Tyler Stanaland and Alex Hall's romantic tension only increases in 'Selling the OC' season 2 — but it's still not clear if they're actually dating

• Alex Hall and Tyler Stanaland's romantic chemistry is on display in Netflix's "Selling the OC."

• Tyler finalized his divorce from ex-wife Brittany Snow in July 2023.

• In season 2 of "Selling the OC," Tyler and Hall finally kiss, but it's unclear if they're dating.

Season 2 of "Selling the OC," which premiered Friday, dives further into one of the show's most controversial, long-simmering relationships — that between Tyler Stanaland and his Oppenheim Group colleague, Alex Hall.

After Tyler's split from his ex-wife, Brittany Snow, Tyler and Hall's romantic tension on Netflix's "Selling Sunset" spinoff series only grows more intense throughout the new season. During a hot tub conversation in the season 2 finale, Tyler confesses that he has started to feel that he wants more than friendship from his relationship with her.

"You are different than anyone I've ever dated," he tells Hall. "You're loud, you're opinionated, you are a fucking nightmare. And I genuinely like, I love everything about you."

After the pair make out in the hot tub, the show cuts to the credits — leaving audiences on a cliffhanger and wondering what actually happened after that steamy moment. Here's everything we know about if Tyler and Hall actually embarked on a relationship after filming wrapped.

Tyler and Hall's sexual tension ramped up on 'Selling the OC' season 2

Season 1 of "Selling the OC," which likely filmed between November 2021 and May 2022, was enough to spark speculation about the nature of Tyler and Hall's relationship — but season 2 took it to an entirely new level.

Weeks after season 1 of "Selling the OC" premiered on Netflix in August 2022, Tyler and his then-wife, "Pitch Perfect" star Brittany Snow, announced their split. And at the beginning of season 2, which was filmed sometime in early-mid 2023, at least in part before their divorce was finalized, Tyler and Hall have a conversation about how he's feeling post-divorce.

"I think there's a lot you can learn from a successful relationship, and even more from a divorce," he says. "So, you know."

"Trust me, I am with you on that," Hall says. "My divorce literally almost killed me."

Throughout the season, their close friendship was a subject of scrutiny, with fellow agent Gio Helou joking in season 2, episode 1 that Tyler and Hall would have a child together before he managed to conceive with his wife. Brandi Marshall, another agent, confronts the two of them about their relationship several times over the course of the season.

"Even if I was fucking Tyler, what does that have to do with my business?" Hall says in a confessional in the season 2 premiere. "At all? I can sell real estate, even if I'm getting laid."

Later, fellow agent Polly Brindle reveals that she and Tyler once kissed in the office. Despite that, Polly tells Hall during a conversation in season 2, episode 2 that she wouldn't be surprised if Hall and Tyler ended up together.

Over the course of the season, the pair's costars regularly discuss their friendship, and Hall and Tyler even joke about it during the office trip to Cabo.

In the season 2 finale, Hall's family teases the pair about getting together — and after Tyler leaves the conversation, Hall reveals that she wouldn't necessarily be opposed. Then, in the major season 2 cliffhanger, they make out in a hot tub.

So, are Tyler and Hall dating now?

The short answer? Unclear. In the year since season 1 of "Selling the OC" premiered, they denied getting together, even as they continued to spark dating rumors between seasons.

TMZ reported in September 2022 that Tyler and Hall were spotted having dinner together with friends, including their costar Polly Brindle, the day that Tyler's divorce was announced.

Hall addressed the moment in an interview with People in November 2022, saying that they were out with others at a restaurant near their office.

"I mean, at this point, we're just friends, so there's nothing more to it," she told People.

In December 2022, Hall told Us Weekly that the thought of dating Tyler had "never crossed my mind."

But the pair were also seen together in Dubai in January 2023, a day after Brittany Snow officially filed for divorce from Tyler, E! News reported. Both Tyler and Hall posted photos from Atlantis The Royal in Dubai.

In August 2023, Tyler told E! News that he and Hall were doing "great," not confirming whether or not they were dating. He did say, however, that Hall was a "hero" in his "storyline" on the show, but that audiences would make their own judgment (possibly in reference to Hall being labeled a "villain" after season 1 dropped).

"She has been somebody that's been, you know, really influential during this time and helped me out in a lot of ways and taken me to dinner when I needed it most," Tyler told E! News. "And she's been a really good friend."

Even after season 2's premiere (and the world seeing their hot tub kiss), the two are still skirting around the question of their relationship.

"Obviously, you see in season 2 [that] we explore some things," Tyler told Us Weekly in an interview conducted prior to the premiere. "It leads to a steamy moment, and I think we're still kind of trying to figure it out, but we remain really close friends and I don't have an answer [on where we stand] for you at the moment."

Hall told Us Weekly that viewers will have to wait for the show's next season to learn what happens after their kiss, but said that she and Tyler had a "comfortable" friendship during the season. Adding romance into the mix, she said, can be "scary" and "awkward."

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