<\/span><\/div>\nVarun is proud of his posters that he says bring a little bit of Cousins to Nottingham [Varun Lobo]<\/p>\n
But isn’t a love triangle involving brothers a bit much, even for fiction?<\/p>\n
“At the end of the day, it’s about escapism,” Varun explains, pointing to how he feels about the current state of the world. “Sometimes it’s nice to just take yourself out of it and go to Cousins Beach.”<\/p>\n
Unafraid to discuss serious issues<\/h2>\n
Michelle Elman, 32, is also an avid TSITP viewer and works as a life coach in London. Despite the show skipping over some of the moral quandaries that arise from dating a pair of brothers, she appreciates how it deals with significant issues.<\/p>\n
Death – a theme that also features in Dawson’s Creek, another popular show from the turn of the millennium – hangs over the second and third series of TSITP.<\/p>\n
“It has a lot of threads around grief, as the boys lose their mum, and so there are some really serious undertones to it,” Michelle says. “But they are presented in quite a digestible way – I think that’s also where it’s resonated with some people.”<\/p>\n
Michelle knows of mothers and daughters who watch the show together and use it as an opportunity to discuss how to deal with difficult situations – whether it be grief, dating problems or hurt feelings.<\/p>\n
There is plenty of this to go around: for example, when Jeremiah gets drunk and makes unpleasant comments, or when Conrad fails to communicate his feelings.<\/p>\n
The hype around TSITP has been fuelled by social media, particularly on TikTok where fans of the books speculate about the ending of the TV series.<\/p>\n
This became more frenzied when Han teased the series could end differently to the book.<\/p>\n
Others have created videos dedicated to the couple they’d like to see get together and many of these are set to songs by Taylor Swift, whose music features prominently in the show’s soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Fans of Swift – who famously drops hidden messages and hints about future projects – have also become convinced Han has been planting seeds throughout the series to foreshadow the outcome.<\/p>\n
Varun has had posters used to advertise the show reproduced at a print shop near his home in Nottingham. He’s framed them and they now adorn his dining room.<\/p>\n
“That is how much I love the show,” he laughs.<\/p>\n
Becca is particularly grateful for the online community that has built up around TSITP on forums like Reddit.<\/p>\n
“I will forever be eternally grateful to this show. Because of it, I’ve been able to find some of my best friends and break out of my comfort zone,” she says.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, my group chat is bound to be pinging come finale day when it will become clear if my friends and I have backed the winning team (Team Conrad) – or not.<\/p>\n
Like me, Nathan also feels watching the show is a bit like following a sport.<\/p>\n
“The hype is like a Super Bowl or Champions League final,” he tells the BBC.<\/p>\n
“I get the same feeling watching Conrad and Belly moments as I do when watching Liverpool\u2026 The feeling I got for the bathtub scene, or the peaches scene, is the same to me as a last-minute winner at Anfield.<\/p>\n
“Words fail me.”<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by George Sandeman<\/p>\n
More weekend picks<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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