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19 details you probably missed on season 2 of 'Euphoria'

Olivia Singh   

19 details you probably missed on season 2 of 'Euphoria'
Zendaya as Rue on season two, episode six of "Euphoria."Eddy Chen/HBO
  • Warning: There are spoilers ahead for season two of HBO's "Euphoria."
  • There are plenty of details, nods, and callbacks that fans may not have noticed on the teen show.

Nate Jacobs turns up the volume on a song called "Dead of Night" by Orville Peck, a queer artist.

Nate Jacobs turns up the volume on a song called "Dead of Night" by Orville Peck, a queer artist.
Jacob Elordi on season two, episode one of "Euphoria."      HBO

The song can be heard when Nate drives at over 100 mph while en route to a New Year's Eve party with Cassie Howard on the season two premiere.

"That was something [showrunner Sam Levinson] scripted in, and I think that kind of is a nod to the hyper-reality vibe, the playfulness that we took this season. But that one was all Sam," Jen Malone, the show's music supervisor, told Insider's Callie Ahlgrim.

The use of this particular song could be a nod to Nate's struggles with his sexuality, which were part of his season one storyline.

His internal grappling takes a backseat in season two as he becomes part of a love triangle with Cassie and Maddy Perez. But Lexi Howard's play, the focal point of episode seven, includes a boisterous, homoerotic dance number that reminds Nate of what his peers truly think about him.

Elliot's Naples T-shirt is a nod to "Euphoria" newcomer Dominic Fike's hometown.

Elliot
Dominic Fike as Elliot on season two of "Euphoria."      Eddy Chen/HBO

Fike, who's known for songs like "3 Nights" and "Phone Numbers," makes his acting debut on the season two premiere of "Euphoria."

In the second episode, he's seen wearing a shirt that's an homage to Florida, where Fike is from.

Lexi's season two wardrobe consists of outfits by Miu Miu, a brand known as the younger and more affordable sister of Prada.

Lexi
Maude Apatow as Lexi Howard on season two, episode two of "Euphoria."      Eddy Chen/HBO

Lexi, the younger sibling of Cassie, gets significantly more screentime on season two. Her outfit choices and makeup become bolder as this season progresses.

"Lexi has always been the most conservative out of all the girls, and is more bookish than any of them," costume designer Heidi Bivens told Vogue. "So the brands she tends to gravitate towards are feminine, but maybe in a more intellectual way than her sister."

Bivens said that she's always approached the costumes as items that she thinks her characters could realistically buy, which is why Lexi wears so many designs from Miu Miu.

Rue Bennett and Elliot listen to a song by Gerry Rafferty called "Right Down the Line" while getting high together.

Rue Bennett and Elliot listen to a song by Gerry Rafferty called "Right Down the Line" while getting high together.
Zendaya as Rue and Dominic Fike as Elliot on season two of "Euphoria."      HBO

Like Rue, the late Scottish musician also battled his own demons.

Rafferty, who died of liver failure in 2011 at the age of 63, referenced his own alcoholism and depression in his music.

In addition to being included in episode two, "Right Down the Line" was also used for the season two trailer.

Maddy's locker at school is decorated with photos of her and her friends.

Maddy
Alexa Demie and Sydney Sweeney star as Maddy and Cassie on "Euphoria."      Eddy Chen/HBO; HBO

You can catch a glimpse into Maddy's locker as Cassie tries to get Nate's attention in the hallway.

Above the mirror, there are two selfies of Cassie and Maddy together. Below the mirror, there's a photo of Maddy with Kat Hernandez and their other friends.

Cassie asking "In a good way or a bad way?" on episode three is a callback to a moment from season one.

Cassie asking "In a good way or a bad way?" on episode three is a callback to a moment from season one.
In the top image: Sydney Sweeney and the cast of "Euphoria" on season two. In the bottom image: Sweeney on season one of the show.      HBO

Cassie spends most of season two, episode three, changing her appearance in an attempt to get Nate's attention at school. At one point, she goes into the bathroom dolled up in an outfit that hilariously becomes the subject of discussion among her friends.

