so euphoria became mediocre 🥴 

The only thing I found realistic in this season is how awkward it is to have someone play a song for you on guitar.

Girl I'm TIRED of the " I'm secretly gay so I harrass and bully out gay's" trope... it's EVERY manly gay character and it's boring

if euphoria took place in college or the characters were around that age, this show would be so much more realistic and less cringey to watch

Let's not forget how In S1 Maddy said she lost her virginity to a 40yr old and they said she was on total control with that..and was never adressed again.

Really wish we got a storyline where Kat realizes her being fetishization isn't empowering, it could go so well with the camgirl storyline and how teenagers think they "owning" their sexualities by being sex-positive, but in reality they're just being exploited.

I think the fact that they're so unnecessarily sexualizing these teenage characters is very overlooked. It's disturbing and sometimes so SO unnecessary that it just feels like the creator is satisfying his own fantasy. Yikes.

It’s crazy that there’s legit middle schoolers watching this show 😭

Kats cam girl stuff was super uncomfortable to me, because when I was in high school I dabbled in that and it was… terrible. I didn’t have some sugar daddy paying me hundreds of dollars, I had men from their 20s all the way to their 60s threatening to come find me and hurt me. I was doing it solely for attention and it got completely out of hand and super scary. Some dude found out where I went to school and I ended up having to confess everything to my mom, because I was so scared. I know people have different experiences, but it really bothered me how they glamorized it in Euphoria.

They genuinely regressed and destroyed Jules character in this season. Her cheating on Rue with Elliot was uncessary and really fucked her character. Kat's storyline went to shit. The finale was the most underwhelming thing, I've seen in recent time. It literally did nothing of note

Honestly Euphoria s2 felt more like a CW show than an HBO show in terms of writing. The writing this season was so cliched and dumbed down. There was no nuance or subtlety. While Sydney Sweeny acted amazing, Cassie's character arc felt straight out of Riverdale

I think the main reason Euphoria occurs in high school is the same reason all these shows occur is high school: it's the only time in your life where you HAVE to see these people five times a week. Look at how Gossip Girl and Riverdale were grasping as straws to get all the characters in the same room post graduation.

In my high school we had a semi-strict dress code but I would notice the skinny fit sporty girls hardly ever got cited and also the cheer leaders would NEVER get cited. I always found it to be a sort of pervy thing on behalf of the administration because if a "fat unattractive" girl wore something revealing they would pull her aside right away.

I just want to stop seeing “high school” kids having sex. I don’t even think sex scenes are necessary between adults in regular film in most cases. Why now do we have to watch children have sex ?

The fact that this season ends with rue a teenage girl owes a potential human trafficker 10k and that’s not even the craziest plot point… I- 🧍🏾‍♀️

No because I’m so confused on why they DESTROYED Cassie and mckays characters. They made Cassie likeable in season 1 with complexity just to throw her under the bus and make her a boyfriend stealing crazy woman? And don’t even get me started on mckays SA being brushed over and ignored. If your gonna include a scene like that, do it well and deal with the aftermath. Your not woke for just including it, you need to execute it well.

Imma say it: Sex Education is a way better show that deals with these topics and more.

You can tell Sam Levinson is surrounded by yes men because nobody is questioning his writing choices lol. Let’s be honest they added the Cassie/Nate storyline to get more nude scenes 😑

I will never stop ranting about McKay. He was literally SA’d in season one and they started to make him a complex character, just to completely ignore him. Cassie and his relationship also had so many depths.

I just feel like the entire plot/theme of this season should've been "actions have consequences" Rue: downwards spiral out on the streets forced to overcome her addiction all alone. Jules: finds trouble with lying about her age to meet strange men online. Kat: realizing that being a cam girl is dangerous once someone tracks your IP adress and stalks you. Maddy: realizing that in life you have to work hard for the glamorous things you want & make questionable choices in the process. Mckay: trying to overcome toxic masculinity put onto him by his friends and father. Nate: suffering great karma behind ruining others lives. Cassie: struggles in finding self love. Fez: trying to find a life purpose while trying to get him & ashtray out the Dr.. business. Lexi: finally finding a voice and confidence. Weirdo Sam dropped the ball with this season.

