I guess I still have "It: Welcome To Derry" on the brain because it was an 8 episode season. Speaking of, I wonder now that "Derry" has finished if "Heated Rivalry" will take the #1 spot as their most streamed show? That would be awesome. "Derry" has held it for 8 weeks now, which it's hard to beat that damn clown but since it's wrapped, I'd love to see HR slide into its top spot.
And one of those episodes was about another couple. So the pace works for me -- it's a slow burn and the burn is not so slow that I can't get into it, which is frequently a problem for me.
Speaking of, I immediately clicked with Scott and Kip because I felt like they were more of a romance right off. They had the starry-eyed first meeting and the flirting and the opening up to one another, etc. By comparison, Shane and Ilya were more of a hook-up that later caught feelings.
I"m generally not easy -- I love a good romance but I mostly find romances aren't telling a compelling enough story for me. To give an example, Mickey and Ian on Shameless are the only love story I can remember being signficantly moved by in YEARS.
I can easily fall for a couple but I also need more going for them than just their relationship plot wise.
That said -- I have a good idea that we are going to get a lot of feelings in the next two episodes, though, so maybe that will help? For me, the first three episodes have been about them moving to a place where the lack of communication falls into a complete breakdown, so the next step has to be figuring it out. Plus, something is clearly coming with Ilya's dad.
I hope so. Maybe they will start some actual communication. Did you read/watch "Red, White & Royal Blue"? When those two were in separate countries, we still got the texts, emails and phone calls which helped establish an emotional connection. They were opening up to one another and being vulnerable. I really wish we could have gotten some of that with Shane and Ilya. So far most of their texts are just like "let's hook up". Are there really no convos beyond that? Come on, guys! Use your words!
