Not really sure why Im here...

truly an angel, the most beautiful 💜 (for @jung-koook 🌌)

But here’s what I will say about it: if I was Connor Storrie, and I was young and beautiful and the Next Big Thing in Hollywood, and I was suddenly getting invited to a whole bunch of industry parties in an industry that is STILL full of people who are spiritually (if not literally!) in the Epstein files, and my best friend described me as a ‘sensitive little radical artist boy who should be treated with the utmost care…because he can’t handle anything else,’ and he was also my emotional support extrovert, but he was back in Canada and also we were trying to build separate careers and not be seen together all the time, but I had another trusted friend and colleague who did live in LA, and was familiar with the industry from his two decades as a working actor, and also he was getting invited to all the same parties I was because we were doing promo for the same fucking show, then you’re goddamn right I would be taking that guy everywhere with me, whether we were dating or not!

That is called self-preservation. That is called using the resources available to you. That is called being smart as hell about your whirlwind first few weeks in Hollywood.

People are choosing to be real fucking weirdos about it (what else is new?), but the bottom line is that Hollywood remains a cesspool and I support anyone who chooses to use the buddy system. It’s a good system!

As the audience, we already know that Ilya loves Shane because we heard him say it in Russian. But we also know that love is not enough - Shane loves Rose but they weren't compatible. Sometimes love isn't enough, for a variety of reasons.

This is why Shane and Ilya are terrified of coming to the cottage. Because we still don't know if they're compatible beyond the incredibly hot sex and psychic level hockey passes. The tuna melt date was nice before Shane crashed out, but that was just one afternoon.

"I like you" is the missing piece in their relationship. I know that I love you and I desire you and we play good hockey together, but do I like you?

The cottage scenes answer: yes. I like playing with you and I like cooking with you and I like talking to you and I like sharing space with you and I like sleeping next to you and I like waking up with you. I like you.

HUDSON WILLIAMS