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00:00Hey everyone, it's Sharona from Pay Your Awaits and today I'm going to be reviewing and recapping
00:03Euphoria Season 3, Episode 2, America My Dream.
00:08Alright, this is probably, I really like the subject matter of this episode, especially
00:13as somebody who just really fell for the American dream, who fell for this whole idea that you
00:19go to college, you get good grades, and you work hard, and you get a job, and as long
00:23as you do what you're supposed to do, and you go above and beyond, and you sacrifice
00:26your personal life that all these things are going to happen to you, all these good
00:30things, these promotions, and more money, and this and that, and that is a lie.
00:34That is a lie.
00:35If you guys are young watching this, don't listen to me, okay?
00:38I'm a little jaded, but to be honest, you might want to listen to me because it's a lie.
00:42Don't let them, don't, don't, don't let them lie to you because they gonna lie to you.
00:46They gonna lie to you.
00:47Don't fall for it because I fell for it, alright?
00:50So, we see that Alexa Demi, she gets more screen time this episode with Maddie, and I
00:56honestly, I really hope that they keep this up because I just feel like she's deserved
00:59something meatier since seasons one and two, and I really hope that season three is gonna
01:04do what needs to be done, but we see that she walks into that restaurant, and she said,
01:08you know what?
01:09I am a child of immigrants, okay?
01:10I believe in capitalism.
01:12I'm gonna do what needs to be done.
01:13You're not gonna get no HR complaints out of me because I'm gonna be a hard worker, honey.
01:17I'm not gonna be entitled like the rest of the people in my generation.
01:20That's not gonna be me, sweetheart.
01:22So, you need to go ahead and hire me, and then she did that extra thing.
01:25The lady, the talent manager's phone rang, and then she answered the phone like she
01:28was her receptionist.
01:29I said, I know that's right, Maddie.
01:31You better go, go get it.
01:33What they say, pull them up by the bootstraps.
01:35I see her making use of her American dream, alright?
01:39Now, I like that we have all of our characters in Hollywood because as somebody who works in
01:45Hollywood in some way, shape, or form, I just feel like a lot of people think because
01:48you have, you are, you have access to people with money that you are making money, and that's
01:53just absolutely not true, and so I really like that we get to see Maddie's journey as somebody
01:57who starts as an assistant to a talent manager because that's something that Maddie wants
02:01to do herself, and then we even see her find a young woman by the name of Caitlyn, who she
02:07sees on social media.
02:08She meets up with her, and she kind of like, you know, she kind of gets her together like,
02:12hey, this is what you should be doing on social.
02:14I thought it was really funny when Caitlyn was leaving, and her mom was like, what if
02:17something happens to you, and she was like, I'm young, nothing's gonna happen to me, and
02:21I was like, now girl, that, that's not how the pandemic went, but okay, girl, like, I'm
02:27glad everything worked out for you, but I like this whole idea that just when things felt
02:31like they were going in this right place, you know, the pandemic happened and everything
02:35shut down, and that's kind of something that similarly, um, similarly, I don't know why
02:40I struggle with saying that word, but that's what happened to me.
02:43Like, I had my first interview where they flew me out, I got flewed out, and I was talking
02:49to Samuel L. Jackson and Nia Long and Anthony Mackie, and I was like, mama, I made it.
02:54Like, my life's gonna turn around.
02:56I was supposed to meet Beyonce Mama at an event in Atlanta, and then the whole world shut
03:01down, and it, it was a long time before I got flewed out ever again, all right?
03:06And so I was really, like, this was really speaking to me.
03:09I actually really like this episode, minus some of the dialogue that happens in this
03:13episode, but I like that they showed how the pandemic, and I will say the pandemic was
03:18kind of a blessing in disguise because virtual interviews happen, and that's how I was able
03:22to, like, you know, do the things that I do now, but I was really able to, like, relate
03:27and resonate, you know, with feeling like you're almost there, and then something like
03:31this happening, and just really changing the world as we know it.
03:36Um, so she finds the girl, Caitlin, and so she, I like how we see this progression of her
03:41being like, oh, you just take sexy pictures and post these things, and, you know, you
03:45have to have a moral code.
03:46So we're just, you're not gonna be nude, we're gonna imply nudity, right?
03:50You know, we're gonna just have the, the pants a little low, or, you know, we're gonna have
03:55your legs spread, but you still have on underwear.
03:57You see how the line keeps moving, right?
04:01What is morally acceptable?
04:03You know, what is nudity?
04:05Oh, you're just showing your feet.
04:06Now, y'all, y'all heard Maddie talk about the feet, okay?
