THE COTTAGE -- SEASON FINALE     25/12/26

SEASON FINALE -- A SHOCKING SECRET IS REVEALED -- Kip (Robbie G.K.) and his friends watch on TV as Scott (François Arnaud) discusses his public coming out while accepting the MVP award. Shane (Hudson Williams) drives Ilya (Connor Storrie) to Shane's cottage, where both reveal neither has had sex with anyone else in the months since they were last together. Ilya shares the trauma of his mother's death by suicide. Ilya proposes marrying Svetlana (Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova) for American citizenship, but Shane objects and instead suggests a different plan: they publicly turn their rivalry into friendship, start a suicide prevention charity, and have Ilya move closer by playing for Ottawa. The two finally confess their love. After Shane's father (Dylan Walsh) arrives unannounced and sees them together, Ilya accompanies Shane while he comes out to his parents and explains their relationship, leading to an apology from his mother (Christina Chang) and a discussion of future plans over dinner. After Ilya calls himself Shane's boyfriend for the first time, Shane and Ilya drive back to the cottage as a couple. Sophie Nélisse also stars. TVR