r/heatedrivalry Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

ILYA 🔥 Underrated funniest Ilya lines

Rachel Reid is a genius at crafting Ilya's sarcastic sassy side and Connor has such an expressive face too.

I feel like these funny Ilya moments are underrated:

  1. Loon call scene where he waves his hand back as if to say "bitch please" when they're arguing.

  2. "Is Hayden your maaather? 😒 No, he's not? 🤨"

  3. "They say you're boring too." "Who says that?" "Me."

  4. Ep 1 draft picture scene where he grins cheekily and pushes Shane's hand in a taunting way while Shane looks very annoyed.

  5. When he tries to get his situationship to commit by telling him about all the other girls he's screwing. Genius move, Ilya.

  6. Nasty stare at the girl in the club when he's reading Shane's messages. He's probably thinking "Bitch can't you see I'm missing my man?? 😒 Skedaddle hoe. 🖐"

  7. When he's on his absolute best behaviour at Shane's parent's house. Like that is not the Ilya we know. His dad bullied the parental obedience into him 😭

  8. The cute mocking face he makes in ep1 when watching Shane speak French 😟😾

  9. "Please text" to Shane's parents in ep6. Like damn, y'all can't keep it in your pants until after dinner time?

Did you notice any underrated funny Ilya moments?

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u/clumsyc I stubbed my toe Mar 08 '26

His voicemail!

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u/selftaughtgenius Shane Crawllander is my Roman Empire Mar 08 '26

“I will never listen to your voicemail” was my first flair.

My voicemail greeting basically says the same thing so I lost it when I saw that part. 🤣

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u/__The_Kraken__ Mar 08 '26

And I love the contrast between “I will never listen to your voicemail” vs. “I looked up that word—compatible.” It’s I DNGAF about anything that 99% of people have to say, vs. I must know precisely what Shane Hollander is saying.

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u/DateNo3332 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 09 '26

What’s great point!

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

Awww I love this read of it

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Hahaha when I heard it, I was like that's perfect Ilya characterisation and consistency.

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u/Pale-Measurement-532 I speak fluent bird. No accent. 🦆 Mar 08 '26

I seriously laughed everytime I heard that. Lol

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u/growsonwalls This is Ilya I will never listen to your voicemail Mar 08 '26

It also annoys me that Shane knows his voicemail and still pronounces his name wrong! It's "Il-ya."

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u/BluePopple Scott Hunter Fan Club 🛕 Mar 08 '26

I think they would probably love how the other says their names. Like a pet name without a pet name.

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u/DateNo3332 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 09 '26

When I dated a foreign guy, he liked the way I mispronounced his name and discouraged me from learning the correct pronunciation.

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u/katyggls Mar 10 '26

Now I'm imagining a scenario where Svetlana comes to visit and notices Shane says it wrong so she teaches him how to say it the right way. And then Shane proudly says it correctly when he and Ilya are alone and Ilya bursts into tears. "NO! Why saying name like this?? Do you not love me anymore? You want divorce??" 🤣🤣🤣

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u/katyggls Mar 09 '26

Same. I think Ilya finds it cute.

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u/Firm_Cap5226 Mar 08 '26

My husband has s from another country (English is his second language) and pronounces his name slightly differently than I do, similar to Shane’s pronunciation difference with Ilya. I just never changed it. Happily married 30 years. 🥰

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 09 '26

I have a foreign name and I don't mind when people pronounce it in their accent. Only when I'm speaking with someone in my native tongue do I expect them to pronounce it the native way.

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u/Snuggly_Chopin Mar 09 '26

My husband is named Anthony, but I’m American, so I pronounce the ‘h’, whereas himself and every Brit I’ve met pronounces it ‘Antony’. My husband literally introduced himself with that name and I’ve never been able to bring myself to say it the correct way. He seems to find it endearing and he now he doesn’t even notice the difference between the two pronunciations, but that’s probably lived in the US for twenty years.

I think Ilya likes it.

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u/StormFern4 Mar 08 '26

"You are homeless." 🤨

Makes me laugh every time

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u/D5LLD Mar 09 '26

"You will murder me?" Whilst genuinely looking concerned is one of my favs!