04:09Now, y'all know I've been going back and forth if I need to do a feet only, fans, and
04:14I felt
04:14like, was that a sign?
04:15That wasn't a sign, what is it?
04:17But is it a sign?
04:18Because if it is a sign, let me know, because I got some bills that need to be paid.
04:22But yeah, um, I like how you see this back and forth with her constantly, like, edging
04:28her, nudging her little by little to kind of, like, not sell your soul, but really sell
04:32your soul or your morals of what you think is socially acceptable.
04:37Um, and so, you know, it turned into, like, get these pictures.
04:40These are, like, the most racy set of pictures yet.
04:43I like how we see all of this.
04:46And we see that Maddie's, you know, having a tough time.
04:48Her mother, you know, her salon had to close during the pandemic.
04:51And so not only is she trying to survive out in California, she's also trying to send
04:55money, you know, to her mom at the same time, trying to make sure she keeps her salon afloat
05:01back home.
05:02And so, um, we see that she's living the dream, but a part of the American dream, you
05:08get this hustle, but sometimes you feel like you're constantly underwater.
05:12And no matter how much you keep climbing and climbing to get out, the more money you make,
05:16the more expenses that you have, like, you're just never actually able to get out of the
05:20hamster wheel.
05:20And so that's why I really liked, you know, this whole thing, and especially seeing how,
05:25you know, people reacted to OnlyFans, right?
05:27Um, her manager ends up finding out about her having a side client just because, you
05:34know, her boss manages Dylan Reed, and then she had her, him meet up with Caitlyn.
05:38And so then that got the paparazzi, and you saw that they call it a porn star.
05:42And all she's doing is showing her feed and some photos.
05:44Like, go ahead and do what you gotta do, Caitlyn.
05:46I saw Caitlyn with that $700,000 check, though, in one month?
05:50In one month?
05:52Lord, I see what you're doing for others.
05:54If you need to do it for me, do it!
05:56Just do it!
05:58Okay.
05:58Now, she's lucky she didn't get fired, because technically, like, how are you managing someone
06:03like you didn't tell me?
06:04And people are assuming because you work for me that somehow they're a part of my roster.
06:09And I can see, like, why her boss was upset.
06:11She was on the wrong side of history, because she really could have been making a good commission,
06:15because $70,000 in one month?
06:16Yes, honey, okay?
06:19And I think that's even, like, now how people judge people that are on OnlyFans, and how
06:25they use that to stop them from trying to get employment.
06:28And a lot of times, like, when people see other people making a lot of money, they try
06:32to put obstacles in their way to stop them from being able to make that money.
06:36And I just like how we saw how her boss judged her, but then you see a year later, now
06:42this
06:42girl is making $700,000 a month.
06:44And then because Maddie's boss wasn't able to see the vision, Maddie lost out on money
06:48as well.
06:49And sometimes Maddie needs to know the discernment, or sometimes you got to bet on yourself.
06:54And that's a really hard decision to make, because at least with this lady, she has eight
06:58star talent, and she has a steady job, and you just know that, hey, people are going to
07:03respect this.
07:04But it's so hard to bet on yourself.
07:06And I know Maddie was kicking herself like, dang, if I would have just bet on myself a little
07:09bit longer, like, I would be making dumb money right now, and not bringing in, like, $800.
07:15That was, you know, which ain't even going to cover the rent, okay?
07:18So we see that Maddie ends up getting a message from Cassie, um, talking about, like, hey,
07:24girl, I miss you, let's get lunch.
07:25And I said, bitch, that's all you got to say?
07:28After taking my man, and you're supposed to be my best friend, and you were banging
07:31my man behind my back?
07:34Hey, girl, I miss you?
07:35Bitch, I don't miss you, I hope you burn in hell.
07:38That don't even make sense.
07:39That's all you had to say to me?
07:40So I guess because Cass, because Maddie was like, you know, she saw the little doggy
07:45videos or whatnot, I guess she decided that she was going to meet up with her.
07:49I thought it was really funny when she was telling Rue, because Rue's like, girl, who
07:53are you getting ready for this meeting for?
07:55And then she, like, does this, and then she's like, what, round two, ding, ding, ding?
08:00And I was just like, I just love Rue.
08:02She's so chaotic for absolutely no reason.
08:04And this is why I just love her.
08:06She ain't got no sense, but I was thinking the same thing, like, you're going to slap
08:09her, just give her a good little, like, just a little slap.
08:12She deserved it.
08:13Like, just a little something.
08:14I don't condone violence, but I'm just saying, all right?
08:16And while we're talking about Cassie, this is one of my issues that I have with this
08:20season.
08:21And this is one of my issues just in general.
