I want to be there when Yuna remembers seeing Ilya in that elevator.
I was under the impression that I was your big comfy blanky.
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Jessica - Dec 26, 2025 1:41:20 pm PST #7381 of 7418
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hil R. - Dec 26, 2025 2:42:39 pm PST #7382 of 7418
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I liked the scene they added with Yuna and Shane talking to each other outside. I wonder what Ilya and David were talking about inside during that scene.
-t - Dec 26, 2025 2:48:28 pm PST #7383 of 7418
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yahtzee
meara - Dec 26, 2025 3:48:31 pm PST #7384 of 7418
Yeah I super wonder how they will split up the rest of it, which couples they’ll focus on etc.
-t - Dec 26, 2025 4:12:10 pm PST #7385 of 7418
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So curious about that!
Even if they really want to just focus on The Long Game, I think everyone appears in that. Maybe not Eric and Kyle. But Kyle has been on screen already. So opportunities for flashbacks at the very least?
I don't know whether I hope someone throws more of a budget at season 2 or not, working with limited resources (I assume) so far has gotten such good results...
One of the things I think is funny in the books and I think could be very amusing on the show is the way Carter/Georgia is entirely unseen just mentioned occasionally and Maria/that Finnish player are just a little in the background. Like, token straights with their offscreen romances. But not taking up valuable time from anyone actually important.
Jessica - Dec 26, 2025 4:35:40 pm PST #7386 of 7418
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fancast for Mati Jalo? I feel like it would be impossible to match how he's described in the book. But yes, let's give Maria her background HFN.
meara - Dec 26, 2025 9:25:14 pm PST #7387 of 7418
I support token straight representation.
But yeah I think Eric and Kyle aren’t really in Long Game, Ryan is mostly in it as seeing them at camp, which could be someone else? So might make sense to have Season 2 be Troy’s story mixed with Long Game? But if there’s the possibility of a season 3, then you’d have to reassess.
Hil R. - Dec 26, 2025 9:55:04 pm PST #7388 of 7418
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think Ryan's story is important for getting Ilya to the place where he is in The Long Game, where he can see the issues with hockey and the league a lot more clearly than Shane can. Plus, Ryan's conflict isn't about coming out or anything really related to that -- Ryan, plus Troy's part in the Dallas Kent story, are all connected through showing the darker side of the league and of hockey culture.
Jessica - Dec 27, 2025 6:55:11 am PST #7389 of 7418
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
We got a little Ryan Price easter egg in this season, so I'm hopeful.
Watching the internet discover in real time what "cottage" means in Canadian has been a delight these past two days.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 27, 2025 9:43:38 am PST #7390 of 7418
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
Yeah, from the previous episode I was thinking rustic lodge/bungalow, not Ozymandias' lake palace.