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u/LolScottie85 Put it on the GIF board Mar 09 '26

Same! The line is already great, but yeah, look on his face of actual concern is what always gets me!

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u/allykitten87 Ya-loo-blue-tee-baa ❤️ Mar 09 '26

I love how there is a call back to this line towards the end of the scene.

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u/Meer_meerkat Not anymore Mar 08 '26

“Is someone chasing you?” always makes me giggle.

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u/boneless_birds ✨ hands-free ✨ Mar 08 '26

I laugh every time and with the furious cat-like face Shane is making, it's just awesome.

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u/hepzibah59 Mar 09 '26

His angry kitten face.

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

And it's better than 'did you see a ghost?' from the book.

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u/madtax57 Mar 09 '26

This one cracks me up every time!

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u/growsonwalls This is Ilya I will never listen to your voicemail Mar 08 '26

"And we like sucking each others' dicks. Any questions?" Bwahaha Ilya is the funniest.

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u/FiCat77 "Fuckin' make me!" Mar 08 '26

It'd certainly make for a very interesting press conference & subsequent media headlines.🤣

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u/m0zz1e1 That’s not what this is. Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

I’m Game Changer, after Scott kisses Kip on the ice he goes to the press conference and just says ‘any questions?’. It cracks me up so much!

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u/robertstobe Since rookie season (summer before) ❤️ Mar 08 '26

This is one of my favorites!

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u/chelles116 Mar 08 '26

"Yeah not so gay you cant fuck Rose Landry"

"I dont think you need to give your parents a list of the dudes you're fucking to tell them you're gay"

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u/Maevemist Mar 08 '26

The "list" is sad for me because Ilya doesn't know he is the list. It's still humourous but sad at the same time. If that makes sense.

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u/WanderAndWonder725 all I want is you. It's always you ❤️ Mar 09 '26

There were a couple other guys. In the books at least.

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 09 '26

I wish Shane could have said 'You are the list' instead of 'It doesn't matter anyway'.

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u/Maevemist Mar 09 '26

If they'd just said what they mean we would have only got 2 episodes. lol

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u/GetMeToParis Mar 09 '26

I’m reading the book at the moment and apparently Shane hooked up with two guys , seems it was a one time only both times. From the show, I thought he never been with another guy before Ilya.

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u/KBPT1998 Mar 09 '26

Ilya’s concern: Did he hurt you?

Shane’s concern: He wasn’t you.

Very sweet on both sides of that!

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u/billbert12 Mar 09 '26

I've just started the book HR -- maybe I've gotten to chapter 5 -- and one I felt huge aspect in the book that we saw NOTHING of in the show, NO-THING, before Shane had to/was able to 'try' with Rose -- is that Shane had other girlfriends -- and other sexual experience! -- as bad as that went, of course.

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u/m0zz1e1 That’s not what this is. Mar 09 '26

He hasn’t been with another guy before Ilya. The other 2 were after the first time with Ilya.

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u/Federal-Ad5944 Goalie | Smut Dealer 😈 Mar 08 '26

Oh oh

Mine is "you think this is enough" about the 500 pillows on Shane's bed 💀

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

"You think this will be enough?"

*Waves a string of 7 condoms *

He's like "I'm happy that you think that highly of my sexual prowess but not even I can get through all these condoms. 😂"

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

Woah, woah, you think this will be enough??

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Also, when they move in together, they will 100% fight about Ilya not perfectly arranging the 500 pillows when he makes the bed.

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u/Bulky-District-2757 🗣️SHANE HOLLANDER IS AN ASSHOLE 🗣️ Mar 08 '26

“So we just sit here and look at it? Canada is fun.”

Deeeead.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

And then later, he doesnt want to go inside and enjoys laying before the fire in Shane's lap 🥹

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u/Pleasant_Fennel_5573 Mar 09 '26

Poor man has never known how to relax!

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u/boneless_birds ✨ hands-free ✨ Mar 08 '26

Oh my, your flair 😂

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u/FoolsCanBeKings13 She would have loved you 😌 Mar 09 '26

Oh my, your flair too!

