Euphoria: Nate’s Latest Crisis Could Ruin [Spoiler]’s Life

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Euphoria Season 2, Episode 2, “Out of Touch now available on HBO.

In HBO’s Euphoria, Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi) has found himself up against the wall after Fez, the drug dealer he ran afoul of last season, brutally beat him up at a party. It left Nate in the hospital with severe damages, hoping he could recover and resume an affair with his new beau, Cassie. However, as Season 2 continues, Nate’s latest crisis could have severe ramifications, ruining his dad’s life.

In Season 1, Cal and Nate went at it a lot, culminating in violence at home. Cal was never proud of Nate, while Nate hated his dad for being a creep who filmed himself having sex with underage folks at motels. One of them was Nate’s classmate, Jules, only for Nate to find the tape. Nate really didn’t think much of his dad’s conquests, but this disc worried him so he blackmailed Jules.

It led to Rue putting Fez to threaten Nate, only for Nate to send cops to raid Fez’s home — something Fez finally garnered revenge for with the New Year’s battering. However, little did Nate know his girlfriend, Maddy, found the disc after a fight last season and stole the evidence, with Season 2 now showing him going ballistic as he couldn’t find the video in his room.

It’s going to create a lot of drama for sure because as the episode ended, when Nate told Cal why he had beef with Fez, his worried dad asked about the disc. Nate didn’t respond as the credits rolled so it left fans wondering if Nate would ally with his egotistical father, or if he’d let karma play out as his family was pretty toxic. It’s why Nate turned into a narcissistic bully with psychopathic tendencies, ultimately blaming Cal for his issues

Still, he craved Cal’s approval on the football field and in academics, so part of him does love his dad and wouldn’t want the man jailed as he has thought of second chances within the Jacob household. The problem is, if Maddy finds out he’s cheating on her with Cassie, Maddy’s best friend, it’s easy to see her flying off the handles and leaking the tape.

She isn’t the most rationale person so things like blackmail or dangling the disc to get Nate back on her side are very possible. Right now, she holds all the power but she may end up actually fighting on the side of good as she and Jules became friends recently. Maddy’s not as uptight and arrogant as before, disarming herself with Jules, Kat and the outsiders, so if she thinks guys like Nate and Cal need to be torn down, she may do so to stop abusers and pedophiles from lording power over vulnerable victims.

To see Nate and Cal’s problem, Euphoria airs Sundays on HBO at 9 p.m. EST and streams on HBO Max the same day.

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