08:23Like, I feel as though, I understand that, you know, Euphoria and Sydney's been playing
08:28this character, Cassie, for two seasons.
08:30And this is kind of like the Cassie that we've known, but I just feel like, as an actress,
08:35like, you have evolved now.
08:37You do not have to do this crazy stuff.
08:40Seeing Cassie taking these pictures, like, desperate for attention.
08:43If I got to see Sydney's titties one more time, I just don't understand it.
08:47Like, you don't have to be nude to do all of this stuff.
08:50You see how they were showing Kayla's photos?
08:52That's it.
08:53You ain't got to do all of that.
08:54And I know you're going to be like, Sharona, but that's the storyline, right?
08:57Women now feel like they have to sell their body.
08:59They have to show titties.
09:01They got to be nude.
09:02They got to do something provocative to get people wanting to sign up.
09:06Honey, I watch a lady that crushes eggs with her feet and she getting paid and she ain't
09:11have to show no titty to do that.
09:13All right.
09:14And I think that's a part of the misconceptions about what it actually is to live the American
09:18dream.
09:19Like, do you have to sell a piece of your soul to make money?
09:23Do you have to show your body to get men to want to be interested in you?
09:27I just think it's interesting how we're examining all these things.
09:29But I do feel like for Sydney Sweeney as an actress after Euphoria, I understand y'all
09:35got to fulfill your contracts.
09:37But after this, I just, I think it's because I think nudity is fine.
09:42I don't have an issue with nudity, if it makes sense.
09:45I just feel like a lot of times when she is nude, I feel like they're objectifying her.
09:53And that is not necessarily for the art.
09:55It's really to just appease the desires of men.
09:59And that's how I felt.
10:00That's why I felt so icky with this whole thing.
10:02But maybe that's the point, right?
10:04You have these women who want to be seen, who want to feel like they're validated.
10:08And they feel like the only ways that they can do that is through their self-worth,
10:11through their body.
10:11And so you see her humiliating herself, even though that baseball photo ate, I ain't even
10:16gonna hold you.
10:17I was like, okay, I see you.
10:20But it's just sad that like somebody who lives in this nice neighborhood with all these people
10:25with money, you know, her house ugly.
10:28So I'm not even gonna say nice house because they house ugly as hell.
10:30But you see her still trying to be like, I want to be famous.
10:34I want to be so famous that I want to reach out to my ex-best friend that I did
10:38hella dirty
10:38all these years ago.
10:39And I'm going to reach out to her not to apologize, but really to get advice.
10:44And then Maddie quickly picked up on this.
10:46I like how Maddie made sure that she was late to the meeting to make it seem like, you know,
10:50she was out here working.
10:51And I think that's another thing too.
10:53And I think that's a theme that I saw like in the first three episodes is a lot of people
10:57are envious of somebody else's life.
10:59But you don't know what's really happening behind closed doors.
11:02People only present the image that they want to present to the world.
11:05And I just really wish that people would stop living, watching other people's lives and
11:10that they would actually go out and live because Cassie is doing all of these things like telling
11:15her like, well, you know, all these people are like always jealous of me.
11:18And, you know, I see these girls that are making money and stuff and they're not pretty.
11:22And she was like, but it's not about that.
11:24These girls have promotion.
11:25They got personality.
11:26They have taste.
11:27There's things that they're doing.
11:28And people are so quick to just look like, well, why do they have this?
11:32And why do they have that?
11:33Instead of just figuring out how I'm going to get to the bag and how I'm going to actually
11:36show the real me and do that.
11:38And you can tell that through Cassie's video, she's just so desperate and she's trying anything
11:44to be popular.
11:46And what I'm really confused about is why Nate is really OK with all of this.
11:49But we'll get into Nate's storyline after this.
11:52But I like that Maddie kind of got her together like you're not being yourself.
11:58You're a big fish in a small pond because you're out here with these little suburban
12:03housewives.
12:03But here in the city, honey, everybody's beautiful.
12:07Everybody got body.
12:08Everybody got some tickle biddies.
12:10All right.
12:11There's you look just like all the other blonde hair, blue eyed girls out here.
12:15Pretty girls that are trying to make it.
12:17You got to have something that's different.
12:19And I just feel like so many people are missing this right now.
12:21And especially with social media and people being able to make money on like TikTok and
12:26all of these things is like you see everybody literally just doing what everybody else does.
12:31It don't be nothing special to it.
12:33It'll be nothing different than people wondering like, well, why things aren't working out for
12:36me?
12:36Let me stop preaching because I feel like I'm preaching and I'm gonna stop.
12:41I'm gonna stop.
12:41OK, so we realized like, you know, I think Maddie kind of felt a little bit better.
