Aug. 17, 2026

2.6 ReelShort - Bound By Duty

Show Notes
Transcript

The Chicago mafia romance everyone is arguing about ends with a shot, a pregnancy, and a cliffhanger that makes you want the next part immediately. Meghan breaks down Bound by Duty from ReelShort, why Dante and Valentina’s chemistry works so well, and why the ending hits so hard if you have not read the books.

Valentina has already survived one marriage, Dante is still carrying the grief of his first wife, and neither of them is exactly prepared for the emotional chaos that follows when a business decision turns into something much more dangerous. Meghan unpacks the story setup, the slow burn between a widow and a mafia heir, and the moment the series stops playing nice.

You’ll discover:

Why Dante chooses Valentina and what makes her different from every other woman around him
How the series handles grief, loyalty, secrecy, and the pressure of mafia shame
Why Antonio’s return changes everything and turns the ending into a full-blown panic button
The communication choices that had Meghan yelling at the screen
A tiny editing detail that stood out to a video production eye
How Bound by Duty fits into the larger Bound by universe and what that means for future couples

Meghan also talks through the confusion around Dante’s casting, how this version connects to Bound by Honor and Bound by Love, and why the expanding Bound by series is becoming one of the most fun corners of vertical storytelling. If you like mafia romance, messy emotions, strong chemistry, and endings that make you desperate for the sequel, this one is for you.

With sharp observations, big reactions, and a clear love for the world Real Short is building, this episode is perfect for anyone following the Bound by series or deciding whether Bound by Duty is worth the watch. Listen now before the next part drops.

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Welcome to my vertical obsession. I'm your host, Megan, and

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today we are talking about Found by Duty on Real

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Short and this star is Keissy Schreyer as Valentina Cavalaro,

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Chase Mattson as Dante Cavalaro, Sarah Randall as Palmina, and

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Eden Dobson as Antonio ER's co so. The synopsis for

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this one is based on the novel by Cora Riley.

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As the heir to the Chicago Mafia, Dante is logical

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to a fault. The only thing Valentina has in common

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with him is being a widow. When Dante chooses her

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as his next wife, it's a business decision made by

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a man still haunted from losing the love of his life.

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But Valentina won't repeat the lovelessness of her first marriage.

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As she struggles with her own desire for her new husband,

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little does she know his heart may already have started

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beating for her. Well overview. I did for this was

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Valentina lost her husband, Antonio Dante lost his first wife.

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And because Valentino was married into the mob already, she

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was someone who wouldn't break easy, and that is why

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Dante chose to marry her. Dante tells her that he

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will never love her, but Val is determined to try

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and get him to fall for her. Val is also

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worried that if it comes out that she was married

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to a gay man, that Dante won't care for her

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anymore and it will disgrace both of them, as it

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is a shame in the mafia world. Dante ends up

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falling for Valentina and finally letting go of his first wife.

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After Val finds out she's pregnant, Dante does what he

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can to prove he's all about her and the baby.

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That is until Antonio returns not so dead, wanting Val

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to kill Dante. When Val can't kill Dante, Dante sends

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her away for her safety, which ends up letting Antonio

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kidnap her. Dante comes in to save Val but ends

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up getting shot, and then it ends with the two

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be continued. Just kind of tried to summarize it instead

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of doing a whole breakdown of the series, because I

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know I've done that in the past, where I've done

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like this whole breakdown of way too long of a overview,

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So I was trying to keep it short, sweet to

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the point. So now on to the talking points. The

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first one I had was about Dante because when this

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one came out and they came out with the name

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and said he was the head of the Chicago Mafia,

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I was a little bit confused because I was like, well,

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wasn't in Bound by Love there Dante Cavalaro And it

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just kind of like threw me off that there was

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two different actors playing the same role, and I was like,

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was that an accident or is he supposed to be

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someone else? Because also it made me question like where

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does this fit in Bound by Love? Like does it

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come before it? Does it come after it? When you

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look it up in the book series, it shows that

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it does come before Bound by Love? So that's where

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I'm kind of like going, did they do it based

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solely on the book? So this one technically is supposed

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to come before Bound by Love because I don't remember

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remember Val being mentioned in Bound and by Love, So

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that's what's kind of like throwing me off. Just know

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that he was a rival to Luca, So it just

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kind of confused me a little bit. And I'm not

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mad about this. Dante Chase does a fantastic job playing

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this character. I love it. I was just very confused

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because we had met him as a completely different actor

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playing him before this, So it was just one of

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those things where it was just like a little confused

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how that worked. But I may also be like very

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overthinking this whole thing. But that was like the main

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thing that I had for that. For that, it's just

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like the fact that that character had two different actors,

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So it was threw me off a little bit. But

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or I guess because he wasn't actually Dante Cavalaro, he

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was just Dante, he might not have been the same character,

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so even more confused. Again, I think I'm just overthinking

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the whole thing. So the next point I had was

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the cliffhanger. I was so mad about that, but also

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happy at the same time because we do get another series.

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So they came up. They have the second part of

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the series dropping at the end of the week or

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the beginning of next week. I think it's the twenty

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third of August is when it drops, but you still

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hadn't gotten a trailer. We get the trailer now, so

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we do kind of see where things are, but it

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was just one of those things where the ending goes

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Dante gets shot and then you're just like, wait, you

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can't do like that. No, does he survive what happens?

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And of course, if you've read the books, I'm sure

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you know what happens. But me is not reading the books,

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going uh what No. But I'm glad we don't have

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to wait too long for the next series or the

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next part of the series. We get to see the

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continuation very soon. So I am thankful for that, because

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if there was the cliffhanger and we had to wait

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a year, I think I would lose my mind a

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little because I'd be like, I need to know what

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happens next. So I'm glad we're not waiting too long,

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not waiting long at all. Honestly. My next point was

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about honesty. I kept wanting to yell at them each

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time they were like unscreen and not telling the other something.

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I'm just like, Okay, come on, please be honest with

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each other. You know you want to. It's like Fowl

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should have been honest with him about, you know, being

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with Antonio and him being gay, and Dante should have

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been honest about where he was and what he was

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doing with Foul, especially at the end there when she

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got hurt. Though, I feel like maybe she wouldn't have

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listened fully, but I still think it would have helped

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if he had been honest and told her that, you know,

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I was saying goodbye to my wife or my first wife,

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so that way I can build a future with you

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and this baby. So I feel like he should have

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been honest about that. And I mean, he did try

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to prove after the fact, you know, with all the gifts,

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the nursery, cleaning out his late wife's room to make

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it a nursery, he was doing all this to prove

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that he is moving on and he is trying to

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make her a priority. So I do love that he

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did that as a way to show her all this,

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But I still was like, be honest with her, tell

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her where you were. And the fact that she got

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mad at him for going to see his late wife

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on the anniversary of her death, I feel like she

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shouldn't have I get it she felt like she was

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a ghost in her own house and he was clinging

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to his late wife and their life together. But at

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the same time, I'm like, the one time you shouldn't

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get mad at him is when he's going to visit

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his wife on the anniversary of her death. I feel

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like that is the one time you shouldn't get mad

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at him, because he should be able to do that

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every other time. Maybe that's a different But on the

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actual anniversary of her death or the actual anniversary of

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when they got married, that's he should be allowed to

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go and see and mourn the wife. So that's just me.

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But but then Valaso not telling Dante about her marriage

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and that she was married to a gay guy and

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that they were never intimate with each other, I feel

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like she should have been honest. And I get that

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she was trying to say or that she felt that

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it was a shame and that it would bring his

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honor and it would be bad within the mafia world,

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but she still should have trusted him in telling him

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all this that maybe they could have worked through it

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and figured out a way too, but figure out a

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way to kind of get past it and not turn

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it into what she's afraid it might be. Because I

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feel like if he had known that, maybe there would

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have been better communication. And I mean, she did end

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up telling him, and he was sweet and did care

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for her and wasn't running away, So I mean, if

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she had told him sooner, then maybe they could have

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been a bit more understanding. And that's the one thing

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that always drives me crazy sometimes is when people don't communicate.

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And I get that's supposed to kind of bring in

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the drama and make things more crazy and drag things out,

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but sometimes you're just sitting here going like, just be

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honest with each other and then maybe all these issues

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and all these misunderstandings won't happen, you know, So you

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just kind of you get to a point where you're like,

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just tell them the truth. And this was one of

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those times where it's just like, just tell him, see

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what happens. What's the worst he could do? I mean, yeah,

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probably kill her. But still I feel like it could

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have been different. There could have been better communication between

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the two. That's just me. My next point is there

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was a small editing moment that kind of drove me crazy,

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and I don't think it meant to, but it was

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just one of those things where I just happened to

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notice it sore when Val was in the hospital. When

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Antonio first showed up, the episode ended with her looking

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to her right, and then when we switched to the

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next episode, she's looking to her left. So I was

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just like I was very confused by the angle swap

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for a moment, and like I said, it did kind

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of drive me crazy little from an editing standpoint, and

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maybe it was meant to do that and I just

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didn't really see how. But it continues to make me

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question how verticals are edited all together and how they

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kind of figure which scenes end up in which episode

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type of thing. So it's definitely something that I would

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love to learn more about. I've said this before and

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other reviews that I would completely love to kind of

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dive in deeper into how the editing on verticals work,

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because it is quite interesting how each episode is supposed

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to be kind of like a standalone but still in

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a bigger series. So it's something that I've questioned many

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of times, like do they get edited all together? Does

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it get uploaded all together? Does it get edited separately

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for each small little piece, Like there are some things

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that I'm just like still unsure of that I'd love

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to dive more deep into. Hopefully one day that will happen.

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And I mean, he said it wasn't a big moment,

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and it wasn't anything too important of a scene or

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fully noticeable. I feel like, but It's just something that

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I picked up on, and it's just one of those

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things where it was like, wait, wait a minute, that

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that changed? Why why did that change? And I think

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a lot of people might not notice that's small change.

