Most critics like it, though few pretend it is more than soapy comfort viewing. Five of the eight reviews are positive, and the praise gathers in the same places: the chemistry between the leads, Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli, the easy camaraderie among the hockey players, and the care with which the series handles consent, sexual assault and domestic violence, subjects its frat-house setting does not promise.
The reservations gather too. Several reviews find the dialogue choppy, the tone uneven and the plot predictable, and more than one measures it against Heated Rivalry and finds it less steamy and lower in stakes. The spread is wide: four-star notices from Radio Times and The Guardian at one end, a D+ from The AV Club at the other, which calls the direction lifeless and the acting bad. Vulture also faults the lead performances, which sets both against the majority who find the pairing the show’s chief pleasure.