I had a dream that Jonas Pate threw a huge OBX bonfire focus group party & invited a bunch of fans. He literally sat down with a notebook & went around the campfire asking fans what they’d want to see happen for each character in s4 & specifically in a 3-hour season premiere that would cover the 18 months.
Now I’m convinced a 3-hour premiere just makes SENSE.
We all deserve to see JJ this care-free again in the OBX (not just Poguelandia), even if it’s fleeting 😭 Also I’m bitter there isn’t a shot of his face when he’s in front of Sarah. Also also Jiara eye contact 🫠
This is such an underrated Jiara scene imo, maybe b/c it’s wedged between the hug scene & the first almost-kiss scene — both such big moments for them. But Kie’s smiles, JJ’s “they didn’t hurt you, did they?”, the playfulness??? Need more of that in s4, pleaaase.
I firmly believe the main reason they veered away from making JJ more of a fuck boy is because they realized Rudy had more in him & they wanted to lean into that.
But I also think Rudy has no game with women he doesn’t intend to date/isn’t actively dating 🤭
2. Please leave Riara in fanfiction — Kie would never.
3. I need a few straight-up romantic lines of dialogue from JJ — he learned nothing from Luke about women, but he could take cues from Otis Redding at the very least.
4. Keep the Pope & Cleo cuteness coming — no notes.
5. I’ll give you all the money in my purse + a million dollars if you keep Topper & Sarah apart for good now — split Jarah up if you must, but give that girl a break.
Seeing the s4 BTS photos & videos is already exciting, but the actors filming scenes that are obviously filling in some details from the 18-month gap makes me so happy. I know we all speculated they would & the Pates reinforced it, but I was still surprised they're making good on it. I guess I've seen too many showrunners who bulldoze over their fans' hopes 😭