rating: 10/10
jacob tierney i love what you have done with canadian taxpayer money. this show originally stumbled into my instagram feed because i'm a diehard challengers enthusiast and an actually homosexual sports romance show that looked good was bound to catch my interest. and then i saw a von dutch edit of scenes from the trailer and was in a definitive chokehold and this show quickly became my most highly-anticipated watch of the year. what i did not expect, however, was how much this would blow up and how much i would LOVE this. suffice to say, this was perfection. jacob tierney had a vision and public support and delivered so hard. this is like an actual all-encompassing spiritual successor to challengers. the direction the cinematography the SCORE THE VISUAL CHOICES: top notch and ICONIC. the All The Things She Said remix scene from episode four qualifies as one of the best television moments of all time in the same way Running Up That Hill from Stranger Things is so iconic. the show is very tightly paced because the story itself takes place over the course of like 8+ years but it does it SO WELL. i was honestly locked in every single friday a new episode of this show like it was the reason i woke up but damn now it's over and season 2 will only come out like two years later. but anyways this show is fkin perfect and i love the fact that i stumbled upon this masterpiece AND iwtv this year. i feel like i'm not doing this show justice in this review but know that i could go on and on about so so so much but then again i don't want to exhaust myself in the rambling. but i do find it really funny that st vol 2 and heated rivalry's finale were both on christmas like damn it was a yaoi double feature fest.
