Wake Up Nat & Darcy

Ex-lovers. Ex-rivals. New cohosts. Oh,puck. Cut from the US women’s hockey team right before her third chance at goldNatalie Carpenter is scrambling for a plan that’ll help her avoid moving back home. The answer: a guest-hosting gig on Wake UpUSA’s winter games coverage. Her cohost: Darcy LaCroixNat’s ex-girlfriendone-time college teammate turned adversary. Since leaving Team CanadaDarcy has worked hard to make a name in broadcasting. If her big break requires sharing screen time with the former cocky freshman who turned her world upside downso be it. At this pointthere’s nothing between them except history. But audiences disagree. #PuckingHotties is trending hardand Nat and Darcy agree to lean into it–for ratingsobviously. It’s not like Nat can forget the way Darcy broke her heart or their bitter team rivalry. Between workingtraveling together and that irresistible sparkit’s getting hard to separate what’s real and what’s for the camera. Because somewhere underneath everything that went wrong is the sneaking suspicion that nothing will ever feel quite this right again.