EUPHORIA SEASON 2, EPISODE 4 Recap and Review – “Kitty Likes to Dance”

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Into Episode 4

Where we last off in Euphoria, Nate had his toe chopped off by Naz and Rue was being pulled over. With Rue, we start right where we picked off. The police have her in handcuffs, the drug-sniffing dog is having a go at her car, and she knows that she is absolutely screwed. Getting fingerprinted and her mug shot out of the way, she’s in the interrogation room with two investigators. The investigators are not taking it easy on Rue whatsoever, as they already have all the information they need to put her away for years. Showing their hand, they prove they have the evidence they need, which leads Rue to having two options; she can spend her time behind bars, or she can be an informant.

Out of all the ways this could’ve gone, this is the most obvious way. Clearly, the season isn’t going to continue with Rue behind bars. This does add fuel to the fire of the theory that Rue will die this season though. That, or is Rue actually already dead and she’s narrating from the great beyond? There’s no telling seeing how this season has been going.

The cops are setting Rue up for failure, with switching out the drugs for sugar pills and laxatives, so it’s only a matter of time before Rue is found out. Plus, Alamo isn’t an up and comer in the villainous underworld, but Rue is. One of them has experience in dealing with snitches and it’s not Rue. The feds also added an app on her phone to handle a bug, and Rue isn’t okay with this at all. But sidenote, we saw Rue’s wallpaper on her phone and it was a picture of her and Fez, which is another connection she has with her friend who’s in jail for 30 years.

The Toe is a Metaphor

Turns out after Nate got his toe cut off, he put the toe on ice and the hospital was able to reattach it. He’s using his toe as a metaphor, which falls flat on Cassie. It’s pretty clear that Cassie is pretty done with the marriage and more interested in making her own career work. I have to say, this version of Nate makes no sense given the last two seasons. Nate is barely recognizable with his upbeat attitude and promise to keeping the fate. Cassie, however, is the exact same person who shows selfishness and makes it clear what her priorities are. She’s intent on making herself into someone famous and she is depending on Maddy to help her reach the stars.

Jules side job

Lexie reaches out to Jules to paint a picture for the show she’s working on. She asks Jules to paint something that has the “sunday picnic at the park” vibe and Jules does not understand the assignment whatsoever. Instead, she paints something that absolutely can not be played on network television, and is actually angry that she has to change it. Not to mention, Lexie is in hot water because the studio lost money on having to wait for Jules. I cannot for the life of me understand Jules’ thought process here. She knew what Lexie asked of her and she new the show that Lexie was working on. It feels like Jules thought a little too highly of herself and assumed whatever she made would be praised.

Nate’s last chance

Nate is desperate to fix all of this mess, so he goes to a city hall meeting to get approval on keeping the endangered flowers on his land protected. After giving a well thought out presentation, his motion was denied. Over and over again, the council told him he’s denied. This leads to a crash out that I think many of us didn’t see coming. He turns to begging on his hands and knees, crying loudly yelling for the council to give him his life back. It’s a scene that’s hard to watch after seeing Nate Jacobs showing strength and confidence in the last two seasons. I’m interested to see if this crash out is what will break Nate into resorting back to his shady ways to get what he wants.

Suspicion

Rue is definitely on Alamo’s radar now as she pushes too hard to find out where the drugs will come from next. She’s even accused of being a rat, and you can cut that tension with a knife. Fortunately, she’s able to play it off as she had a relapse but that doesn’t make Alamo any less hard on her.

What’s very interesting about these scenes is that the other girls mention that Angel ran away from rehab, completely disappeared. Personally, I thought she was never going to actually partake in the rehab, but be killed off or sold into trafficking. When the woman at the desk told Rue that no paperwork was necessary when she dropped Angel off, that was the smoking gun I needed to see that Alamo isn’t in the business of strippers, but of trafficking. Coincidentally enough, a new stripper is brought in on this episode named Kitty. Rue is keeping her eye on the girl, which comes back to haunt her.

Cassie’s city persona

Maddy is taking her duties as Cassie’s new manager very seriously. She gives Cassie all the works, new hair, new look, and a new mission. The ladies head off to a party with the goal of having the famous host post on his social media of Cassie looking sexy. Now if you thought Cassie crying over her wedding dress while Nate gets roughed up behind her was annoying, just wait until you see the overly friendly and fake energy she brings to the party. Cassie knows exactly how to get the attention she needs, and she puts her skills to the test. Joined by the influencer that Maddy had taken under her wing in the first episode then had to let her go, Cassie joins the influencer in his room. With drugs added to the mix, Cassie plays her cards right to get him interested.

Maddy beats down the door, camera’s and all, and get the money shot of the influencer on top of Cassie, and Cassie smoothly drops her social media handle. What I’m curious about is what happens when Nate sees this video making the rounds on social media.

Unexpected guests

Rue is being called out for asking Kitty if someone is forcing her into this job, even though it’s Rue’s job to handle the dancers. Rue’s phone rings and the Caller ID says it’s her mom, but we all know that it’s actually the feds. The feds say that Rue is compromised and her boss has been told she’s a snitch. Rue is prepared to take this girl down and already has a plan to discredit her.

But this plan is interrupted by some unexpected guests looking to rob Alamo blind. Shots are fired, Rue’s face is covered in blood, and the thieves get away with everything in the vault. After doing some investigating, Rue finds out that it wasn’t a random robbery, but a plan sought out by Laurie’s people. Not unexpected after Alamo killed her bird, but this wasn’t the way I thought they’d go about their revenge.

There’s no telling what’s going to happen in the next episode, as this season has been hard to nail down. The characters are desperate and living out of reaction. Nate is at his lowest, Cassie has the attention she wants from the public but now she has to keep it, Rue is accused of being a rat while the feds watch her every look, Faye is in trouble as she was the getaway driver for the robbery. The show is set up to have nothing short of an explosive fifth episode. Come back here in a week to see my review for the fifth episode!

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