Euphoria was going in a great direction with the issues they spoke on then totally fucked it up from Mckays SA, Kats Sex Work, jules lying about her age, Maddie being coerced into lying about rape, etc etc. they didn’t address any of this shit. Also I did NOT like the vibes of szn 2. Season 1 had such a unique vibe, amazing cinematography, etc. season two was sooo boring

Let’s talk about how in season 1 they show in one episode how Cassie gets an abortion and they just never mention it again like it’s nothing?? It’s like the characters get traumatized and no one even talks about it like the fact Nate pointed a gun at Maddys head in her bedroom? And then she is sitting there at the play in the same room with him like nothing ever happened .. I enjoy Euphoria but those topics should be discussed and its weird that it’s just forgotten about.

FINALLY someone who thinks cassie wasn't in the wrong when she got mad at lexi's play 😭 i don't even love cassie but was that carousel scene really necessary

Euphoria is what middle aged people will think high school these days are like.

Ngl my brain was so gone I read 'mediocre' and went "good god what new aesthetic is this". Then I remembered what mediocre meant 😭

someone i know brought up a really good point. because of tik tok, this show has blown up, but to the wrong audience. i know someone in seventh grade who’s obsessed with the show… which is dangerous. i’m an adult and the show takes it’s toll on me, let alone a child that isn’t able to fully grasp the content and distinguish fiction from reality. their way of life is portrayed as aspirational. it’s so so dangerous and i really wish it wasn’t so easily accessible to kids.

the magical girl thing with jules- they make specific references to her being a fan of madoka magica in season 1 which is a VERY DARK magical girl anime, which i thought was so telling of her character. she dresses in this cute pastel magical girl way and then participated in some very dark nightlife activity. so her losing that style did i think contribute to her character feeling a little lost, i can totally see that.

About Lexi, I have to agree, because showing your sister's private matters even as a play which honestly people already kind of can tell it's about Cassie, really, is not okay. It doesn't make Lexi better than her, it's just her own way of hurting her sister and worsens the situation imo

Gotta be honest, 12 year old drug dealers are VERY real. But I still don't love Euphoria cus it glamour-izes it.

What I love about the whole "dress like you go to euphoria high" thing is that if you look at the background characters, they are ALL dressed normal. It's literally just the main cast (like you said, mainly Maddy), the rest of the school looks pretty average haha

I think Jules' outfits changed because during the special episodes she talked about how she is realizing that she doesn't have to be this super feminine person for the male gaze. She can make her woman hood her own. During the special episode she talked about going off hormones. Therefore there is a shift in her wardrobe. Also It upsets me that the storyline of her mother being a drug addict did not get brought up because it mirrors her and Rue's relationship. That could of been one of the sources of conflict rather than having Dominic's character intervene and become some sort of love triangle. His character seemed pointless to me. Overall a lot of what was built up in season 1 was not addressed in season 2. There was no continuity at all. Season 2 felt like a totally different reality and universe. It personally did not make sense to me.

Euphoria is basically 13 Reasons Why but aesthetic

Couple notes on Ashtray: I live in a city very blighted by drug use/abuse. I have definitely seen child drug dealers. Also, his and Fez's lack of a legal guardian is not hard to believe if you grow up in a bad neighborhood with crime all around you. Lots of kids slip through the cracks, unfortunately. Otherwise, I really liked your analysis, especially of Lexi's play

I think I’ve watched like 5 video essays bashing Euphoria season 2 today. Sam Levinson needs more writers. ESPECIALLY females ones. His “feminist” storylines is still shown through the male gaze

As someone from a third world country the little kid being a dealer is the least unrealistic thing about the show. We have news about kids that age and younger being dealers and hitmen. What's really unrealistic for me are the designer clothes and a school play like Lexi's being approved

euphoria, on the whole, just seemed empty, meaningless and shallow to me. style over substance. it’s trashy, no real emotion beyond surface level. it’s giving riverdale.

unpopular opinion : Euphoria has always been mediocre

Another thing that shocks me still is that they jailed a man for nates crimes and they just forgot about him?? After finishing season 1 i was wondering how they were gonna run with this and nothing?