Rue assumes that Cassie is in the high-school production of "Oklahoma" based on her look, which consists of volumized hair, a pastel blue outfit with a knot front, and white ankle boots with heels.

As Maddy and Kat enter the bathroom, they join in on the conversation and agree that Cassie looks as if she's auditioning for "Oklahoma."

Then, Maddy tells Cassie that she resembles a country music star.

"In a good way or a bad way?" Cassie asks.

In response to Cassie not reading the room, Maddy utters a line that would spark endless memes: "Bitch, you better be joking."

In case Cassie's question sounds familiar, it's because she said the same thing in season one, episode six.

While on the way to a Halloween party, Cassie's then-boyfriend Chris McKay (Algee Smith) voiced discontent with her decision to dress as Alabama Worley from "True Romance."

"Look, I'm gonna be honest with you, Cass. I feel like if we go to this party and you're dressed like that, I ain't ever gonna hear the end of it," McKay said, implying that her costume would draw attention from guys who objectify her.

In response, Cassie said: "In like, a good way or a bad way?"

"In a bad way," McKay replied.

The "Euphoria" composer Labrinth makes a cameo in episode four.

The "Euphoria" composer Labrinth makes a cameo in episode four.
The musician Labrinth appearing alongside Zendaya on season two of "Euphoria."      HBO

The singer-songwriter scored season one of the series. His original music appears on both seasons of the HBO show. Labrinth, whose real name is Timothy McKenzie, earned an Emmy in 2020 for his season one track "All for Us."

In season two, episode four, Labrinth actually appears during a musical fantasy sequence in which Rue shakily walks into a church filled with people, including her friends Jules Vaughn and Elliot. She approaches Labrinth, who's wearing a maroon suit and singing, and hugs him as she thinks about her late dad who used to wear a similarly colored hoodie.

Labrinth performs a haunting song called "I'm Tired," which he cowrote with Rue actress Zendaya. The musician told Variety that he sang the track live while filming the scene.

"Sam's a sucker for gnarly rawness, he just wants the realest thing he can get. And so he was like, 'Lab, just sing,'" he explained.

"Never been on American television as a cast member," Labrinth tweeted following the release of the episode. "This was a pretty spiritual experience with the cast and crew that attended - felt like I left my body when we were recording this. Thank you to the @euphoriaHBO Universe and creators for welcoming me on set."

"Euphoria" still hasn't addressed the third Jacobs son.

"Euphoria" still hasn
Who is the fifth member of the Jacobs family?      HBO

In episode four, Cal Jacobs finally snaps and has a meltdown in which he pees on the foyer of the Jacobs home, calls his family hypocritical, and speaks out about his sexuality.

Before storming out and leaving them behind, Cal ascends the staircase and approaches the framed photo on the wall.

"We all have secrets," he says.

Then he takes the image with him as he leaves.

The same photo frame was first shown near the end of season one, episode one.

Fans who have seen episode two know that the Jacobs child on the far left is young Nate. Another son, standing behind Cal in the portrait, is taller than the other members and is presumably Aaron, Nate's older brother (played by Zak Steiner). There's a third son posed in front of Cal, who is the shortest and appears to be the youngest of the group.

Neither season one nor season two have acknowledged this mysterious fifth member of the Jacobs family, so fans have come up with various theories.

Some think that the brother died or left home. A wilder theory suggests that Elliot is the third sibling. Fike reacted to the guess during an appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in February, telling the host that he found it to be convincing.

"I'm not even gonna lie — I saw this one online," Fike said. "And I looked at it for a while, and there were so many things connecting, and so many people were talking about it all through these Reddit threads. And at the end of it, I was like, 'Am I Nate's brother?'"

