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I loved everything about it. I watched it twice.

~So glad Ilya has Svetlana. She is a true ride or die. I like that she knows that "Jane" is a he and that Ilya is in love with him. I am so glad he finally told his brother off and lost his $hit when he called Svetlana a whore. The pressure he must have been feeling all of these years, being the family bank.

~I enjoyed Rose/Shane as well. I thought she handled her inquiry perfectly. She made him feel safe and vulnerable enough to tell her HIS truth. I don't get why he apologized for their night of passion because he was on top of her having sex. Pretty sure he was thrusting. Maybe it only lasted a few minutes and he couldn't get it up for round two? It's so nice that she has dedicated herself to be there for him and keep his confidence.

~Ilya crying, trying to hide it from Shane. Was so well done and then Shane to climb onto his lap and kiss him. They held onto each other for dear life.

~Shane telling Ilya to tell him in Russian everything he's feeling...was perfect. Shane closed his eyes and didn't understand a word but he knew it was what he needed in that moment. I figured he was going to say "I love you." The fact that his brother hates him because he's gay.

~Scott coming out was awesome. I had a feeling it was about to happen the moment he saw all of the families on the ice. I was like, he's going to call Kip down. Talk about courage. Hope it doesn't torpedo his career. The scenes were so well-done. The texting between Shane and Ilya. What is he doing? OMG! Etc. And then the ending: Ilya saying: I'm coming to the cottage! Shane: Uh... fade to black.

I remembered something too. There was a sports drama 10 years ago called "Hit the Floor." I was about a fictitious NBA team. Dean Cain played head coach. It ran for three seasons on VH1 and then was canceled but picked up for season four on BET. Sadly, many of the leads had moved on to other projects as well as some of the writers and it was felt. Season four was awful and it was canceled. In season two, they introduced new characters--a hot shot, arrogant player and a sports agent. At first, I thought that the player was bi-curious. He slept with the head cheerleader in the clip below. The agent and the player ended up kissing and then fooling around and eventually became a couple. But they kept it all quiet. Well, eventually the agent got sick of being a dirty little secret and so he broke thing off and started dating someone else. That inspired the player to kiss him in front of the entire stadium. BTW, both actors are straight and were fully aware of the importance of the story. I used to message with the agent on Twitter. Here is the scene: