euphoria season 2 was a LETDOWN

[@xodr91]

I feel bad for Dominic Fike getting the backlash over the length of the song in the season finale because of Sam's inconsistent writing.

[@rexgeorgerodriguez7620]

I feel like Sam used him to extend some time in between the scenes of the song. And I kind of understand some inconsistencies in this season because the writer and the actors got some dramas behind the scenes so a lot was being rewritten plus some its such a prideful man in his writing yeah season 1 was good but he should hired a team of writers especially this show plotlines are continually to expand.

[@eldrichdominguezz]

I agree this season felt like a fever dream. It almost feels like this season was the first half and season 3 will be the 2nd half since the ending literally felt just another episode ending and not the season finale.

[@volkova6209]

i agree, this season just felt so inconsistent and random. And the season finale was a whole lot of nothing

[@leathebarbie]

The season finale was one of the most creative and well done finales in hbo history lol

[@m......7984]

@@leathebarbie 😲 as long as you enjoyed it mate

[@phuckyeahjosh]

Ipfq

[@pamelalansbury94]

If they only had like 6 months between season 1 & 2 all these issues would be understandable. But he had so much time…

[@aaronvargas7617]

I completely agree. This season just felt like a mess and it’s so disappointing

[@bianca28928]

I think the show is overrated. I did not tune into season two because of the brief clips of what I saw wasn't much. Rue's episode where she went off on everyone seemed decent but overall, seems like the highlights were about third part situations and Cassie losing her mind. I don't get the hype in terms of writing and characters.

[@illusionofartYT]

decent??! that episode was amazing definitely getting another emmy for that episode alone

[@sharonmariewhitehead8352]

This season was definitely disappointing and a stark contrast to how incredible season one was. I agree completely with each of your sentiments. I kept watching this train wreck despite it going down in value each week. The season was all smoke and mirrors for the what had actually transpired which was weak writing. Great review!

[@eileenvb]

That was the point of the season tho. The writers said season 1 showed the blurred effects of life, like it shows the problems but not really consequences. Season 2 shows consequences of everything, like Cassie sleeping with Nate, Cal recording his sexual encounters, Nate was outed, Rue almost overdosed again and went through withdraws, and Jules, she cheated.The writers said the first season is the party time where everything is good, then season 2 is the after party where everyone goes home and then the morning after they’re hungover.

[@sharonmariewhitehead8352]

@@eileenvb My point is that in my opinion the writing was messy and not cohesive. I am not talking about what Levinson tried to achieve plot wise. He would throw out plots and then just ignore them and would put unnecessary filler in episodes. It was sloppy. I didn’t like the season. I loved season 1. Season 1 had a team of writers. It’s evident that this season didn’t.

[@aaliyahgriffin781]

I completely agree with your video this entire season felt like filler

[@fernandaalvesrosa5776]

I agree. The writing this season was terrible. The whole season just survived on shock value and fan favoring. No planning, no script value. And FULL of male gaze.

[@Mercenary-1914]

I just finished.....I hate the way Season 2 went. It was so over the top...missed opportunities. The Play and the crowds reaction was inconsistent and lack true realism....in a show that is already over the top unrealistic. I thought season 1 was a nice setup....they dropped the ball in season 2....WTF!

[@cloudcastle338]

Seriously, like does the school staff even exist in their universe? How was that play not shut down after Cassie got up there and how was it allowed to be put on in the first place, with all the inappropriate stuff in it?

[@Mercenary-1914]

@@cloudcastle338 EAXACTLY....Dont get me wrong. I get it. It's a freaking T.V. Show...but have some consistency in it. There were no interaction with the staff like you said. The part where they were emulating Homosexual behavior...NOT one person besides Nate felt uncomfortable? They should have had at least a dozen people in the audience either be appalled or at the very least confused. They all clapping and cheering. Secondly, how did Lexi even know Nate's story? They never explained or showed how she would even come up with the idea to do that part? And you are right, someone would have intervened with Cassie...even if it was the Drama teacher, or the Principal or some administrator. Like come on bro....this show went off the rails in Season 2.

[@hawksasuke97]

Hit all the nails imo. The actors and the beautiful shots are what carried this season. The logic was nonexistent.

[@flowersgurl403]

sam also doesn't know how to write wlw relationships cause elliot was really there just to fetishise their relationship

[@dianalovesbagelss8029]

LITERALLY I hated that whole thing sm, the show became the very thing it swore to destroy

[@rainbowphoenix1363]

I fully think this show is becoming the next 13 reasons why to me, and possibly a riverdale if it keeps going down this hil

[@cloudcastle338]

That’s what I was thinking. Like how Riverdale started out as somewhat realistic and went completely over the top unrealistic by each released season. I feel like season 1 of Euphoria is pretty realistic, just slightly exaggerated. But season 2 is completely unrealistic and definitely over exaggerated.

[@sharonmariewhitehead8352]

“Great music except Elliot..” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arosdeco1629]

I loved Jules leveling up plot from season 1. Season 2? Gone. Just a romantic pair for Zendaya, yup.