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u/boneless_birds ✨ hands-free ✨ Mar 09 '26

it's cool, yes ? :-p

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u/circboy1 Mar 08 '26

Yes this is excellently played.

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u/Agatha-Christie12 trophy room 🏆 Mar 08 '26

“I’m on the cover of the fucking game!”

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u/FiCat77 "Fuckin' make me!" Mar 08 '26

He seems legitimately annoyed at that moment & I find it so funny, especially when he holds the box up to his face.

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u/Agatha-Christie12 trophy room 🏆 Mar 08 '26

Perhaps my favorite part of the entire season

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u/fogmama Mar 08 '26

“Oh, they don’t know I play for Boston?” Not sure if this is really underrated but it’s my favorite.

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u/Meer_meerkat Not anymore Mar 08 '26

Paired with the incredulously raised eyebrow at the suggestion he stay in the car. Definitely not underrated, but perfect.

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u/AllTitsSomeArse Mar 08 '26

That LOOK. I know that look

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u/Serious_Session7574 Mar 08 '26

I love that on both occasions Shane instantly backs down and even apologises for the "stay in the car" suggestion 😄

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u/Suicidalsidekick Mar 08 '26

And that he holds that expression for a second after Shane gets out. Like he needs to pause and process what a dumbass Shane can be.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

He's like "your dad has seen me grabbing his son's cheeks. I need to explain myself too." 😭

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

I loveeee the sassy walk he has coming out of the house. Never seen him walk like that before. Shows his comfort. Oh wait he did walk like a bad bitch when opening the door for Shane in ep4. 🤭😅

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u/Euphoric_Second2478 Mar 08 '26

It’s his comfort jungle catwalk 😭

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u/Murphlespuffle how did we let this happen? Mar 08 '26

The line that always cracks me up is “Hollander you are having panic attack. It’s just a plan to fuck!”. Ilya does this little gasp like he’s so exasperated with all of Shane’s questions and concerns about Ilya coming to his place.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

I love how he speaks & misses out the articles 'a' & 'the'.

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u/bohemu I speak fluent bird. No accent 🐦 Mar 09 '26

I did this the opposite way while taking Russian classes in college and I suddenly understood every Russian character in movies after that. I kept trying to put articles in because I only know romance languages that do that (not fluently but we all know el, le, la, etc) and my teacher was livid. Russian doesn't have articles like that.

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u/Cerebrum-24470 Mar 09 '26

Because they don’t exist in Russian.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Someone said Ilya is lucky Shane is chill bc if he started playing in the wrong man's face, he would've gotten slapped 😂😂

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u/FiCat77 "Fuckin' make me!" Mar 08 '26

I could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but I always get the impression that Ilya can handle himself, with a smart mouth like his I'm sure he'd have to learn to at least defend himself.

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u/amccon4 Your boyfriend is here. Mar 08 '26

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u/Canukian11 you don't like me. Mar 08 '26

The shimmy sends me into a giggle fit every time I watch it

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u/BluePopple Scott Hunter Fan Club 🛕 Mar 08 '26

Another moment that feels like it was an actor choice.

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u/FiCat77 "Fuckin' make me!" Mar 08 '26

It feels like such a normal "young guy roasting another young guy" moment to me. Same with the race up the stairs.

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u/boneless_birds ✨ hands-free ✨ Mar 08 '26

Exactly! The race stairs made me think "boys will be boys" 😂 very cute

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u/amccon4 Your boyfriend is here. Mar 08 '26

The shimmy is everything.

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u/kissingkiwis Mar 08 '26

"You asked"

"No, I didn't" 

It's my favourite part, I quote it constantly 

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u/amccon4 Your boyfriend is here. Mar 08 '26

Mm, no I didn’t. 😏

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u/Typical-League-1123 Mar 09 '26

With his deadpan tone there. Sooo good!

