Season one’s adaptation of Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham’s love story left me eager to see Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis take centre stage in season two. I’m counting down the days until I get to watch more hockey games, more bar fights and more romance.
In season one we get everything: college, hockey, relationships, friendships, drama, vulnerability, intensity and emotion. We get introduced to the love story between Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham. Let me say, wow: I don’t know how it could be better than that.
Watching the love story unfold was like watching history being made. Once Garrett put his jacket around Hannah in episode one, I knew I wasn’t leaving my couch until the show was finished.
Hannah and Garrett have electric chemistry, making you absolutely fall in love with their relationship. The back and forth, the drama, the trust, the anger, the detail. What isn’t there to like?
Even if you don’t like hockey, romance, drama or emotion, this series just might win you over.
Louisa Levy, you didn’t mess around when it came to bringing these characters from the page to the screen.
Dean Di Laurentis could have been pulled straight out of the book, and you wouldn’t be able to tell me any differently. He’s a tall, rich, handsome blond hockey player, and I can’t imagine anyone playing the part better than Stephen Kalyn.
Elle Kennedy writes these characters with such rich detail, backstory and emotion that they truly feel like my close personal friends.
The show features romance, the college experience, life as a hockey player, independence, relationship struggles, family issues, past traumas, friendship fights, emotional baggage, fun, and what it’s like to come of age.
I found the series’ adaptation of the characters’ detailed backstories extremely captivating, and it left me wanting more. The characters feel as though they are real people, which makes me feel invested in their lives. Not only do you fall in love with the star couple, but you fall in love with all the characters. Even if you think you want to hate them, you feel as though you couldn’t possibly. You’re drawn into their lives, their feelings and their struggles.
This series explores trauma in a way that I haven’t personally seen portrayed before. It shows us how characters can confront trauma and break cycles rather than repeat the past.
We’re shown the struggles in each character’s life and why those struggles shape them. We’re also shown that everything isn’t always what it may seem to the naked eye.
As an avid reader and TV viewer, I have noticed that many books and shows revolve around toxic relationships. Often, that is the main plot.
I felt Elle Kennedy and Louisa Levy took a refreshing approach, showing relationship dynamics that push back against that pattern.
The show takes each character’s past and present trauma and allows them to grow instead of sink. The characters don’t repeat the same patterns and cycles as their parents, as seen in hundreds of other stories.
Not only do we get all the intense emotions, but we get a real storyline. We have the past, what the characters are working towards for the future and their everyday lives. That gives us a narrative many can relate to.
With season two on the way, I’m anticipating a season filled with intensity and chaos.