[@christinexy2516]

you’re so spot on lol. took the words out of my mouth. “what was that”

[@chanzy8613]

I love euphoria but For season 2 Sam really went imma sideline every minority (and I don’t mean in just race) character to prop up the main white characters (Cassie and Nate) and rue (who only probs escaped this because she’s the main character and zendaya is the top biller). We didn’t even really dive into maddies side of the whole Cassie/nate slash nate abuse effects. She was really only there to be the angry Latina. I can list them. Jules (trans) character got completely violated. They really did her dirty this season. Kat (overweight) no words needed - and I don’t care about the alleged bts drama. McKay- completely written out- why was his SA storyline even put in if it wasn’t going to be touched on. He is whole rant by himself. Maddie - I love her but she was really wasn’t given that much this season. Her only trauma was not being betrayed by Cassie but her abuse by Nate but all we got was Cassie crying and her side. Arguably Lexi got more development than Maddie. And wtf was point of Elliot’s character????

[@dylanmaxx2024]

Euphoria s3 is probably airing 2037. So they've got time to make it better!

[@xodr91]

They had two years to figure out season 2 and that's all we got. 😭

[@Dana-fz7yj]

Right😭

[@hihihihere12]

I really overhyped this show after season one’s release and was let down so hard. I knew I couldn’t have been the only one that kept reminiscing on season 1 while watching this season because it was a mess.

[@reng935]

I need Season 3 to be better pls ☠️

[@wscieklyjimmy9234]

jesus its like you're reading my mind while im watching euphoria, thanks for pointing all of these errors i was scared i was the only one who thought euphoria wasnt the shit

[@marishkaspirit]

Cal was arrested for sleeping with a minor and filming it. I thought it was pretty clear. Nate gave evidente to police

[@je55777]

Okay thank you for pointing out that Nate catfished Jules just so he could meet with her and blackmail her....cuz Nate being in love with Jules made no sense to me and I never bought that. It makes way more sense that it was all a ploy. Maybe I'm just dense af but I was very confused about that in season 1.

[@ILikeTheIvy]

Good point on her selling the drugs why didn't we see something about that? She is dealing with scary people, they'd be keeping an eye on her and getting their money somehow. I actually didn't care about ashtrays death, it was dumb how he went. He thinks he is scarface like wtf... The maddy and cassie fight needed more... there was so much build up. Nate wanted his family business so why call the cops on his dad? And kat has gone back to caming it wasn't in the play.

[@dancerbabe02]

I am REALLY REALLY REALLY hoping for the sake of this show that it does not end up like damn well Pretty Little Liars....to many plot holes to come back from and too many side storylines that no one cares about. PLEASE WE ARE ROOTING FOR YOU EUPHORIA!

[@peachcloudz]

Yeah most of this season barely held my attention. They did style over substance to a t and I second what you said about smoke in mirrors trying to distact from the trainwreck story and bad writing. And the fact that they glossed over rue likely about to get human trafficked like ok.

[@milanahoward4736]

For all the random wastes of time & unfinished story lines, it could've been something to go out in a different way--- not the cliched narration of Rue telling a broad sum up of how things wound up for her staying sober for the rest of the school year, but for her to be interrupted mid narration because of seeing her come out of the school and getting hauled off by Laurie's goons, that I would've been more invested for some form of realism.

[@tiffanymuncaster2492]

Gurrll you just said everything I was thinking. It was painful

[@rexgeorgerodriguez7620]

The most unrealistic thing about this season was the play, like I get it, shows like this can't recreate real life completely but the fact that no ones intervenes the play in the middle of the chaos like a principal, teachers and school staffs is not excusable. I almost stop watching this show because they throw away the certain obvious realism just to have some dramas going on.

[@michielbrand4127]

A whole Wizard of Oz reference 😭 I'm dead that's exactly what's going on

[@TheFullNEWS]

completely agree honestly the final last episode really lost me on the show because for a show that takes itself so soo super seriously you definitely have to turn off your brain in the finale when it comes to lack of staff and teachers during inappropriate play scenes or an actual confrontation between two students with intervention from one parent .The play was super unethical and weird and it’s odd to me that nobody puts themselves in any of the other characters shoes, if a girl at your school SOMEHOW got away with THIS shit and outted her sister, multiple friends’ intimate moments, you’d think it was weird as hell …yet this really got Twitter to root for an actual child to expose her classmates lmao. Like really think… IN -universe … what… exactly is the point of this fuckin play and why was it approved lmao I don’t mean narratively so Lexi‘s character can get some sort of come-uppance or something i mean … why is any of this happening and don’t give me that heightened-reality or unreliable narrator BS. We got a very real- emotional scene of Rue arguing with her mom and then this.. smh like there’s literally no way I could tell season one was going to eventually lead to this … Jerry Springer ass exposé finale lmao. We definitely wonder what is going to happen to Rue bc of the suitcase situation and other characters & while it was fun to see a character in the background like Lexi be a sort of audience POV , and even genius in someways, I did not know it would eventually lead to this narcissistic random play she’d put on and it doesn’t work for me, and if it was written in someway where she would get critiqued for doing this weird shit it would be fine… But the universe turns realism off so we can watch highschoolers fight on stage in front of more high schoolers , One mom intervening ( The mom of the daughter who put on the play to publicly humiliate her OTHER daughter ) bc fuck being a parent i guess , wacky ass Cassie villain shots, every obvious good character we root for conveniently approving of this and the villain characters having a problem with it only; but mostly confusion leaving the second season. like come on this is right in front of you… Why are any of you buying this shit? everything is out the window now it’s getting riverdale ridiculous LMAO

[@user-pg9hq1hn4f]

I literally forgot about the self love scene

[@mikaberry-5126]

Episode 1 and 5 were the only good ones the rest is forgettable I don’t even remember what happened

[@WonsPhreely]

Agree. Season started off kinda good, but back half was not good. Finale was worst episode. School play idea was half baked. If you want to see a good way to do school play idea watch Pen15, that show is a masterpiece. Ashtray was the best character, why’d they kill him?

[@eileenvb]

Ashtray held no purpose. He was just Fezs brother

[@bitchesgonbebitchesluvthemhoes]

i heard someone say that the actor who played ashtray wanted to pursue his boxing career so he asked to be taken out of the show

[@WonsPhreely]

@@eileenvb great you could say that about everyone.

[@WonsPhreely]

@@bitchesgonbebitchesluvthemhoes I just did research on this, i dont think that is correct.

[@leathebarbie]

The finale was the most genius finale I’ve ever seen… I can’t believe some of y’all’s takes

[@theealiennreview6912]

I hate to say this but season 2 is was really bad tbh for good writing instead of ashtray dying instead it should've been personally Cassie. It would explain a lot and be understandable of how mentally drained she was to the point of no return

[@mallorysullivan2756]

Thank you 🙏👏👏👏💕 feel like I’m the only person who felt this way

[@party_zhnb4929]

Literally just gonna tell people to go here if they're interested in the show. Cause this is spot on in every way.

[@casiecase12]

Great music minus Elliotts song 😂 😂 dead

[@cloudcastle338]

Lol that part was so cringy, like yeah let me break out in an out of place song and dance and hope the audience takes me seriously

[@CaptainChapin]

Not to mention the actors and actresses were giving Sam a very difficult time behind the scenes he had to cut a lot of the scenes and we shoot them with different characters because people did not want to film with one another. Hence why Jules and Nate barely had any scenes and Kat had less to none. Sam needs to put them in their place, he’s the Director they are his employees it’s his story his vision if they don’t like it they can leave.

[@thefinalfilmbro122]

L take

[@CaptainChapin]

@@thefinalfilmbro122 stay mad

[@CaptainChapin]

@@riverboy222 it’s not rocket science to put two and two together. 😒 some of us can get the picture but I’m not here to hold your hand so……..

[@thefinalfilmbro122]

this show is nothing without its actors, their charisma carries the abysmal writing. And some of us don’t take rumors with no evidences at face value.

[@_900_L]

loser take

[@AmiAki]

This whole season was just to show the actors nude that’s all Sam writes

[@RSmith-wd7zr]

The Humpty dance is the trance, do the hump

[@m......7984]

If Jules disappeared it wouldn’t faze me💀 she’s a non character at this point, they need to give rue a new love interest

[@RSmith-wd7zr]

Season 2 is the BEST.

[@AdviceFromAHipoCrite]

I agree immensely

[@leathebarbie]

I completely disagree, the chaotic energy was intentional & there were so many things that happened to the point where I feel a more structured storyline would have made it less interesting. I’m glad there’s less Kat, she was annoying and the whole “I’m a fat girl who does underage sex work” trope was TIRED. Also, the finale was beautifully done. I honestly wish Cassie and Maddys fight was longer and I think most people can agree with that. The concept of the finale being a play that retells events from the characters was genius and the perfect way to end the season. I could almost argue this season was more artistically daring and interesting than season 1. There was also plenty of character development. Rue literally overcame her addiction, Maddy realized Nate wasn’t shit, and Lexi finally stepped out of her sisters shadow. The only thing I can truly agree with you on is that there should have been more Jules.

[@m......7984]

Chaotic energy still needs to be well written that’s legit the only problem with this season the writing

[@lead6186]

Keep supporting bad writing, you are doing a great job.

[@leathebarbie]

@@lead6186 I can’t believe you really saw the monologues and concept of the finale and said “bad writing” what are yall tik tok kids smoking 💀even the critics are giving this season a higher score

[@lead6186]

@@leathebarbie I watched S1 to catch up to S2 and I don't even know what monologues are you talking about, i can't really remember any of them unlike S1 and tik tok's been blocked in my country for a long time.

[@lead6186]

@@leathebarbie cause it's bad writing, and I'm not doing drugs, what plot lines you think were carried out perfectly, nothing. Jules became a cheater, Elliot was unnecessary, kat is not the show at all, Cassie/Maddy/Nate's plot line has been done to death so many times and lexi is a looser to put the most vulnerable moments of her sister's life(Carousel scene) on display to hundreds on people. If I was one of the audience in that play, I would have walked out, because It doesn't make any fucking sense.