The Reel Rejects - EUPHORIA Season 3 Episode 3 REVIEW – NATE & CASSIE ARE SO TOTALLY SCREWED!!

Starting point is 00:00:00 It's crazy. I'm so excited preemptively. It's our favorite. It's me and John's favorite. It is. And here's hoping that more Halloween and spooky vibes continue to pervade this season. I feel like there's a lurking, dread, cosmic terror just beneath the desert sun-soaked surfaces of the California coast. There you brought it home.

Starting point is 00:00:28 Tara, see, that's why we're here. You're feeling good. I'm feeling good. If you guys are feeling good, let's watch the show! Let's do it! Guys, we have made it to the end of yet another fun-filled hour with Archie and the gang. It's been a good one. We got married.

Starting point is 00:00:50 We did some things. We took some beatings. Paladin died. Yeah. All right, Paladin. Guys, listen, leave a like for Paladin. Also subscribe so you can be a part. of this, you know, here channel.

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Starting point is 00:02:03 You could all get a glimpse at our shooting schedule day in and day out. You can ask us questions for the stuff that isn't breaking like this. But anyhow, and also, you know, we're everywhere podcasts are sold. Tara, Tara Erickson. How do you feel? How are you doing? And, you know, what level of trauma are you currently experienced? Listen, the trauma is deep.

Starting point is 00:02:28 I did not need to see the bird be squawking in pain and fall over. and seizure at the end. No thank you. Yes. This is a great episode. I hate... The end, that's how it makes you feel inside. And I can't think about it anymore. Okay. Agree. Great episode. Great record. Great episode. Okay. Honestly, I was really just mainly really excited to see Jules. And she came out in that dress. Like, girl, what are you doing?

Starting point is 00:02:56 Wild to find out more about her life, how he wraps her up and like a plastic. Like, she's a Barbie doll. Now she only is one client. Yeah. but here's the thing but I see but here's the thing the lay it on me the the apartment that she's at is the other guys is that the guy that we saw that's he's the one paying for it that's why I got confused because I was like I thought we hadn't met the guy who's paying for the big lavish apartment that she lives in and then now I know the guy who wraps her up

Starting point is 00:03:26 and plastic is her only client but who paid for the high price that's him isn't it it is that's what I took from that Unless, you know, you guys can straighten us out in the comments. I think I might have just, whatever. But they just hit it off so well. I assume that after that montage, where she was like, oh, she started out with this guy. And then she met this guy and this guy.

Starting point is 00:03:44 And then pretty soon it was only this one guy. Right. And so I think it's him. Unless they're going to do some timey, whimy jigsaw stuff. And it's really secretly Nate. He's inside the Sammerlot costume. He's like a Scooby-Doo guy. Well, now we know what $50,000.

Starting point is 00:04:03 of flowers looks like. We do. That was pretty cool. I'm actually surprised that that was the 50K, but I guess it's also like how you sculpted in those archways

Starting point is 00:04:11 and you're going to put a bunch of them in the ground. You got to put a bunch of them everywhere else. You got some inside. So I'm starting to see it. They have to be everywhere, John. It was absolutely quite a wedding. I didn't get that much from Maddie's.

Starting point is 00:04:23 You know, we didn't get much from her. I saw in her face and we didn't have to give her lines. I could read it when they did pickups on her at the wedding. I got it that she

Starting point is 00:04:33 felt some sort of obvious way. How can she nod about about Nate, marrying Cassie? But like, we didn't get much there. NAR. NAR. Well, yeah, it's interesting. I've come to expect that this season will kind of like pay certain

Starting point is 00:04:47 things off or flesh them out like next week. And this was an interesting, it's weird. Like the way they have like certain, and this might, this is a loose assessment. But it feels like certain times there will be like the setup of stakes for one of the more B plots will happen, you know kind of in the midst of an episode and then it'll kind of flow into the next one

Starting point is 00:05:08 and then you'll have again the two main like ruined what was the couple name nasty yeah i guess nasty's a good one case cat cat canate canate it's them too and then yeah everybody else so so i wonder if we'll get more with her next time because yeah it's like she came in so confident with Maddie and Casey doing the nudes and all that member Yeah which again I mean like She shut the thing down but there's yeah we haven't really Visited that again from the Maddie

Starting point is 00:05:40 Cassie Perspective and their whole thing and you know Like they're making some eye contact From across the room and obviously like The Nate's mom made that crack about Maddie so like We've got to get some type of payoff It's weird I'm at the point where I'm not really expecting much expounding on Lexi anymore

Starting point is 00:05:58 I imagine we'll had a little bit of Maddie's response to all this. I like that thing that Jules said that sort of like, I think she got more emotional that she was expecting. Yeah. Because yeah, she comes in like fully ready to watch the train wreck and then. And she sees her, I love you, I love you, I love you. Yeah, and it's interesting because it is an absolute train wreck.

