I’m still missing Renee Rapp on college girls’ sex lives, but I think I’ve found my new favorite character

On January 1, 2025By Littum

Season 3 of College Girls’ Sex Lives finally made it to the 2024 TV show in November, and with it came a lot of changes. It was no secret that this season would mark the end of Reneé Rapp’s tenure on the show, but it was still incredibly emotional to see her say goodbye to the girls who became her best friends.

Leighton was my favorite character so to say I miss her is an understatement. Fortunately, the show made up for her loss by introducing viewers to some new cast members and giving the smaller ones more prominent roles. It’s a move that’s definitely worked for me, as I’ve come to love Lila (Ilia Isorely), one of the supporting characters who’s been around since season 1.

Ilia Isorely's Paulino in The Sex Lives Of College Girls on HBO Max — (Image credit: HBO Max)

Lila started the show as Kimberly’s (Pauline Chalamet) colleague/manager at Sips, the college coffee shop. In the first season, she is a bit of a confidant to Kimberly, who is having the hardest time adjusting to college life. Little by little, Kimberly started introducing Lila to her roommates and they all started to support and encourage each other. Her character began to flesh out in the second season. Now that there is more time to spare with Leighton leaving Essex for a place at MIT, fans have gotten to know Lila even better.

One of the reasons Lila is my favorite is that she has almost no drama going on. While the other girls are busy juggling college and their sex lives – as aptly suggested by the show’s title – Lila is busy making the most of her time in Essex. She doesn’t get overly stressed like Kimberly and Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) and she rarely finds herself in deep trouble like Bela (Amrit Kaur) always does. Instead, her plots often add some fun twists to an otherwise dramatic episode.

It also started with the second episode of Season 3, where she hosted her own fashion show for the line of men’s underwear she created. Of course, she didn’t tell anyone that that was what the fashion show was for, which got some funny reactions from the girls. Her shenanigans have only gotten more entertaining as she waged war against the school’s delivery robots, who she fears will replace their jobs and steal their tips.

However, it was Season 3’s Halloween episode that really cemented her as my favorite character. While Bela dealt with FAF issues, Kimberly struggled to fit in at her new law symposium, and Whitney tried to befriend Canaan again, Lila had a mission of her own: find the cute delivery person whose name she missed last time .

Of course, that’s easier said than done, and she spent the entire episode ordering random supplies for Sips in hopes of getting the right delivery person, only to keep getting the wrong one. In the end, she finds the man she was looking for, but the obstacles she had to overcome to get there are great.

While I think I’ll always miss Leighton, it’s nice to have another fun character to root for, especially as things seem to be getting more and more bleak for the rest of the cast. You can catch up College Girls’ Sex Lives with an active Max subscription, and don’t forget to tune in every Thursday night for new episodes.