wants to go. She knows what's popular and she wants to be part of that club."
The first six episodes of season two of "The Sex Lives of College Girls" are streaming on HBO Max. The 10-episode season continues with two new episodes weekly leading up to the season finale on December 15.