Starting point is 00:06:18 And it's a bad situation that she's lucky not to be in, but also like the emotional, you know, harshness of it is still resonant. I agree. But like, here's where I think. that the writing is going and that I think it's smart if this is where it's going, I assume so, is that Cassie would want nothing more, nothing less than to be poor. That's like her worst nightmare. And so it really pushes us towards, if we look at Maddie's life, Maddie in a way, she doesn't have Nate, but what she does have right now, success and money. She's at least charging after it wildly and has her independence.

Starting point is 00:06:57 And so that pushes that storyline with Cass and Maddie going kaput or at least Cassie putting back up her website. She could do it on her own, but most likely not. She's going to have Maddie manage her. And that pushes that storyline along because especially with that wife coming in going, now I realize, like you were just finding your husband who's broke. And like Cassie had no idea. And now I'm like, oh, you're going to have to restart that website. Like you're absolute.

Starting point is 00:07:23 The fact that Maddie goes, how does he feel about you doing nudes? initially she would have said absolutely I cannot and now it's going to be absolutely I can and maybe three people can be juicing it with me on camera because of how bad it is. Like I don't know how quick because this show would do that shit. It would. It would. It would. It would. They'll get everybody back from the, you know, the gym guy's montage and they'll all do a big old group scenario and then she'll sell that and it'll be great. And the biggest question

Starting point is 00:07:57 You said for KD, yeah, it's rude, but that wasn't even that much of a It was a shot. It's like, oh, snap. But like, yeah, I mean, that's just a cliff hang out. Yeah, we're not there yet. Which I have to imagine. Part of me is like, if we're doing that

Starting point is 00:08:11 at this point in the season, I'm like, okay, so are they going to make her? Because I know people have requested that we watch the next time on, but I feel like for our experience and for this general thing, it's not, I prefer to go in with as little knowledge as possible. Me too. Because last week I was like, I thought the wedding was going to be like a season long arc. And we're already here in this episode.

Starting point is 00:08:31 Yep. So like, yeah, for her to be pulled over by the DEA here when I think we have what five more episodes to go. I'm like she's got to get pulled in. Make some kind of deal. She has to be working as a double agent. Where am I? Like filtering out little details and yeah. And I'm really worried for her.

Starting point is 00:08:51 You know, in that context. Because two, the way she's like hanging out with Alamo. and I gotta learn cool guy's name again because that scene where he's that whole... We know his name, I just forgot. Like that whole scene where he's in the room and like when they go to Lories,

Starting point is 00:09:10 that whole scene was so fun to watch. Yes. And him just being like cool, calm and collected and having like all these little like emphatic punctuated like beats and movements and moments and inflections, even though he's so deadpan,

Starting point is 00:09:27 and you're like, this is, like, watching some kind of, like, Clint Eastwood scenario. CERC. Western, when he says, when he does that thing, and he goes,

Starting point is 00:09:37 I love them. Yeah. That's what you talk about. Yeah. Yeah. And, like, the whole thing where he throws the stack of money

Starting point is 00:09:45 across the room and, like, all the eyes watch it and you're waiting for things to explode, but it's, you know, kind of, you know,

Starting point is 00:09:52 it goes in spirit of, the The Ballad of Paladin. God, what a pull. I got it. What's the, what's the old show with the old Western? With the name Paladin. Yeah. It's like,

Starting point is 00:10:07 yeah, it was Havegonble Travel. Yeah. Yeah, my folks would watch that all the time, so I'm like having just like personal little flashbacks. But, uh, but yeah, like I liked the use of the Western stuff there. And like, Lori's gang is just so like awful.

