Heated Rivalry, HBO Max’s homosexual hockey collection that has everybody I do know shedding their minds, is lastly — and sadly — coming to an finish. However don’t fret: It is simply the finale of Season 1. We nonetheless have not less than two extra seasons of hockey smut to sit up for.
The Canadian import from streamer Crave, based mostly on Rachel Reid’s queer romance novels, burst onto screens in late November and wasted no time incomes its cult obsession standing. The collection delivers on each entrance: scorching chemistry between rising stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie; refreshingly trustworthy depictions of LGBTQ athletes; polished manufacturing and powerful performances; and, after all, an abundance of unapologetically attractive encounters which have launched a thousand group chats.
Why is the intercourse in ‘Heated Rivalry’ so scorching?
The obsession is not simply anecdotal, both. By the second week of December, Heated Rivalry had climbed to change into the third most-watched collection on HBO Max, Mashable reported earlier this month — a testomony to simply how exhausting viewers have fallen for this rink-side romance.
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So in case you, like seemingly everybody clogging up your social media feed, are counting down the minutes to the Jacob Tierney–helmed present’s finale, you’re in luck.
The ultimate episode of Heated Rivalry drops at midnight tonight — Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 (that’s 12:00 a.m. EST or 9:00 p.m. PT on Thursday, Dec. 25). Take into account it a vacation miracle. Frankly, it’s the Christmas current all of us deserved.