12:48Like this girl stayed with Nate all these years just to like clear her conscience and
12:51wait for a ring to feel like losing her best friend was worth it.
12:55And then we see that later in the episode, this girl won't $50,000 worth of florals.
13:03OK, and like I said, your husband ain't got no money, sweetheart.
13:06And you really chose wrong.
13:08But I hopefully you learn this sooner rather than later.
13:12I pray that you learn this before y'all actually get married.
13:14But in the world of euphoria, I doubt that that's actually going to happen.
13:17And so we see that we see that they have this party and then she talks to her little best
13:24friend who is not her friend.
13:25She's not your friend.
13:26She doesn't like you.
13:27Everything you tell her, she go right back to her husband to tell tell him.
13:31And it's crazy because she showed her the pictures, which I was like, Cassie, I don't
13:35know why in your mind you think this is normal and you think that this is OK.
13:40But even she was like, girl, why are you a baby?
13:43Why are you just like a baby with your legs spread like this is weird?
13:47A yuck.
13:48OK, that's what it's giving.
13:50And so she shows her these pictures.
13:52She goes right to her husband and tells him everything.
13:54And then after the party is over, Nate calls her in.
13:57And he was just like, Cassie, can I see your phone?
14:00And she was like, no, I'm not going to give you my phone.
14:02And then this girl basically told on herself, she looking back at her neighbor like, did
14:06you tell him about my OnlyFans?
14:07And I said, girl, you always sitting up her snitching on yourself.
14:10It don't make no dang old sense.
14:11But this is why I felt like Nate was just not himself, because he just very calmly was
14:16like, hey, you like, why is everybody telling me that my wife is taking all these photos
14:21and stuff like that?
14:22And then she was like, what you talking about behind your back?
14:26Ho, you gave me the blessing to go ahead and do it.
14:28Don't sit up here and play with me, ho.
14:30And then I was just like, dad, you snitching on your husband in front of the company.
14:33But honestly, the way that they was carrying on, you couldn't even wait till y'all got home
14:37to then snitch so it wouldn't have led back to you.
14:40It just made no sense.
14:41But he did try to look out for his wife and say like, oh, someone else, someone else said
14:45something.
14:45I was like, at least he, at least he got his wife back.
14:48But yeah, so they're going back and forth.
14:50Basically, she tells him, well, it's not my fault that you ain't got no money to pay for
14:53this wedding.
14:54I said, Cassie, girl, not telling all you business.
14:58You calling him broke and he broke, broke.
15:00So then he has to agree to this.
15:03So she deletes her account and then he agrees to pay for all of the flowers.
15:06And then they talk about, oh, should we go?
15:08I mean, you should have left when you saw them having an argument.
15:11You wait till all the juicy stuff happens to then leave.
15:14But Juana, their housekeeper, she was killing me.
15:17Because when she was asking about these things, like, should I keep the vegetables?
15:20Do we need to keep the meat?
15:21And I was like, Juana, girl, if you don't ask me one more effing question, honey, it's
15:26going to be your last day at work.
15:28This is going to be your last shift to clock into.
15:31Okay?
15:32Stop asking all these dang old questions.
15:34Ugh.
15:35But yeah, so outside of that, that's why I just feel like this is not Nate that we know.
15:40If Cassie would have did some stuff like that to the old Nate and then embarrassed him in
15:44front of his, like, friends and stuff, like, what?
15:49What?
15:50Do you hear me?
15:52And then at the end of the night when they're having a conversation and Ben and he was just
15:55like, you know, because a lot of people in my childhood lied to me.
15:59Sir, do not try to weaponize the trauma that you experienced as a teenager against me now.
16:05You're a grown adult.
16:06You're grown.
16:08All right?
16:08Talking about people kept secrets from me.
16:09You don't want us keeping secrets from her that you broke.
16:12See, I'm here like the same thing that you said made you mad.
16:15That's what you're doing to your wife right now.
16:16That don't make no dang old sense, Nate.
16:18I was up here lying for no reason.
16:20Now, that's the old Nate I know.
16:22But him being so cool with everything that she did was just, it was actually kind of
16:26crazy.
16:27And then he was, she was like, well, I talked to Maddie.
16:29He was like, my Maddie.
16:30And I was like, my Maddie, what you talking about?
16:32She was like, well, she was my best friend.
16:34He was like, she was my ex-girlfriend.
16:35I was like, so are y'all both going to fight over Maddie?
16:37Because this just makes no sense.
16:38And even Nate was just like, so you invited her to the wedding?
16:41Like, is this revenge?
16:43And she was like, everybody isn't in love with you.
