Warning: This article contains spoilers forLove, Victorepisode 8, “Boy’s Trip.”

From the “screw you!”

And all it took was a quick trip up to New York to change Victor’s life forever.

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to meet up with Victor and take him under his wing for the weekend instead.

But wait, there’s more!

That’s why he needed help from his friends when responding to his messages.

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“And you’re not a stranger, you’re one of us,” Simon tells Bram.

“Like, come on, that was so freakin' cool.

Getting the chance to hear their stories, it was incredible.”

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Episode 8 was written by one of the showrunners, Brian Tanen.

“And then our casting department did such a great job filling out that group of friends.

Those moments really inspired him to embrace who he is as a person.”

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“That’s the best thing that you could do,” he says.

We were all smiles the whole time, outside of the tears."

Aptaker explains that this moment “changes everything” for Victor.

And I was happy that Bram was in a good space."

“It doesn’t have to look a certain way.

There’s all of these different options and ways to be out there.

We play sports, and we can have a safe space together.

And that’s just the reality.

“But Nick was totally understanding and totally sweet to me.

It was just amazing to meet him for the first time.”

Nick was amazing about helping that come to fruition.”

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