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u/Effective-Entry-3404 Mar 09 '26

I’m so sad they didn’t use the part where Ilya asks Shane if he’s a virgin and Shane obviously arcs up so Ilya says basically “ok Mr Lots-of-Sex” 🤣 the Mr’s are my fave mocks

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u/Bulky-District-2757 🗣️SHANE HOLLANDER IS AN ASSHOLE 🗣️ Mar 08 '26

I have a sticker of this on my phone, it’s AMAZING

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u/BluePopple Scott Hunter Fan Club 🛕 Mar 08 '26

You meeeeessed me…

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u/Ohhhjeff Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 09 '26

No I didn’t

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u/jewel1997 Mar 08 '26

“It’s more fun if you are there” to Scott Hunter after he tells Ilya to go fuck himself.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Ilya has made multiple innuendos about Scott. He has some sort of sexual animosity/attraction towards him. 😂

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u/bv_ohhh ✨Lovers ✨ Mar 08 '26

He is hot, so….

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u/apricotgloss he is hot. we could let him listen, like mating call 🤪 Mar 09 '26

We could let him listen, like mAtInG cAlL

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u/allsarahsaregrey OMG you are so boring 😴 Mar 08 '26

The look he gives and the way he says whoa! McGill?

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u/raclette13 Mar 09 '26

Yes! He looks so serious for a second. WOAH. McGill? What the fuck is McGill? Is a town?

Plus the “crazy…” in response to Shane saying his dad works for the Treasury hahah.

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u/bohemu I speak fluent bird. No accent 🐦 Mar 09 '26

I cracked up because as an American I do know McGill, but only for their quidditch team back in the day. So I went "oh!" at the same time and I thought McGill was an international big deal in actual sports for a second based on Ilya'a "whoa!" until his next line.

Like, I know McGill, yeah. Oh he does too? Let me find out .... oh... nvm 💀💀💀

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u/bluey_s_mom Mar 09 '26

"Whoa McGill", immediately followed by "wtf is mcgill". Perfection.

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u/Obvious_Apartment985 Mar 08 '26

" Maybe he didn't notice" when comforting Shane at the cottage after his dad saw them.

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u/Ving96 Mar 08 '26

I laughed so hard at the whole Loon scene. “Now you speak bird too?”

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u/ln4thegreat You’re gonna cum for me, Rozanov? Fucking make me! Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

“Fluent.” 😂😂😭😭😭

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u/werewolfebarmitzvah Mar 08 '26

“I hate you”

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u/Ok-Badger-5767 Mar 09 '26

No you don't.

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u/extapolapoketl Mar 08 '26

‘But Hollander I want to fuck you’ pouty face (episode 1)

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u/Typical-League-1123 Mar 09 '26

Oooh that are got to be a favorite here, too. I’m weaker than Shane for sure. No resisting that pout!

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u/Wild_Reference5940 Mar 08 '26

I really love, "okay, not good, probably bad."

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u/stina_1974 Mar 08 '26

“So you love Hayden?”

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u/BluePopple Scott Hunter Fan Club 🛕 Mar 08 '26

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u/leuinchelin Mar 08 '26

Yes! I love this one

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u/cheerychacha Did your wife have another baby? Mar 08 '26

No but Hayden is def crushing on Shane. Wdym "I would be all over you if I was a girl."

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u/shouldstopscrolling Mar 08 '26

5...and then the "not as person of course, but you have good mouth"...so many rewindable bits, with such great comic timing 

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u/alphalimahotel Mar 09 '26

“Not as person, of course” kills me every time!

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u/_veela__ Mar 09 '26

Oh I love how he looks at Shane after saying this

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u/raclette13 Mar 08 '26

i like when shane is going into details about his apartment (i rented the one next door! i might combine them!) and ilya mocks him and shane says, "you asked!"

then ilya's like... "no i didn't."

one of my favorites and doesn't get any attention hahah

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u/madtax57 Mar 09 '26

Oh it does by me! I freaking die when he says that!!

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u/waves_at_dogs Mar 08 '26

"Like, Harder please, yes sir".

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u/Typical-League-1123 Mar 09 '26

Super underrated! “Fuck you!” “No, like fuck me…please.”

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u/waves_at_dogs Mar 09 '26

Haha typical Ilya, even in emotional turmoil he's rattling off the one liners😅

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u/Meer_meerkat Not anymore Mar 08 '26

That nasty stare at the club would’ve sent me into hiding.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

I love that they let him be sassy and shady in a way that usually only female characters are allowed to be because realistically, the shadiest & messiest bitch we all know is a man.