16:45And I was just like, well, it seemed like a lot of y'all health was learned.
16:48And I really don't understand the allure.
16:50But we do get to see, we do get to see Cal.
16:57And I really, I had, at first when I watched this, I kind of didn't like that they had used
17:04kind of, you can tell that the ALS had affected Eric Dane's speech.
17:10And I don't like that they use like the alcoholism as a reason why he might be slurring his words.
17:16But honestly, I had to give it up to the Lord because I'm sure whatever conversations that
17:20Eric had with Sam, like that was a conversation that they both had in regards to, you know,
17:26whatever it took for him to make sure that he was involved in this season.
17:29So then I was just like, you know what, if he wanted this as a storyline and that's a
17:33conversation that both of them had and they were at peace with it, then it's not for me to say
17:37anything, but I could see how it might bother some people just in regards to like how they
17:44utilize like, you know, one of his symptoms from ALS with his speech.
17:49But it was nice to see him.
17:51I love the charm that he still had.
17:53I like that him and Nate, you know, are still friends after Nate was the one responsible for
17:58turning him in and getting him.
18:00Well, he's not responsible because honestly, if you weren't messing with underage kids,
18:04then you wouldn't have been in trouble.
18:05You wouldn't be on the sex offender list.
18:07So let me not do that.
18:08Let me not shift, shift blame.
18:10Okay.
18:10Cause that's what we're not going to do.
18:11All right.
18:12Um, but he telling me, Hey, I heard your girl selling news.
18:16He was like, where you heard that from?
18:17He said, he's like, sly.
18:19He's like, sly sex, what is sex love addict?
18:22And I was just like, I mean, well, at least you're going to your class, but why they know
18:26that shouldn't y'all not be looking at naked photos and stuff?
18:29Like I'm just saying, isn't it the whole point of the class?
18:32I was just a little confused by that.
18:33But it is what it is.
18:35Um, and he asked him like, are you having financial issues?
18:38Cause why is your girl slaying in her body all over OnlyFans anyway?
18:41Then we find out that Nate does owe this man Nas money, but he owe this man $550,000.
18:46Talk about it.
18:47Next week is going to be $600,000.
18:49I said, Nate, sweetheart, you don't have that type of money, sweetie.
18:53And you're trying to get more investors.
18:55You're trying to let out these people throw this barbecue.
18:57No, no, sir.
18:59Absolutely not.
19:00And so he told him like, Hey, I need my hundred K by the end of the week on Friday.
19:03And I said, how are you going to give him a hundred K when you just gave Cassie $50,000
19:07for flowers?
19:08So I'm just kind of confused about everything.
19:10All right.
19:10So then him and Cal are going back and forth.
19:12And then he was like, you're gay.
19:14He was like, I'm not gay.
19:15He was like, you were banging dudes.
19:17And he was like, I was a pitcher, not a catcher.
19:19And I was just like, not Cal.
19:21Then he was like, I was a heat on this.
19:23I said, sweetheart, wherever you fall on the LBGT, LB, LGBTQIA plus, whatever timeline that
19:32that's your business.
19:32You can even say you're pansexual, sweetheart, but no, no Cal.
19:38No, no, sweetie.
19:39Absolutely not.
19:40Okay.
19:40But I thought the whole banter back and forth, I just thought it was really funny.
19:43And I just, I really liked Eric Dane in this episode.
19:47Um, and I'm just happy that they not beefing.
19:48All right.
19:50So let's talk about Rue.
19:51All right.
19:52So Rue, she thinks she didn't got this promotion.
19:55Now she cleaning pig, pig crap.
19:58Okay.
19:58She cleaned a pig pool, but I guess to her, this is better than her swallowing all them
20:02bags and trying to smuggle herself back and forth to Mexico.
20:06Then she covered up the dead bodies because we saw that Tish, uh, passed away from a fit
20:10and all, uh, overdose, which I do like that.
20:13Um, Sam has talked about addiction, especially with everything that happened with, uh, Angus.
20:19And I like that he's showing how easy it is for people to die from these things.
20:25And so I do like that he's spreading more awareness about it.
20:29Um, and also showcasing characters like Angel, who we see later in the episode does decide
20:33to go ahead and seek treatment.
20:34And so Alamo and Lori got beefed because he lost one of his hoes and you know, he was
20:41like, Hey, you messed up.
20:43You didn't apologize.
20:44And then she was like, well, you hang out with whores.
20:46So who knows what they were doing?
20:47And I was like, Lori, I don't, I don't think that's the point, sweetheart.
20:50And then we later found out that it was Faye and them fault because he didn't tell her
20:54to clean off the scale.
20:55It only takes a little bit to kill somebody.
