Ashby Gentry as Alex in 'My Life with the Walter Boys.' Courtesy of Netflix Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text [This story contains spoilers from season two of Netflix's My Life with the Walter Boys.] Team Alex isn't ready to give up in season two of Netflix's My Life with the Walter Boys. In the 10-episode season that premiered on Aug. 28, Ashby Gentry returns as Alex Walter, who fell in love with Jackie Howard in season one, only to be left heartbroken after she leaves and returns to New York after kissing his brother Cole. The last time Alex interacted with Jackie, he was drunkenly telling her he loved her, so having to reel from that absence impacts Alex both mentally and seemingly physically. The once bookish nerd is now seemingly confident and has caught the attention of ladies at his school. Related Stories Movies Guillermo Del Toro and Jacob Elordi Break Down in Tears as 'Frankenstein' Wows Venice Film Festival With 14-Minute Standing Ovation TV 'Walter Boys' Star Noah LaLonde on Cole's Growth in Season 2, His Self-Sabotage Moment and "Frustrating" Relationship With Jackie "When I was 16 and my first relationship ended, there's almost an over compensation with regards to the freedom that one has," Gentry tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I think Alex is a suppressor. You see that with the heartbreak with Jackie. 'I'm fine. It's fine. We're good. Let's just move on. It's over.' He's a pusher. He suppresses his deepest and most potent feelings." Despite attempting to make things right with both Alex and Cole as she finds her way once again after returning to Silver Falls, Jackie can't fight her feelings and her and Alex end up giving things another go - however keeping their romantic reunion secret from everyone. Of their reunion, Gentry admits he wasn't surprised but also didn't necessarily agree. "If this was my friend, I would be like, 'Bro, what are you doing? What is wrong with you?!,'" he tells THR. "But I was not surprised, because Alex, he's stubborn and determined. I think he's going to be dead, buried six feet under before he gives up. I was more surprised she took him back personally." As one corner of the show's love triangle, Gentry admits he initially didn't understand how people couldn't be team Alex during season one. "Then I watched the show, and I was like, 'Oh, that's how.' They're cute together. So I get it," he says of the chemistry between Nikki Rodriguez's Jackie and Noah LaLonde's Cole. But Team Alex is in full force in season two with Gentry crediting his character for being "the person who's willing to sacrifice what he has to sacrifice for the people that he cares about." "I just wonder if those people deserve him truly," he says. Gentry spoke with THR about studying for cowboy camp (while walking through a graveyard), Alex's other potential suitors and his reaction to that confession in the finale. *** We ended season one with a shocked and heartbroken Alex. Going into season two, what were you hoping to explore with Alex this season? We don't really know what's going to happen until very close to shooting. I received scripts for some of the episodes that we're filming in a few weeks and so over the hiatus, which was a long hiatus because we finished shooting season one August 2022 (the show didn't come out until December 2023), we didn't start shooting again until August 2024. So in between working, there was a two-year period where I had to wonder what was going to happen, much like the audience does. My mind went in a lot of different directions, because I think what happens is formally traumatic, meaning that it's a big disruption. She leaves and that's traumatic, very sudden, and it changes things forever after that point. There are a lot of different ways you could respond to that. I brainstormed about those. It's tricky to work before you've really seen material, because I don't want to make assumptions about what's going to happen, and then have to alter those assumptions once I get the script. But of course, I definitely had some ideas. What were your ideas? They're somewhat similar to what happens. When I was 16 and my first relationship ended, there's almost an over compensation with regards to the freedom that one has. I think that's hinted at, though not seen explicitly in season two. I think Alex is enjoying his singularity, and figured that was one of them. I had imagined a lot more of the grieving and a lot more of the heartbreak than I think is showed in the show. He is a sensitive guy and there's a whole plot point in season one about him crying after he found out about his brother and his first girlfriend which is totally reasonable, but we don't see that in the show. There's a time gap, and a big period of summer break where he goes to cowboy camp and hits puberty,. So I i