LMAO! I'm shipping them so hard. 🤣

Watched the first two episodes and was like I like the show but im not feeling it the way everyone else is.

And then we get to Scott and Kip's episode. It was everything. I get it now. Do kinda wanna stay with them though.

The original score soundtrack heads onto streaming this Friday, a vinyl edition is also in the works.

On 12/01/2026 at 16:28, Henessy Lake said:

Watched the first two episodes and was like I like the show but im not feeling it the way everyone else is.

And then we get to Scott and Kip's episode. It was everything. I get it now. Do kinda wanna stay with them though.

This is precisely how I found it - think episodes 1 and 2 could almost have been condensed into one as I don't find much actually happens in them, but episode 3 was a turning point and things really ramped up with Scott and Ilya after that, I found.

(and the last episode is particularly exceptional)

Just done with episode 5. I am obsessed with everyone else. I understand now.

This is the original series soundtrack, which has been handled by Peter Peter.

I'm ready for that DVD release gimme

Premieres on February 6 through HBO Max LATAM.

On 19/01/2026 at 19:59, lewistgreen said:

I'm ready for that DVD release gimme

I need a 4K blu ray release more than I need oxygen

I'm rewatching because I need to feel it all once again

On 21/02/2026 at 22:16, lewistgreen said:

I'm rewatching because I need to feel it all once again

I've rewatched it twice already, ahaha.

Soundtrack is coming 10th July on vinyl and CD.

Disc 2 on CD (Sides C and D on vinyl) is the original score already released.

Disc 1 (Sides A and B) is the Soundtrack choices:

DISC 1 

1. Une journée parfaite – Dumas 

2. mangetout – Wet Leg 

3. Chelsea mon amour – Philippe B 

4. Lips – Baxter Dury 

5. I’ll Believe in Anything – Wolf Parade 

6. My Moon My Man – Feist 

7. C’est toi – Satine 

8. All The Things She Said – t.A.T.u. 

9. All The Things She Said – Harrison 

10. L’anarchie des jours heureux (chanson thème Le chalet) – La Bronze 

11. Bad Things – Cailin Russo 

12. One Soul (Cottage Mix) – Peter Peter

Do we know if they'll actually add this to HBO Max UK now that we have it or if it's just gonna be on NOW?

Only Sky own the first rights to it and to season 2. They acquired a bunch of shows from Crave too.

Just get a VPN, HBO Max are really relaxed regarding blocking them. It’s been out in full in Brazil for months now.

Finished this last night and loved it! I think given the setting I was expecting there to be a bit more sociological commentary - the need for Shane and Ilya's relationship to be secret was really just taken as a given and not thoroughly explained. There was more focus on homophobia in Russia rather than immediately around the characters. The cast was generally very wholesome and there really wasn't much locker-room homophobia / toxic masculinity that you might expect in men's team sports along with any of the other difficulties with being an out sportsplayer.

But despite the absence of much sociological commentary it really did just work as a pure romance/interpersonal drama. In any case, season two will need a narrative arc which I think (although I have not read the books) clearly points towards making the relation public and the difficulties with that could be the central point of tension.

My boyfriend and I finally decided to check this out and absolutely hated episode 1. Not because it’s necessarily bad but because it doesn’t go anywhere. It’s barely anything more than a soft core porn drama with cliché writing and bland characters. Maybe I’ve watched too many shows in my lifetime so my standards are high but this is sooo vanilla and is clearly made by someone who has very little to do with gay/queer culture.

Straight women can have it though, I can’t be too mad. The casting is great and most of the Russian language I heard seems to be from native speakers (apart from the main character but it’s okay). I just wish that at some point we get a mainstream gay character who is more than a white cis (muscular) body with a somewhat tragic love story. For what it’s worth this has been thoroughly explored by European indie cinema in the last 20 years.

Episode 1 is quite weak. Though its not made my someone who isn't part of the LGBT+ community as the creator of the TV show is gay.

When is series 2 coming already!?!? 🫠