Something I have to say is the character of Maddy, she's the stereotypical latina who likes to fight, is super sexualized, and the way they dressed her. As a latina, I see this type of characters so much trying to "represent all latinas"💀

Agree with lots of these points.. but I actually liked Jules' wardrobe change, felt as if she was experimenting with her queerness after breaking out of the hyperfemininity she felt forced to manifest in Season 1 so that people wouldn't question her identity

The drug and sex depiction is actually fairly accurate - especially for more low income areas. Kids are born into drug dealing, so yes - ash is not the norm, but it happens. I think your view is a little too sheltered here. Elliot is a functioning drug addict, while rue isnt. Theres no message, it's just reality that these two can exist at the same time. All in all, I do agree about the writing overall tho. Sam really needs a co writer to keep him in check. The first season was fine because is was all about introducing the characters. But connecting now those plotlines is another thing and he...kinda failed Elliots song was beyond cringe, i think my soul left my body and skipped that shit forward lol

As someone who grew up in a rougher public housing project, Ashtray's character was not a huge stretch. Lot's of kids drop out before 16 and child services are not aware unless someone reports it. 12-14 year olds were selling drugs. I think making his character go to school would have been more interesting because he could be selling at recess. That being said, him sacrificing himself and getting into a huge gun shoot out was really over dramatic.

I kind of disagree with the young 12 year old drug dealer scenario being unrealistic, while rare it is unfortunately common in poor communities where children are forced to interact with gangs and support their family economically

To be honest, Ashtray and Fezco were the only charecters that I found to be well developed and actually have a backstory that explains the shit they were doing. I find it weird I liked them more than the other cast when they were literally side charecters

I think Jules change of wardrobe has a lot more to do with her relationship with the hormones and how she doesn’t see the necessity of looking ultra feminine all the time to prove her femininity anymore. We can kind of understand this change in the special episode when she talks about stopping with her hormones and seeking male validation to feel more feminine, this combined with the slightly influence of her small friend circle makes her change in her style believable to me.

i enjoyed it but the best part of the season was rue’s storyline. zendaya, storm reid, and nika king all deserve an emmy

In Jules's special episode, she talked about how she grew up feeling the need to conquer femininity and how she's always based her views on what men would want... That's one of the reasons why she had been dressing so feminine and girly in S1, at the end of her episode she tells her therapist that she is no longer interested in men and that's why she dressed more androgynous and dark in S2

In my country we all wear school uniforms from kindergarten to high-school and honestly I'm glad we did. It was so much easier to get dress in the morning. Picking an outfit everyday would be SO annoying lol

My takes on Euphoria are these: Jules was killed by Sam Levinson lmao, dude too her character and made it shitty Lexi was toxic af for airing Cassie's issues to EVERYONE on her hs (also her play was a pos, i don't know why everyone thought she ate that) Nate (i don't know if this is true, more than a theory) i'm bored and tired of the "i'm a closeted gay therefore i am extremely hom0ph0bic to gays" Cassie is a cliche; girl with daddy issues that gew up to be hypersexual (also Sam Levinson weird thing for having her naked all the time is creeppy) Fezco, if Fez was a black character nobody will pay attention to him. Also people love to romanicize him and call him "pure, good" NO HE'S NOT, he's a drug dealer. He probably sold drugs to Rue!! (No hate to Angus Cloud he looks like an amazing guy) Lexi and Cassie's mom (i forgot her name) is an awful mother and we can see she's often neglectful towards her kids. She's not a queen. Kat got a lot of hate for what she did to Ethan, which was bad, but she didn't own him anything and if she wasn't feeling it then it was the right decision to left him (she could have been better at breaking up with him)

Also why is no one talking about how this show was made for ADULTS by ADULTS about MINORS that are shown naked most of time? Many defend this by claiming that it’s being “real” while forgetting that there is no such thing as realism in edited work. It was a choice. They could’ve simply made the characters play freshmen in college but they chose a high school setting. As an adult that was just disturbing honestly and one of the many reasons why I didn’t and won’t watch the show.

This should of been a season of growth. there were so many storylines that were set up in the first season that had virtually no proper continuation. jules trans identity and her relationship with her mother, kats entire character arc, the third jacob child, mckay ??? .. it was just filled with plotholes and this season added even more plotholes like we still haven’t gotten a conclusion on rue and that drug dealer storyline

I havent watched Euphoria specifically, but as a mexican child I remember thinking how american schools were so wild and even scary lol, I had enough sense to understand that, say a disney channel type of school was overtly quirky to be realistic, but other kinds of teenage shows made me worry about american kids hahaha

The least controversial thing about euphoria is their outfits. Ppl at my hs dress as they please, and we absolutely do not have a dress code.

Lexie was DEAD wrong for that carousel scene. Everyone was on her side simply because they didn't like Cassie. But let's be honest here, if you were in Cassie's shoes, would you have liked to relive the moment you publicity m@sturb@ted...WHILE HIGH? Lexie seems so innocent, but she knew what she was doing was wrong from the jump, she even had to ask Fez for reassurance. As of the show, I wanted SO MUCH MORE this season but it was good nonetheless

So Euphoria is basically a live-action anime with how it puts high-school kids in bizarre situations with no responsible adults in sight. Are we sure it's not based on a light-novel???

Something I really enjoy about the change in Jules' style is because it has to do with the change in how Jules feels about her gender identity. She starts binding, cuts her hair, and adds masculinity to her fashion. She realizes she was performing a certain find of femininity in season one and she is trying to explore outside of that.

Laurie's thinly-veiled threat WAS addressed in the plot in s2e5. When Rue was going through withdrawal, she went to Laurie as a last resort to get a fix after Fezco threw her out. Laurie told Rue she didn't have any pills, only morphine, insinuating that if Rue wasn't already using intravenous drugs, it was a bad idea to give it to her because IV drugs work quicker and more effectively, opening up the possibility of the addict gaining a new addiction. But this was Laurie being manipulative and disingenuous because when Rue ran to use the bathroom, Laurie went to her suitcase to grab a needle and the morphine in preparation for the inevitability of Rue caving in and asking for anything that will help lessen her suffering, regardless of how risky it is. Laurie knew this because she even told Rue prior that she herself knew how hard going through withdrawal was, and in the past, she would have done to make it stop. She knew Rue would cave and ask for the morphine, and in the suitcase next to the morphine is what looks suspiciously like orange pill bottles with white lids. Having been or is an addict herself, Laurie knew that Rue was unable to keep her word about paying her back after seeing the state she was in. Seeing how desperate Rue was, she knew Rue had no resources to turn to and therefore she was unreliable. She WANTED Rue to develop a new habit that she can supply her with in order to pimp Rue out, making good on both her threat about selling Rue and the comment about the luck they as women have because even if they don't have money, they have something that can be exchanged for it. Rue being kidnapped and locked in a room with Laurie's cronies on lookout was the first step in Laurie's attempt at trying to get her money back. Rue then escapes, and we as viewers are expected to suspend our disbelief of Laurie and her people eventually giving up on finding her or not searching in the first place. What is more probable is that they are probably biding their time until season 3.

My problem with this show is that I often find myself thinking: yes, this was written by a white cis male

Finally one other person who saw lexi’s play as a really mean thing to do and honestly the only reason other characters were written to be unbothered by it was to make it seem like Cassie’s anger was misplaced. Don’t get me wrong Cassie is in the wrong throughout this season but Lexi airing out other people’s trauma / issues on stage while painting herself to be the ultimate victim was a shit move and that would have been further illuminated if someone like rue took offense to her using her fathers death in a hs play.

