Official Euphoria Season 1 Thread

[Busby]

This show is “Skins” meets “Kids” mixed with a little “Degrassi.”

This first episode left me like

With “Insecure” gone for a year, this show was the perfect replacement for the time being during the summer.

Just off the first episode, I have this feeling Zendaya might get nominated for an Emmy and/or Golden Globe.

attached himself to the right show

 

[DosCadenaz]

The episode was good? Asked my wife to watch the trailer cuz I'm tired of her wanting her time with shows like greys anatomy

 

[mson]

Doing some reading on this. So the trans actor/actress is playing a trans character.

Anybody spot Judd Apatow's daughter in this?

 

[Bigbigguy]

good guess, she a tranny

I figured

She/he kinda looked weird

 

[jay211]

Yea, I have a feeling Zendaya is going to get nominated for an Emmy off this role. She's nailing the character.

 

[Drew Wonder]

Yo, the scene when the walls start spinning is one of the best visual depictions of being high as fukk that I've seen lol.

Show is a little all over the place and some of the dialogue is a little on the nose but overall I enjoyed it. Like a modern day "Kids" as some other posters mentioned.

Spoiler

Sydney Sweeney's titties, got damn...

 

[WakandanPride]

Doing some reading on this. So the trans actor/actress is playing a trans character.

Anybody spot Judd Apatow's daughter in this?

She gave Zendaya's character her piss so that she can pass the drug test.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Some thoughts after revisiting the first episode...

Spoiler: Some spoilers from Ep 1

1. There's no real build up behind Rue's drug addiction, we aren't really presented with any moment as to why she's an addict; especially as a 17-yr old. I guess being on various pills as a young girl is what let her to seeking higher grade stuff, but even still.

2. I would think the setting of the this show and the themes discussed would be better placed within an upper scale environment a la "Gossip Girl" rather than a middle-class setting.

3. HBO is definitely marketing this show towards teens, hence the warning before the show. This isn't HBOs first M-Rated show (GOT, Barry, Insecure, etc) but this is probably the only one I've seen with a viewer discretion warning. With shows like this it begs the question: are they trying to normalize this behaviour or are they telling a story overlooked? I think the former. There's a cop out with the toll free line at the end, however, the narrative handles drug addiction with a light touch, glossing over the severity of something like an overdose.

4. Parental guidance on the show is non-existent. Almost to the point of being laughable. Also, some very broad strokes from Rue (nudes are like currency in 2019, everyone watches porn, etc). Again, seems like some normalizing agenda being pushed in the narrative.

I'll still check out the show since I don't have anything I'm keeping up on at the moment.

 

[dangerranger]

Some thoughts after revisiting the first episode...

Spoiler: Some spoilers from Ep 1

1. There's no real build up behind Rue's drug addiction, we aren't really presented with any moment as to why she's an addict; especially as a 17-yr old. I guess being on various pills as a young girl is what let her to seeking higher grade stuff, but even still.

2. I would think the setting of the this show and the themes discussed would be better placed within an upper scale environment a la "Gossip Girl" rather than a middle-class setting.

3. HBO is definitely marketing this show towards teens, hence the warning before the show. This isn't HBOs first M-Rated show (GOT, Barry, Insecure, etc) but this is probably the only one I've seen with a viewer discretion warning. With shows like this it begs the question: are they trying to normalize this behaviour or are they telling a story overlooked? I think the former. There's a cop out with the toll free line at the end, however, the narrative handles drug addiction with a light touch, glossing over the severity of something like an overdose.

4. Parental guidance on the show is non-existent. Almost to the point of being laughable. Also, some very broad strokes from Rue (nudes are like currency in 2019, everyone watches porn, etc). Again, seems like some normalizing agenda being pushed in the narrative.

I'll still check out the show since I don't have anything I'm keeping up on at the moment.

I agree with everything you said especially point #3. But I won’t be keeping up with the show, just not for me.

 

[Lord Beasley]

i was looking forward to this but am i gonna feel weird watching??

 

[STAN JONES]

Forgot this was starting yesterday

Opinions for the pilot seem to all over the place but I’ll peep later today when I get home

 

[Ribbs]

Some thoughts after revisiting the first episode...

Spoiler: Some spoilers from Ep 1

1. There's no real build up behind Rue's drug addiction, we aren't really presented with any moment as to why she's an addict; especially as a 17-yr old. I guess being on various pills as a young girl is what let her to seeking higher grade stuff, but even still.

2. I would think the setting of the this show and the themes discussed would be better placed within an upper scale environment a la "Gossip Girl" rather than a middle-class setting.

3. HBO is definitely marketing this show towards teens, hence the warning before the show. This isn't HBOs first M-Rated show (GOT, Barry, Insecure, etc) but this is probably the only one I've seen with a viewer discretion warning. With shows like this it begs the question: are they trying to normalize this behaviour or are they telling a story overlooked? I think the former. There's a cop out with the toll free line at the end, however, the narrative handles drug addiction with a light touch, glossing over the severity of something like an overdose.

4. Parental guidance on the show is non-existent. Almost to the point of being laughable. Also, some very broad strokes from Rue (nudes are like currency in 2019, everyone watches porn, etc). Again, seems like some normalizing agenda being pushed in the narrative.

I'll still check out the show since I don't have anything I'm keeping up on at the moment.

Wouldn't call it normalizing, it's more like this is what's happening, look at it. America does have an opioid problem and there's kids with easy access to drugs and they know all the tricks to pass drug tests etc.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Wouldn't call it normalizing, it's more like this is what's happening, look at it. America does have an opioid problem and there's kids with easy access to drugs and they know all the tricks to pass drug tests etc.

I disagree with the bolded and it's portrayal in this show. America has an opiod problem but the demographic it's affecting (middle/rust belt America) is not the same demographic as is depicted in the show (suburban, middle class America outside a major metropolitan area).

There are bits of "this is what happens" that is definitely true, however. There are also aspects of trying to drive certain behaviour as normal. Only thing one could argue is that the show is a microcosm of a larger high school society/experience.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Super pretentious . Just more drug fueled shallow trendy topics presented through avatars of people. Just terrible all around and a symptom of everything wrong with media marketed to younger generations of today. Shock value with empty insight.

Yeah, it is doing too much.
"Let's have a white pre-teen selling drugs and talking in ebonics."
"Let's get a tranny on here cause they are trending!"
"And the cool borderline rapey teen is the son of the family man sexing trannies. Oooh!'

 

[CookDat]

Episode highkey gave me high school flashbacks. I seen someone somewhere talking about how its unbelievable how the kids are doing coke, but I deadass knew a chick from middle school that was doing that shyt. Wasnt even a highscool freshman and she was smokin weed & doing bumps. These kids got connections bruh.