So during my daily (don’t judge) rewatch of the Heated Rivalry trailer, I had a tiny revelation: we’ve already seen like 75–80% of it… and all of that is just from the first two episodes.
And when I started thinking about what we haven’t seen yet?? Ohhh boyy.....we’re still missing:
the conversation with Ilya in Russia — absolutely preparing to be emotionally obliterated
the very sexy bathroom scene with Shane pressed up against the wall
the club scene where Shane finally meets Rose and Ilya in denial
the hockey pressure conversation with Scott ( possible intro of Scott+Kip) and the dance floor stare-down of Shane/Rose vs. Ilya/Svetlana
and of course, my fav the face-to-face moment where Shane and Ilya finally break past the surface-level rivalry and realise they’re in deep
And honestly… this has to be intentional, right? Slow-dripping the good stuff, lightly gatekeeping the rest, just to keep us feral and hanging on every weekly drop. Now that they know HR fans exist out in the wild (and loudly), it feels like a very deliberate little build-up.
And all of that is still waiting for us… in episodes that are 45–50 minutes each.
The romance, the softness, Ilya being a smug little menace, Shane and his devastating brown puppy eyes… it’s all lined up, waiting to hit us like a freight train.
I am so not ready.
And by “not ready,” I mean I am literally counting down the seconds until this show feralizes me beyond recovery.
ps- for the first time in my life, i’ve actually learnt and made GIFs. ME. for a show. because this show deserves to be immortalized in looping 2-second clips