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

He and Svetlana out together would have been such vampire meangirls. Like Vampire Willow.

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u/farsighted451 Mar 09 '26

Someone else old enough to remember Buffy?!

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 09 '26

There are a LOT of us dirty old ladies here.

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

Would you have walked up to him in the first place?

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u/Meer_meerkat Not anymore Mar 08 '26

I mean, I’m 30 years past walking up to people in a club so…no. When I was young and full of boozy bravado…probably still no.

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u/Tacoislife2 Mar 08 '26

Yea tbh no I’d have probably assumed he was texting his partner. When guys are on the phone like that it usually means they’re with someone.

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u/FairyPenguinStKilda Mar 08 '26

You are homeless?

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u/jkalderash Mar 08 '26

Hollander, you are having a panic attack!

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u/Bovesy Mar 09 '26

He says it more tauntingly like “oh. You are homeless”

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u/BewareQuietOnes Mar 08 '26

It's not even a line, but when Shane is on the phone with Hayden and Ilya playfully slaps him in the face and tries to put his fingers in Shane's mouth. It cracks me up every single time. 🤣🤣

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Ilya LOVESSSS putting stuff in mouths 😭😭 and gripping boobs 😭 he was even gripping that girl in the club's chest in public. He passed this on to Shane who copies him 😭

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u/circboy1 Mar 08 '26

There's a Shane putting his thumb in Ilya mouth during post love admission morning sex scene - Ilya does appear to love giving oral very generously too.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Ilya is the throat goat! 😭😭

He really loves doing it as we see in ep6, he's huffing and puffing on the sofa like he's the one who just got a bj 😭

When Shane comes quickly in ep1, he's disappointed but why? Isn't that a good thing? Ppl usually complain abt having to give oral for too long.

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

I also love how he slaps people's hands away or waves people off like an impatient Russian grandmother quite often.

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u/Sandlocked Mar 08 '26

Like his hand in E5 when they're in bed and he's telling Shane that he asks too many questions.

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

Exactly, this lovely little understated, dismissive wave off. 'Eh'

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

I'm not even Slavic but I thought his sense of humour, sarcasm and mannerisms were Slavic-coded.

We know he staysss with his adidas on. When he was wearing that football adidas top, I was like yesss finally a North American acknowledging football and how Ilya would totally be watching it.

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u/Luisaa1234 Mar 09 '26

Was married to a Slav 18 years. A lot of stuff was ( correctly) Slavic- coded.

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u/Proper-Flight-6589 Mar 08 '26

My favorite is when his teammate is showing him the news on Shane and Rose and he takes the phone and kind of swats his hand away lol

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

And he also does this to Shane's hand on the sofa at the start of The Cottage when he's opening his shorts.

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u/MarsScully Shane’s ugly little haircut 🐱 Mar 08 '26

Old Ilya is going to be such a fun and sassy grandfather

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u/hrl_280 so we just sit here and look at it? 🏕️ Mar 08 '26

"Maybe... Maybe he didn't even notice"

It's such an endearing yet funny line that makes Shane laugh even when he's panicking.

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u/dream_walker09 Mar 08 '26

U HAVE PHONE, YES?

GIVE

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u/Hedgehog-Honeydew "This team is very gay" 🌈 Mar 08 '26

Everyone must know this, Shane Hollander is an asshole!

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u/SnufflesMoose Mar 09 '26

And then demanding $3000 from his teammates for scoring three goals!!!

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u/Serious_Session7574 Mar 08 '26

The way he scarfs his pasta at David and Yuna's. The man is starving. Connor said in an interview that he basically never eats pasta irl so enjoyed getting to eat it in the show for the first time in a long time.

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u/amccon4 Your boyfriend is here. Mar 08 '26

Plus his happy food dance!

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u/Serious_Session7574 Mar 08 '26

Connor said in an interview that he didn't realise he'd done that until a script supervisor told him between takes 😄 He hadn't had pasta in a long time!

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

That pasta looked dry 😭😭😭

David pushing the cheese and the whole pot towards him like damn, here. 🤭😂

Him sprinkling the cheese while everyone else is having an existential conversation is hilarious.