Starting point is 00:10:22 Um, that, yeah, like, it was, I'm worried for I think it's Bishop I'm worried for Fay I'm sad she's with those guys but that was yeah just like such a fun use of their yeah season

Starting point is 00:10:37 motif of the Western stuff I am very sad for Paladin and Paladin didn't deserve to get caught up in this or that pig or that pig yeah the pig too was early sad crazy pig was just pawn and game of life totally but I will give

Starting point is 00:10:53 props to Cindy sweetie and Jacob Lordy in that there has been a lot of speculation about this season and nobody wanting to be here and all that stuff and I

Starting point is 00:11:04 while I think over the couple weeks we've been watching so far we've had like some slight gripes about like oh this story feels like it's kind of on a trickle

Starting point is 00:11:12 this was a very tumultuous episode for them and even though the Rue stuff had big developments the focus the proportions kind of shifted toward them and I do have

Starting point is 00:11:23 fun watching them be these two awful people. I agree. Like her just like crying and wailing about how unfair all this is. And it's like it is sad and it is pathetic. And it's also like, but you guys like there's so many points of no return and red flags and like all sorts of stuff before you got here. So it's hard to have too much sympathy. But it is like harsh.

Starting point is 00:11:48 It is interesting to go to especially from where we've come with, you know, Nate from season one to then watch him get beaten hard again. Oh, God. Yeah, you're right again. And that was tough. Even crazier, more adult, more permanent way. That was some casino shit right there. Truth.

Starting point is 00:12:05 Like, that's what that, that was some old school. Except here's a thing. I wasn't like, yeah. Because it was like Nate and Nate is a dick. I know that. But it wasn't like vengeance beating up, you know? It hits different. It hits different.

Starting point is 00:12:23 Right now. He just got married. He's not being that bad. The flowers I looked up are real. Maybe it was the one flower. Like, I'm like, oh my God. You know, maybe he was getting better. Ficked flower.

Starting point is 00:12:36 It's like such a mod, such a loaded silly mantra. Wild, dude. Yeah, pretty wild. Pretty, you know, sorted and, you know, pulpy. It's a good soap. Yeah. It's good soap, you know. Love we got a couple of Fez moments off screen

Starting point is 00:12:54 I thought that was very fun He's been talking about how chuffed He is Sam Levinson on his Fez storyline So I really do hope he breaks out or something I think that would be very charming To have something whimsical Because that's also like a classic Western thing Like a jail break of some kind

Starting point is 00:13:09 Right and escape Like escape from out could try such good movie Yeah 100% And I again like would love to get a greater list Of like all the film references in here Because you have like those like those I've never seen pretty woman But like in the early part of the episode, you're like in a Jewel scenario where it's like, yeah, you know, like high class, you know, sex worker thing.

Starting point is 00:13:29 Yeah. And, you know, it comes with a certain film tradition too along with the westerns and all the other stuff. And the like godfather, like mob movie vibes that the wedding has. Like when they're sitting there in the reception, they look like Michael Corleone and... Yes, they do. And his bride. Agreed. And, yeah, like the mob movie stuff encroaching upon the Western stuff, encroaching upon the Western stuff, encroaching

Starting point is 00:13:51 upon the sort of faith stuff and she's listening to the sort of burning bush speech of the Bible as uh as he's talking about Moses right he is and he goes to Moses yeah about to lead the people or like to I gotta go back to the Bible history but you know kind of inspiring this this moment of faith but yeah like I don't know she gonna is Rue gonna lead people to the promised land or she's just going to lead them to hell either way I'm fascinated I got to imagine she's about to have to make some tough choices and do some rat. You can't do some DEA stuff. You know what I find it weird is I saw a friend and they were like, yeah, I love season one, season two,

Starting point is 00:14:31 but I've heard it season three is an absolute flop. And I was just like, I don't really feel that way about it. It's different. And sure, like, there's a different vibe, which we talked about. But, I mean, do you think it's a flop? I don't think it's flop. But I get what people are saying. I want to know what that.

Starting point is 00:14:50 Well, do we mean that, like, do we mean that, like, people aren't tuning in the way they used to or just like that is bad now. Because like I've seen a lot of... I think she meant it by both. Like I'm curious to know how this is doing. And certainly I mean like, you know, people seem interested when we post these. Exactly. And so, and it certainly seems like a conversation piece still.

Starting point is 00:15:07 I agree. I don't have as many videos online about how bad the show is becoming out. It's not the same anymore and yada, yada, yada. If it wasn't at least maintaining the conversation. I agree. If it was completely bland now, or dead now, I feel like it would peter out. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:15:25 So I don't think that we think it's a flop. I don't think it's a flop. I'm just like, yeah, there's differences. And maybe season one absolutely hit it out of the park. I remember when just a month ago when we're watching or whatever that it was like thank God we're watching the next

Starting point is 00:15:41 one right now. Like I couldn't wait. And right now I'm like, I could wait. That's how, that's a difference. Yeah. I'm like, I like having one of these a week and kind of and they're pasted in a way. like, yeah, that's the right... Me too. I kind of wouldn't want to be...

