this was such a HUGE! scene to me. the queer slavic-ness of it all hit me right in the chest with a fucking bat, i truly did not expect to be so seen & understood by this show and through ilya's character, but they got this so fucking right.
the minute aspects too, down to the goddamn hunch when he's on the phone with shane, felt very real and very pure to me. to finally see such truth and representation is wild.















