I truly can’t get over how badly they want to crawl into eachother’s skin. I truly don’t think I’ve seen another pair depict this so well within tv or film. If they could crack open their rib cages and climb inside, they would.
hollanov’s daughter gets married to a russian guy. they get pregnant and it’s a baby boy. the father of the child says there’s a running tradition in his family to name the first boy born a specific name. everyone are in the same room when he suggests to name their son alexei :)
when hollanov have sex for the first time since the almost plane crash, they do it missionary and shane starts crying. ilya thinks it’s the typical overstimulation and doesn’t worry much. shane uses their safeword and the second ilya pulls off, he collapses into his arms and
ilya and alexei actually had a secret code word when they were really young, one day after decades of no contact ilya gets a random message from a russian number with this exact word and it’s alexei forgetting half his life, genuinely thinking ilya is past the curfew
ilya getting dementia and forgetting the death of his mom and alexei turning against him. Him calling out asking about his big brother, talking about how he needs him because he promised they will play after school.