Elordi weighed in on the puzzling detail during a 2019 interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying: "We haven't seen him. I don't know where he went. I have no idea. I had the same questions when I got to work. I was like, "You do realize that there's different child in this picture?" And everyone just didn't really say anything. I don't know.

Jules still has a Polaroid of her and Rue that was taken at last season's winter formal.

Jules still has a Polaroid of her and Rue that was taken at last season
Zendaya and Hunter Schafer star as Rue and Jules on "Euphoria."      HBI

Rue and Jules attend their school's winter formal on the season one finale. The episode culminates in Rue breaking her three-month streak of sobriety after Jules hops on a train and leaves her alone at the station.

Martha Kelly, the actress who plays Laurie, previously appeared in Zendaya's 2017 movie "Spider-Man: Homecoming" in a minor role.

Martha Kelly, the actress who plays Laurie, previously appeared in Zendaya
On the left: Martha Kelly as a tour guide in "Spider-Man: Homecoming." On the right: Kelly as Laurie on "Euphoria."      Sony/Marvel; HBO

Kelly played a far less sinister character in "Homecoming," a tour guide at the Washington Monument. She and Zendaya didn't actually appear together in the Marvel movie.

The movie playing on Laurie's TV while she gives Rue morphine is called "The Wrong Box."

The movie playing on Laurie
A scene from "The Wrong Box" is shown on season two, episode five of "Euphoria."      HBO; Columbia Pictures

The 1966 comedy film starred John Mills and Michael Caine. The scene that appears on episode five of "Euphoria" shows Dr. Pratt (Peter Sellers) signing a death certificate.

Even though Rue doesn't die in the episode, she does put herself in a dangerous situation by showing up at a sketchy drug dealer's home without the money she owes.

Rue wears a Malcolm X shirt when she calls Ali to make amends, a callback to their conversation on the special bridge episode.

Rue wears a Malcolm X shirt when she calls Ali to make amends, a callback to their conversation on the special bridge episode.
Zendaya as Rue on season two, episode six of "Euphoria."      Eddy Chen/HBO

The first of two special episodes, released between seasons one and two, titled "Trouble Don't Last Always," centers on Rue and her NA sponsor Ali having a conversation at a diner.

In their nearly hour-long chat, they talk about everything from the disease of addiction to existentialism. Ali specifically mentions activists Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. while speaking to Rue.

Cassie's bedroom wall includes a poster of Kehlani's 2017 debut studio album "SweetSexySavage."

Cassie
Sydney Sweeney stars as Cassie Howard on "Euphoria."      HBO

You can catch a glimpse of the artwork in episode six when Cassie gets a call from Nate, who tells her to pack a suitcase because she'll be staying at his house.

A behind-the-scenes photo from the set also revealed that Cassie has a selfie of her and Maddy on another wall in the room.

The Moschino dress that Cassie wears in Nate's fantasy sequence is no coincidence.

The Moschino dress that Cassie wears in Nate
On the left: Cassie being dressed by Nate on season two of "Euphoria." On the right: A model walking the runway at the Moschino spring collection runway show.      HBO; Randy Brooke/Getty Images for Moschino SS22 show

In the sequence, Cassie tells Nate that her "biggest fantasy" is to be his girl and love him more than anything.

As TikTok user @catquinn pointed out, the dress is from Moschino's controversial spring 2022 collection and reflective of Cassie and Nate's dynamic.

"It's very ladies who lunch, but it's also nursery rhymes, so it's baby lady," designer Jeremy Scott told Vogue.

Many of the designs featured toy animals like elephants and giraffes. Models accessorized with jewelry that emulated baby teething toys, and Gigi Hadid even paused to strike a sultry pose with an oversized baby bottle in her mouth. The collection drew criticism for appearing to infantilize women.

When Rue and Jules run into each other in the bathroom at school, Jules' outfit is reminiscent of her bold and colorful season one aesthetic.

