Euphoria Episode 2 Recap: Stuntin’ Like My Daddy

Episode 2 of Euphoria got me thinking this ish may just take a tuurrrn. Where else could the show possibly go from its premiere? Let’s put it this way: Euphoria might just become a murder mystery. This episode looks into Nate’s world. Remember in the first recap how well the description of ‘the quintessential jock a**hole’ fit him? Well, I’m not wrong… but it’s waaaay more. We get Rue’s voiceover again, which is a thing I am actually about. When the intense sh** starts happening I’m like ‘Rue voice? Help, please’! The backstory on our buddy Nate starts with his younger self in his father’s office. Obviously, this is forbidden territory, because he finds his father’s porn collection. Considering suburbia and curious white kids, it sounds par for the course. Nate’s discovery is not your regular browser history stuff, though. First of all, they are in DVDs (which places the timeline at least 7 years in the past, when burned DVDs were around). These aren’t bootleg videos, either – they’re of the ‘home video’ variety. If you remember from the pilot episode, Nate’s dad is Jules’s Tinder date. This means Nate’s being exposed to some thangs beyond his 11 years. To top it off, his dad is a creep so it is not a healthy look into the world of sex. Nate’s dad decides to have a talk with him. Not The Talk, but A Talk…one where he tells Nate that ‘they don’t see what I see in you’ and ‘don’t let anyone break you’. LIKE FATHER LIKE SON So little Nate starts working out doing the cis-heter…