Every Off Campus Couple Ranked: From Messiest Romance to Ultimate Endgame

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Prime Video’s “Off Campus” has emerged as one of the season’s buzziest summer watches, drawing in audiences with its mix of campus romance, emotional drama and heavier real-world themes. Inspired by “The Deal,” the first installment in Elle Kennedy’s best-selling Off-Campus book series, the show has found a formula that clearly resonates. And because the novels shift focus to new central couples in a way not unlike “Bridgerton,” the series could have plenty of romantic storylines to explore in future seasons.

Season 1 centers on Hannah Wells (Ella Bright), a music student, and Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli), a star hockey player whose unlikely arrangement gradually develops into something much deeper. What begins almost by chance becomes a meaningful bond, with both characters helping each other confront painful experiences from their pasts. Since Hannah and Garrett’s arc reaches a fairly definitive point by the end of the season, it seems likely they will move into more of a supporting role if Season 2 shifts toward another couple. Before looking ahead, though, it’s worth breaking down how the show’s key pairings compare across “Off Campus” Season 1.

Kendall (Karis Cameron) is out of the romantic running almost as quickly as she enters it. In the early stretch of the season, she is occasionally linked to Garrett, but the dynamic is never presented as anything especially substantial. Instead, Kendall’s presence mainly helps underline just how closed off Garrett is when it comes to emotional intimacy or any kind of serious relationship.

By the end of Season 1, Garrett is firmly no longer available, leaving Kendall as more of an introductory romantic foil than a genuine contender. Her purpose in the story is to highlight Garrett’s baggage before Hannah becomes the person capable of reaching him. Hopefully, Kendall gets a more rewarding path in the future — because in this case, it really does feel like a matter of “it’s not you, it’s him.”

Sean (Riley Davis) is another character whose romantic prospects are shaky from the outset. The only reason he does not land at the very bottom is that he and Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla) are at least an established couple when the series begins, unlike Kendall and Garrett’s far more casual connection. Even so, Allie and Sean are already showing signs of strain early in “Off Campus” Season 1, which is rarely a promising sign in a drama built around campus romance and messy entanglements.

The show also changes Sean and Allie’s dynamic in notable ways from “The Deal,” where their relationship is portrayed as more stable. In the Prime Video adaptation, Sean largely functions as the ex who resurfaces with hurt feelings after realizing Allie has quickly found comfort with another hockey player whose name sounds awfully similar. Whether that is entirely fair to him is debatable, but romance on “Off Campus” is not exactly built on perfect timing.

Garrett’s close friend John Logan (Antonio Cipriano) — one of two Johns on the Briar Hawks’ forward line, along with John Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) — comes across as both a skilled athlete and a genuinely decent guy, even as he and his sibling Jules (Julia Sarah Jones) deal with difficult problems at home. Since Logan becomes a major focus in the Off-Campus novel “The Mistake,” he appears well positioned to eventually step into the male romantic lead role on “Off Campus,” with Grace Ivers (India Fowler) as his likely counterpart.

For now, however, we get a charming but rather one-sided attempt at a romantic connection between Hannah and Logan, whose “Off Campus” Season 1 storyline gives them the kissing scene that Hannah has with Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn) in the book. Logan is definitely romantically interested in Hannah, but he’s also a good dude, so he doesn’t truly pursue the girl Garrett is head over heels for. Still, viewers who know Logan’s tragic backstory from the books in full will be gut-wrenched to see him pine after a girl he would be legitimately interested in, should the circumstances be ever so slightly different. Don’t worry, Logan, it’ll get better — and at least you got that kiss.

Regardless of what you think of Hunter “Carter St. James” Davenport (Charlie Evans), it seems that he’s set to become the guy to beat in “Off Campus” Season 2. The mystery man with the sweater already has a bad relationship with Dean Di Laurentis for reasons that remain mysterious for now, and when Allie sleeps with Hunter as part of her ultimately one-sided “let’s not get too serious” pact with Dean, things get really difficult.

“Off Campus” Season 1 strays from the books a touch by setting up an archetypal love triangle drama between Allie, Dean, and Hunter, who was originally a character from Elle Kennedy’s Briar U spin-off series. Based on their Season 1 interactions, Allie certainly seems to have enough chemistry with each guy to keep things interesting. Hunter is liable to head into Season 2 as a wild card who seems to have a history with Dean’s younger sister, Summer — and, considering the sorts of plot developments that this show is fond of, there’s no telling what we’ll see going forward. 

The cast of “Off Campus” will switch up come Season 2, when Justin Kohl (Josh Heuston) takes a bow and exits stage left — for now, at least. In Season 1, Justin is Hannah’s original object of affection, and his handsome visage and rebellious vibe are indeed the kind of thing that might catch a girl’s interest. However, the major and extensively lampshaded issue with Justin is that he only tends to become interested in girls like Hannah if they’re unattainable — say, when they’re dating a handsome jock like Garrett.

Justin and Hannah actually vibe pretty well during the music project they tackle together. Unfortunately, their artistic sensibilities differ rather wildly, and Hannah’s nascent feelings toward Garrett mean that Justin’s romantic potential has a definite ceiling in her eyes. Even so, Justin is a definite romantic prospect for Hannah, and thus their pairing scores fairly high on the list — if only as an example of the fact that what you think you want isn’t always what you actually need.

Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis are in second place at the moment, thanks to many aspects of their own storyline in the “Off-Campus” novel “The Mistake” already playing out over the course of Season 1. Since “Off Campus” Season 2 has already been confirmed, it’ll be interesting to see how the show continues their story. 

Hannah’s friend and the Briar Hawks player are both main characters, and their romance is introduced as a surprise twist during the back half of the season. Though initially fairly non-committed, they soon become far more serious.

Though some of their story beats have already been featured on the show, Allie and Dean are an interesting couple that have plenty of tigers in their collective tank. With Hunter Davenport stirring the pot during the “Off Campus” sophomore season, expect great things from this particular storyline going forward.

There may be better romance shows out there than “Off Campus,” but Hannah and Garrett definitely give their central couples a run for their money. The show’s MVP duo are the focal point of “Off Campus” Season 1 from the first episode, and their slowly progressing love story digs considerably deeper than your average romantic drama would ever dare to go.

Hannah and Garrett explore far more than young love. As two people who are both victims of abuse in their own ways, they patiently help each other discover joy in emotional and physical closeness. Yes, their story starts out as transactional — the book the season is based on is literally titled “The Deal” — and there are elements of classic, cheesy romantic drama scattered throughout. Despite all this, there’s a raw, real element to the pair’s story, and Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli do a great job at portraying the many, occasionally conflicting elements of their romance.