20:58And so, yeah, it actually really was your fault.
21:00So then Alamo was like, I need reparations.
21:03And then the dude was like, you take them reparations and shove up your end hard R behind.
21:09And I was just like, now granted, does he look like somebody that will say something
21:12like that?
21:13Absolutely.
21:14Did we need to have all of this in there?
21:17No.
21:17And I was just like, was it necessary, Sam?
21:22Was it necessary?
21:24Cause I don't think it was, but even if I let that one slide, it's a whole nother one
21:29that was absolutely not necessary at all.
21:32And I'm just very confused about it, but I'm going to keep on moving for time's sake.
21:35Okay.
21:36So I don't know why he don't know what reparations are.
21:38Clearly, like Ruth said, they inbred.
21:40So they, they not right in the head.
21:44So, um, he's basically like, you killed one of my hoes.
21:47I'm going to take one of yours.
21:49So I'm taking Ruth.
21:50And Lori said, absolutely not.
21:51You're not going to take Ruth.
21:52He was like, no, she, you, you got to figure it out.
21:56I'm going to take Ruth and that's going to be that.
21:58And so Ruth was happy.
21:59But then she said, she feels like she made a deal with the devil.
22:02And I was like, well, honestly, everybody, the devil at this point.
22:05So I mean, might as well be with the devil.
22:08You know, I don't know.
22:09I really want you to just get your life together, but clearly you're not going to do that.
22:12So she gets a job at the silver supper, like the silver slipper, something.
22:17And basically it's a strip club.
22:19And so she's basically wrangling a girl, selling drugs.
22:22And we see Kadeem Hardison, who he works at the club.
22:26He wasn't happy to see Ruth.
22:27He was like, wow, he hired a woman, like go figure.
22:30But we get our KC undercover reunion.
22:32So I love seeing them together.
22:34Probably not the project that they thought that they were going to be working with each
22:37other on.
22:37This is the far, far cry from the Disney channel.
22:39All right.
22:40But we see that, you know, she's working at the club.
22:44You know, she like hoes and it's naked hoes everywhere.
22:46And so she's okay with this.
22:48So I'm just like, Ruth, actually, things might be looking up for you.
22:51All right.
22:51So we see that Ruth is she's kind of excited about this job.
22:56She really feels like, OK, I feel like I'm living my dream.
22:59OK, I get to see titties everywhere I go.
23:01And then I'm selling new drugs.
23:03People offer me drugs like I'm living an American dream myself right now.
23:06And so she sees that we meet one of the girls, Angel, who's played by Priscilla Delgado.
23:12And I thought she did a really great job with her performance in this episode, minus the
23:15one thing that she had to say.
23:17But I thought she did a really fantastic job.
23:19So she plays one of the girls who was really close to Tish.
23:21And so she's really been going through it because she was just like, my friend wouldn't
23:24just leave me.
23:25She wouldn't just stop answering the phone.
23:27Alamo keeps saying like she fell in love and she's like at your house.
23:30Like, how does that make sense?
23:31So she knows that someone's not telling her the truth.
23:33OK, and so we learned that in a conversation.
23:41Actually, no, she actually goes to do a dance and both of them was offbeat.
23:45She was dancing for some dude, Mr. Rolex.
23:46And the fact that she had to ask him to did you take a shower today, which I'm just like,
23:50that's like my worst fear, because like dudes be so trifling, too, and they just don't believe
23:54in showers and stuff.
23:55So the fact that she had to ask him that before she blew him.
23:57I mean, yeah, you should ask that question.
23:59But it was just too much for me.
24:01They all offbeat.
24:02He's snorting drugs off her nipples.
24:04It was just a lot going on.
24:05OK, so we go to Rue talking to Maddie where Maddie kind of tells, um, right?
24:14Like Maddie, Rue kind of alludes that she knows about the whole sugar baby thing.
24:18And she tells her like, you know, hey, when I'm working with Uber, like I just have all
24:21this time to think about like how I haven't talked to my mom in two years, how Gia didn't
24:25respond to my text message and how I'm always thinking about Rue.
24:28And she's like, you trying to get back with Rue?
24:29And she was like, don't worry about all of that.
24:31But when I'm at the club, you know, everything moving fast.
24:33There's a lot happening.
24:34And I feel like I'm in my bag.
24:36All right.
24:36So it's a lot going on in the strip club because we see Magic who's played by Rosalia.
24:42She's in there.
24:42She got her little bedazzled neck brace.
24:44And he was like, take that neck brace off.
24:45That don't make no sense.
24:46And I'm just like the girl, if the girl neck hurt, at least she came to work and she trying
24:50to dance.