Euphoria with all the sex scenes don't portray the reality lol bc I feel like this generation has less sex than the two before

i heard someone describe euphoria as a show meant for adults who want to remember what being a teen felt like, not what it WAS like, and it made more sense to me (even if I still dislike with a lot of the storylines). When you're a teen, everything feels very serious, permanent, and like the end of the world. Your emotions are so intense and draining, and every social struggle feels like it'll be what ends your life. As for the lack of consequences, yeah_bc most of the time, the issues that teens panic the most about are often ultimately inconsequential. And yes, i know there are teenagers who DO really experience serious struggles, addiction, assault, violence, and problems in the home. But they react with the same level of heightened emotions that their peers do when facing way less intense struggles. Personally, I would LOVE a more shows like PEN15 that accomplish that same effect but let the audience see it from a distance. Because I remember what it was like being a 13 year old girl-everything felt so dramatic amongst my friends/social circles and yet I somehow ignored all the home life problems that I came home to. And i can watch THAT show and laugh/cry along with the main characters and understand their very real, if less dramatic, pain. My biggest issue with Euphoria, really, is... why the fuck are adults so invested in experiencing their youth again that they need to see teenagers on screen like that..... do we really need to see kids fucking 30 times in one episode to remember what it was like getting physical with our peers for the first time??

i never found euphoria to be groundbreaking. the cinematography was really cool but the writing since the very beginning was pretty bland. it was “shocking” i guess, but that was it.

I personally watch Euphoria simply for the drama because it definitely doesn’t disappoint in that aspect. But the way that Sam Levinson wrote the characters this season was disappointing. The hyper-fixated on how the sexual these 16-18 year olds are, relationships being broken off randomly and messily, it makes the show feel like Riverdale on drugs, literally. Like instead of being a heavy piece about teenagers and their families working through trauma and seeking peace of mind, it became meme material and softcore p***. And seriously, WHY WERE THERE SO MANY SHOTS OF CASSIES BOOBS?!?! Even Sydney Sweeney said she was uncomfortable with how many shots there were. Like I can assure you, we do not need to see a 17 year old topless every episode or any episode for that matter.

this whole ashtray thing isn't that unrealistic for me, I grew up in a country where 11 year olds sell and use it and that's considered common here, which is horrible but it is the reality

I have a class on Women Directors, and when I asked my classmates whether Euphoria was good or bad (because I've been confused about that as someone who doesn't watch the show and hears a lot of mixed reviews), and was told, UNANIMOUSLY, that it's bad😂

The 12 year old being a drug dealer really isn’t that unrealistic to me. Like I grew up on a council estate, there’s a correlation between poverty and drug use. When I was younger I would pick up drugs from 12-14 year old drug runners who look just like Ashtray.

Idk why they needed Elliott to bring friction. Like Jules and Rue already had a shit ton of problems, but you know Sam's pen game is terrible. So he must have thought for some reason Elliott was necessary and not the hundred different issues the couple has. Hbo has to put their foot down and tell that man to hire writers (and directors tbh). You need to have a really strong vision to direct and write a tv show by yourself for more than one season.

People calling Mina sheltered for finding Ash's role is strange is sth I'll never get cause I literally am from a third world country and have witnessed some VERY struggling people on a regular basis but not even the most underprivileged resort to drugs for income, they mostly just accept their fate. I'm not saying that that is the way it should be or denying that events such as the ones in Euphoria happen irl but just because someone is unfamiliar, that doesn't mean they are "sheltered".

11:34 The human trafficking thing was very clearly alluded to in a later episode though, where Rue visits Laurie while going through withdrawal and Laurie shoots her up with morphine and locks her up in a room. Rue then manages to escape by jumping out the window, which did feel like a strangely easy way to resolve that conflict, but it's not like they didn't address it.

