"For Levy, it was crucial to approach this part of Hannah's background with care while also honoring where she is today. "This is a story about surviving and thriving, and so we were very careful in the writers' room to never show the actual trauma," she says. "It's about her going on a journey to discover that she is not broken - and that is her biggest fear, that she is broken. Garrett becomes a healing part of that journey, but also she heals herself.""
"Season 1 follows Hannah (Ella Bright) and Garrett (Belmont Cameli), whose relationship begins with a fake-dating scheme: She tutors the hockey player, who in turn pretends to date her to make her actual crush (Josh Heuston) jealous. As literature's fake-daters are wont to do, they develop real feelings, and soon, Hannah feels safe enough to open up about a past sexual assault and her desire to have an orgasm with a partner."
"Helmed by creator Louisa Levy, who serves as co-showrunner with Gina Fattore, Off Campus (streaming now) is mostly based on 2015's The Deal and follows a group of Briar University hockey players and their respective love stories. Of course, their chemistry as teammates is just as fun to watch, especially as the lovable ensemble sets the stage for future plot arcs that lean into familiar romance tropes but in unexpected ways."
""We have several John Hughes nods in our show, visually speaking," she tells Bustle over Zoom. "But energetically speaking, we also have a lot of nods to the early-2000s rom-coms, [like] 10 Things I Hate About You. That's a big one for us.""
Off Campus streams on Prime Video and centers on Briar University hockey players and their love stories, drawing mainly from The Deal. The series follows Hannah and Garrett, whose relationship begins through a fake-dating scheme designed to make Hannah’s crush jealous. Their arrangement evolves into real feelings, and Hannah opens up about a past sexual assault and her desire for sexual pleasure with a partner. The show treats her history with care by avoiding depiction of the trauma itself. The narrative frames her journey as surviving and thriving, emphasizing that she is not broken. Garrett supports her healing while she also heals herself.
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