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Hudson Williams, #1 Shane Understander

I think Shane was a character who, soon as I read him, made all the sense to me. I felt immediately a kinship and an ownership over Shane. I was like, “I need to be the only person to tell this story. I get it. I want to be the person to be Shane and I want to spend time with him.” [x]

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#heated rivalry

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Heated Rivalry | Parallels between episodes 4 (tuna melt) and 5 (tampa).

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#to be loved is to be seen

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"I like you" isn't just a stepping stone to "I love you" - it is a distinct narrative beat in its own right.

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.

I like you and I love you and I still have no idea how we can possibly make this work but I really want to figure it out.

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HW: I think that, with Ilya, [Shane likes that] there’s an element of control he can give up while still being reinforced that he’s doing a good job — and I think that, at the end of the day, Shane loves to do a good job and make people happy and perform. So, with [his relationship to] Ilya, I think it’s both. Shane’s sexual urges are, yes, more submissive. But also, for him, that’s the joy of how he can perform right now.