Not that long ago, the latter was confessing that she was in love with another girl. “You don’t know how much power you have,” he reassures her, but the imbalance will always be in his favor.Īs for Rue and Jules, I’m really unsure of where they stand right now. He lies and manipulates her with such ease. But the only thing that can take her mind off of Maddy is sneaking out to see Nate - she’s stuck in a neverending ouroboros of lust and loathing. He constantly dangles the threat of Maddy finding out, sending Cassie into such a guilt-ridden spiral that she forgets to clean Nate’s blood from her legs, like an untouched crime scene. His ex-girlfriend is a fierce opponent, while Cassie is a pliable target. “Cassie was the opposite.” But it is all still a game to Nate. “With Maddy, it was always a game,” she says. Only now, Cal knows that his son is aware of the missing disk.Ĭassie’s allure is explained in Rue’s perennial voiceover. When Cal asks why Fez beat him up, Nate fabricates a lie about him, Rue, Jules to keep his father in the dark about his own involvement. Despite the consequences of his actions literally smacking him in the face, he reverts back to his manipulative ways before his wounds have even healed. It’s not like this will mean anything anyway. Or something similar that looks profound on paper. It culminates in a baby wailing over his blissed-out smile, suggesting birth and (near) death going hand in hand. Jacob Elordi has so far been required to exhibit the emotional range of a race car, so in his place, past, present, sex, rage, and fear are entangled in a cacophonous montage. This is when Euphoria’s maximalist style actually comes in handy for telegraphing Nate’s overabundant stress. Nate is torn between his new, undeveloped relationship with Cassie - supposedly “in love,” he fantasizes about a white-picket-fence future with her - and Maddy, who just can’t escape from him.
He’s quickly taken to the hospital, the sound of a stretcher wheeling across the floor accompanied by a pair of clicking heels on either side.
The episode picks up right where we left off, on Nate’s bloody face after a brutal pummeling from Fez. Up until now, Euphoria has stayed faithful to its structure, beginning with a cold open that establishes why each major character is, to put it lightly, such a mess. “Out of Touch” marks the first departure from the formula, but to the dismay of probably everyone, including me, the focus is back on Nate.
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