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There’s a small but funny moment in episode 2 when Garrett takes a selfie with Hannah’s phone, looks at the picture, and goes “nice” 😂. Hannah gestures for him to give her phone back, but he doesn’t even hesitate and starts looking through her schedule instead.

Of course, Hannah gets her revenge later in the same episode when she starts replying to a message from a Puck Bunny right in front of him.😂

The point of this post is basically that a post popped up on my Twitter, and I realized I hadn’t even noticed that he said it. So I rewatched the whole scene and had a good laugh. Feel free to ignore me 😂

Yes, Garrett and Hannah are definitely my comfort couple. The Deal once pulled me out of a reading slump, and the Off Campus TV show​ reminded me after a long time what it feels like to truly enjoy a show and actually want to rewatch it (I'm not much of a TV person, at least when it comes to most shows these days).

Having my comfort couple in two different versions​ both of which I genuinely love, feels like such a privilege.

I’m not really someone who likes rating certain scenes because I can never make up my mind, and I think every scene deserves its own appreciation. But after xy rewatches and comparing it with the book (I will never stop saying that E and B are the queen and king when it comes to translating inner monologues onto the screen), I’ve figured out which scenes are my absolute favourites, and I’d like to share them with you:

The “Show Me” scene — and I don’t mean just the act itself, but the entire build-up, including the conversation they have. It is simply TOP TIER.

The “I love you” scene.

The karaoke scene and the entire sequence that follows afterwards.

The first kiss.

And one scene that definitely deserves a mention is the conversation in the bedroom in episode 2.

Feel free to share your thoughts

Belmont mentioned in yesterday’s interview that season 3 is part of his upcoming work plans (in the context of hoping that they get renewed). This most likely confirms that the cast has multi-year contracts.

So I think we can relax a little and stop manifesting worst-case scenarios.

From a certain point on, I honestly can't imagine or even want to imagine anyone else playing Hannah and Garrett.

Ella Bright about Belmont Cameli:

"It’s so comfortable with us, we're so close. he’s just the best— he’s amazing. i’d never even kissed anybody on screen. so, to have him— to have someone that i’m so comfortable with, doing these new, crazy scenes for the first time is just a dream come true. he’s the best.”

Reminder: I’m saying this in terms of what they were able to bring to the screen and their professional working relationship. So please don’t bring any real-life shipping into the comments under my post. Thank you.

I know the general opinion is that Off Campus gets better as the season goes on, but I guess I'm the exception. I really loved Episode 1, and as book reader, my heart melted several times. My favorite moments:

"Mona" scene

Banter scene at Malone's

"The B*tch Is Back" scene

The Deal scene

What is your opinion on this episode?

I think one of the cutest moments in episode 3 is when Garrett is playing around with a tipsy Hannah. First, he spins the little umbrella from her drink, and when she tries to grab it, he pulls it away from her.

They acted like a couple even though they technically weren’t one yet. I also love the way the scene is filmed. It feels almost like it’s from Logan’s perspective as he watches them and thinks about what he’s seeing. It’s such a book-like moment, where you feel like you’re reading about one character through the perspective of another character.

I’d be curious to know if this was a specific moment written in the script, or if they just told Ella and Belmont, “do something cute while the focus is on Logan and Jules’ conversation,” and they improvised it.

What is your favourite small, cute Hannah & Garrett moment like this?

Do you know why I’ve been struggling with how Allie and Dean’s storyline was handled in the show from the very beginning? The fact that I’m probably the biggest hater of the Hunter storyline doesn’t even need to be said, but my concern is that when they get their own season, their relationship and Allie as an individual character will be pushed into the background and it will end up being mostly about Dean.

When Elle Kennedy was asked what parts of the book would remain for season 2, she mentioned things like Dean’s career, Dean’s family (Summer), and Dean and Beau. And honestly, when I thought about it, she has a point. The first half of the book was more focused on them as a couple, while the second half was much more focused on Dean.

The fact that they condensed the entire foundation of their relationship into a montage at the beginning of one episode — and, in my opinion, included my favourite scene in New York far too early, which meant it didn’t have the same impact it should have had — combined with immediately jumping into resolving the Hunter storyline, makes it a little harder for me to fully connect with them as a couple.

Okay, I need to get this off my chest.

I saw someone say: “We were robbed of s*x scenes. We only got a montage. I understand that she’s 18.”

Sure, I think most of us would have loved to see one more longer intimate scene. But constantly bringing up Ella’s age as the main reason feels like a double standard to me.

Let me explain.

Allie and Dean also got a montage that condensed several of their intimate moments into one sequence. Even the legendary Winston scene was what, maybe around 30 seconds long?

And if we think about it from the perspective of the book, by that point there actually aren’t that many major intimate scenes left for Allie and Dean because the show had already captured the essence of their physical relationship through that montage.

And yet, people don’t really complain about it with them.

Why?

Because when it comes to them, most people simply see it as a creative choice or a pacing decision.

Maybe it’s time to acknowledge that the show has a certain approach to intimate scenes. And if people expect future seasons to handle them completely differently, a lot of them might end up disappointed. It won’t be possible to explain every decision by Ella’s age anymore.

The longest intimite scene in the first season was "show me" scene.

Okay, I need to get this off my chest.

I saw someone say: "We were robbed of sex scenes. We only got a montage. I get that she's 18."

Sure, I think most of us would have loved one more longer intimate scene. But bringing Ella's age into this over and over again just screams double standard to me.

Let me explain.

Allie and Dean also got a montage that condensed several of their hookups into one sequence. Even the legendary Winston scene was, what, around 30 seconds long?

And if you think about the book, by that point there actually aren't that many major intimate scenes left for Allie and Dean because the show already packed the essence of their physical relationship into that montage.

Yet nobody complains about that.

Why?

Oh, right... because Mika is older, and she showed her breasts for a few seconds (which wasn't even during a sex scene). Suddenly, when it's them, everyone assumes the montage was simply a creative or pacing choice.

Maybe it's time for a reality check. Otherwise, a lot of people are going to be very disappointed in the upcoming seasons, and y​​ou won't be able to blame it on Ella's age anymore

​ The longest intimate scene in the first season was ,,show me" scene​​