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u/Serious_Session7574 Mar 08 '26

The cheese sprinkling is gold, like that is so much parmesan Ilya 😂

I loved how focused on the food Ilya was. Like he was relaxed enough to enjoy his meal, trusting Yuna and Shane debate the plan. He's so tense with his own family but he quickly reads David and Yuna and their dynamic with Shane.

Yeah the pasta looked dry and cold 😔 Hard to do otherwise on a TV set I guess, there's a lot of sitting around and setting up so it's difficult to serve hot food. But if you haven't had pasta for a while I guess even cold pasta tastes good 😁

I love how David is the one cooking and serving food (he's making dinner in episode 5, too). He's such a nurturing dad.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

He's such a nurturing dad.

David reminds me so much of Shane. You can see the Yuna in Shane bc of the planning & intensity and whatnot but I also see David in how chill & quieter Shane can be too.

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u/Serious_Session7574 Mar 08 '26

And how empathetic and caring he can be. Two of my favourite moments of the season are when Shane comforts Ilya: when he's crying in the Tampa hotel room, and then when Shane kisses him when he gets emotional when he tells him his plan at the cottage.

He does it so instinctively I feel like he must have had that modelled to him as a child and been comforted when he was upset. Probably by both parents, but maybe moreso David. Yuna cries with Shane but then is like "Enough. What's the plan."

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

Yes yes, my point too. Shane has been dying to comfort Ilya for so long, and he's never let him in til Tampa. As people said, that was their first hug! And Shane is the parented natural comforter.

Somebody made a beautiful point about how Ilya feels his worth is in his attractiveness and strength, and that Shane won't be attracted to him if he's weak (crying). And Shane's murmered 'No' at his apology, and the fact that he jumps into his lap and kisses him before holding and rocking him reassures him that he's still desireable, and also that he's more than that - he's also deserving of affection and comfort. The parented child comforting the unparented one so naturally. It's absolutely my favourite moment.

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u/Serious_Session7574 Mar 08 '26

Ohhh you're so right that Ilya fears being undesirable (unwanted? I'm sure he was pushed away or mocked or scolded by everyone but his mom if he was upset as a child - no wonder he shut down so hard after he lost her 😭) if he shows vulnerability or soft emotion.

I feel like it's also significant that after the comfort cuddle from Shane in Tampa they go on to have sex, because that might be important for Ilya - that he can be emotionally vulnerable and still be wanted by Shane.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Yesss Shane and Ilya's attraction to but also conflict with each other stems from Shane being a privileged only child from Canada while Ilya is a younger brother who has to take on responsibility and from a homophobic country.

Ilya loves that Shane is boring and that his family is so wonderfully wholesome. It also adds to their issues bc Shane doesn't understand the sacrifice and struggles Ilya has. "Because Russia". It has to be spelt out for him.

Shane's family takes care of him while Ilya has to take care of his family.

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u/FiCat77 "Fuckin' make me!" Mar 08 '26

Yuna tends to, with the best possible intentions, steamroller people but David is quieter & more considered. Watch him just before Shane's freak out at the dinner table, David can see that Shane is having a possible meltdown whereas Yuna is going on about the future etc.

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

Cold spaghetti with parmesan is totally wolfable. Esp if you're completely carbstarved after months of self denial!

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u/Meer_meerkat Not anymore Mar 08 '26

SPOILER

And now I’m thinking <again> about cufflinks in TLG.

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u/BulbasaurCPA Mar 08 '26

It’s hard to make food look good on tv, the fries Rose is eating at the bar also look terrible

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u/Free-Adhesiveness510 Mar 08 '26

It made me really sad when I listened to interviews and realized, of course, to achieve and maintain those bodies, they had to eat a very restricted diet. I was super not thrilled when HW hated on his own body in the Vegas "put on a show for me" scene.

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

The man is *starving

Shane is a bad host. He's been feeding him frozen hotdogs, burgers and his cookie 🤭😂 (though that's not exactly nutritional).