If they're going to have high schoolers in these really adult situations, I think they have a responsibility to make sure they get out of it in a realistic way. Because if not, what story is the show really telling?

honestly after the first season ended and when the trailer for this season dropped, i just knew the show was going even farther in a direction where shock value and the highest amount of drama possible were going to be valued more than storytelling. the dismissal of mckay bothered me especially because he was, in season one, the *only black guy* in the main cast and they barely did enough to develop him. then this season comes along and they decide to drop him all together. the fact that algee smith didn't even audition for mckay but was told that the "athletic" character fit him better is...whew

i just wanna say..i had a drug dealer that was 13 and he was literally insane, i think ashtrays character is definitely uncommon and weird but it’s also accurate 🥴

I think the problem is in the first season Euphoria was talking about mentall illnesses and the problems in the society more. Because of that people called the show "relatable" and "realistic". They said omg finally the teenage show that shows real problems not just only drama. For the season it was kinda true, I dont think that season one is realistic but at least it was not "just teenage drama". But season two was really boring cause there was no plot it was just Cassie betrayed Maddie etc. Also I really love Lexi but she kinda turned a mean person in this season. I think her play was not that good, it was also just drama. The things about the costumes is I think they were too trendy. Even the clothes that dont match with their personality was shown because they were trendy. I really enjoyed the season two but I think that was not good...

Also interesting about Kat: recent studies have shown that children who watch/make pornography will often have the same symptoms as victims of CSA. Would have been interesting to see the mental and emotional struggle of her recovering from that period and eventually finding her own self-confidence.

I really hated how it perpetuates the whole tragic beautiful white woman storyline. I wish they focused more on Maddy’s emotion turmoil and growth as opposed to just indulging in Cassie

yes! i like that someone called out lexi and her play. i saw so many people praising it, but in actuality imagine your sibling making a whole school play to put your entire life on blast. like love or hate cassie it was definitely not lexis story to tell.

Have you heard the theory about Rue waking up in the bed at the drug lord's house? There's the idea that DAYS have passed, Rue having been kept drugged and her body sold out for use.

In one of the “behind the episode” segments for the early episodes Sydney Sweeney was doing an interview where she literally says “Sam called me and asked what the craziest thing Cassie would do” in reference to Cassie & Nate hooking up. So it’s very obvious Levinson was going ONLY for shock value

though sydney sweeney’s performance this season was fantastic, im so angry at the direction they took for Cassie. It’s like everything she went through season one as well as her relationship with Mckay didn’t exist. they needed a device to keep the audience and they chose the Cassie/Nate/Maddy love triangle, even when they fleshed out Cassie and Nate’s unrequited attraction / their relationship it was so out of character and out of thin air

about the dominic's song scene: the entire season was literally filled with songs and amazing visuals mixed, representing this meta realistic state of everything and that dominic scene was actually pretty down to earth and it was just in the moment, how it should be in real life instead of having all these things spiraling forever

I’m sorry but a 12 year old drug dealer in certain parts of America is more common than you think. Middle school boys are recruited into gangs and end up as drug runners in impoverished communities . You probably just haven’t been exposed to it which is fine, but making it seem incredibly outlandish, like you can’t fathom how a character like ashtray would be green lit, comes off a bit privileged.

While I liked Elliott's song, and I know that they had to find a way to utilise Dominic Fike's talents as a musician in the show, it might have been better had he just sung one verse and chorus, and not grind the entire plot to a halt for four minutes.

Mina, I do think that something right in this season is Jules aesthetic. She is experimenting with gender, and now know she doesn't need to be hyper-feminine or girly to be considered a woman.

i’ve never watched Euphoria but i’ve seen bits and bobs of it on youtube/tiktok and i totally agree with what you said about Lexi’s play it was out of order. I honestly think a lot of the fandom of this show are not as mature so that’s why they would hype this play, i just saw it as mean and the clip i saw of Cassie ranting felt justified.