24:50She can't dance in the neck brace.
24:51They don't even make no sense.
24:53Now, Rosalie, I don't know why you needed to like come on here and play this character
24:59because like she didn't really like do that much in the episode.
25:02But I guess you just wanted to like get to the bag and say he was on Euphoria.
25:05I guess that's fine.
25:06You know, it's OK.
25:09But we see that Alamo is really upset about this pig comment.
25:12Like they called you the N-H-R-E-R.
25:15But the one thing that stuck with him was this pig comment because this man talked about it
25:19the entire episode.
25:20And he was just like, that's one of the worst things somebody can call you.
25:22And I was just like, so the other word that that wasn't that went bad to you, that that
25:29didn't bother you.
25:29It was the pig comment that bothered your spirit.
25:32OK, that's on you, baby.
25:33That's on you.
25:34So.
25:37We see that Angel is still trying to figure out where Tish is and she's still upset.
25:43But Rue, you know, she was kind of looking at Angel since like she first came to the
25:47club.
25:47OK, and so, you know, Angel was like, hey, you know, I got some drugs.
25:53And then Rue, baby, let me tell you something.
25:56I know Rue put it at work, honey.
25:58She was putting it at work with that.
26:00She was putting in some mouth action on Angel.
26:03The way the angel was screaming in that little minivan, like, woo.
26:07They was getting it in.
26:09I said, I know that's right, Rue.
26:10Rue looked like she was real proud of herself, too.
26:12So I ain't even, I ain't even mad at it.
26:13All right.
26:14Not even mad about it.
26:17So, um, we see that Angel is a hothead.
26:22She's still upset.
26:23But, um, she threw a shoe, like, we see that she threw a shoe at Kadeem's character.
26:29His nose was bleeding.
26:30Then she tried to throw a shoe at Rue.
26:32She hit Rue with the shoe.
26:33And then she was like, I'm sick of all you B-A-N words.
26:36And then this is when I was like, Sam, Sam, where are the handcuffs at?
26:40OK?
26:41Because, like, why?
26:42This just wasn't needed.
26:44Why did she have to say the bitch A-N words?
26:46That just didn't make no sense.
26:48Like, why?
26:49It was so unnecessary.
26:51You should just kind of call them the B-word.
26:52And that would have been fine.
26:53And then Rue was saying, oh, so I'm a B?
26:55And then when she threw the shoe and started hitting her all the shoes, it would have been a great
26:58scene.
26:59But I was so caught up on why you would make this girl who is not black say B-A
27:04-N words that I couldn't even continue on with the scene.
27:07I actually had to pause and take a break.
27:09I just, this dialogue.
27:11Like, you ain't got nobody to run this by to be like, hey, like, maybe you shouldn't say that.
27:16Or maybe somebody did say it.
27:17And he said, I honestly don't care.
27:18I said what I said.
27:20But no, that's not OK.
27:23So after I got over that, Rue does end up telling her what happened.
27:28And this sends her down an even crazier spiral.
27:32She's, you know, doing drugs.
27:33She's doing, taking, drinking alcohol, sleeping in the car.
27:37Like, she's angry all the time.
27:38And so Rue does go to Alamo to talk to him about what's been going on.
27:42And she was just like, is there anything we can do?
27:44And then he was like, either she can leave or she can go to rehab.
27:49She's like, well, she can't afford that.
27:50And he was like, no, I'll pay for it.
27:52She's like, oh, she's kind of like, look at these, look at these work perks.
27:56OK.
27:57And so I thought that was really nice that he did.
27:59He understands like, hey, it comes with the business.
28:02I get it.
28:02She can go get help and get better and do what she needs to do.
28:06And then you just need to convince her.
28:08And then, of course, anything Angel gonna do, she gonna throw a shoe.
28:11She start cursing her out because she definitely is feisty.
28:14But I actually did like her character outside of what Sam had her saying.
28:18I thought Priscilla did absolutely a great job.
28:21And then even how you see how they handle the whole intake process.
28:23I'm sure this is like some undercover type of treatment center.
28:27But the way that they just seemed so uninterested, it wasn't like they were just treating her like another number.
28:33And you see how scared she is.
28:35And it's kind of crazy.
28:36Like, Ru was kind of talking to her like, you're making a good decision.
28:38I said, bitch, you not even sober.
28:40Like, I wish you would, ma'am.
28:42Ma'am, who needs to be there right there with Angel?
28:46Talk about you're making a good decision.
28:48Girl, if you don't go somewhere and stop effing playing with me.
28:52So she drops her off.
28:54Then we see somebody watching Ru.
28:56Now, I wonder who is watching her.
