Love, Victor spoilers for the series finale follow.
Love, Victor has come to an emotional end after three seasons, with the finale seeing Victor make a big decision.
In the end, Victor (Michael Cimino) reunited with Benji (George Sear), his first love, after a long journey for both characters, marking a big "full circle" moment, according to Sear.
The actor spoke about the story's conclusion to Entertainment Weekly: "They just went through so much, so it's more gratifying for them to be together at the end. And as soon as you get that happy moment where Victor picks Benji, then it goes straight back into more challenges for them right away.
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"It was interesting being able to explore all these separate things with our characters. In previous seasons they're more often than not together or in scenes together, so it was interesting exploring the characters individually and then how that impacted the relationship when they would come back together."
"They did need some time to figure out themselves," Cimino added. "I think that's such an important message to share.
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"Benji needed some time to fix some things in his life, and Victor needed to do the same and explore life and get some more experience under his belt before he committed to one person. Instead of being like, 'you are my person out of naiveté,' it's, 'he is my person out of experience'."
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Sear noted that "they had different emotional needs", adding: "Your partner can't always be that person that's going to meet all of your needs, and they're young, it's their first love, so yeah, Michael's right, it's important for them to have that first and then be able to come together as a unit."
Anthony Keyvan, who plays Rahim, Victor's other love interest, admitted the choice was a "really tough decision for the studio and for the writers room", adding that he was "a little bit bummed".
"But I'm really grateful that regardless of the outcome of the love triangle, the writers still found an amazing place in the story for Rahim," he said. "I was reminded that this character is so immensely important.
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"I was supported in that way through the writer's room who brought Rahim up and showed things that other characters weren't able to show or represent onscreen.
"I feel like, in a way, getting away from the love triangle gave Rahim the opportunity to fully come into his own and we got to see sides of him that we wouldn't have been able to see if things were different. Although it stung a little bit, I was really, really happy with how things turned out and I feel it was for the best."
Co-creator Elizabeth Berger admitted that they "always suspected" Victor and Benji would end up together, saying: "Once you're deep into a debate with your other writers and you're hashing things out, you definitely think about all the different ways things could end.
"The love story of Victor and Benji always felt pretty deeply baked into the DNA of the show. They have this beautiful meet-cute in our show's first episode, and he remains such a throughline throughout the series.
"And we love the wish fulfillment of it all, that you track this big, beautiful love story and there's bumps along the way, and they separate for a while, but ultimately they are meant to be. There's something just classic and very satisfying to us about that and we wanted to give that to fans."
All three seasons of Love, Victor are now streaming on Disney+.
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