Overview
- Episode 4, titled “Rose,” is scheduled to stream on HBO Max at 12 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, or at 9 p.m. PT on Thursday, Dec. 11.
- The first three episodes are already available, with Episode 5 set for Dec. 19 and the finale slated for Dec. 26.
- Leads Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams thanked fans at Hi Tops in West Hollywood and the night raised more than $1,500 for LGBTQ+ youth nonprofit Rainbow Labs.
- The series centers on closeted NHL rivals Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander and has drawn wide attention for explicit yet carefully choreographed intimacy.
- Showrunner Jacob Tierney says the leads were cast together because the show depends on their chemistry, while author Rachel Reid cites the Crosby–Ovechkin rivalry as an inspiration.