28:58Like, I don't know if it's some of Lori's people or like what's going on.
29:02But, you know, someone's watching her.
29:04But then we also see like from the trailer that she kind of gets into some legal trouble.
29:07So I don't know if they're watching her.
29:08I don't know what's going on.
29:09So she calls and tells them like, hey, I dropped her off.
29:13But she's really scared.
29:14And he was like, God helps those who helps themselves.
29:17And I was just like, I mean, okay, whatever.
29:20So we get to the end of the episode.
29:21We go to Lori's house.
29:22Faye getting her back blown out.
29:23She really don't look like she's enjoying it.
29:25But she's making all the noises like she is.
29:27And then they hear a commotion upstairs.
29:29Child, Alamone got so upset.
29:31That he released this big old pig in Lori's house.
29:35Just pooping and pissing everywhere.
29:37Now, why they told the dog, like, shame on you, Lieutenant Dan.
29:41And the fact that y'all called this dog Lieutenant Dan because he was missing one of his legs.
29:45Like, Lieutenant Dan and Forrest Gump.
29:47I'm not going to hold you.
29:48That got a chuckle out of me.
29:50I thought that was absolutely funny.
29:52But, um, when Faye was like, I think, is that a dinosaur?
29:56And I was like, I mean, it kind of sounded like it, but Faye, a dinosaur, girl, be for real.
30:01When we get to the end of the episode, we see that Rue goes to see Jules.
30:04Jules comes in, wearing her fits.
30:07Body, body-ing.
30:09All right.
30:09And then she goes to the penthouse.
30:10I said, now, Jules, what you doing with the penthouse?
30:14Huh?
30:14It seemed like Mr. Plastic Surgery Man, like, got her living a good life.
30:19So she, I guess he got the penthouse and then he go back with his family.
30:22And so, Rue's like, oh, I'm trying to, you know, she kind of tells her, like, hey, I'm like California
30:27sober.
30:28You know, I just drink and smoke a little weed.
30:30And, you know, but I have a job and I want to get a place of my own.
30:33Maybe not a place like this.
30:34But, and then she tried to throw a little shady comment about, you know, where is he at with his
30:39family.
30:39And then, because she tried to make her jealous.
30:42Like, well, I don't think my boyfriend would like that.
30:44And then, um, yeah.
30:47She kind of throws shade.
30:48Like, is, are you doing this because is he a real boyfriend or is this just a financial arrangement?
30:53And then, you know, Jules talking about, you know,
30:58I don't think we were meant to be monogamous.
31:00And that's just what people say when they know that they may not go be monogamous even though they want
31:04them to.
31:05And then Rue was like, um, maybe I still got a chance then.
31:09And then she's like, you can't just show up and act like things are okay.
31:11And I do like how she talks about we romanticize a lot of things in high school.
31:15We romanticize a lot of things that's happened when we were younger.
31:18Um, because we just built all of this up in our minds to be a certain type of way.
31:22And that's not really how it actually was.
31:24Because Jules and Rue didn't have this lovey-dovey relationship.
31:28They had a very dysfunctional relationship in high school.
31:31And so we see that Jules says, I'm about to take a bath.
31:33And then Rue is like, all right, I'll just finish my drink and head on out.
31:37And then she kind of give her a look like, or.
31:40And then she was like, well, she was like, you're not going to keep me company.
31:44And then the episode goes off.
31:45So I was like, go ahead.
31:46Show her what that mouth do, Rue.
31:48Do what you got to do.
31:50Minus the two dialogue scenes.
31:52I did enjoy this episode even more than the first episode.
31:55So I just think I'm a sucker for just this whole idea of living the American dream and
32:01how, you know, you leave school, you go to college, and you have all these, like, aspirations,
32:06hopes, and dreams.
32:06And then the real world just kind of shows you what it is.
32:09Um, I liked how we saw that from different points of views.
32:13From Maddie, someone who's a child of immigrants, and really taking, you know, control of her life.
32:18For someone like Jules, who feels like, you know, she's in this relationship because it affords
32:23her the lifestyle that she wants.
32:25And Rue, you know, working at a strip club, but really being happy with everything she's
32:29doing.
32:29I like how we just see all of these different backgrounds and Nate being a scammer and feeling
32:35like he's living this American dream, being this real estate developer, but realizing,
32:38like, this stuff is a lot harder than what I thought it was.
32:41So, overall, I like the episode.
32:43Very annoyed by the dialogue that was used in this week's episode.
32:47But yeah, those are my thoughts on Euphoria Season 3, Episode 2, America, My Dream.
32:51As always, my name is Sharona from Pair Weights, and if you like what you saw today, make
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