I truly forgot just how many stories there are that were just forgotten about. I don’t even fully unterstand the timeline either. Did they come back after Christmas break or an entirely new school year? Either way, a trans student sleeping with another students dad, that student potentially being bit or gay and liking the strand student, an abortion being grazed over, 10k just being ever so slightly “tied up” etc. it was just a hot mess. 100% shock value with random and nonsensical events mixed with stunning photo ops. I didn’t even finish after I think episode 6 or 7? Even then the last two were just put on in the background of my headphones while I cleaned my house. I’m a mom with a kiddo who was sick and not even this travesty could pull me out of the domestic torture I was in during the stomach bug.

The fact that they never addressed Rue owing $10K to the drug dealer had me stressed out for her the entire rest of the season. I literally thought she was going to get grabbed on the way out of Lexi's play. But nope, just never bring it back up.

Am I the only one who thought Lexi's play was extremely cruel? I would never embarrass my sister like that, just because I'm in her shadow. Yes, Cassie committed a whole lot of unsavoury deeds this season but to be humiliated like that by her own sister was not cool. Lexi definitely became a villain this season.

LMAOO I LOVE THAT CIRCUS MUSIC OVER THE MADDIE CASSIE FIGHT SCENE

Levinson writing all of the episodes is reminiscent of D&D refusing to let anyone else (besides Bryan Cogman) in the writing room after GRRM left. This was also when the show got ridiculous.

Hot take: It was never not mediocre. The only thing that saved the first season from not being was them having a story to tell with specific character introductions and story arcs in mind. And from the looks of things they should have let it be, if they didn't have any more stories that they were passionate enough to tell, why would they wreck the luck that they had with the first season firing on all cylinders. The only reason is money, and milking it for all it's worth.

There was wayyyy too much focus on Cassie this season. I think her storyline is important but i really wanted to see Kat’s relationship under the strain of her self confidence issues. Also the Jules/Nate situation really kept me on the edge of my seat in s1. They just threw away so many good plot lines. Sam Levinson really needs a writing team

The scene between Elliot and Rue I think has a deeper purpose. As someone who has struggled with a family member becoming addicted to drugs, that scene felt extremely relatable and the song as well. I can 100% see why it was so long and "awkward" because I've lived the song. It was quite emotional to me actually, I think it made a lot of sense for the show. It would've been so much better if Elliot wasn't also an addict but I see where they were coming from.

I just want to say your makeup and the lighting and everything is so beautiful, great video!

The fact that Cassie probably cried to Lexi about the carousel and trusted she would keep it secret makes me so mad

I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking Lexi was wrong for that play- everyone thought it was so iconic and that everyone deserved to see their wrongdoings for what they were on the stage, but it was so clear to me that Lexi was just doing it out of spite and finally wanting to have the attention on herself, not to "help anyone" or "show them their true selves" or something.

while i agree that the script this season is pretty messy and some characters were lost, i have to disagree about how realistic it is. i think its a combination of how teenagers view themselves and how life is in a low income area - you keep saying ‘this would never happen!’ for things that many people grew up with, and imo its kind of privileged to do so.

the thoughts put into the video, the lighting, the eyeliner. everything is astonishing. had to say that: you rock Mina

I think Mandy's regression is honestly a more realistic depiction of maturing.

i think jules' style change was to reflect her journey with her gender. moving away from the skimpy, traditionally feminine, borderline childish clothing and silhouettes; and leaning more to traditionally masculine silhouettes, (not fond of this word but) androgynous clothing. but still having fun prints, experimenting with layers, and repping newer, indie brands to like represent jules' individuality, creativity, and trans/queerness. so i dont think the change was too bizarre & out of place also, loved the editing on this video. the colors are so nice. and the soft blur too

another lovely video mina! a great dissection of the show, hope people watch this!

I actually really loved this season, it helped me a lot to reflect on my trauma and past actions, soooo yeah