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I just said, I just happened to notice it. Again,

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I tend to blame it on the fact that I

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went to school for video editing and production, So sometimes

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I pick out things that other people don't or that

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other people don't see, and I know there are people

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out there who find things that I completely miss, so's

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it happens. So the next note I had was just

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simply about the bound By series, and I just say

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how I'm loving that we're getting more into the bound

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By series, that we're kind of diving into other couples

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within the series, because I know there's quite a few

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because I've looked it up. I haven't read them, but

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now I kind of want to because now that we're

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getting more into them, I would be interested to see

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how different things are, what other couples they have, and

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how they all kind of connect together in a sense.

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But I know it started with the bound By Honor

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for Aria and Luca, and then we have the Aria

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and Luca sequel Bound By Love, and we have Sweet Temptation, Chad,

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Julia and Cassio as the characters, which I don't know

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if that one is fully part of the bound By

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series or if it's kind of like a spin off

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of it, but I know it's connected to it, because

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when I looked it up, I knew it said it

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was connected to it at least. And now we have

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the bound By Duty with Dante and Val and then

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the sequel Bound By the Past with Dante and Val.

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So I'll be curious to see if we get anyone

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else in the bound By series, because I'm pretty sure

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there's one with Matteo and Giovanna, which is Aria's sister,

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So curious if we get a stand alone with them.

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But I do love that we've entered more of the

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bound By series and we're getting more characters from that

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because it's been very fun to watch. It's definitely one

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of my favorites with Savannah and Rhett when it came

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to Aria and Luca, which will have bound By Love

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coming up and working on that one, but to do

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this one, so I just I love that we're just

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diving so deep into this series more and more so

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I'm happy. I hope we get more. Like I said,

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I think I will definitely kind of check out the

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books see how they are, kind of get a sense

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of any of the other couples that are within the

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bound By series. But I definitely love this and I'm

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glad we're entering more of the bound By series and

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that universe, the bound By universe, I'll say so, I'm

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very happy about that one. And so my thoughts on

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this one, to my overall thoughts, is I love this one.

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I thought the chemistry was great between Casey and Chase.

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I thought they did a great job as Val and Dante.

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I really enjoyed their characters banter back and forth, especially

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when they were playing darts and their characters flirting with

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each other. Really enjoyed that scene. It was definitely so

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much fun. And I look forward to the sequel with

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them because it said I really enjoyed them as Valen Dante.

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I also have been really enjoying the bound By series,

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and like I mentioned not too long ago, glad we're

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expanding the universe within verticals and real short and hopefully

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there will be more to come. I am interested to

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see how this one kind of connects with Aria and Luca.

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Love to see if that kind of happens, if we

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get any of that within the series. I know when

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I was looking up actors on the show on IMDb,

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it said something about Matteo and I'm like, I don't

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remember seeing him in this one. It's like, so, is

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he going to be in Bound by the Past? Is

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that kind of kind of give us a glimpse? Be

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interested to see. I know the trailers already dropped from

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Bound for the by the Past, and you can kind

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of see that time has kind of jumped forward in

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that series, So should be interesting to see where that

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one goes. And you said, as I mentioned, I'd probably

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will check out the the the books to kind of

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get understanding more of each character and each couple, because

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these have been really fun and I've really enjoyed them.

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And I'm so happy that Real short has been the

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one creating and dropping them because they've been They've been

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super fun. And while Aria and and Luca will be

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my favorite because Savannah and Brett were just amazing, I

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will have to say that Dante and Bell were pretty

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great too. I did enjoy them. I have not seen

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Sweet Temptation yet that is next on my list, so

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we'll see how that one is. I look forward to

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it because that has Jesse Morales in it and I

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adore him too. But yeah, so this has just been

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like a fun little series that I'm so happy Real

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Short is just continuing because I didn't think they would.

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But also when they first dropped bound By Honor, I

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thought that was just a story of Aria and Luca.

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I didn't realize until I looked it up that it

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is a series of different couples within the mob, so

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that was kind of fun to learn, and I did

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kind of wonder if Real Short would bring on the

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other couples throughout the bound By or just stick to

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Aria and Luca. So I'm really glad, like I said,

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that they have expanded. You are getting more, We're getting

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introduced to different characters within the series and the different couples.

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So I just this was fantastic. I loved every minute

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of it. It was so cute, and I hated the cliffhanger.

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Like I said, I did hate that, But I am

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glad that the next part of the series is within

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the next week, so we will have that, which is great.

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I just I just loved everything about this said chemistry

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on point so great, you were fantastic. Chase played such

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a good mob boss or mob coppo, and I look

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forward to the sequel seeing him continuing that role. So

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it's just it was amazing. I really really enjoyed this.

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So so for a rating, I gave it a seven

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point eight out of ten, because again I do try

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to be fair based on rating. There was a little

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bit of pacing that I thought could have been better,

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but otherwise, all in all, it was really great and

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I really enjoyed it. But yeah, so this has been

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found by duty on Real Short As always. Would love

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to hear your thoughts on the series, what you liked,

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what you didn't like, and if you were enjoying this podcast,

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please be sure to give it a review. We'd love

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to hear your thoughts. I am your host, Megan. This

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has been my vertical obsession until thanks time.

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