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Watching it for the 3rd time now. So much to unpack. I loved it so much, and one thing I did not.

~The ride from the airport. Thanking him for inviting him to the cottage. Taking his hand. I love how their conversations have shifted.

~Ilya's sarcasm is my happy place. So many great lines/moments. Such as: Your father must be boring. Is that where you get your boring? Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird! 🤣🤣🤣. When they are playing the hockey game. Well, you're not anything! I'm on the cover of the fuqing game!☠️

~All of their tender moments. There were many! Ilya laying in Shane's lap and telling him that he was 12 when he found his mother dead, from taking a bottle of pills. 😢 Shane literally being stunned by it. Not sure what to say or do.

~Good morning. Good morning. I like you! I like you too!

~Don't get me started on the BJ while he was on the phone with Hayden. 😈 The way Ilyas was acting watching, his crotch and his glee when the flag was at half-staff because he knew he could make it go full staff. And he did!

~Shane not wanting to own that he is a freak and likes the bad stuff because it's in his rearview mirror. He's madly in love with Ilya and has been for quite some time. Ilya took a tad longer but he's there too but tries and fails to cover it by being the strong, masculine, stiff upper lip type. But when he's around Shane, that just melts away. He can be his authentic self. He can wear his feelings about this man that he can see a future with.

~Don't marry Svetlana! Just don't. We can figure something else out, okay? Okay! Loved how Shane's eyes were welling with tears and in that moment, Ilya understood.

~I loved Shane's plan. He's so smart. The charity is a great idea and the tie-in to honor Ilya's mother, no less! I LOVE YOU! I mean... I love you too! OMG, I love you so much! Fuq Hollander (cries) to me, it was the vulnerability. The fear. Did I say too much? This man means everything to me and wants a life with me and I want one with him so bad. I'm going to grab this happiness.

~Bringing him coffee and a blanket the next morning--while they watch the sun come up! *Swooooooon *

~I knew the second Shane put the shades down and Ilya put them back up--they were going to be found out! Shane's freakout was so on the nose. He grabbed on to Iyla for comfort, security, and support. He embraced him and did his best to calm him down and reassure him that it's going to be okay. Even offered to go with him to face his parents. That's love! And LOL@ Ilya coming out in a Boston shirt and short, shorts and Shane's like, really? What? They don't know I play for Boston? Loved the scenes at his parents' house.

~Loved the family scenes. It all rang true. Shane stopping Ilya from eating because his momager was in full damage control mode and Ilya sucking up the pasta--secretly. 😂 Shane's mom apologizing that that she made him feel like he couldn't tell her. Shane telling her that she forgives him. But the cherry on my sundae was absolutely Ilya calming Shane down when he was freaking out:

Shane. It's okay. You are okay. You're with your family. You're with your boyfriend. 😚 rubs the back of his head. Yuna: Since rookie season. David: Summer before. Please text first. We'll just be there at 5. Please text first!

Showing the end credits superimposed over them driving back to the cottage was a stroke a genius. They survived. They can exhale now. The sight of how happy and in love they are at that point--warms my heart so. I wish you could see the kool-aid grin I had on my face. Oh yeah!

As for what I didn't like. Only six freaking episodes and having to wait until 2027 😩😩😩