Liane Hentscher\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhat elevates \u201cOff Campus\u201d and makes it noteworthy is how Garrett helps Hannah feel comfortable with sex, after she discloses that she was assaulted in the past. There\u2019s a conversation between Garrett and his playboy pal, Dean (Stephen Kalyn), about the importance of making women they\u2019re sleeping with feel safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
(It\u2019s the ultimate wish fulfillment fantasy of \u201clocker room talk\u201d that only fictional jocks written by women would do. No wonder the book is a bestseller).<\/p>\n
That scene feels quietly remarkable \u2013 and so does the show\u2019s implication that Hannah\u2019s past is heavy, but her overall story doesn\u2019t need to be.<\/p>\n
So, while these college athletes do their share of keg stands and hook ups, the show\u2019s stand-out quality is its insistence that characters with trauma don\u2019t need to be in depressing stories. They can get trope-filled rom-coms, too \u2013 alongside more typical characters whose only problems are, \u201cshe\u2019s clumsy.\u201d<\/p>\nElla Bright as Hannah and Belmont Cameli as Garrett in \u201cOff Campus.\u201d Liane Hentscher\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLogan (Antonio Cipriano), Dean (Stephen Thomas Kalyn), Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) and Garrett (Belmont Cameli) in \u201cOff Campus.\u201d Courtesy of Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTheir friends also feature prominently. There\u2019s Hannah\u2019s sassy actress bud Allie (Mika Abdalla), and Garrett\u2019s teammates \/ roommates: party boy Dean, cook Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) and mechanic Logan (Antonio Cipriano).\u00a0<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a secondary relationship subplot that\u2019s a little too<\/em> fun; it threatens to be more interesting than Garrett and Hannah.<\/p>\nWhile the trauma elements sound like a strange combination with frothy rom-com fare, for the most part, the show deftly navigates the clashing tones. The overall story leans more light than dark.<\/p>\nGarrett (Belmont Cameli) in \u201cOff Campus.\u201d Liane Hentscher\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHannah (Ella Bright) in \u201cOff Campus.\u201d Liane Hentscher\/Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe show has already been renewed for a Season 2.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s worth noting that although \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d aired first \u2013 and you can\u2019t walk into a bookstore these days without tripping over a dozen hockey romances \u2013 the \u201cOff Campus\u201d book came out in 2015, as the original that sparked the trend.<\/p>\n
\u201cOff Campus\u201d premieres May 13 on Prime Video.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\nIf you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d became a viral phenomenon, everyone rushed to have their own version. Prime Video\u2019s has entered the rink: \u201cOff Campus.\u201d Premiering May 13, the show has some cheesy moments, and a plot as fresh as month-old lettuce. But it\u2019s also fun, charming, and addictively watchable\u00a0\u2013 with more gravity than it looks like. Some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2411898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21741,66105,349407,22205,21913,361306],"class_list":["post-2411897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-prime-video","tag-romance","tag-television","tag-tv","tag-tv-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-next-Heated-Rivalry-is-here-\u2014-with-Off-Campus.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411899,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411897\/revisions\/2411899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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