Starting point is 00:15:56 Yeah, I'm not compelled to binge this in the same fashion as before. And I think that's okay. That's okay for my taste. Yeah, it's like I still find stuff that they're doing interesting. I see what's different. I'm still waiting for the totality of it because this show also, the further we get, the more you're like, okay, some stuff really works or gets a lot of real rich detail and development.

Starting point is 00:16:15 Some stuff is interesting and the trails off and then people don't come back at all. And so, like, there's some misshapenness. to the show overall, but I think it's got a quality working in its favor that, like, the show has always been sort of dreamy, sort of slice of life. Yeah. And with an episode like this, curious to see

Starting point is 00:16:33 what people think, but it is like a pretty tumultuous one, and it seems like a pretty big turning point for the stakes. This is, like, kind of back to the OG, like that tumultuous, like, oh my God, like, what do we, this is, yeah, like, we're a little bit, you know, we're in it. And it makes me wonder if maybe

Starting point is 00:16:50 the rest of the season, they'll use this is a interesting little trick to get us back. Like the further this goes, the more they start to feel like kids again to me because they're so in over their heads and they're so in this adult world. Nate and Cassie are just now learning like you can walk the walk and posture and fake it until you make it and make all these promises. But like it's you people are going to, you're going to find out now. Like you're fuck around.

Starting point is 00:17:17 You're going to find out. And like you're not in a place where finding out is like safeguarded or has the bumpers on it, you know, you're going to lose a toe with this freaking guy. So, you know, and even watching Maddie, you know, her plan kind of not go accordingly. You know, you see kind of a more vulnerable sort of out of their element person there. And, you know, I mean, Cassie gets devolved to like a full on child at multiple, like all the time. Yeah. And she occasionally says these, you know, very awful things.

Starting point is 00:17:46 It's like very, it's, yeah, it's still fun. It's still a roller coaster. Yeah, it's still that rave that you're like, I don't know what's coming next. Yeah, and as a film nerd and as a celluloid nerd, it's also got stuff for me there still. And the music, like, it's totally, it is a different vibe, but I do appreciate moments of it

Starting point is 00:18:05 and their use of, you know, it's not like your classic, you know, pop song, you know, drop. But like, an old TV theme, pretty fun. Oh, God, the music that dropped when, when Jules was naked before he wrapped her in the plastic during that scene. That is some of my most favorite music that I've heard. Like, I need to look it up, but I loved that needle drop. Hell, yeah. Loved it.

Starting point is 00:18:31 Gonna have to get the season three soundtrack on vinyl terra. Yeah, got to. You got anything else to tell the people? We miss any plots. No, I'm still having fun. And, uh, yeah, waiting for episode four. It's you fun, Ria. Oh, and I'm so glad Sue's was back. Sue, dude, when she walks her down the aisle, that much. that monologue.

Starting point is 00:18:50 I feel like if this is the last season, I really like that they gave her such a gorgeous interlude where she's like almost obliviously spitting this super harsh, vulnerable truth bomb that she doesn't even quite connect or seem to be aware of is like

Starting point is 00:19:08 the, it's like you wouldn't expect this to be like directly speaking to your daughter's specific circumstances, but at the same time, like to say any of this walking down the aisle is kind of mad. Like, yeah. insane she's like to the little did i know that the day we got married would be the like the last day we were happy and she's walking her down and she's like an idol just got really bad after that and i'm like oh so that scene was

Starting point is 00:19:35 just brilliant i love her to death i love her too lexie got a line or two nice to see lexie for a sec yeah sam merlot from true blood we'll see where that goes yeah it's a very kinky season a lot of poop this season and I don't know. A lot of the Lord. Get you some Jesus. Get you. Gang, leave us your thoughts on Euphoria Season 3 episode 3 and we'll see you next

Starting point is 00:20:01 week for the halfway point. We still got more to go than we've been through so, you know, I'm not freaking out just yet. But anyhow, not yet. Go do something wholesome and we'll see you. Peace. Thank you.

The Reel Rejects - EUPHORIA Season 3 Episode 3 REVIEW – NATE & CASSIE ARE SO TOTALLY SCREWED!!

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