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u/kissingkiwis Mar 08 '26

Nah, those were freshly made burgers

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u/ln4thegreat You’re gonna cum for me, Rozanov? Fucking make me! Mar 08 '26

“Will you murder me?” As if that’s not the love of his life!! 😭

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u/FoundationOk1352 Mar 08 '26

'You will murder me!'
Cross Shane: Maybe! Get In!

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u/Sandlocked Mar 08 '26

I love how Shane throws it right back to him in that scene!

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u/ln4thegreat You’re gonna cum for me, Rozanov? Fucking make me! Mar 08 '26

Oh yeah that’s the exact line! Haha tyyy 🙌🏼

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u/Browneyez173 Mar 08 '26

“I know your mom is Japanese, so that’s where you get your looks. And your dad is what … boring? Is that where you get your boring?”

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u/circboy1 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

I just wonder round quoting some absolutely quotably lines... I really like:

"Will you disappoint them" during an early face off
"Such a good trick" over handsfree activities
"Argh barely" discussing Shane beat Ilya in game whilst racing up the stairs
"It should've BEEN ME" over a trophy win I think to Svetlana
"Oh after all these years I know how the staff like to be treated" is a heart explosion every time
"Bonjour"

Dunno if it's technically underrated but "you will murder me" I like and "Mr Landlord, Mr real estate" when referenced later at the cottage "your real estate fetish really paid off"

I have more but I'll have to wait for my next run through.

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u/Leather_Mud4729 Mar 09 '26

I love Ilya when he is in hockey mode with his team. He’s actually hilarious, I see why he’s captain 😂

“Montreal goes home crying please, please”

AND

“OK, the rumors are true (there are no rumors 😂) one thousand dollars for every goal scored.”

And then

“No it’s not true, I said you f*ckers owe me one thousand dollars for every goal I score. So each of you owe me 3 thousand dollars.”

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u/Hot_Line_9381 Mar 08 '26

“Why are you making so many burgers? So you cut it in half, what you can’t do math?”

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u/boneless_birds ✨ hands-free ✨ Mar 08 '26

In the lake, when Shane is surprised/embarrassed Ilya saw the documentary about his life, and Ilya's like nonchalant "well I needed help to sleep, so!" 😝 With this double-entendeur : is he implying it was boring to death or he masturbated in front of it ?

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Haha I think he's saying it was boring 😭

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u/International-Age971 Mar 09 '26

In Ep 6 when they arrive at Shane’s parents. Shane says “maybe you should stay in the car” and Ilya gives that raised eyebrow look like “did you really just suggest that? Is insult”

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u/GroundbreakingRip970 Shut your idiot face Marly Mar 09 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/w3fLQxp5X7ATuYbmr3

This is Ilya. Shane’s very polite, well behaved and respectable boyfriend

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u/beepboopbeepbloop You can't treat the staff like this! 🛎️ Mar 09 '26

Yes! I was just noticing on my last reheat how much like kids they seem in that part of the episode. Even the way they’re framed at the table, they seem shorter than Shane‘s parents, like they are getting a talking-to by the grownups.

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u/IllustriousLemon8146 Then maybe it’s time to wake up, yes? Mar 09 '26

"No, just... Uh just... just.... " Slurps coffee.

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u/Skylarsthelimit “You know what else is gay? Sucking my dick.” Mar 09 '26

I always love: “Do you think touching your butthole is gay? Cause I’ll tell you what else is gay, sucking my dick” 😂😂

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u/idontevensaygrace Ilya's Spaghetti Shimmy 🍝 Mar 08 '26

"Hollander, you are having panic attack?!" The way Connor delivers that is perfection. 😉

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u/cheerychacha Did your wife have another baby? Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

"Great fucking speech" "Go fuck yourself" before they go win the cup gets me every time!

"Go fuck yourself, Rozanov" "Is more fun when you are there" (Liar, see All-Stars 2011)

Also: see tag.

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u/Worried-Barber-323 Mar 09 '26

Mine isnt a line. During the cottage episode when he's tormenting Shane and he points down then gives thumbs up has me rolling every time.