When Rue and Jules run into each other in the bathroom at school, Jules
Jules and Rue on season two, episode seven of "Euphoria."      HBO

In the voiceover for the scene, Rue says it feels like a lifetime ago when she used to believe that she and Jules were meant for each other. But after the explosive intervention in episode five, Rue and Jules have kept their distance from each other and don't speak.

Rue barely musters an awkward "sup" when she walks past Jules in the bathroom.

Bivens told Vogue that Schafer's character is "going through a lot of transition with her identity and her sexual identity," and her wardrobe is reflective of that.

"You'll see this relationship between the new character, Elliot, and Jules and Rue, and how at times their style could be almost interchangeable," he said. "I think that was something fun to explore in subtle ways, how friends influence each other."

Maddy banging on a door with Cassie on the other side on episode seven is reminiscent of their close encounter on the season two premiere.

Maddy banging on a door with Cassie on the other side on episode seven is reminiscent of their close encounter on the season two premiere.
Maddy and Cassie's friendship is tested on season two of "Euphoria."      HBO

In the season two premiere, Maddy nearly catches Nate and Cassie hooking up at the NYE party, but she doesn't realize someone is with him. All she knows is that she has to pee badly and Nate is taking too long.

When Maddy bangs on the door, demanding that he hurry up, Cassie immediately panics at the thought of her best friend catching them together.

Later in the season, when Rue reveals to Maddy that Cassie and Nate have been secretly together, Cassie shuts herself in a bathroom to evade Maddy. This time, both teens are on opposite ends of a door but now the secret is out in the open and their friendship has been damaged.

As Maddy bangs on the door and rattles the doorknob, she begs Cassie to open it and asks what kind of friend she is.

"I'm sick of it," Maddy tells Kat. "He put me through hell and now he's with my fucking best friend? Like, what the fuck? When is it gonna end?"

Cassie tries to replicate one of Maddy's vibrant makeup looks from the first season.

Cassie tries to replicate one of Maddy
On the left: Cassie on season two of "Euphoria." On the right: Maddy on season one of "Euphoria."      HBO

Cassie's eyelids are covered in a coral eyeshadow shade and winged blue eyeliner when she attends Lexi's play with Nate. The design is reminiscent of a look worn by Maddy on season one, episode three.

Cassie copying Maddy's makeup is further evidence of her trying to emulate her best friend, who was Nate's on-again, off-again boyfriend. Cassie and Nate go public with their romance on episode seven.

Samantha giving Maddy her purple sequined dress was foreshadowed earlier in the season.

Samantha giving Maddy her purple sequined dress was foreshadowed earlier in the season.
Minka Kelly stars as Samantha on season two of "Euphoria."      HBO

In season two, Maddy begins babysitting for a wealthy woman named Samantha and her husband.

While babysitting, Maddy enters Samantha's walk-in closet, tries on expensive outfits and accessories, snaps photos of herself, and admires how she looks.

On the season two premiere, Maddy helps Samantha unzip a sparkling purple dress when she returns home.

Maddy is seen putting on the same dress on episode six, completely unaware that the walk-in closet contains a clock with a security camera that's been watching her every move.

In another scene from that episode, viewers can see that Maddy has a poster in her bedroom that says: "Smile! You're on camera."

These moments foreshadow Samantha's surprise to Maddy in episode seven, where she subtly reveals that she was aware of the teen's sneaky habit all along.

Episode seven sets up the finale by concluding with the instrumental song "Cannibal Holocaust," from a 1980 Italian cannibal horror film of the same name.

Episode seven sets up the finale by concluding with the instrumental song "Cannibal Holocaust," from a 1980 Italian cannibal horror film of the same name.
Sydney Sweeney as Cassie on season two, episode seven of "Euphoria."      HBO

The song begins playing during the final shot of the penultimate episode, as Cassie heavily breathes while she looks into the auditorium. Then, the phrase "to be continued..." appears on the screen.

The movie "Cannibal Holocaust," was banned in several countries because of scenes showing cannibalism, sexual violence, and animal cruelty.

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