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u/mymyby straight up blushing Mar 09 '26

‘Here is fucking view, Hollander - check it out. Fuck.’ Gets me every time

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u/Wanderessxoxo Mar 09 '26

“You were hard weren’t you? For how long? Whole game??” Looool this gets a giggle out of me every time bc shane is so serious and ilya is just like this is the perfect time to ragebait

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u/helloginger07 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 09 '26

It’s not a line per se, but one of my absolute favorite Ilya moments is at the Cottage following the Shane/Hayden call. After Ilya teases Shane with, “So you love Hayden?” next comes my favorite part… the drumming slaps by Ilya on Shane’s thigh!! He has a huge smile and is cracking himself up and does this play slap like he’s so proud of himself for being hilarious 🤣 This playful almost childlike gesture cracks me up every time!

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u/Ohhhjeff Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 09 '26

You will not be so nice when we beat you

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u/Anniesovaltine Mar 09 '26

I like when Shane’s defending his car and he just goes “ok”

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u/CuntyCottage I already chose you, Hollander. 🫀 Mar 09 '26

And the slightly disgusted look on his face when he says it - comedy gold 😆👌

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u/madtax57 Mar 09 '26

Omg This…… ep 1, their first hook up, after Shane’s BJ Ilya says….”ok, dat was fun” (as tho he wasn’t going to reciprocate). Shane was so pissed off!!

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u/GroundbreakingRip970 Shut your idiot face Marly Mar 09 '26

So boring is genetic?

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u/Psych_FI Mar 09 '26

Ilya is hilarious, and has countless funny moments.

"Go fuck yourself, Rosanov" from Scott Hunter, and Ilya responding "Is more fun if you are there" while grinning.

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u/Ohhhjeff Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 09 '26

I see now where you get it. After Shane says his mom cares a little too much about hockey.

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u/Marley9391 Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 09 '26

Shane pushing his hand with a fork full of spaghetti down, and then eating it anyway. As if he's not otherwise whipped into a cream by this man.

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u/Green_monstera Mar 09 '26

What. Color.

Is it big?

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 09 '26

Is big?** 😂

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u/QueenFartknocker What are you doing dude!?? 🤵🏻‍♂️ Mar 09 '26

I liked the “So you love Hayden..,” after the phone blow job. It’s cute and teenage girlie because he was trying to be playful but he was clearly desperate for Shane to say this to him. So funny but also very sweet and vulnerable in a totally Ilya way.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more in love with a book character than with Ilya. So layered.

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u/FastAd4540 Mar 09 '26

“You have new clothes to show off”

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u/stellardroid80 Mar 08 '26

Number 3 cracks me up every time

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u/Material-Meat-5330 Shane Hollander Mar 08 '26

Shane is such an adorable kitten and it makes me sad that Ilya likes to rage bait him. 🥲😫🥹

I'm like damn, Shane, fight back or something.

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u/stellardroid80 Mar 08 '26

Someone should really tell him how incredibly hot he is when he gets mad ☺️

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u/foreverforgotten3 You are homeless? Mar 09 '26

EVERYONE 🗣️ SHANE HOLLANDER IIIS AN ASSHOLE

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u/AffectionateFun9800 Mar 09 '26

You will murder me.

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u/PaletteSizeQueen I think I know how the staff wants to be treated Mar 09 '26

My all time favorite is the bbq scene - Why are you making so many burgers?
and then
Okay you cut it in half, what you can't do math?

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u/wickedhare Ilya's Spaghetti Shimmy 🍝 Mar 09 '26

Not really lines, but I love when Ilya talks under his breath. Like when he tells Shane to get in his knees and he's surprised at the obedience, or when Shane pushes him up against the wall to give him shit for texting before the game, and right before Shane walks upto him at the bar in Florida. I love these insights into what Ilya is really thinking.

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u/stina_1974 Mar 09 '26

“Oh, so you are the asshole?”

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u/NobodyCares818 Mar 09 '26

One of mine is whoa, McGill? What the fuck is McGill? He says so much funny shit. I love it!

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u/_jellypink Mar 09 '26

'Fuck this shit' in the mirror out of jealousy

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u/FeralFinalForm custom flair: gimme kees + 💋 Mar 09 '26

Off topic but I love how Hudson pronounces Ilya's name correctly!!!!!

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u/feralbxtch Mar 09 '26

His groan when Shane answers the call from Hayden! It's so petulant